Y'Garon is a fictional character

Fictional character

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 appearing in the Marvel Comics

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 universe

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. He is a demon

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 who has clashed with Dracula

Dracula (Marvel Comics)

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Publication history

Y'Garon first appeared in Giant-Size Dracula #2 (September 1974), and was created by Chris Claremont

Chris Claremont

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 and Don Heck

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The character subsequently appears in Epic Illustrated #10-11 (February, April 1982), and Marvel Graphic Novel #21: Marada the She-Wolf (1985).

Fictional character biography

In spite of his original entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

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, Y'Garon is not one of the Elder Gods

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. It is suspected that Y'Garon and his brothers (Y'Bsgloth and Y'Griarth) were either the foremost among the N'Garai

N'Garai

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 (which were spawned by the Elder God

Elder Gods (Marvel Comics)

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 Chthon), or possibly some kind of evil trinity that (as a group) was on the level of other Elder Gods

Elder Gods (Marvel Comics)

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 such as Set

Set (Serpent God)

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