Savage Dragon #24

Name: Savage Dragon #24
Brand: Image
Availability: InStock

Dec 1995 · Image · 2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD

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★ 1st appearance — Brain-O★ 1st appearance — RoughNeck★ 1st appearance — Control★ 1st appearance — Fever★ 1st appearance — Negate

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Savage Dragon #24 opens the three-part 'Gang War' story that defines the mid-run creative peak of Erik Larsen's series, depicting the chaotic power vacuum left by Overlord's death as dozens of Vicious Circle factions brawl across Chicago for supremacy. The issue serves as a mass-introduction chapter, debuting a remarkable number of new Vicious Circle characters — including Negate, PowerHouse, Fever, Imposter, Brain-O, Chaos, and Control — many of whom would become series mainstays across hundreds of subsequent issues. It also marks the formal joining of Chris Robinson to the Chicago Police Department and advances She-Dragon's arc toward infiltrating Chelsea Nirvana's criminal army, a subplot that would define her journey toward eventual police officer status. As the first chapter of a storyline that runs through the series' most densely plotted stretch, it demonstrates Larsen's singular commitment to real consequence and long-form continuity in a superhero universe he controlled entirely solo.

writer, artist, inker Erik Larsen · colorist I. H. O. C. · colorist Reuben Rude · colorist Antonia Kohl · colorist Roberta Tewes · colorist Abel Mouton · colorist Bill Zindel · colorist Lea Rude · colorist John Zaia · letterer Chris Eliopoulos · colorist In Color · cover Erik Larsen

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History

By late 1995, Erik Larsen was writing, penciling, and inking every page of Savage Dragon entirely on his own, a workload that distinguished the book from most of its Image contemporaries and gave it an unusually cohesive authorial voice. The 'Gang War' arc grew directly out of the narrative fallout from Overlord's defeat in earlier issues, which Larsen had been building toward since the series' launch; issue #24 is the point where that simmering conflict explodes into a city-wide free-for-all. The issue appeared at the same moment the Savage Dragon animated series debuted on USA Network's Cartoon Express in 1995, giving the book unusual multimedia visibility — the TV show featured She-Dragon and several other characters whose comic storylines were running concurrently in this very arc.

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Published December 1995 as 'Gang War' Part 1 of 3 (issues #24–26); fully credited to Erik Larsen as creator, writer, penciller, and inker, with lettering by Chris Eliopoulos and colors by Reuben Rude and Antonia Kohl.
First appearance of Negate, a Vicious Circle super-freak whose power to neutralize other super-freaks' abilities through touch makes him a key player in the Gang War and in Chelsea Nirvana's subsequent Frightening Force team.
First appearance of PowerHouse (real name Denny Atlas), a bird-featured super-freak who would become a long-running Vicious Circle lieutenant and later join the Special Operations Strikeforce.
First appearance of Fever, a snake-haired super-freak with hallucinogenic venom, who goes on to appear in dozens of subsequent issues including the landmark #50 and #100.
First appearance of Imposter, and multiple other Vicious Circle members including Brain-O, Chaos, Control, and several others — making this one of the single largest new-character introduction issues in the series' history.
Chris Robinson, formerly the bodyguard alter-ego of the vigilante Star, formally joins the Chicago Police Department in this issue, beginning a character arc that sees him later training She-Dragon.
She-Dragon's storyline in this issue — being brought to meet Chelsea Nirvana, who has taken the identity 'Johnny Redbeard' to rally an army of super-freaks — directly sets up her undercover infiltration of Nirvana's criminal faction across the Gang War arc.
The entire Gang War arc (#22–26) was collected in Savage Dragon Volume 6: Gang War, and the issue is also included in the Savage Dragon Archives and Ultimate Edition reprint programs published by Image Comics.