Claw (Lev Gleason Publications)/Savage Dragon

The Claw (d. 1945,Erik Larsen - Savage Dragon Volume 1 #88 - Image Comics - Published May 2013 - Retrieved 11 January 2025 r. 2012Erik Larsen - Savage Dragon Volume 1 #83 - Image Comics - Published November 2012 - Retrieved 11 January 2025) was a Tibetan supervillain and terrorist of the mid-20th and early 21st centuries. An agent of the Axis Powers, the Claw launched multiple attacks on the United States during the Second World War, and became archnemesis to the vigilante Daredevil. He was ultimately killed in the Gulf of Mexico in 1945. His corpse was subsequently moved to Chicago so that Daredevil could watch over it.Letters Page - Erik Larsen - Savage Dragon Volume 1 #88 - Image Comics - Published May 2013 - Retrieved 11 January 2025 In 2012, a stray blast from a machine built by WarGod hit the Claw's grave, returning him from the dead. He pressed Thunder-Head into his service and immediately set about taking over the Earth once more.Erik Larsen - Savage Dragon Volume 1 #84 - Image Comics - Published January 2013 - Retrieved 11 January 2025 His next move was to publically attack the Vicious Circle, which drew the attention of the Little Wise Guys and Daredevil.Erik Larsen - Savage Dragon Volume 1 #86 - Image Comics - Published March 2013 - Retrieved 11 January 2025 As Daredevil expected, he began growing an army of his mutants in a hidden fortress near Chicago.Erik Larsen - Savage Dragon Volume 1 #87 - Image Comics - Published May 2013 - Retrieved 11 January 2025 He attempted his assault and was able to incur largescale damage before being forced to retreat by the arrival of the United States Air Force. Before he could do, he was killed by Daredevil, who had suspected him of kidnapping the Little Wise Guys.Erik Larsen - Savage Dragon Volume 1 #88 - Image Comics - Published May 2013 - Retrieved 11 January 2025
==Weapons and Abilities==
===Inherent Abilities===
*Energy Bolts: The Claw could fire bolts of energy from his eyes.
*Intelligence: In Daredevil's words, the Claw had "a brilliant mind."
*Electricity Manipulation: The Claw could wield electricity as an offensive weapon.
=== Assets ===
* Secret Lairs: Daredevil estimated that the Claw possessed hundreds of hidden fortresses around the world.
** One was located near Chicago and allowed for the creation of hundreds of flying mutants.
==Notes==
===Behind the Scenes===
*The modern incarnation of the Claw was created by American comic book writer and artist Erik Larsen, who derived his version of the character from various appearances that had fallen into the public domain. Larsen also sought to divorce the character from any racial stereotyping present in the character's original incarnation.Savage Dragon’s Surprise Villain: Who Is The Claw? - Russ Burlingame - 6 September 2017 - ComicBook.com - Retrieved 11 January 2025 - Archived 11 January 2025
=== Trivia ===
* Larsen elected to keep the Claw's abilities to a minimum, and considered the public domain origin of the character to be canonical to this version, ignoring his appearances in Boy Comics.
* Larsen admitted difficulty in drawing the two page spread in which the Claw attacks Chicago in #88.Letters Page - Erik Larsen - Savage Dragon Volume 1 #90 - Image Comics - Published July 2013 - Retrieved 11 January 2025
* Larsen considered Daredevil's decapitation of the Claw to be justifiable homicide and not murder.
==Appearances==
*Silver Streak Comics
**The Claw (first appearance)
**The End of the Claw! (original final appearance)
*Savage Dragon
**#83 (first modern appearance; off-panel)
**#84
**#86
**#87
**#88 (final modern appearance)
==Links==
*The Claw on Savage Dragon Wiki 2.0
==Reference==
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