The Vicious Circle is a criminal organization of mutants , cyborgs , monsters , assassins , and magicians that serves as the primary opponents for the superheroes in Erik Larsen's comic-book titles, primarily the Dragon .
89-628: The group has a varying line-up, sometimes consisting of five-to-six members and sometimes having a staggeringly huge membership. Originally the Vicious Circle was led by the Overlord , an armored mastermind who ruled all of Chicago 's underworld. Later, it would be ruled by the technology controlling Cyberface . Once the Savage Dragon started policing the streets of Chicago , the Vicious Circle began to falter and its members started winding up in prison,
178-477: A bid to reclaim the Vicious Circle, now under the leadership of Horde. In a mass battle which killed Horde, the remains of CyberFace were finally destroyed by BrainiApe. CyberFace formed the Annihilators and took them to seize control of the Vicious Circle. CyberFace managed to successfully claim leadership away from OverLord, who he then killed. From this point on, Khan's sphere of influence continued to expand and
267-560: A credible threat. The Circle is briefly part of the superhero/gang war that erupts in New York City, as mentioned in Wildcats #28. Circle members are part of the heroic resistance when Martians attack Earth, though they try to claim power and territory once the Dragon kills all the aliens. After the alien invasion, the Dragon shrunk much of their group with a Martian device, sucked them up in
356-525: A day. Khan was abandoned and left the mob to pursue other plans. At some unknown point, Khan gained superhuman powers to manipulate all technology and he took on the guise of CyberFace. Gathering a number of other superpowered criminals, CyberFace formed the Annihilators and prepared them to seize control of the Vicious Circle. Unfortunately for him, the Chicago Police Department's Freak Force program interfered and apprehended him, as well as trapping
445-461: A final battle in the series' fiftieth issue. During the battle at their headquarters and despite Horde using She-Dragon 's power gloves, The Dragon is able to kill off the Wicked Worms covering Fon~Ti with a can of industrial insect killer. Fon~Ti returns eighth issues later to destroy his old enemy Cadaver and revive the Dragon fully, who had been killed shortly after destroying Horde. Horde used
534-406: A final battle in the series' fiftieth issue. During the battle at their headquarters and despite Horde using She-Dragon 's power gloves, The Dragon is able to kill off the Wicked Worms covering Fon~Ti with a can of industrial insect killer. Fon~Ti returns eighth issues later to destroy his old enemy Cadaver and revive the Dragon fully, who had been killed shortly after destroying Horde. Horde used
623-424: A force of villains to go after Dragon. This fails and in a one-on-one confrontation with the Dragon, Nixon is beaten to death. His identity is only discovered after the fact. Under careful supervision, the armor is destroyed in a fire. In an alternate dimension, the armor is used by a mysterious figure to keep the Vicious Circle in line with the mutation-granting blood of Dragon. Overlord claims to be trying to turn
712-578: A legion of android soldiers, the Dreadheads. With the success of the original armour, Khan improved upon his own designs and created the nigh-invulnerable armour that would allow Seghetti to assume the role of OverLord. In this new role, the crime lord was forced to remain within his suit or face certain death from the freaks he has subdued and recruited into his new organisation, the Vicious Circle. OverLord soon spent less and less time with his Mafia associates while maintaining his new persona twenty-four hours
801-587: A mindless rampage nearly destroying the city of Chicago; vigilante Mace and wannabe heroine She-Dragon ; before taking control of criminal Cyberface. Horde used Cyberface to control the Vicious Circle, the biggest super-criminal organisation in Chicago. When Cyberface was killed for the third time Horde revealed himself, took control of all of the Vicious Circle members with his worms. The Vicious Circle under Horde's leadership cause enough problems to force The Dragon to return from Washington DC and deal with them himself in
890-537: A mindless rampage nearly destroying the city of Chicago; vigilante Mace and wannabe heroine She-Dragon ; before taking control of criminal Cyberface. Horde used Cyberface to control the Vicious Circle, the biggest super-criminal organisation in Chicago. When Cyberface was killed for the third time Horde revealed himself, took control of all of the Vicious Circle members with his worms. The Vicious Circle under Horde's leadership cause enough problems to force The Dragon to return from Washington DC and deal with them himself in
979-414: A more buffoonish superpowered hero, She-Dragon . However, this plan fails as She-Dragon is carefully trained by other police officers and becomes a credible threat. The Circle is briefly part of the superhero/gang war that erupts in New York City, as mentioned in Wildcats #28. Circle members are part of the heroic resistance when Martians attack Earth, though they try to claim power and territory once
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#17328772628731068-466: A mutated-beings rights group. As part of this goal, he works unofficially with the police. These stated goals suffer a setback after the Dragon, overcome by his previous persona of evil Emperor Kurr, kills many of the Circle's powered forced. Overlord is the main villain in the short lived Savage Dragon animated series, voiced by Tony Jay . Cyberface ( Sebastian Khan ) is a supervillain and enemy of
1157-399: A one-on-one confrontation with the Dragon, Nixon is beaten to death. His identity is only discovered after the fact. Under careful supervision, the armor is destroyed in a fire. In an alternate dimension, the armor is used by a mysterious figure to keep the Vicious Circle in line with the mutation-granting blood of Dragon. Overlord claims to be trying to turn the Circle 'straight', to become
1246-626: A planned film with the working title Galactic Warfare . Despite Jay agreeing to the role, Lucas decided to cast Alec Guinness , instead. On stage he had small roles in plays such as Anton Chekhov 's The Three Sisters (1976) and Terence Rattigan 's The Deep Blue Sea (1981). More important roles followed with an appearance as Jaggers in Great Expectations (1984) at the Old Vic , and as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice . Jay
1335-448: A powerful battlesuit to wear. Donning the armor, Saghetti dubs himself Overlord and recruits countless superhuman thugs into his criminal empire, calling the group the Vicious Circle. With superhuman agents, he breaks away from his Mafia connections and Overlord soon has the city of Chicago at his mercy. The Overlord's luck changes when the Savage Dragon becomes a police officer. The Dragon began to dismantle his empire piece by piece. Later
1424-402: A roof and impaled on a church spire. Later, the Dragon returns with a S.W.A.T. team. The other police officers are killed almost instantly. The Dragon takes apart Overlord's armor and shoots him in the mouth, one of his few vulnerable spots. Overlord falls off the roof, breaking a spire and slamming into the sidewalk. Other forces conspire to send Dragon to hell, though Dragon does not believe it
1513-566: A savvy but blind FBI agent (1967–1972). The experience led him to decide to take acting up professionally. Jay acted, wrote, and directed radio plays on the South African Broadcasting Corporation 's first commercial radio station, Springbok Radio (1950–85). He was especially associated with the comic series Taxi! (1969–1972,1975–1978), in which he not only portrayed New York cabby Red Kowalski, but also co-wrote many scripts with Joe Stewardson . Other shows in which he
1602-438: A team of superhumans called the Annihilators against the Vicious Circle, but is arrested. After negotiating with the police, CyberFace plans to testify against Overlord and reveal his identity. Overlord panics and dispatched several assassins. Cyberface ended up dead in his cell, having been poisoned through his food. He is soon revived through artificial means. Dragon's first confrontration with Overlord ends with being thrown off
1691-517: A vacuum cleaner and tossed them out the window. The shrunken members were then used to free other members from jail. Presumably, the Vicious Circle, along with most of Earth, are dead after a cosmic entity named Universo attacks the planet. Some people of this Earth survived to travel to another, but it is not known whether any Circle members did. Overlord first appeared in Larsen's Savage Dragon series, serving as that title's first principal villain and
1780-443: Is Dragon. He carried out a failed assassination attempt which has earned him the unenviable position of being public enemy number one with a huge bounty on his head. In May 1999, our Dragon's mind took control of his alternate timeline's body and he has begun his own quest to depose CyberFace from power. Over the next few years, Dragon proceeded to gather together a resistance movement that consisted of abandoned Vicious Circle members,
1869-443: Is Dragon. He carried out a failed assassination attempt which has earned him the unenviable position of being public enemy number one with a huge bounty on his head. In May 1999, our Dragon's mind took control of his alternate timeline's body and he has begun his own quest to depose CyberFace from power. Over the next few years, Dragon proceeded to gather together a resistance movement that consisted of abandoned Vicious Circle members,
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#17328772628731958-561: Is a supervillain and enemy of the Dragon in the Image Universe . He first appears in Savage Dragon (vol. 2) #5 and was created by Erik Larsen . The city of Chicago has long been renowned for its organized crime, most famously during the infamous reign of Al Capone. The mobs and gangsters managed to retain power for decades but the growing superhuman population threatened their rule by
2047-546: Is a criminal organization of mutants , cyborgs , monsters , assassins , and magicians that serves as the primary opponents for the superheroes in Erik Larsen's comic-book titles, primarily the Dragon . The group has a varying line-up, sometimes consisting of five-to-six members and sometimes having a staggeringly huge membership. Originally the Vicious Circle was led by the Overlord , an armored mastermind who ruled all of Chicago 's underworld. Later, it would be ruled by
2136-486: Is involved in all sorts of crime, including rape itself. In the 1990s, the superhuman population of the world skyrockets, resulting in Seghetti's illegal operations being threatened. In response, Saghetti has Sebastian Kahn (a cybernetics genius) design and construct for him a powerful battlesuit to wear. Donning the armor, Saghetti dubs himself Overlord and recruits countless superhuman thugs into his criminal empire, calling
2225-412: Is not known whether any Circle members did. Overlord first appeared in Larsen's Savage Dragon series, serving as that title's first principal villain and the archenemy of the Dragon. Like many of Larsen's characters, Overlord was based on a character that Larsen had created during his childhood. First conceived as "Bronzeman", a sort of criminal counterpart to Iron Man , Larsen later found he disliked
2314-406: Is real. Nevertheless, he viciously torments Antonio when they meet. Antonio has his armor recreated by mystical means. The Dragon bites off Antonio's finger and spits it through the man's head. Since then, Overlord's armor has been used by others who have tried to gain power in the Chicago underworld. Some, such as Brainiape , must deal with literally not being able to fit into the armor. Then there
2403-421: Is soon revived through artificial means. Dragon's first confrontration with Overlord ends with being thrown off a roof and impaled on a church spire. Later, the Dragon returns with a S.W.A.T. team. The other police officers are killed almost instantly. The Dragon takes apart Overlord's armor and shoots him in the mouth, one of his few vulnerable spots. Overlord falls off the roof, breaking a spire and slamming into
2492-603: Is that of Professor Werner in Twins (1988), the father figure/mentor to Arnold Schwarzenegger 's character, Julius Benedict. Jay was born in London. He attended Pinner County Grammar School , and completed his National Service with the Royal Air Force in 1953. He later recalled, "I was always an actor at school"; but opted for the financial security of a real estate business. Jay moved to South Africa in about 1966, after hearing of
2581-583: The Dragon in the Image Universe . He first appears in Savage Dragon (vol. 2) #5 and was created by Erik Larsen . The city of Chicago has long been renowned for its organized crime, most famously during the infamous reign of Al Capone. The mobs and gangsters managed to retain power for decades but the growing superhuman population threatened their rule by the early 1990s. A Mafia crime lord, Antonio Seghetti, saw this growing menace and acted on it. He had his second-in-command, Sebastian Khan, exercise his technological expertise to try and come up with an answer to
2670-583: The 1987 CBS TV series adaptation of Beauty and the Beast ; Minister Campio on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992); and Lex Luthor 's villainous aide-de-camp Nigel St. John in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–95). Jay's voice-over work included Monsieur D'Arque , the amoral asylum superintendent, in Disney's 1991 hit animated film version of Beauty and the Beast . From 1994 to 2001 he supplied
2759-481: The 2003 film The Jungle Book 2 . His final role was voicing Spiderus in the Miss Spider series. Jay was a devotee of classic Broadway and made several recordings and performances of old-time Broadway lyrics, in spoken-word form. A CD of these readings, Speaking of Broadway , was released in 2005; a version recorded in 1996 was entitled Poets on Broadway , as was his website. On it Jay recites lyrics written by
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2848-429: The Annihilators in a dimensional limbo. While in police custody, CyberFace was poisoned on the orders of OverLord and was presumed dead. Desperate to get CyberFace back so that he can testify against OverLord, as he is the only man able to identify the armoured crime lord in his human guise, the Dragon takes the dead man's carcass to the government's Project: Born Again program. The villain was partially resurrected before
2937-412: The Circle 'straight', to become a mutated-beings rights group. As part of this goal, he works unofficially with the police. These stated goals suffer a setback after the Dragon, overcome by his previous persona of evil Emperor Kurr, kills many of the Circle's powered forced. Overlord is the main villain in the short lived Savage Dragon animated series, voiced by Tony Jay . Cyberface ( Sebastian Khan )
3026-447: The Dragon kills all the aliens. After the alien invasion, the Dragon shrunk much of their group with a Martian device, sucked them up in a vacuum cleaner and tossed them out the window. The shrunken members were then used to free other members from jail. Presumably, the Vicious Circle, along with most of Earth, are dead after a cosmic entity named Universo attacks the planet. Some people of this Earth survived to travel to another, but it
3115-425: The Dragon time and time again, willing to kill anyone who gets in their way. Occasionally, they use subtler methods. A power vacuum causes an inter-faction war, ending with the sex-changed Johnny Redbeard in charge. Using insiders, they have Dragon fired and replaced with a more buffoonish superpowered hero, She-Dragon . However, this plan fails as She-Dragon is carefully trained by other police officers and becomes
3204-494: The Earth in the future. He could still access remote units under his control such as Wally who shot the villain dead rather than turn into his loyal slave. CyberFace has immense electro-magnetic abilities that allow him to effortlessly manipulate huge amounts of technology. He also possesses great strength and invulnerability. Alison Summers is the fifth main villain of the series and the niece of Dart 1 and Dart III. The new leader of
3293-446: The Earth in the future. He could still access remote units under his control such as Wally who shot the villain dead rather than turn into his loyal slave. CyberFace has immense electro-magnetic abilities that allow him to effortlessly manipulate huge amounts of technology. He also possesses great strength and invulnerability. Alison Summers is the fifth main villain of the series and the niece of Dart 1 and Dart III. The new leader of
3382-565: The Mafia and the European pocket nation of Lieberheim. As a child, he kills his sister's rapist during the act itself. Though noble, he starts a downward spiral into thuggery. He soon is involved in all sorts of crime, including rape itself. In the 1990s, the superhuman population of the world skyrockets, resulting in Seghetti's illegal operations being threatened. In response, Saghetti has Sebastian Kahn (a cybernetics genius) design and construct for him
3471-572: The Martians launched their mammoth invasion of Earth and destroyed much of the planet, CyberFace again came to humanity's rescue, albeit to serve his own selfish gains. CyberFace defeated these latest aggressors and added their technology to his growing cache of equipment was able to seize complete control of Earth and became the King of the World. Only one person has had the audacity to truly oppose CyberFace, and that
3560-426: The Martians launched their mammoth invasion of Earth and destroyed much of the planet, CyberFace again came to humanity's rescue, albeit to serve his own selfish gains. CyberFace defeated these latest aggressors and added their technology to his growing cache of equipment was able to seize complete control of Earth and became the King of the World. Only one person has had the audacity to truly oppose CyberFace, and that
3649-502: The Overlord also has to contend with Kahn, who had been technologically augmented and is now called CyberFace. CyberFace leads a team of superhumans called the Annihilators against the Vicious Circle, but is arrested. After negotiating with the police, CyberFace plans to testify against Overlord and reveal his identity. Overlord panics and dispatched several assassins. Cyberface ended up dead in his cell, having been poisoned through his food. He
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3738-643: The Underground Freaks and other freedom fighters. Dragon led an assault upon the White House which prompted CyberFace to flee up to the starship of Vanguard's but was unable to hide from his arch-enemy. Dragon confronted his foe, leading him to the isolation booth that once housed the Possessor, neutralising his powers. This then allowed the hero to free Vanguard so that they can gas CyberFace, leaving him locked away in case his incredible abilities are needed to save
3827-476: The Underground Freaks and other freedom fighters. Dragon led an assault upon the White House which prompted CyberFace to flee up to the starship of Vanguard's but was unable to hide from his arch-enemy. Dragon confronted his foe, leading him to the isolation booth that once housed the Possessor, neutralising his powers. This then allowed the hero to free Vanguard so that they can gas CyberFace, leaving him locked away in case his incredible abilities are needed to save
3916-495: The United States for an audition. Jay was cast in a pilot program called Circus which was unsuccessful. On set Jay met make-up artist Kathy Rogers, who would become his second wife. He moved to the United States where he became a resident. In addition, Jay won parts in television series such as Night Court (1984), The Golden Girls (1987), Twins (1988), and Eerie, Indiana (1991). Bigger roles included Paracelsus on
4005-559: The Vicious Circle after the Dragon had killed OverLord. Due to the incomplete resurrection, CyberFace slowly began to degenerate and was saved from death by Abner Cadaver, who infused him with the life essences of some of the Undead. This lifeforce was very unstable, and when CyberFace attempted to conquer Chicago in light of the Martian invasion, he was destroyed by a single punch from the Dragon. Octopus, OpenFace and PowerHouse revived CyberFace in
4094-465: The Vicious Circle soon became a serious force to be reckoned with. When the Cosmic Cops invaded Earth in 1994, they managed to decimate much of New York City and looked set to expand their precincts to contain much of the planet. No heroes were able to get close enough to accomplish anything and numerous teams were being monitored and threatened with death if they acted. It was only when CyberFace entered
4183-411: The Vicious Circle soon became a serious force to be reckoned with. When the Cosmic Cops invaded Earth in 1994, they managed to decimate much of New York City and looked set to expand their precincts to contain much of the planet. No heroes were able to get close enough to accomplish anything and numerous teams were being monitored and threatened with death if they acted. It was only when CyberFace entered
4272-421: The Vicious Circle. A scientist of the Vicious Circle. An ape with Adolf Hitler's brain. Horde is a fictional villain in the comic book series Savage Dragon where he, 50 issues, a secret antagonist, plotting events from behind the scenes. Horde is the wizard Fon~Ti, the wizard who grants mortals the power of Mighty Man . Trapped and controlled by Mighty Man's old enemy The Wicked Worm. Duplicated bodies of
4361-421: The Vicious Circle. A scientist of the Vicious Circle. An ape with Adolf Hitler's brain. Horde is a fictional villain in the comic book series Savage Dragon where he, 50 issues, a secret antagonist, plotting events from behind the scenes. Horde is the wizard Fon~Ti, the wizard who grants mortals the power of Mighty Man . Trapped and controlled by Mighty Man's old enemy The Wicked Worm. Duplicated bodies of
4450-412: The Vicious Circle. Octopus was later apprehended and CyberFace was cleared of any charges after giving evidence against OverLord so that a warrant for his arrest could be made. Shortly after, Horde took possession of CyberFace and used his might to become the new leader of the Vicious Circle after the Dragon had killed OverLord. Due to the incomplete resurrection, CyberFace slowly began to degenerate and
4539-467: The archenemy of the Dragon. Like many of Larsen's characters, Overlord was based on a character that Larsen had created during his childhood. First conceived as "Bronzeman", a sort of criminal counterpart to Iron Man , Larsen later found he disliked the name and changed it to Overlord. The character's costume also went through multiple revisions before Larsen was satisfied. Overlord is a Chicago -based crime lord named Antonio Seghetti with extensive ties to
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#17328772628734628-408: The armor. Then there was Victor Nixon, Chicago Police officer. He had developed an attraction to the married Rita Meadermade . His use of the armor to spy on her corrupts Nixon, mixing his thought patterns with Antonio's remnants. Nixon ends up killing Rita's other stalker, her homicidal brother-in-law. He also seemingly kills Dragon's wife, but Jennifer had been replaced by a double. Nixon then gathers
4717-553: The chance," he recalled in a 1986 The New York Times interview. During its run from August to October 1986 at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway , Jay's performance was described as "brilliantly played" by the New York Times . Consequently, he was nominated for the 1987 Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. Jay's acting drew the attention of an agent who arranged for him to return from England to
4806-706: The character in the original film ), the TV series TaleSpin , and the Elder God (plus various other roles) in the Legacy of Kain series of video games. Jay also made many distinguished on-screen appearances, including the role of Nigel St John on Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1995). He further made guest appearances on programs including The Golden Girls in 1987, Twin Peaks in 1990 to 1991, and Night Court in 1991. His most prominent onscreen role, however,
4895-444: The early 1990s. A Mafia crime lord, Antonio Seghetti, saw this growing menace and acted on it. He had his second-in-command, Sebastian Khan, exercise his technological expertise to try and come up with an answer to the freaks. The mob had a healthy relationship with the small country of Lieberheim and it's ruthless dictator, Dread Knight, was given a prototype suit of armour to increase his influence of power, as well as constructing him
4984-406: The facility was destroyed, and CyberFace wandered back to Chicago and was manipulated by Octopus, planning to use him to conquer the Vicious Circle. Octopus was later apprehended and CyberFace was cleared of any charges after giving evidence against OverLord so that a warrant for his arrest could be made. Shortly after, Horde took possession of CyberFace and used his might to become the new leader of
5073-440: The film version of Beauty and the Beast . Jay reprised Frollo's voice for Walt Disney World 's nighttime light and fireworks show Fantasmic! From 1995 to 1996 Jay was the voice of the alien warlord Lord Dregg , the villain during the last two seasons of the original 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated TV series. He is also well known among fans of the 1996–2003 video game series Legacy of Kain for his voicing of
5162-427: The fray that the aliens were defeated. The Cosmic Cops’ impressive technology was enslaved by CyberFace who then used it to destroy the invaders and convert them into his mindless cybernetic slaves. New York City was the next city behind Chicago to become controlled by CyberFace and his powerbase increased immensely. Few could oppose him now that he had the enhanced technology of the Cosmic Cops. Three years later when
5251-427: The fray that the aliens were defeated. The Cosmic Cops’ impressive technology was enslaved by CyberFace who then used it to destroy the invaders and convert them into his mindless cybernetic slaves. New York City was the next city behind Chicago to become controlled by CyberFace and his powerbase increased immensely. Few could oppose him now that he had the enhanced technology of the Cosmic Cops. Three years later when
5340-429: The freaks. The mob had a healthy relationship with the small country of Lieberheim and it's ruthless dictator, Dread Knight, was given a prototype suit of armour to increase his influence of power, as well as constructing him a legion of android soldiers, the Dreadheads. With the success of the original armour, Khan improved upon his own designs and created the nigh-invulnerable armour that would allow Seghetti to assume
5429-568: The gorilla body of BrainiApe, and he stole the OverLord armour from the government as part of a bid to reclaim the Vicious Circle, now under the leadership of Horde. In a mass battle which killed Horde, the remains of CyberFace were finally destroyed by BrainiApe. CyberFace formed the Annihilators and took them to seize control of the Vicious Circle. CyberFace managed to successfully claim leadership away from OverLord, who he then killed. From this point on, Khan's sphere of influence continued to expand and
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#17328772628735518-421: The group the Vicious Circle. With superhuman agents, he breaks away from his Mafia connections and Overlord soon has the city of Chicago at his mercy. The Overlord's luck changes when the Savage Dragon becomes a police officer. The Dragon began to dismantle his empire piece by piece. Later the Overlord also has to contend with Kahn, who had been technologically augmented and is now called CyberFace. CyberFace leads
5607-415: The guise of CyberFace. Gathering a number of other superpowered criminals, CyberFace formed the Annihilators and prepared them to seize control of the Vicious Circle. Unfortunately for him, the Chicago Police Department's Freak Force program interfered and apprehended him, as well as trapping the Annihilators in a dimensional limbo. While in police custody, CyberFace was poisoned on the orders of OverLord and
5696-589: The hospital or just plain dead. The Vicious Circle remains a consistent thorn in the Savage Dragon's side, and frequently faces off with the SuperPatriot and others, including Raphael of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , who in issues 10 and 11 of the series run with Image took on the entire Vicious Circle himself in a bar fight. The Circle desires to utterly control Chicago. Members have attacked
5785-490: The leech-like worms that covered his body to control people's minds. The Leeches, later referred to as 'Wicked Worms' (as they were all duplicates of The Wicked Worm), attached themselves at the base of each victim's skull. Each worm, it was later revealed, also had the intellect, personality and power of speech that the original Wicked Worm had. Jimbo Da Mighty Lobster was a large, super-powered anthropomorphic Lobster who cursed frequently and battled The Dragon simply to prove he
5874-490: The leech-like worms that covered his body to control people's minds. The Leeches, later referred to as 'Wicked Worms' (as they were all duplicates of The Wicked Worm), attached themselves at the base of each victim's skull. Each worm, it was later revealed, also had the intellect, personality and power of speech that the original Wicked Worm had. Jimbo Da Mighty Lobster was a large, super-powered anthropomorphic Lobster who cursed frequently and battled The Dragon simply to prove he
5963-523: The likes of Noël Coward , Ira Gershwin , and Oscar Hammerstein , accompanied by synthesized music which he composed. Jay began a relationship with Marta MacGeraghty in 1974. They had a son, born in 1989. They did not marry until 2004, and remained together until Jay's death in 2006. In April 2006, Jay underwent surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to remove a non-cancerous tumour from his lungs. Afterwards he became critically ill and
6052-601: The merchant in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens (1981) for BBC Shakespeare, and in single episodes of popular television programmes such as The Sweeney (1975), The Professionals (1978) and the comedy Whoops Apocalypse (1982). During this period he was cast as Vladimir Maximovitch in Woody Allen 's Love and Death (1975), which was shot in Hungary and France. George Lucas met with Jay about playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in
6141-402: The name and changed it to Overlord. The character's costume also went through multiple revisions before Larsen was satisfied. Overlord is a Chicago -based crime lord named Antonio Seghetti with extensive ties to the Mafia and the European pocket nation of Lieberheim. As a child, he kills his sister's rapist during the act itself. Though noble, he starts a downward spiral into thuggery. He soon
6230-492: The original Mortanius and of the Elder God , alongside several other minor characters. In various animated projects Jay took over the voice of Shere Khan , which actor George Sanders had originated for the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book . In 11 episodes spanning 1990–91, Jay voiced Shere Khan for Disney's animated TV series TaleSpin , The Jungle Book: Rhythm and Groove videogame (2000), and House of Mouse (2001–02). His final appearance as Khan came in
6319-480: The potential there for his line of work. He left South Africa to return to England in 1973, after which he moved to the United States in 1986. While establishing his real estate business in England, Jay acted occasionally in amateur productions. Within three months of relocating to South Africa at the age of 33, Jay found himself acting in radio dramas such as the detective series Sounds of Darkness where he played
6408-416: The prize was their character would appear in issue #10 and the creator would retain the copyrights. Several thousand entered and Larsen chose the winner (Jason Merritt). Jimbo was super-strong and invulnerable, plus had two strong claws instead of hands. He was a criminal of some kind 'making runs' using a boat. A mutant Shark-man. ORIGINAL IMAGE UNIVERSE Overlord (comics) The Vicious Circle
6497-436: The prize was their character would appear in issue #10 and the creator would retain the copyrights. Several thousand entered and Larsen chose the winner (Jason Merritt). Jimbo was super-strong and invulnerable, plus had two strong claws instead of hands. He was a criminal of some kind 'making runs' using a boat. A mutant Shark-man. ORIGINAL IMAGE UNIVERSE Tony Jay Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006)
6586-487: The role of OverLord. In this new role, the crime lord was forced to remain within his suit or face certain death from the freaks he has subdued and recruited into his new organisation, the Vicious Circle. OverLord soon spent less and less time with his Mafia associates while maintaining his new persona twenty-four hours a day. Khan was abandoned and left the mob to pursue other plans. At some unknown point, Khan gained superhuman powers to manipulate all technology and he took on
6675-433: The series run with Image took on the entire Vicious Circle himself in a bar fight. The Circle desires to utterly control Chicago. Members have attacked the Dragon time and time again, willing to kill anyone who gets in their way. Occasionally, they use subtler methods. A power vacuum causes an inter-faction war, ending with the sex-changed Johnny Redbeard in charge. Using insiders, they have Dragon fired and replaced with
6764-480: The sidewalk. Other forces conspire to send Dragon to hell, though Dragon does not believe it is real. Nevertheless, he viciously torments Antonio when they meet. Antonio has his armor recreated by mystical means. The Dragon bites off Antonio's finger and spits it through the man's head. Since then, Overlord's armor has been used by others who have tried to gain power in the Chicago underworld. Some, such as Brainiape , must deal with literally not being able to fit into
6853-541: The sound-only perspective of radio, Jay created a narrator which he embued with irony and scepticism. Jay's voice work led him to do commercials for companies such as Gunston Cigarettes, Barclays Bank , and Bols Brandy . After Jay's return to Britain in 1973 he worked in various television productions. For the BBC series Fall of Eagles (1974) he portrayed Tsar Alexander III of Russia , during which time he met Patrick Stewart , who played Vladimir Lenin . Jay appeared as
6942-443: The technology controlling Cyberface . Once the Savage Dragon started policing the streets of Chicago , the Vicious Circle began to falter and its members started winding up in prison, the hospital or just plain dead. The Vicious Circle remains a consistent thorn in the Savage Dragon's side, and frequently faces off with the SuperPatriot and others, including Raphael of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , who in issues 10 and 11 of
7031-447: The voice for the virus Megabyte in the animated television show ReBoot . According to one source, Jay was preferred to Patrick Stewart , Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen for the voice of the main antagonist Judge Claude Frollo in Disney 's 1996 animated film adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame , directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, who had also steered his performance in
7120-437: The worm covered Fon~Ti at the command of his old rival Abner Cadaver and used him to slowly take control of Chicago's super-powered criminal underworld. Horde possesses a number of characters before stepping out of the shadows, the first character is possessed in the very first issue of the Savage Dragon's ongoing series. First the homeless freak The Shrew; then veteran hero Superpatriot ; The Dragon himself, causing him to go on
7209-437: The worm covered Fon~Ti at the command of his old rival Abner Cadaver and used him to slowly take control of Chicago's super-powered criminal underworld. Horde possesses a number of characters before stepping out of the shadows, the first character is possessed in the very first issue of the Savage Dragon's ongoing series. First the homeless freak The Shrew; then veteran hero Superpatriot ; The Dragon himself, causing him to go on
7298-445: Was Victor Nixon, Chicago Police officer. He had developed an attraction to the married Rita Meadermade . His use of the armor to spy on her corrupts Nixon, mixing his thought patterns with Antonio's remnants. Nixon ends up killing Rita's other stalker, her homicidal brother-in-law. He also seemingly kills Dragon's wife, but Jennifer had been replaced by a double. Nixon then gathers a force of villains to go after Dragon. This fails and in
7387-684: Was a British actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company , he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive raspy baritone voice, which often led to him being cast in villainous or authoritative roles. He was best known as the voice of Claude Frollo in Disney 's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Megabyte in ReBoot (1994–2001), Shere Khan in The Jungle Book 2 (replacing George Sanders , who played
7476-601: Was cast as Vincent Crummles in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 -hour-long production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1986) at Stratford-upon-Avon . After a tour of Britain, Nicholas Nickleby embarked on a limited tour of the United States, starting with performances in Los Angeles in June 1986, then on to Boston , Philadelphia , Washington, D.C., and New York City. "Even before I left England, I told friends I'd be staying if I got
7565-466: Was involved included Lux Radio Theatre , Playhouse 90 , and Tuesday Theatre . Jay adapted, cast, and directed the first 6 months of episodes for The Avengers . The series, based on Seasons 4–6 of the 1960s British television series of the same name , was broadcast on Springbok from 6 December 1971 to 28 December 1973. To bridge the gap between the visual orientation of the British television series and
7654-438: Was presumed dead. Desperate to get CyberFace back so that he can testify against OverLord, as he is the only man able to identify the armoured crime lord in his human guise, the Dragon takes the dead man's carcass to the government's Project: Born Again program. The villain was partially resurrected before the facility was destroyed, and CyberFace wandered back to Chicago and was manipulated by Octopus, planning to use him to conquer
7743-419: Was saved from death by Abner Cadaver, who infused him with the life essences of some of the Undead. This lifeforce was very unstable, and when CyberFace attempted to conquer Chicago in light of the Martian invasion, he was destroyed by a single punch from the Dragon. Octopus, OpenFace and PowerHouse revived CyberFace in the gorilla body of BrainiApe, and he stole the OverLord armour from the government as part of
7832-400: Was the stronger of the two. In the end The Dragon threw the fight to end the battle and Jimbo went away thinking he was indeed, the strongest. He was not seen again. The character was the winner of Erik Larsen's 'Ultimate Character Creation Contest'. Launched in issue 1 of the Savage Dragon ongoing series with a deadline of July 31, 1993 fans could enter their finest creation (Hero or Villain),
7921-400: Was the stronger of the two. In the end The Dragon threw the fight to end the battle and Jimbo went away thinking he was indeed, the strongest. He was not seen again. The character was the winner of Erik Larsen's 'Ultimate Character Creation Contest'. Launched in issue 1 of the Savage Dragon ongoing series with a deadline of July 31, 1993 fans could enter their finest creation (Hero or Villain),
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