Brute

Brute is a rough-edged denizen of Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon universe, operating in the chaotic criminal or super-powered underworld that Dragon regularly contends with. Associated with disreputable figures like LowBlow and Bud Ugly, Brute represents the colorful street-level threats populating that world.

Bursting onto the scene in the pages of Savage Dragon #3 in 1993, Brute is a fixture of Image Comics' wild, irreverent corner of the superhero universe — a Copper/Modern Age creation who's kept some genuinely rough company over the years. With 17 years of appearances in the Savage Dragon universe alongside the likes of Dragon, Malcolm Dragon, and the memorably named LowBlow and Bud Ugly, Brute occupies that gloriously chaotic space Erik Larsen built from the ground up. One of those nine catalog appearances carries key-issue weight, making Brute a small but collector-worthy piece of Image's founding era — the kind of character that rewards fans who dig deep into Savage Dragon's dense, brawling world.