Ilongo Savage (character)

Ilongo Savage is a character created by Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe for Marvel's Shogun Warriors comic book series where he made his first appearance in the first issue (published 1979). Ilongo Savage is an African Marine Biologist recruited against his will by the Followers of the Light to pilot the Shogun Warrior robot Dangard Ace. He did this for some months, battling various threats to Earth, until the robots destruction, then returned to his former occupation.