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Savage Dragon (collected editions) #3
Savage Dragon, Vol. 3: The Fallen
(W/A) Erik Larsen
The Dragon's awe-inspiring battle with OverLord leaves him a broken man. With a missing arm and a hole in his tummy the size of a small dog, the Savage Dragon must face his biggest challenge ever! A gripping tale of outrageous characters in extraordinary circumstances.
The Dragon's awe-inspiring battle with OverLord leaves him a broken man. With a missing arm and a hole in his tummy the size of a small dog, the Savage Dragon must face his biggest challenge ever! A gripping tale of outrageous characters in extraordinary circumstances.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 27, 1998
About the author
Erik Larsen
959 books76 followersAs a child growing up in Bellingham, Washington and Albion, California, Erik Larsen created seveal comic books featuring versions of a character named 'Dragon.' He eventually published a fanzine, which led to his doing professional work on a comic book called Megaton for creator Gary Carlson. It was here that he introduced the Dragon, a super powered superhero, to the comic-reading masses.
After a multitude of mailings, showing his work, Erik became aquainted with Jim Shooter, who was, at that point, Marvel's Editor-in-Chief. Erik eventually met Jim at a convention in Chicago and Jim was impressed enough with Erik's work that he consented to co-plot a story with him on the spot. That story was a battle between Marvel Comics characters Hulk & Thor. Although it wasn't actually published until years later, it did impress a variety of Editors enough to get Larsen some more high-profile work in the funnybook field.
Erik jumped around various books in this part of his career. He did an Amazing Spider-Man fill-in story at Marvel, a few issues of DNAgents for Eclipse, and he eventually took over the art chores on DC's Doom Patrol. Soon afterwards, he left DC and moved on to the Punisher for Marvel. Five issues of that book was about as much pain as that poor Minnesota boy could stand. Erik wanted to write and when a Nova serial was given the thumbs up to run in Marvel Comics Presents with Erik as the writer/artist, he gladly left the Punisher. But it was not to be! The powers that be had other plans for Nova and Erik's yarn didn't fit in with the impending New Warriors series. Editor Terry Kavanaugh gave Larsen an Excalibur serial to draw for Marvel Comics Presents while the poor bastard waited for his big break.
When ever-popular artist Todd McFarlane left his artistic duties on Amazing Spider-Man, Larsen was chosen to be his successor. That run was astoundingly well-recieved, and included popular stories like 'The Return of the Sinister Six', 'The Cosmic Spider-Man', and 'The Powerless Spider-Man'. Although he was comfortable with his position as Amazing Spider-Man penciller, he was frustrated drawing other people's stories. Larsen found that his ravenous desire to write had only gotten stronger. He left Amazing Spider-Man, quite pooped.
By this time, the New Warriors was going full tilt and Erik tossed together a proposal for a Nova ongoing series. While he waited for it to get the nod, Todd McFarlane left the new Spider-Man title that he had launched. Erik was called upon once again picked up the torch - and he ran with it. Larsen created a memorable albeit brief run on that title, despite a traumatic event in his personal life - his house burned to the ground, destroying all of his childhood drawings and comic books.
After this period, creator Rob Liefeld invited Larsen to help found a new comic book imprint called 'Image' at Malibu comics, alongside notorious creators Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino. Erik's flagship comic book at Image (which soon left Malibu and became the third lagest comic book publisher in the United States) was an updated version of his childhood creation -- 'The Savage Dragon.' Larsen has been succeeding with his ideas ever since, through his creations Freak Force, Star, SuperPatriot and the Deadly Duo as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which he helped revitalize and bring to Image.
As of 2004, Erik Larsen became the Publisher of Image Comics and shows no sign of slowing down.
After a multitude of mailings, showing his work, Erik became aquainted with Jim Shooter, who was, at that point, Marvel's Editor-in-Chief. Erik eventually met Jim at a convention in Chicago and Jim was impressed enough with Erik's work that he consented to co-plot a story with him on the spot. That story was a battle between Marvel Comics characters Hulk & Thor. Although it wasn't actually published until years later, it did impress a variety of Editors enough to get Larsen some more high-profile work in the funnybook field.
Erik jumped around various books in this part of his career. He did an Amazing Spider-Man fill-in story at Marvel, a few issues of DNAgents for Eclipse, and he eventually took over the art chores on DC's Doom Patrol. Soon afterwards, he left DC and moved on to the Punisher for Marvel. Five issues of that book was about as much pain as that poor Minnesota boy could stand. Erik wanted to write and when a Nova serial was given the thumbs up to run in Marvel Comics Presents with Erik as the writer/artist, he gladly left the Punisher. But it was not to be! The powers that be had other plans for Nova and Erik's yarn didn't fit in with the impending New Warriors series. Editor Terry Kavanaugh gave Larsen an Excalibur serial to draw for Marvel Comics Presents while the poor bastard waited for his big break.
When ever-popular artist Todd McFarlane left his artistic duties on Amazing Spider-Man, Larsen was chosen to be his successor. That run was astoundingly well-recieved, and included popular stories like 'The Return of the Sinister Six', 'The Cosmic Spider-Man', and 'The Powerless Spider-Man'. Although he was comfortable with his position as Amazing Spider-Man penciller, he was frustrated drawing other people's stories. Larsen found that his ravenous desire to write had only gotten stronger. He left Amazing Spider-Man, quite pooped.
By this time, the New Warriors was going full tilt and Erik tossed together a proposal for a Nova ongoing series. While he waited for it to get the nod, Todd McFarlane left the new Spider-Man title that he had launched. Erik was called upon once again picked up the torch - and he ran with it. Larsen created a memorable albeit brief run on that title, despite a traumatic event in his personal life - his house burned to the ground, destroying all of his childhood drawings and comic books.
After this period, creator Rob Liefeld invited Larsen to help found a new comic book imprint called 'Image' at Malibu comics, alongside notorious creators Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino. Erik's flagship comic book at Image (which soon left Malibu and became the third lagest comic book publisher in the United States) was an updated version of his childhood creation -- 'The Savage Dragon.' Larsen has been succeeding with his ideas ever since, through his creations Freak Force, Star, SuperPatriot and the Deadly Duo as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which he helped revitalize and bring to Image.
As of 2004, Erik Larsen became the Publisher of Image Comics and shows no sign of slowing down.
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July 24, 2014
I've come to a realization during my loving stroll down old Savage Dragon road. This is the exact comic that ten year old me wanted to read. It's full of everything I hoped to find in funny books. All of that stuff that your parents didn't know was in there, those little secrets between you and the pages, Savage Dragon has is all. It's violent, with gore and cursing and even some tasteful nudity. The good guy is an endlessly likable power fantasy, the bad guys are a parade of freaks and mustache twirling gangsters. It doesn't have to be complex, or emotionally compelling, when everything is that fun.
That said, this volume had some great content. The first issue is a clever experiment in sequential art, with some excellent action. Superpatriot shows up a little deeper in, and continues to be one of the most interesting characters we've been teased with yet. Some plot threads I imagined forgotten even came back to spin some more yarn.
This is probably my favorite volume so far, as Dragon begins to find his voice, and really breathe as a guy you can like. I wish he got a movie in the 90s. That movie would have been amazing.
That said, this volume had some great content. The first issue is a clever experiment in sequential art, with some excellent action. Superpatriot shows up a little deeper in, and continues to be one of the most interesting characters we've been teased with yet. Some plot threads I imagined forgotten even came back to spin some more yarn.
This is probably my favorite volume so far, as Dragon begins to find his voice, and really breathe as a guy you can like. I wish he got a movie in the 90s. That movie would have been amazing.
August 27, 2020
Everything you wish superhero comics could pull off on a monthly basis. Dumb, loud, fun, compulsively readable and occasionally genuinely surprising. A great time.
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September 7, 2021
A un certo punto c’è Dragon che si mena con uno che si fa chiamare Jimbo, L’Aragosta Poderosa.
Come fai a non amare i 90s? 😍
Come fai a non amare i 90s? 😍
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January 4, 2023I read all of these over christmas , new years. The books were really good and I really enjoyed them.
May 29, 2012
The cast of villians Expands as the Dragon comes to terms with the Vicious Circle Gang. Erik packs these issues with more characters than some other creators invent in a career. The art style is definitely morphing into a more mature style, mixing a kirbyeske boldness with a modern shadowing and exaggerations.
February 11, 2020
An excellent continuation of superfreak / supercop Savage Dragon, and his battles against Chicago's criminal underworld, by the ever-impressive Erik Larsen.
Excellent art and story throughout. Highly recommended!
Excellent art and story throughout. Highly recommended!
September 13, 2012
One of the best comic book scenes of all time was the Dragon falling onto a spike and then he reaches up and pulls himself up to the top and off the thing.
August 3, 2014
blast from the past
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