Savage Dragon #225 for Sale - First Appearance of Dart - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Savage Dragon (Image, 1993 series)
Issue: #225
Publication date: July 2017
Key date: 2017-07-26
On-sale date: 2017-07-26
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $9.99
Pages: 100
Barcode: 70985305211122511
Rating: Rated M / Mature

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dart - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Angel Murphy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Damien Farrell, DarkLord, Dragon, Kurr, Sue Dragon.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Nikos Koutsis, Mike Toris	Battle Girl, Dragon, Malcolm Dragon, Kurr, Angel Murphy
1	The Merging of Multiple Earths: Part 3 of 3	comic story	40	script: Erik Larsen; pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Nikos Koutsis, Mike Toris; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Johnny Armstrong, Barbaric, Battle Girl, Betty Bradford, DarkLord Death, Jon Day, Dragon Death, Amy Dragon, Jackson Dragon, Malcolm Dragon, Maxine Dragon, Tyrone Dragon, Damien Farrell Death, Mr. Glum
2	-	letters page	2	script: Erik Larsen
3	-	comic story	3	script: Derek Hunter; pencils: Derek Hunter; inks: Derek Hunter; colors: Derek Hunter; letters: Derek Hunter	Dragon, Kurr, Frank Darling, Sr.
4	Flash Mercury	comic story	1	script: Joe Keatinge; pencils: Ryan Alexander-Tanner; inks: Ryan Alexander-Tanner	Jon Day, Flash Mercury, Mr. Glum, Kevin Gorelick, Sara Hill, Horridus, Ricochet, Rikki Shaefer, Thunder-Head
5	Freak Force!	comic story	8	script: Erik Larsen; pencils: Nikos Koutsis; inks: Nikos Koutsis; colors: Nikos Koutsis, Mike Toris; letters: Ferran Delgado	Johnny Armstrong, Jane August, Barbaric, Betty Bradford, Dart First, Sara Hill, Horridus, Mighty Man, Ricochet, Barney Runningbear, Rikki Shaefer, SuperPatriot, Marsha Bradley, Lightning Girl
6	Throwdown!	comic story	7	script: Erik Larsen; pencils: Raven Perez; inks: Raven Perez; colors: Mark Englert; letters: Ferran Delgado	Battle Girl, Kevin Gorelick, Angel Murphy, Thunder-Head
7	Flash Mercury	comic story	1	script: Joe Keatinge; pencils: Ryan Alexander-Tanner; inks: Ryan Alexander-Tanner	Flash Mercury, Ricochet, Rikki Shaefer, Ant, Hannah Washington
8	I Faced the Monster from the Murky Depths!	comic story	10	script: Erik Larsen; pencils: Frank Fosco; inks: Frank Fosco; colors: Mark Englert; letters: Ferran Delgado	Amy Dragon, Jackson Dragon, Malcolm Dragon, Maxine Dragon, Tyrone Dragon
9	Revenge!	comic story	23	script: Erik Larsen; pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Erik Larsen, Adam Pruett; letters: Erik Larsen	Paul Dragon, Animal, Johnny Armstrong, Bill August, Jill August, Battle Tank, Bloop, Rex Dexter, Angel Dragon, Lou Drumm, William Jonson, Mace, Mako, Joe Manning
10	Flash Mercury	comic story	1	script: Joe Keatinge; pencils: Ryan Alexander-Tanner; inks: Ryan Alexander-Tanner	Flash Mercury, Ant, Hannah Washington
11	-	illustration	1	pencils: Timothy Green II; inks: Timothy Green II	Dragon, Kurr
12	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen	Paul Dragon, Ben Palmer, Prism

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Cover B	barcode 70985305211122521
Cover C	barcode 70985305211122531
XXX Cover	price 11.99 USD

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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