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Image · Savage Dragon · #1 · Modern Age · ID-2427122
| Grade | Census Distribution | CGC Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 318 | SOV | ~$56.08 | — | (18.8x)(18.8x) | |
| RAW | RAW | RAW | $2.99 | ×29 | — |
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Savage Dragon #1 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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Richard Milhouse Jones

Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth
TACTICAL VERDICT: A-Bomb triumphs with an estimated 67% win probability. Both contenders demonstrated elite parity, with the margin of victory secured through tactical conditioning and superior durability recovery.
Both combatants exchange lightning opening volleys with near-identical operational reflexes, neither yielding ground in the opening clash.
A-Bomb unleashes full destructive capacity (24 Power rating), forcing Alfred Pennyworth onto the back foot with overwhelming concussive force.
In the grueling war of attrition, A-Bomb's supreme hand-to-hand discipline (64 Combat) and endurance (80 Durability) break Alfred Pennyworth's posture, securing a definitive victory.
Erik Larsen
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Exploring Erik Larsen's landmark 1992 Image Comics launch, notable for Larsen writing and drawing every single issue without reboots for more than 30 continuous years.
The Savage Dragon #1 — The Image Comics Genesis
Exploring Erik Larsen's landmark 1992 Image Comics launch, notable for Larsen writing and drawing every single issue without reboots for more than 30 continuous years.
Creator-owned publisher. Home of Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible.
Variant cover era. Trade paperback culture. Independent movement flourishes. Digital distribution begins.
Census-registered copies anchor pricing. First appearances of characters adapted to screen drive the market.
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Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Savage Dragon #1.
CGC, CBCS, PSA Universal certified high-grade specimens (9.8 / 9.6 / 9.4). The gold standard for institutional alternative investment.
Official witnessed creator-signed slabs (Yellow label). Valued based on creator historical stature and inscription provenance.
Certified specimens from landmark historical collections (Edgar Church / Mile High, White Mountain, Kansas City, Pacific Coast).
Original newsstand barcode distribution copies. Extremely scarce in high grade due to newsstand rack wear and unsold return pulping.
Regional price test market copies (Canadian 75¢/95¢ variants, Marvel 30¢/35¢ test variants). Highly coveted micro-population rarities.
Exclusively allocated copies requiring retailer orders of 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, or 1:500 standard copies. Immediate manufactured scarcity.
Unslabbed collector copies inspected under standard Overstreet physical guidelines. The primary pool for grading arbitrage.
Alternative artistic interpretations, virgin covers, metal foil, and convention exclusives with dedicated collector followings.
Standard specialty comic shop printings sold through non-returnable distribution. The baseline circulation foundation.
Green label copies with significant manufacturing flaws, unwitnessed signatures, or missing coupons that do not affect the main story.
Purple label copies with professional or amateur color touch, tear seals, piece fill, or spine rebuilds.
Blue/Grey label copies treated exclusively with archival preservation techniques (leaf-casting, rice paper tear reinforcement, solvent wash).
Official second, third, or later printings released to satisfy secondary market sellouts. Distinct cover art and trade dress.
International editions licensed by La Prensa (Mexico), Editora Abril (Brazil), Panini (Europe), or Titan (UK).
Certified printing oddities (missing foil, inverted interior, double covers, foil color error). Unique curiosity pieces.
Advance promotional black-and-white booklets, ashcans created to secure trademark rights, and preview giveaways.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2427122. No dated snapshot is on file for this book yet.
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Welcome to the readers of Savage Dragon by the publisher and the story of how they managed to bring Savage Dragon to Germany after 30 years.
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Kurr

Mr. Mxyzptlk
TACTICAL VERDICT: Abe Sapien triumphs with an estimated 51% win probability. Raw destructive energy projection (100 vs 66) proved insurmountable in prolonged exchanges.
Savage Dragon seizes immediate spatial superiority with superior kinetic velocity (54 vs 35), circling Abe Sapien and testing perimeter defenses.
An apocalyptic kinetic collision rocks the arena as Savage Dragon and Abe Sapien's signature arsenals collide in a deadlocked shockwave.
Exploiting an opening in the late exchanges, Abe Sapien's elite martial execution (85 Combat) overwhelms Savage Dragon, landing the closing blow to claim the battle.
Dragon tears into his foe using a pair of chainsaws for extra protection and is soon lost to his recent anguish and stops himself from killing his target, standing over his motionless and bloody body. He pulls himself together and returns to headquarters where he is sent to investigate a superpowered couple living under the city in the abandoned buildings that were built over years ago.
He is attacked by the superstrong Barbaric who had seen the policeman's gun and panicked. A battle breaks out between the two powerhouse's which causes a number of buildings to collapse before the huge red-man's young partner named Ricochet breaks up the fight, earning the apology of Dragon. His two new allies declare that they would be interested in any work he could put their way as they are finding it hard to make ends meet. Their new friend seriously considers the offer...