WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Deadpool #10 by Kelly Thompson, Gerardo Sandoval, Victor Nava, Chris Sotomayor, and VC's Joe Sabino, on sale now.

The tendrils of the King in Black crossover event have crept around the Marvel Universe, pulling almost every Marvel hero into the battle against the symbiote god Knull. And in Deadpool #10, the residents of Deadpool's Monster Island get involved, too.

Under their king, Deadpool, the monsters that reside on the former Staten Island are horrifying enough on their own that an army of alien symbiote dragons wouldn't normally be of any concern. But in the face of such an incredible threat, everyone is doing their part to help save the world, even the worst of the worst, and that includes Marvel's premiere vampiric pteranodon man, Sauron. But even at this dire moment, Sauron still has his sights firmly set on his longtime goal of turning people into dinosaurs.

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While the least loyal of his subjects prepare themselves to finally be right about the end of days, Deadpool is making good use of his time by bringing together the most formidable symbiote-fighting team he can. Aside from the relatively normal volunteers ranging from men in quilts to anthropomorphic snowmen, there is one who stands out among the crowd. Karl Lykos, or Sauron, has thrown his hat in the ring to save the world. Deadpool is quick to wonder why the villain would offer to help when he has for so long been openly adamant about only wanting to turn people into dinosaurs, to which Sauron replies that he can't continue with his one true calling if the world falls to the symbiotes. This is good enough for Deadpool to let him on the team, and Sauron's logic can't really be argued with.

Lykos first appeared in 1969's X-Men #59 by Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, though only in his human form. The next issue would finally reveal him as the mad energy vampire he truly was, transformed after being attacked by a mutant pteranodon himself. When Lykos drains someone of substantial energy, particularly mutants, his body undergoes a horrific transformation into the winged beast that he is best known as. Sauron has never been coy about his maniacal intentions, often boasting outright when undertaking his various villainous plots.

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During Spider-Man's time teaching at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning in 2014's Spider-Man and the X-Men #2, by Elliot Kalan and Marco Failla, Stegron ambushed Peter's class and transported them to the Savage Land. There they find Sauron has developed a means to turn ordinary people into dinosaurs. Though the villain could very well use that same technology to literally cure cancer, Sauron tells Spider-Man that he really only wants what he wants in an infamous scene.

That particular has become more than just a popular meme, but a modern distillation of just who Sauron is as a dinosaur person who wants to make more dinosaurs. There isn't a lot of wiggle room for Deadpool to be picky with who comprises the roster of his new team, and Sauron might not have been anywhere near the top of his draft pick order, but at least he can rest easy knowing that the classic villain is dedicated to the cause.

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