Erik Larsen

Last week saw the release of Savage Dragon #262, which pitted Malcolm and Paul Dragon against the Vicious Circle, while the rest of the cast dealt with something a little darker: the death of Horridus, a long-standing member of Freak Force who had declined to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. After her death as a result of a COVID infection, the cure intended to save her -- a shot of Malcolm Dragon's blood, coupled with some Freak-Out -- was instead given to another patient in the hospital...and the end result was catastrophic, with a "Dragon variant" of the virus burning its way through the entire hospital and exploding hundreds of victims.

Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon delivered a game-changing issue this week, with the new Mako getting more active, and destructive, while various members of the Vicious Circle vied for power in the vacuum left behind by the death of Dart. It's all building to a brawl next month, but in the meantime, we also got to see a little movement on a number of subplots, including Angel Dragon moving back to Chicago to get married, Malcolm and Paul Dragon finally starting to find some common ground, and of course Maxine's over-indulgent lifestyle once again taking center stage (err...table).