Savage Dragon #254 for Sale - First Appearance of The Canadian - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Savage Dragon (Image, 1993 series)
Issue: #254
Publication date: November 2020
Key date: 2020-11-25
On-sale date: 2020-11-25
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 70985305211125411
Rating: Rated M / Mature

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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	Vicious Circle Triumphant!	cover	1	pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Nikos Koutsis, Mike Toris	Malcolm Dragon
1	-	credits, title page	1	script: Erik Larsen
2	Vicious Circle Triumphant!	comic story	20	script: Erik Larsen; pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Nikos Koutsis, Mike Toris; letters: Ferran Delgado	Battle Girl, The Crusader, Mildred Darling, Frank Darling, Jr., Dart, Jon Day, The Destroyer, Amy Dragon, Jackson Dragon, Madeline Dragon, Malcolm Dragon, Maxine Dragon, Paul Dragon, Tyrone Dragon
3	-	letters page	2	script: Erik Larsen
4	Ethereal Warriors Part 4	comic story	6	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Frank Fosco; inks: Bill Anderson, Bob Petrecca, Stuart Karoubas; colors: Nikos Koutsis, Mike Toris; letters: Adam Pruett	Modem, Stacy Swan, Vanguard Thakka, Wally
5	Card Collectin'	comic story	1	script: Aaron Eppy; pencils: Aaron Eppy; inks: Aaron Eppy; colors: Erik Larsen; letters: Aaron Eppy

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
70's Retro Variant	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Vicious Circle Triumphant! ISBN 978-1534322035	2022	On eBay ›

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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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