Brainiape

Erik Larsen's wild imagination conjured Brainiape onto the pages of Savage Dragon #23 in 1995, dropping this memorably named creation right into the thick of Image Comics' most gloriously unhinged universe. Over nearly three decades of publication, Brainiape has carved out a niche across Savage Dragon, Superpatriot: America's Fighting Force, and the archival collections that celebrate Larsen's sprawling saga — sharing panel space with a roster as eclectic as Dragon, PowerHouse, and even Adolf Hitler himself, which tells you everything about the gonzo, anything-goes storytelling on offer here. With 36 catalog appearances and at least one key-issue credit to their name, this is a character who has quietly persisted through the Modern Age while the Savage Dragon world expanded around them. If you love deep-cut Image lore and the kind of gleefully strange character design that only Larsen delivers, Brainiape is exactly the sort of discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.