Savage Dragon #69

Savage Dragon #69 (1999) delivers the kind of over-the-top confrontation this series does so well — a massive, horned villain with wild red hair swings a giant hammer down toward a downed Dragon, whose green fists are visible bracing against the rocky ground below. A green-skinned female figure in a silver costume is sent flying through the air as debris explodes around them, all rendered with Erik Larsen's characteristically kinetic, hard-hitting linework. With a story title like "Savage Dragonbert and Hitler's Brainbert," this issue promises the gloriously unhinged storytelling that made Savage Dragon one of Image's most distinctive ongoing series.