Dragonmage
Encyclopedia
Xao Jin, known as Dragonmage, is a comic book
fictional character
, a DC Comics
superhero
and comes from New Shanghai Colony. He first appeared in Legion of Super-Heroes
(vol. 4) #33, during the 'Five year gap' where he joined the resistance to Dominator
controlled Earthgov.
continuity, Xao Jin became a Legionnaire under the codename Dragonmage. Xao Jin received training from Master Chu Hua as a young student in the mystic arts.
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Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
fictional character
Character (arts)
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
, a DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
and comes from New Shanghai Colony. He first appeared in Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team in the 30th and 31st centuries of the . The team first appears in Adventure Comics #247 , and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino....
(vol. 4) #33, during the 'Five year gap' where he joined the resistance to Dominator
Dominators
The Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion, are a fictional alien race from the outer cosmos of the DC Universe. They are highly technologically advanced, and live in a rigid hierarchical society, in which one's caste is determined by the size of a red circle on one's forehead...
controlled Earthgov.
Fictional character biography
In pre-Zero HourZero Hour (comics)
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time is a five-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by DC Comics in 1994. In it, the former hero Hal Jordan, who had until then been a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, mad with grief after the destruction of...
continuity, Xao Jin became a Legionnaire under the codename Dragonmage. Xao Jin received training from Master Chu Hua as a young student in the mystic arts.
Powers and abilities
Xao Jin is a sorceror whose spells are accompanied by holograms of Chinese dragonChinese dragon
Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Bhutanese, Western and Turkic dragons. In Chinese art, dragons are typically portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four legs...
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