—DragonSeems that some days no-one knows what a door's for, doesn't it?
Appearing in "Wild in the Country!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Dragon's Claws
- Baron Rocheau (First appearance)
- Baron Cardon (First appearance)
- World Development Council (W.D.C.) (First appearance)
- William Raymond Golding (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- La Folie (First appearance) (Name first revealed)
Other Characters:
- Sharon Winters (Named only)
- National Union of Retired Sports Experts (N.U.R.S.E.) (Mentioned)
- Silas Stenson (Referenced)
- Canadian vigilante (Named only)
- Game (Referenced)
- High Father (Referenced)
- Death Nell (Cameo)
- ⏴ Death's Head ⏵ (Shadow only) (Cameo)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Cyborgs
- Dogs
- Robotic horses
- Mechanoids
Locations:
- Earth-5555
- Canada (Named only)
- France
- Japan (Mentioned)
- Greater Britain
Vehicles:
- Gescaux's car (First appearance) (Destruction)
- La Folie vehicle (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Wild in the Country!"
After a French rebel group La Folie took Raymond Golding, the World Development Council's ambassador to Greater Britain, hostage and threatened to kill him if two of their comrades are not returned to them, Dragon is tasked with performing the exchange. The rest of Dragon's Claws get mired in a conflict between local barons, leaving him without backup.
As Trevalle, the leader of La Folie impatiently waits to make the exchange, his second-in-command, Colonel Gescaux tries to prevent it, lest Trevalle learns about his betrayal. Under attack from Gescaux and his coterie, Dragon is out of time. He realizes he would not be able to defeat Gescaux and make the rendezvous. Persuaded that Legris, one of his charges, is a man of honor, Dragon releases them on the condition that they will do the same for Golding when they reach the rendezvous point.
His plan works. Soon after he defeats Gescaux's forces and meets with his team, they see the liberated Golding approaching them.
Meanwhile, a menacing figure appears in the 'Pool in a flash of light.
Appearing in 2nd story
Featured Characters:
- Reverend P. Gunn
Synopsis for 2nd story
One-page story.
Notes
- Sequence 1 Wild in the Country!
- The last page was reprinted in Incomplete Death's Head Vol 1 1. This reflected the beginning of the tradition of last-page cliffhangers introducing the next issue and, hence, being topically more connected to that than to the issue of publication.
- Golding's first name is given as "William" in FASTFAX and as "Raymond" in the comic story proper. This discrepancy was later reconciled in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005 #1, where he is featured as "William Raymond Golding".