Who Is Stegron? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Stegron is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Vincent Stegron, with over 147 comic issue appearances. A former assistant to Curt Connors, Vincent Stegron used stegosaurus DNA to augment his body.

Who is Stegron?

Origin As an assistant to Dr. Curt Connors (before he became the Lizard), they worked on a project for SHIELD that involved experimentation of dinosaur tissue provided by a Savage Land native, Ka-Zar . Vincent soon became obsessed with the experiments on the lizard tissue and decided to steal the experiments. He quickly fled to the Savage land to further his experiments in the way he wished. He soon created a formula in which he drank turning him into "Dinosaur Man". Creation Stegron debuted in Marvel Team-Up (1972) #19 by Len Wein and Gil Kane Major Story Arcs Stalks the City Ka-Zar seeks the aid of Spider Man to find and capture Stegron, who has completely transformed into a reptile and rules over entities called the Swamp Men . In an attempt to escape, Stegron uses the Swamp Men to delay Spider Man and Ka-Zar while he leaves with a few other dinosaurs on a flying Ark, making his way to New York to conquer the world. Soon after, Black Panther and Spider Man catch up to Stegron, who has already marched dinosaurs down Broadway.

Key facts

Stegron is of human origin and first appeared in "The Coming of... Stegron the Dinosaur Man!". The character is published by Marvel. With 147 recorded issue appearances, Stegron ranks among the most featured characters in comics.