Dragonpaw (Earth-9561; Nocturne foe)

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Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-9561) conventional weapons-user

Occupation: Warrior, assassin

Group Membership: Yi Yang's agents

Affiliations: Noose, Suture, Yi Yang;
formerly Hatemare

Enemies: Hatemare, Mischief, Nocturne (Graham Poldark)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: London, England, United Kingdom, Earth-9561

First Appearance: Nocturne#3 (August, 1995)

Powers/Abilities: Powerfully built and presumably at least athlete-level strength, Dragonpaw is a skilled martial artist.

He typically wields a sword and a number of axes.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'5")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 300 lbs.)
Eyes: Dark (likely brown)
Hair: Black (only in a patch on the back of his head pulled into a top-knot; otherwise bald)

History:
(Nocturne#3) - Aboard Yi Yang's houseboat, Dragonpaw stood beside Noose as he announced to Yi Yang the death of her agent Suture. Dragonpaw then revealed that her old enemy Night Raven had been reborn as Nocturne, and it had been he that had slain Suture. Yi Yang was furious to hear this, and she charged Dragonpaw and Noose to seek out and bring Nocturne to her so she could have his soul as a trophy, and the rest she would feed to Hatemare (who, presumably unknown to Dragonpaw and Noose, had at least the mind of Night Raven trapped in his monstrous form; even Hatemare was unaware of this). dragonpaw-9561-n3-upper

(Nocturne#4 (fb) - BTS) - Dragonpaw and Noose located and attacked Nocturne, casting him from a building atop a car on the streets below.

(Nocturne#4) - After hurling an axe at Nocturne, which missed, Dragonpaw and Noose ran atop the cars on the street as they confronted Nocturne. Guided by the predictive Looking Glass that made up his mask's lenses, Nocturne dodged another axe and then punched Dragonpaw. As Nocturne landed on top of him atop a stopped car, Dragonpaw called him an "accursed costumed fool."

Nocturne replied that he had said that as if his top-knot and chest tattoo were normal, but then Noose caught him with a rope around his neck, and Dragonpaw told Noose to hold him tight(ly) while he struck. However, Nocturne dodged such that Dragonpaw only cut the rope, freeing him, after which Nocturne delivered a punch to Dragonpaw's jaw and then yanked Noose by his rope, causing him to smash headfirst into a car's rear windshield.

Dragonpaw swung his sword at Nocturne, but he dodged it, and the sword got stuck in the car it hit. Nocturne then jumped down on top of the sword's flat side, shattering it, after which he nailed Dragonpaw with his taser, dropping him.

Nocturne then punched out Noose, but he was confused when his mask warned him of further threat, after which Hatemare introduced himself and punched out Nocturne.

(Nocturne#4 (fb) - BTS) - Hatemare brought the unconscious Nocturne to Yi Yang's houseboat, in which he was bound. Dragonpaw and Noose returned to the ship as well.

(Nocturne#4) - After Mischief freed Nocturne, Dragonpaw and Noose rushed in to stop them. However, Nocturne punched out Dragonpaw, while Mischief dropped Noose with a kick to the abdomen.

(Nocturne#4 - BTS) - Ultimately, Nocturne realized that Hatemare was actually Night Raven and forced him to realize it as well by making him look through his mask's lenses. Regaining his memories, Hatemare blew up Yi Yang's ship. Nocturne and Mischief escaped, but Dragonpaw and Noose were nowhere to be seen.

Comments: Created by Dan Abnett and Jose Fonteriz.
It was planned for Marvel UK , but it was published by Marvel US after the comic market collapse.

While I prefer Night Raven of Earth-616, Nocturne was a fun series.

Pending a profile on Night Raven of Earth-9561, you can see a decent discussion on the differences in the realities in the comment section of the Suture profile.

Profile originally by Per Degaton. Expanded and images replaced by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Dragonpaw should be distinguished from:

DRAGONFIST - Strike Force One, clone of Iron Fist --Heroes for Hire#12
DRAGONFIST of Earth-982 ( ) - trained and employed by actor Spike Yi, used force field to augment martial art skill and pose as one empowered by Shou-Lao, mistakenly believed to be Spike Yi by many--Spider-Girl#24
DRAGONKLAW of Earth-928 circa 2099 A.D. - New Atlantis 2099--Ravage 2099#5
DRAGON's FIST (Fongji Wu) - circa 1596, repelled the "Phoenix of Life and Death, preventing the celestial rebirth of Earth and the collapse of the Seven Capital Cities" - aka CRIMSON HEART*, FONGJI the SILENT, "IRON FIST"*--Avengers vs. X-Men#6
other "Dragon" or "Paw" characters, groups, items, events, races or places...

images: (without ads)
Nocturne#3 cover (fullish, behind Noose);
       pg. 21, panel 3 (upper; tattoo detail);
           panel 5 (face)
    #4, pg. 3, panel 1 (with sword and axe, running atop car)

Appearances:
Nocturne#3 (August, 1995) - Dan Abnett (writer), Jose Fonteriz (penciler), Andy Lanning, Martin Griffiths and Sean ?? (inkers), Paul Neary (editor)
Nocturne#4 (September, 1995) - Dan Abnett (writer), Jose Fonteriz (penciler), Bambos Georgiou, John Stokes & Martin Griffiths (inkers), Paul Neary (editor)

First posted: 05/27/203
Last updated: 08/02/2026

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