Dragon King Suit

**Dragon King Suit** is a form of attire that Shiro Ito wears while under his secret alias, Dragon King. Unlike his superhero and supervillain counterparts, Dr. Ito has never been seen out of the suit. This seems to be his main choice of attire, possibly due to his extensive and horrific experiments that take up the majority of his time.

## Description

This suit is incredibly layered in every sense of the word. Over his head, Ito wears a green textured hood that covers his entire face. It has two eye-shaped holes that allow him to see. In the center of his hood is a yellow embedded dragon with its mouth open. The hood tucks into the collar of his shirt and cloak. The collar is tall, wide, and a burgundy-rust color. It has many slices and cuts in it along with red bloodstains. He wears a light green long-sleeved shirt underneath his scientist apron. This apron is made of yellow leather and fits over his shoulders in metal buckles. The apron is covered in large, splotchy, bloodstains from top to bottom. In the center of the apron is a red belt that fastens with silver, bloodstained buckle. The belt has many loops and pouches were Dragon King holds various needles, medical scalpels, and other nefarious contents. Over his hands are green gloves and rust-colored leather bracer arm guards that cover his knuckles, wrists, and forearm. His cloak is extremely long, reaching past his boots, and has a dark outer green coloring. The inside is a lighter green color which gives the cloak depth. Where the cloak rests over his biceps, there yellow embedded dragons on both sides that match the one on his hood. For footwear, Dragon King favors rather simple black leather boots.

## History

Dr. Shiro Ito was once a controversial scientist who conducted experiments on himself and others. After his alleged execution in 1947, he assumed the alias of Dragon King and begin presenting himself in specific attire. The attire, which became known as his suit, covers his reptilian features and allows him to freely conduct his experiments.

## Notes and Trivia

* Dragon King is the only character who is strictly seen in his alter-ego costume and not switch between the suit and his civilian attire.

## Behind the Scenes

* The suit is so incredibly hot to wear that Nelson Lee was unable to do any of his stunts. He once tried and nearly hyperventilated from the heat.
	+ Additionally, he had to use an industrial fan to cool himself off in-between takes
	+ He frequently fell over when walking backward in the costume due to his long cape.
* According to costume designer Laura Jean Shannon, the "Dragon King" suit was the hardest to translate from paper to product. They struggled with translating the creepiness of the suit from idea to paper, then paper to actual product. It was difficult to balance the creepiness with what they were *allowed* to show.
* Concept art designer Luca Nemolato described the Dragon King suit as following. "*I love working on villains and this one, in particular, was a challenging design to bring to life. Such an interesting, scary, and weird character. It was really important to show that he is a scientist conducting experiments on people...and himself. The bloody towel detail was very fun to do, adds to the character's creepiness.*"
* Because of the pointed edges of Dragon King's collar, Nelson Lee would often accidentally poke people in the eye when they either got to close or when he tried to hug them. It became such an issue that he decided to put tennis balls on the tips of the collar to protect others from being poked.

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