Savage Dragon #34

Two fan-favorite heroes share a cover for the ages: the green-skinned, fin-headed Savage Dragon squares off in the foreground while Hellboy — red-skinned, stone-fisted, and unmistakable — looms large behind him, and a gorilla with a curious helmet lurks in the upper left for good measure. Erik Larsen's pencils and inks crackle with energy, packing this December 1996 Image issue with the kind of larger-than-life attitude that made crossovers feel genuinely electric. Part one of the Hellboy crossover, this is the meeting of two very different yet equally formidable characters that fans of both publishers had good reason to seek out.