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| Savage #3 Cover A by Marcus To |
In Savage #1, we had just caught up with young Kevin Sauvage when dinosaurs attacked his new hometown of London, England. These dinosaurs, impossibly large, ravaged everything in sight, including a familiar and historic London landmark.
Savage #2 found our hero beneath the streets of London, where the research facilities of Project Bizarre were located. There Kevin met Professor Hanley Nealon, the head of the nefarious organization, as well as his perky young protege Mae. Then he learned these researchers who grew such monstrous dinosaurs intended to dissect and study him.
What will happen in Savage #3? I guess we'll find out today, when Savage #3 goes on sale. In case you haven't seen them elsewhere, here are some preview pages to tantalize you before you head out to your local comic shop to pick up your copy of Savage #3.
I'll admit it: there's one thing I wonder about. Could the first page be kind of a comics community in-joke about Marvel's character the Black Panther? Could writer Max Bemis be suggesting that Kevin Sauvage is as good as their jungle hero Ka-Zar?
Interestingly, Ka-Zar was created by the great Jack Kirby, who also created Devil Dinosaur. Another fun fact: Ka-Zar's real name is Kevin Plunder. So both Marvel and Valiant have two dinosaur-hunting, jungle-loving characters called Kevin!
Now that I think about it, Jack Kirby's Devil Dinosaur series was pretty far out. Just like Max Bemis' Savage, it also juxtaposed a lot of disparate story elements to create an exciting and zany series. I wonder how Nathan Stockman would feel about having his penciling and inking compared with his illustrious predecessor?
Enough musings! Like you, I can't wait to read Savage #3. So I'm going to sign off this post, and dive into the rich, dinosaur-fighting goodness of Savage #3.
Dragon Dave
P.S. The Black Panther was created by Stan Lee and--you guessed it--Jack Kirby.
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