Devil Dinosaur is a Marvel Comics character who resembles a tyrannosaurus rex. He first appeared in Devil Dinosaur #1 (April 1978). Devil Dinosaur is from Dinosaur World, a planet where dinosaurs still exist and human life is primitive. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... The Fallen Angels is a mixture of comic book teenage supervillains and superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... Binomial name Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 Synonyms Manospondylus gigas Dynamosaurus imperiosus Dinotyrannus megagracilis Nanotyrannus lancensis? Tyrannosaurus (IPA pronunciation or ; from the Greek τυραννόσαυρος, meaning tyrant lizard) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are giant reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. ...

Publication History

Devil Dinosaur #1-#9 (April – December 1978): The original Devil Dinosaur series chronicling Devil and Moon Boy's adventures in Dinosaur World.

Godzilla King of Monsters #21-#22 (April - May 1979): Godzilla rampages through the Marvel Universe (Earth-616). In an attempt to stop the monster, S.H.I.E.L.D. shrinks Godzilla with Pym Particles and attempts to teleport him via a time machine to the prehistoric past. However Godzilla's radiation distorts the time machine so that he is transported to the alternate universe of Dinosaur World instead. While there he briefly unites with Moon Boy and Devil against a common foe before being pulled back to the main Marvel continuity. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place. ... S.H.I.E.L.D. (originally an acronym for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division, changed in 1991 to Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate) is a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Universe that often deals with superhuman threats. ... Dr. Henry Hank Pym is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, a founding member of the superhero group The Avengers. ...

Fallen Angels #4-#8 (Limited Series, April - November 1987): Ariel, an extraterrestrial mutant with teleportion powers, teleports the Fallen Angels to Dinosaur World where the group convinces Devil and Moon Boy to join their team and return with them to Earth-616. Devil and Moon Boy are returned to their own universe when the Fallen Angels disband. In Marvel Comics, Ariel was the first code-name used by Kitty Pryde (later Shadowcat) of the X-Men. ... The Fallen Angels is a mixture of comic book teenage supervillains and superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Marvel Comics Presents #161 (August 1994): During a conflict between Slapstick and his time manipulating foe, Doctor Yesterday, Devil and Moon Boy are briefly teleported to Earth-616. Slapstick is a Marvel Comics superhero created in the early nineties. ...

Marvel Comics Presents #174 (February 1995): In the midst of a tussle between Technet and Lockheed inside Excalibur's Lighthouse, Devil and Moon Boy are once again briefly transported to Earth-616. TechNet was established in 1991 as a closed research and development computer network for academics at the National University of Singapore (NUS). ... Lockheed is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Excalibur is a Marvel Comics superhero group, an offshoot of the X-Men, usually based in the United Kingdom. ...

Ghost Rider Vol. 3 #81-#82 (January – February 1997): The sorceress Jennifer Kale, in an attempt to return Howard the Duck to his homeworld, inadvertantly teleports Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy into her New York apartment. The disoriented dinosaur rampages through the city before being subdued by Ghost Rider. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Howard the Duck is a comic book fictional character created by Steve Gerber for Marvel Comics and featured in several comic book series of the same name about the misadventures of an ill-tempered humanoid duck trapped in a human dominated world. ... Ghost Rider is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and of several fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. ...

Devil Dinosaur Spring Fling #1 (June 1997): In this tale from the duo's days on Dinosaur World a renegade Skrull flees to Devil's planet and uses his shape shifting ablilities to impersonate the late leader of the Killer-Folk, Seven Scars. The Skrulls are a fictional race of extraterrestial shapeshifters that appear in the Marvel Universe. ...

Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1998

Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur #1 (December 2005): A one-shot comic drawn and co-written by Eric Powell in which young Celestials transport the Hulk back in time to combat Devil. Eric Powell is a comic book writer and artist living in Lebanon, Tennessee. ... Arishem towers in the distance and judges that a world shall die. ... Look up Hulk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Hulk may refer to: Hulk (comics), a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe Hulk (film), a 2003 film based on the comic book character, directed by Ang Lee Hulk (ship), a type of ships Hulk (roller coaster), a roller coaster...

Fictional character biography

Dinosaur Dispatches from Devil Dinosaur #1 vol. 1 (April 1978)

Devil Dinosaur was nearly burned to death by a tribe of Killer-Folk, hostile beings native to his planet, but was rescued by Moon Boy, a young member of a rival tribe, the Small-Folk. Exposure to the fire activated a mutation in the dinosaur which gave him powers greater than others of his species and turned his skin from olive green to flame red. Devil Dinosaur is fiercely loyal to his constant companion Moon Boy and seems more intelligent than the average dinosaur (as they are portrayed in the comic). In the first issue of Devil Dinosaur, creater Jack Kirby in the "Dinosaur Dispatches" letters column (see image) states that the original intent was for Moon Boy and Devil to be an early human and dinosaur from Earth's past. Kirby writes: "After all, just where the Dinosaur met his end, and when Man first stood reasonably erect, is still shrouded in mystery." Later, it was retconned that the characters were a humanoid and a dinosaur-like creature from an alternate universe ("Earth-78411" in the Marvel Multiverse). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1260x2014, 1925 KB) Scanned from Devil Dinosaur Vol. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1260x2014, 1925 KB) Scanned from Devil Dinosaur Vol. ... Moon Boy is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe and constant companion of Devil Dinosaur. ... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... This article is about modern humans. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ... Within Marvel Comics, most tales take place within the fictional Marvel Universe, this in turn is part of a larger multiverse. ...

Alternate versions

• In the Earth X miniseries, the skeletal remains of Devil and Moonboy can be seen on the Blue Area of the Moon.

• In Mutant X Annual 2001, a version of Devil Dinosaur who bears Daimon Hellstrom's trident and "Moon Knight Boy" are members of Earth-1298's version of the Lethal Legion.

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Trivia

• The original Devil Dinosaur series was written with the hopes of it being picked up as an animated series.

• Devil Dinosaur was created during Kirby's third stint at Marvel, which ran from 1976 until the early 1980s.

• In Marvel Comics' Amazing Adventures #3 (August 1961), a time traveling couple encounter a red tyrannosaurus rex similar in appearance to Devil Dinosaur.

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