Paul Dragon

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Paul Dragon
Real Name: See above
Former Aliases: William Jonson
First Appearance: (First Published Appearance) Graphic Fantasy #1 (First Modern Appearance) Savage Dragon #250
Group Affiliations: Partnered with the hero Star and member of the Society Of Superheroes (S.O.S.).
Height: 5’10” (around 6′ at top of crest)
Weight: 450 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: N/A
Date of Birth: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown
Base of Operations: Chicago, IL, currently mobile.
Other Distinguishing Features: Green skin, crest on head, two toes.
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Mark Jonson (son), Peter Jonson (son), Susan Wilson (wife, deceased), Angel Dragon (daughter), Dragon (himself from another reality) Alex Wilde (wife)
Powers: Paul Dragon has vast superhuman strength. His legs are strong enough to enable him to leap a maximum height of 460 feet straight up in the air, and a maximum distance of 945 feet. He is capable of lifting (pressing) approximately 34 tons. He is very nearly impervious to flame. His skin acts like a bullet proof vest; a bullet isn’t capable of penetrating it but a sharp knife thrust by a super human arm can.

HISTORY

Paul Dragon is a version of Dragon from a different timeline.  In Paul Dragon’s reality, he was also originally Kurr, the tyrannical emperor of an alien race known as the Krylans.  Krylan scientists rebeled against Kurr, wiped his mind, downloaded human satellite broadcasts into his brain, and beamed him down to Earth. However, in this alternate reality, William Jonson, reporter for the Chicago Voice, happened to be standing the exact spot that Kurr’s body was beamed to. This causes a merging of the two beings within William’s body. After the merging, William found that under stress he could transform into a new persona (which at this point was Kurr’s blank slate mind, filled only with knowledge from the satellite feeds). When William would shift to the new persona, it would also give him Kurr’s hulking physique and super strength, while still looking like a human. With his new found powers, William fights crime under the moniker “Dragon”, assuming the role of another hero named Dragon who had previously disappeared.  When transformed, William donned a cape and cowl (similar to the missing Dragon hero) to conceal his identity.

Dragon started teaming up with Star, another superhero vigilante, to fight crime.  The two would become good friends and he and Star (his secret identity being Chris Robinson) would end up becoming roommates.  The pair began dating twin stripper sisters, Candy and Sugar. Over time, Candy and William became the parents of two children, Mark and Peter Jonson. The boys would eventually become the heroes the Crusader and the Destroyer.

Since the merging of the two beings, it was William’s persona that was the dominant and controlling entity. However, over the course of several years, the second personality, now dubbed Paul, gradually asserted dominance, turning back to William infrequently. Candy, pregnant with William’s second child, walked out on their relationship as she felt he was no longer the person she fell in love with.

Paul would later fall in love with Susan Wilson, a former villain (and Bloop’s sister) that had battled Dragon in the past. Paul and Susan would become inseparable, fighting crime together as a super hero duo. During this time, Paul still felt the pain of knowing that William’s persona was imprisoned in his body.  Desperate to take control of his own life and also free William, Paul sought out the wizard, Fon~Ti, who used his magic powers to separate the two. William was given a new Dragon identity, dubbed “The Incredible Dragon” in which his original human body kept the ability to transform into a muscle-bound hero while maintaining his own persona.  Paul was restored to his Krylan body; however, his fin now resembled the fin from the Dragon costume’s cowl.

Paul Dragon would go on the head up the Chicago chapter of the Society of Superheroes (S.O.S) with  Star,  Smasher (Susan Wilson), Mako, Rock, and others.  Paul Dragon and Susan would eventually have a child named Angel. Paul and Susan were to be married; however, Sue was murdered by the villain, Bronze Man, on their wedding day. After the tragic event, Paul retired from the S.O.S. and raised Angel. Angel would go on to follow in her Mother’s footsteps as a super powered member to the S.O.S.

Later, Paul learned from Rex Dexter that Damien Darklord was in Dimension-X  gathering versions of Susan Wilson from multiple realities. With Rex’s help he journeys into Dimenson-X hoping to find a version of his former love. During this time, Mr. Glum merged every reality into one (see Savage Dragon 225) enabling Paul to access shared memories of Dragons from every alternate timeline. After searching for an alternate Susan in Dimension-X to no avail, Paul would find a dimensional portal to the earth of Malcolm Dragon’s reality through Genetech Laboratories West.  He entered it, still  hoping to find a version of Susan.

Paul Dragon appeared in the current Savage Dragon continuity when he showed up at Malcolm Dragon‘s door out of the blue. Paul ends up making new friendships with a lot of people in his new universe and begins a relationship with Alex.  When a new Mako shows up, he believes it to be his version, but it’s not and the new Mako bites his arm off.

He later marries Alex Wilde in a beach front wedding.