ELDER DRAGON

Real Name: Inapplicable

Identity/Class: Terrestrial electrical construct

Occupation: None

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Emulator (Ember Quade)

Enemies: America Chavez, Inferno (Dante Pertuz), Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)

Known Relatives: Ember Quade (Emulator, creator), Danger Kong, Nutsy McSmasher, Riding Rooster, the Scorpiozard, all creations of Emulator ("siblings")

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City, New York, USA

First Appearance: Marvel Rising: Squirrel Girl & Ms. Marvel#1 (September, 2018)

Powers/Abilities: The Elder Dragon construct existed as a being composed of electrical energy and its physical form was created with tough, scaly skin, sharp claws, horns and teeth and leathery wings. Modeled after the fictional video game characters from the Skyscrolls video game, the Elder Dragon construct was also created with the same weakness to electricity that its video game counterparts suffered from. Otherwise, it was superhumanly strong, sufficient to smash its way through large brick walls, and it could regenerate almost immediately from any physical damage to its form. It could also breathe fire and appeared to be able to alter its size to a small degree such as adjusting its size to fit that of its opponents (see comments).

Height: Variable
Weight: Variable
Eyes: White (no visible irises)
Hair: None

History:
(Marvel Rising: Squirrel Girl & Ms. Marvel#1) - After fleeing superheroes Ms. Marvel and Inferno, the electrical construct-generating Emulator hid in an alleyway and left a new construct, the Elder Dragon, on a rooftop to cause destruction. When Inferno and Ms. Marvel followed the trail of destruction to the Elder Dragon, the Dragon smashed through a brick wall to attack Ms. Marvel but Inferno flew and shoulder charged the electrical dragon. Ms. Marvel warned Inferno to be careful but the self-assured Inferno announced that he was easily burning his way through the Elder Dragon. Inferno then literally burned his way through the Elder Dragon, hitting a lamppost behind the dragon and dazing himself. The Dragon immediately healed itself and Ms. Marvel rescued Inferno before engaging the Dragon herself in an effort to determine its weakness. When Ms. Marvel punched the Dragon, it retaliated by hitting her with its tail, prompting Inferno to reveal to Ms. Marvel that the Elder Dragon was emulated from the dragons in the Skyscrolls video game that were weak to electricity. As the battle progressed, the Elder Dragon was knocked into the Empire State University science building, where Emulator was stealing the focusing lens from a large ultrasonic imaging device. Almost as soon as the Dragon crashed into the building, scaring Emulator, the heroic America Chavez arrived from a portal to attack the Elder Dragon, shattering it down into its electrical components. Squirrel Girl arrived on the scene soon after and noted how the three other heroes had made short work of the Elder Dragon, commenting on how she liked dragons.

Comments: Created by Ryan North, G. Willow Wilson, Devin Grayson, Irene Strychalski and Ramon Bachs.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Elder Dragon should be distinguished from:

• ELDER COTATI - or the Cotati Elder, however you want to word it--Avengers I#130
• ELDER DEMON - Silver Surfer foe--Silver Surfer: Dangerous Artifacts#1
  
• ELDER EARTH - swords & sorcery world, possibly the past of Earth-616?--Savage Sword of Conan I#63
  
• ELDER GODS - first life on Earth, created by Demiurge, most degenerated into demons and were slain by Demogorge--Conan the Barbarian I#7
• ELDER GODS OF THE HYBORIAN ERA - possibly created the Cornerstones of Creation--Conan the Barbarian I#193?
• ELDER RACE - preceded even the pre-Cataclysmic Atlantis
• ELDER RACES - dwelled on Earth before the dawn of man--The Shadow Kingdom short story/Kull the Conqueror I#2
• ELDER SINGER OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE MOON HAWK - oldest member of the People of the Whole Moon Hawk--Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme I#63
• ELDERS of Earth-8116 - Orsirosian race--Epic Illustrated I#1
  
• ELDERS OF THE UNIVERSE - sole survivors of long-dead alien races, each dedicated their long lives to focusing on certain abilities--Avengers I#28
• ELDERSPAWN - offspring of the Elder Gods--The Shadow Kingdom short story/Kull the Conqueror I#2
• other "Elder" or "Dragon" characters, groups, items, races or events, or any other dragons, digital or otherwise
  

Appearances:
Marvel Rising: Squirrel Girl & Ms. Marvel#1 (September, 2018) - Ryan North, G. Willow Wilson, Devin Grayson (writers), Irene Strychalski, Ramon Bachs (art), Heather Antos, Sarah Brunstad (editors)

First posted: 07/15/2026
Last updated: 07/15/2026

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