Created by
Jack Kirby for
Marvel Comics,
Devil
Dinosaur and his
companion Moon Boy hold places in
comicdom history. While one of their comics has the
dubious honor of being one of the
worst selling comic
books in history, the characters are some of the best
loved of Kirby's
creations.
First appearing in Devil Dinosaur #1, Moon Boy is a
member of the Small People, a group of hair-covered,
intelligent, humaniod mammals. Moon Boy is seemingly
an teenage member of their community, when he discovered
a young tyrannosaur being attacked by another tribe.
Moon Boy rescued the dinosaur, but not before the creature
was seared by a strange red lava, turning its hide red
permanently. The two began to travel together after that,
Moon Boy having been cast out of his village and the
T-Rex, who Moon Boy called Devil, having lost its family
to the hunters.
The two traveled their world combatting the foes and
encountering natural disasters. After nine issues,
the Devil Dinosaur comic was cancelled, but the two
companions travelled to the mainstream Marvel Universe,
encountering such heroes as Ghost Rider and Spider-Man
before eventually settling in the Savage Land.