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Erik Larsen has created more than a hundred villains who have appeared in the pages of Savage Dragon. Here's a look at the major players who have caused havoc in the more recent issues:

The Creator, once known as Johnny Redbeard, has made a profitable business out of his ability to give powers to normal humans. The enormous headed, Creator surround himself with his "creations", two-bit lackeys that obey his command. Dragon has faced the Creator various times, once putting him in the hospital.

Damien Darklord is a super intelligent hybrid being (half super-human and half Martian) whose motives are very unclear. Damien Darklord is the result of  experiments conducted on his mother (Superpatriot's daughter, Liberty) by Martians during their attack on Earth (in the original universe)

Darklord claimed to travel back through time so as to set a course to prevent the Earth from being destroyed. His plans included "negating" the powers of all superheroes on Earth.  An older Darklord from the future was helping the young Darklord implement this plan.

Unsure of Darklord's true motives, and weary of his methods (including kidnapping, killing, and creating a "nega-bomb" to wipe out all super powers), Dragon and a band of heroes attacked the Darklords. In the end Dragon killed the young Darklord to prevent him from growing old and coming back from the future.  When Dragon attempted to crush young Darklord's skull, the villain used his power to swap Dragon's consciousness with that of a Dragon from yet another alternate Earth, this one dubbed the "Savage World" (the reality he now resides in).

Not from Dragon's original universe, and not from universe the Dragon resides in now either, "Dark World" Dragon originates from another parallel universe where a future Damien Darklord conquered the Earth. This parallel earth has been dubbed "Darkworld"

Damien Darklord failed in his attempt to rule "Darkworld", as it was open to attack by an intergalactic police force, called the Cosmic Cops. The Cosmic Cops teleported the whole planet to an unknown point in the galaxy. The strain of the teleportation was to much the alternate earth and the planet began to crumble-- heading towards certain mass destruction. In an effort to save the world he ruled, Damien Darklord began swapping parts of Darkworld with the Earth from Dragon's original reality. Dragon and other heroes were eventually able to defeat Darklord and his Earth swapping plans, but not before some of the residents of Darkworld were able to escape to Dragons world-- including the "Darkworld" version of Dragon.

"Darkworld" Dragon went into hiding in Dragon's original reality, waiting for the right moment to come out. When the infant Damien Darklord used his power to send Dragon to an alternate reality (the one he now resides in), "Darkworld" Dragon came out of hiding to take the place of our hero without anyone realizing it.

Years later, Dragon was able to return to his original reality with the help of a portal created by the Eternal Youths. When he returned to his original reality, Dragon found out that "Darkworld" Dragon had taken his place. Shocked and irritated  that Dragon had found his way back, "Darkworld" Dragon engaged our hero in a long, brutal fight. Our hero was able to defeat the villain by sending him into the Void while fighting in Rex Dexter's laboratory.

"Darkworld" Dragon, now trapped in the Void, has caused much havoc since. At one point, the villain committed genocide on the beings of Mr. Glum's home world. Dragon has since engaged "Darkworld" Dragon once more while traveling in the Void. Dragon was somewhat saved by Mr.Glum and transported out of the Void, again leaving the villain trapped in the dimension.

Once a member of the Vicious Circle, Sebastian Khan had the powerful ability to manipulate technology. This ability gave him the strength to stop an alien police force, known as the Cosmic Cops, as well as a Martian army from conquering the Earth. Khan then used his power to control the alien technology and conquer the Earth himself. Khan became the ruler of the Earth, causing governments to fall under his might thus crating anarchy over much of the world where many of the strongest "freaks" were allowed to roam and terrorize humans. Dragon was eventually able to stop Khan with the help of old friends and unlikely allies such as the older Vicious Circle members who also wanted to see the madman taken down. Khan was kept a prisoner is space by Vanguard until his robotic assistant, Wally, killed Khan in fear.

Although the exact circumstances are unknown, it has been revealed that a man named Lou Drumm was mauled by a shark in the heart of a ground zero. Instead of dying, this rather unattractive man had his appearance further ruined when he mutated into a shark-man. now known as Mako, he became a career criminal, hooking up with the Vicious Circle gang in Chicago.

During a jail breakout, Mako saved the super heroine, Dart, from sexual assault by a fellow gang member. Mako was targeted for his betrayal but he managed to take Dart with him to an uncharted island in the Coral Sea.  About this time massive alien invasions occurred on Earth leading  Cyberface to take over the world.  Mako, falling for Dart, indulged in a bit of a lie by telling the heroine that the aliens eradicated civilization. Being alone on the island and thankful that Mako was her saviour the two began a relationship. 

Dart remained happily on this island home for years until three super humans washed up on the beach, having had their makeshift raft destroyed by a sea monster. The survivors--Barbaric, Horridus and Ricochet; pointed out to Dart that humanity still existed, although the world was under the control of the insanely powerful CyberFace.

Knowing that he could not keep his lover on this island, Mako steals an Atlantean vessel that takes them all back to the United States. Dart eventually breaks-up with Mako due to the falsehoods she had been told.

Mako grew desperate without Dart and abducted her back to the Coral Sea island . Dragon was informed of the kidnapping and confronted Mako on his island.  A fight ensued and Dart was fatally wounded by Mako when he mistakenly thought that it was Dragon approaching him. Mako has since sworn vengeance against Dragon blaming him for Darts death.

Due to his fairly comical appearance, Powerhouse grew up experiencing the emotional pain of being different. After a childhood spent avoiding the racial slurs and other insults caused by his look, Powerhouse joined up with Chicago’s notorious Vicious Circle.

Powerhouse was able to rise to prominence when CyberFace assumed control of the Vicious Circle. He soon became a valued lieutenant to the super villain as he seized command over the whole globe. Unfortunately, this position of power was not to last as it was determined that Powerhouse was not a mutant but actually the descendant of a god. Allgod, leader of all gods, mandated that no gods were to leave the city of Godworld. The Gods  abducted Powerhouse and brought him to Godworld were he remains a resident.

Not much is known about the gigantic alien being known as Universo. What is known is that Universo travels the universe in search of planets to feed upon and satisfy his hunger. Universo has a herald, Mother Mayhem, that scouts out planets suitable for him to devour.

When Universo attempted to eat the Earth, Dragon thwarted him by blasting him with a martian shrinking ray (leftover from when the martians previously attacked the Earth). After shrinking Universo down to almost human size, Dragon was able to knock him out. Dragon's alien ally, Vanguard , was then able to imprison Universo and drag him back out to outer space.

Although, Dragon was able to defeat the Universo of his current reality, in Dragon's old reality (the one he left behind) he wasn't there to stop the alternate Universo to destroying it. Everyone from Dragon's old reality was destroyed by Universo, with the exception of Malcolm Dragon and a handful of others who were tossed into the Void by mysterious figures before the Earth was destroyed.

A mafia of  "freaks" (a term used to describe someone with powers) from Chicago who have a long history of spreading violence and corruption. Many of the old members--some of Dragon's biggest foes, are being pushed out of the Vicious Circle by a new regime of younger villains.