Creation and Conception
He was created in response to the Comics Code Authority's prohibition on the use of werewolves: instead of becoming a werewolf, Karl Lykos (whose name is a deliberate reference to lycanthropy) becomes a were-pteranodon. In this form, he is an energy vampire who often inhabits the hidden prehistoric jungle of the Savage Land.
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