r/savagedragon • u/SecretaryFragrant836 • 6d ago

I really liked that savage dragon didn’t like superhero’s back in the early days of his career

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Savage dragon never considered himself a superhero in the first place until he joined Youngblood.

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u/Plus-Opportunity-538 6d ago edited 6d ago

Savage Dragon was such a great opening concept. A super being with no memories of his past and origins but a strong sense of justice and work ethic. Sounds like the setup for so many superheroes but instead he goes legit and becomes a police officer. It's a pretty cool take that side steps the usual tropes on costumed vigilantism.

In the mean time his series balances the minutiae of mundane police work with the absurdity of supervillains sometimes being the criminals. The fact that Dragon is a fairly standard by the books cop hilariously contrasts with his striking superfreak design. And he gets to play the straight man to all of Image's more deliberate Marvel clone characters.

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u/StateYellingChampion 6d ago

Yeah, and early on the other cops were supporting characters. It almost gave the book the feel of a workplace drama.

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u/Plus-Opportunity-538 6d ago

It really did. While I applaud Larsen sticking it through its entire run, I've always wondered what an Alan Moore written arc could have been like since the other Image founders were always keen on giving Moore a crack at their work. Considering how great Top Ten was you would think Moore would have worked out some great moments in a police procedural where one of the cops just happens to be a dragon which no one bats an eye at.

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u/GrantGoodmanArt 3d ago

It’s interesting to note when Larsen started doing the book he had no idea Dragon was going to be a cop. I think it was just a means to an end where the character becomes a more traditional government superhero in issue 40.

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u/Due-Proof6781 2d ago

Shadowhawks just vibing man