Savage Dragon

Savage Dragon is a superhero published by Image Comics. Created by Erik Larsen, Savage Dragon first appeared in The Savage Dragon #1 (July 1992). An earlier version of the character appeared in two issues of Graphic Fantasy #1 (June 1982). This version would later make an appearance in the third issue of Gary Carlson's Megaton anthology. A large green-skinned humanoid with fins possessing super-strength and an advanced healing factor, the Savage Dragon works as a police officer in Chicago, battling mutant criminals. He has no idea of who he is, his earliest memory was of him waking up in a burning field. In reality, the Savage Dragon was Emperor Kurr, the evil tyrannical leader of a race of nomadic aliens looking for new planets to inhabit. Discovering Earth, Kurr went against the peaceful ways of his people and slaughter all of humanity. Discovering their emperor's plans, two of his scientists, Rech and Weiko, gave him brain damage, thus erasing his memory. Kurr was then sent to live on Earth, while his race continued their search for a new planet elsewhere. Savage Dragon is the longest running full-color comic book to feature a single artist/writer, and only one of two titles still published by Image Comics since the company's launch in 1992.