Image Announces Erik Larsen’s ‘Savage Dragon Compendium’ Vol. 1
by Olly MacNamee
The longest-running series from a single artist/writer, Savage Dragon by Image Comics partner and CFO Erik Larsen is finally getting collected as a compendium edition, with the first volume collecting The Dragon #1-5 (comprising the expanded version of the original three-issue miniseries from 1992) and Savage Dragon #1-44 all in one phonebook-sized trade paperback.
“In this Savage Dragon Compendium Vol. 1, the earliest adventures of Laren’s idiosyncratic superhero series are collected for the first time into one gigantic volume. Amongst these pages Savage Dragon defends Chicago from Overlord and the Vicious Circle, takes on an all-out gang war, and fights to prevent the destruction of the planet Earth itself!
Dragon goes from cop to corpse and to hell and back — literally! This compilation also features the birth of Dragon’s son, the death and rebirth of Darklord, and Dragon’s ascension to the head of Special Operations Strikeforce. It guest-stars WildC.A.T.s, Spawn, Hellboy, the Maxx, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and even God Himself.”
The Savage Dragon Compendium Vol. 1 Direct Market Exclusive (featuring a Direct Market variant cover) will be out on Wednesday, 18th November, along with the main cover edition, which will be in bookstores on Tuesday, 15th December, from Image Comics.
