Savage Dragon #15

Name: Savage Dragon #15
Brand: Image
Availability: InStock

Dec 1994 · Image · 2.50 USD; 3.55 CAD

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“Possessed: Part 2 of 3”

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Savage Dragon #15 is the pivotal middle chapter of the 'Possessed' arc, the storyline that cemented Erik Larsen's willingness to put his hero through genuinely catastrophic, consequence-laden events — Dragon, enslaved by a parasitic leech creature, rampages through Chicago, kills a fellow officer, and threatens everyone around him. The arc demonstrated that the Image Universe's shared-world ambitions were more than cosmetic: virtually every corner of Larsen's Chicago cast appears under life-threatening pressure simultaneously, from Frank Darling fleeing SkullFace to She-Dragon seeking legitimacy with the CPD. The issue's supplementary pin-up — 'Dragon vs. the Image Universe' — is itself a snapshot of the interconnected promotional energy of mid-1990s Image, depicting the Dragon in visual confrontation with Spawn, WildC.A.T.s members, and other Image headliners. As the second installment of a three-part story, it set up the arc's brutal payoff and shaped the series' reputation for high-stakes, ongoing serial storytelling.

writer, artist, inker Erik Larsen · colorist Reuben Rude · colorist Antonia Kohl · colorist I. H. O. C. · colorist Abel Mouton · colorist Bill Zindel · colorist Lea Rude · letterer Chris Eliopoulos · colorist Studio Colour Group · cover Erik Larsen

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History

Written, penciled, and inked entirely by Erik Larsen — the sole credited creator, writer, and artist throughout the ongoing series' history — the issue was lettered by Chris Eliopoulos, colored by Reuben Rude and Antonia Kohl, and edited by Jannie Wong, reflecting the lean production structure typical of early Image titles. The 'Possessed' arc itself grew directly out of earlier plot threads Larsen had been building since issue #12, tying the leech/Horde possession concept into the Freak Force supporting cast and the SkullFace-hunts-Frank-Darling subplot. When the arc was later collected in the 1998 trade paperback Savage Dragon Vol. 4: Possessed, Larsen added two new pages to this issue's chapter, expanding Frank Darling's fight with SkullFace and extending the possessed Dragon's rampage — a rare instance of the creator retroactively deepening a single issue's content for the collected edition.

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Entirely a solo Erik Larsen production: Larsen is credited as creator, writer, penciller, and inker, with Chris Eliopoulos on letters, Reuben Rude and Antonia Kohl on colors, and Jannie Wong as editor.
Central plot: Dragon is taken over by a parasitic leech creature (later associated with Horde), goes on a destructive rampage through Chicago, and kills supporting character Sgt. Julian Graham — listed as a 'Death Issue' in wiki records.
Parallel subplot: Frank Darling, in hiding from the Vicious Circle, is relentlessly pursued by SkullFace across Chicago, narrowly surviving repeated attacks.
She-Dragon subplot: She-Dragon approaches Captain James Stewart about joining the Chicago Police Department, providing backstory about her Vietnam-era origins through her father and her transformation by Johnny Redbeard — all refused.
The issue includes a full Larsen pin-up titled 'Dragon vs. the Image Universe,' visually assembling characters from across Image's shared universe in a single splash, reflecting the mid-1990s Image crossover promotional culture.
Issue #15 is collected in Savage Dragon Vol. 4: Possessed (1998, ISBN 1582400318), which gathers issues #12–16 plus WildC.A.T.s #14; the trade paperback edition added two new pages to this chapter that were not in the original printing.
The broader 'Possessed' arc — of which this is the middle chapter — has long-running consequences: retroactive accounts established that, without Mace intervening, the possessed Dragon went on an even longer rampage that ultimately resulted in the death of Officer Alex Wilde.