Way back in the early 1990s a group of young artists that worked for Marvel Comics had had enough of Marvel reaping all of the rewards and credit for the art they were producing.
In a bold and controversial step they struck out on their own and created Image Comics.
One of the artists: Erik Larsen, both wrote and drew his own creation: Savage Dragon.
Erik Larsen is well known for his strong opinions and confrontations with other creators. While his art is not as polished as some he still turns out a viable product, on time and with lots of enthusiasm.
The Savage Dragon comic book is still being polished and that’s an accomplishment in of itself.
Personally I never cared that much for the character but I do respect what Larsen has done. Few writers/artists can boast of such an accomplishment.
In the mid-1990s the toy industry took notice of the various Image properties and a number of them produced Image action figures.
In the case of Savage Dragon, Playmates Toys produced a series of Savage Dragon action figures and incorporated them into its already popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line of figures.
Since it was part of the TMNT toyline the Savage Dragon action figures looked a little heavy and clunky compared to most action figures manufactured by different toy companies. It made perfect sense.
Regardless of its bulkiness the Battle Damage Savage Dragon figure it has nicely sculpted features, excellent paint application and partial articulation restricted to the torso, hips, shoulders and neck.
It’s all there: the big green head fin, large bulging muscles, the bare chest, huge vein-popping hands, tight fitting blue jeans with a black belt with silver buckle, the humongous shoulders, gold badge, sleeveless brown trench coat and black boots.
The Battle Damage Dragon stands defiant with his large fanged mouth open and fists clenched.
Included with the Dragon is an oversize gray baton and double clip sawed-off shotgun gun-both of which the Savage Dragon can hold easily. An additional plug-on battle-damaged arm also comes with the figure.
Backing up the figure is a mini comic book with a custom cover by Simon Bisley and Erik Larsen.
The She-Dragon figure features the golden hair, curvaceous reptile woman with her hips slightly tilted and her strong arms ending in clenched fists.
She wears an iridescent one-piece outfit is blue and silver and knee boots of the same color.
Her face sculpt showcases her classic features and long flowing yellow hair.
Included with the figure is her battle armor consisting of huge silver shoulder pads/harness, a black and silver shoulder mounted multi-Gatling gun, missile launcher, handgun with laser light and clip-on ankle rockets.
She is the most impressive of the two figures as the sculptor took special care to sculpt her muscles and structure in perfect proportions. The figure is partially articulated
She also includes a special comic book with a custom cover by Dave Johnson.
Both figures are nicely sculpted and painted and come in square bubble packs that hang or stand.
Additional Savage Dragon and Barbaric figures come in the set along with the TMNT in battle gear.
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