Savage Dragon #99
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeSavage Dragon #99 marks the first appearance of Dark Dragon — a villainous doppelganger of the main Dragon whose real identity is Emperor Kurr — making it a foundational issue for one of the series' most consequential long-running mythology threads. Dark Dragon's debut here plants the seed for the eventual revelation that the Dragon himself is the amnesiac Kurr, a storyline that would reshape the entire series for years. The issue also resolves a major interdimensional arc in which Dragon returns to his home reality, only to be immediately confronted by his own sinister double, a narrative twist that redefined the status quo heading toward the milestone hundredth issue. Its backup content — including an out-of-continuity Savage Tales strip and recurring anthology features — illustrates how Erik Larsen used the series as a genuine anthology showcase during this period.
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Issue #99 was written and drawn entirely by Erik Larsen, as has been every issue of the ongoing series since its 1993 launch — a distinction that makes Savage Dragon the longest-running full-color comic book sustained by a single writer-artist. Larsen was joined by letterer Chris Eliopoulos and colorists Reuben Rude and Abel Mouton, with backup contributions from Nick Derington, Brian Blake, and Chris Giarrusso. The issue arrived one month before the heavily promoted centennial issue #100, positioning it as the direct narrative setup for that landmark.
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- First appearance of Dark Dragon, whose real name is Emperor Kurr — a dragon-powered doppelganger infiltrating the main Dragon's reality on behalf of DarkLord (Savage Dragon Wiki, confirmed).
- Also contains the first appearances of the Angel Murphy Duplicates and the Smasher Duplicates, dimensional refugees processed through Rex Dexter's laboratory.
- Main story titled 'Savage Battle,' running 22 pages, written and drawn entirely by Erik Larsen with letters by Chris Eliopoulos and colors by Reuben Rude & Abel Mouton.
- Published May 2002 (cover date), released July 3, 2002; the issue immediately precedes the milestone #100.
- Back-up feature 'Savage Tales: Savage Dragon: The Movie' (1 page, explicitly outside regular continuity) was written by Nick Derington and Brian Blake, with art by Nick Derington.
- The issue also contains three recurring anthology features: IMAGE INSIDER by Chris Eliopoulos, COMIC BITS by Chris Giarrusso, and SAVAGE DRAGONBERT by Karl H.
- Homer Simpson is indexed as an appearance in this issue, consistent with Larsen's recurring practice of including The Simpsons as background pop-culture cameos in the series.
- Dark Dragon would go on to appear in over a dozen subsequent issues before being killed in Savage Dragon #156, beaten to death by the fully restored Emperor Kurr.
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Reprinted in Savage Dragon Archives #4 (2015)
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