Savage Dragon Archives, Vol. 4 by Erik LarsenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
After killing Darklord, Dragon finds himself in a parallel world ruled by Cyberface...
Savage Dragon Archives Volume 4 collects issues 76-100 of Savage Dragon.
Erik Larsen doesn't fuck around. Larsen plays with several styles in this volume and issue #100 has several guest inkers. The writing is Erik Larsen's usual balls to the wall, super villains getting punched in the face action.
Killing Darklord creates the mother of time paradoxes and Dragon proceeds to star in a Kamandi homage while trying to save the world from Cyberface. Some cosmic stuff happens and things still aren't quite set right by the end of the volume.
This this was wall to wall action. Dragon doesn't spend a lot of time talking, preferring to talk with his fists. The Star Trek geek in me loved how much time was spend adventuring on the parallel world and marshalling forces against Cyberface. I'm really surprised Larsen spent two years on this storyline considering how meaty his issues are.
Savage Dragon Archives Volume 4 is a love letter to comics and Jack Kirby comics in particular. Four out of five stars.
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