The Savage Dragon #1 [Yellow]
(July 1992)

Image, 1992 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.35 CAD
Pages
40
On-sale Date
1992 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Malibu Comics
Brand
Image
Editing
Jannie Wong (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Each variant cover also had a different poster in the center spread. See also Sequence 3 for details.
This issue has variants:

Intense Action From Erik Larsen (Table of Contents)

Savage Dragon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Erik Larsen (signed as ErikLarsen)
Inks
Erik Larsen (signed as ErikLarsen)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Savage Dragon [Kurr]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Savage Dragon (Image, 1992 series) #1 [Yellow] Cover Thumbnail for The Savage Dragon (1992 series) #1 [Blue] Cover Thumbnail for The Savage Dragon (1992 series) #1 [Green] Cover Thumbnail for The Savage Dragon (1992 series) #1 [White] Cover Thumbnail for The Savage Dragon (1992 series) #1 [Newsstand]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Erik Larsen
Inks
Erik Larsen
Letters
typeset
Characters
Savage Dragon

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Includes drawing of Savage Dragon.

Baptism of Fire (Table of Contents: 2)

Savage Dragon / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Erik Larsen (credited)
Pencils
Erik Larsen (credited)
Inks
Erik Larsen (credited)
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited); Digital Chameleon (credited) (separations)
Letters
Chris Eliopoulos (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chicago, Illinois. Now.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cutthroat; HellRazor; Mighty Man [Bobby Berman]; Savage Dragon [Kurr]; Star [Chris Robinson]; Alex Wilde; Glowbug; Lieutenant Frank Darling; Mildred Darling; Fred Darling (death); Skullface
Synopsis
Dragon becomes a police officer to help bring law and order back to the city.
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Indexer Notes

First Image appearance of Savage Dragon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Savage Dragon / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Erik Larsen (signed as ErikLarsen)
Inks
Erik Larsen (signed as ErikLarsen)
Colors
Erik Larsen (signed as ErikLarsen)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Savage Dragon [Kurr]

Indexer Notes

Two page pull-out poster.

Each variant had a different poster in the center spread. All four are penciled, inked, and colored Erik Larsen.

Yellow: Savage Dragon Universe Characters - ?

Blue: Savage Dragon Solo #1 - Characters: Savage Dragon

Green: Savage Dragon Universe Characters #2 - Characters: Savage Dragon; Freak Force [Dart [Jill August]; Rapture [Sharona Jackson]; Barbaric [Barney Runningbear]; SuperPatriot [Johnny Armstrong]; Mighty Man [Ann Stevens]; Ricochet [Rikki Shaefer]]; Vanguard Thakka; Wally; Rock [Joe Manning]; The Shrew [Chris Vantage] Maneater; Gator

White: Savage Dragon Solo #2 - Characters: Savage Dragon

Newsstand: No poster

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Back side of the poster. Between pages 16 and 17 of Baptism of Fire.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Erik Larsen (signed as Erik Larsen)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've drawn comics for as long as I can remember.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Entertainment This Month / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Comics News / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

American Comics & Entertainment / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Intense Action From Erik Larsen
    Savage Dragon
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Baptism of Fire
    Savage Dragon
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Savage Dragon
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. ["I've drawn comics for as long as I can remember."]
  7. 6. ["Discover new worlds of excitement!"]
  8. 7. ["Let's get wild!"]
  9. 8. ["Don't miss another issue!"]
    Entertainment This Month
  10. 9. ["Malibu does it again!"]
  11. 10. ["Where can you uncover the exclusive inside info about all the latest developments in the ever-changing comics world?"]
    Comics News
  12. 11. ["Summer sale!"]
    American Comics & Entertainment
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  • Dan Creel
  • Peter Croome
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  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • John Pannozzi
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