Crammed with Erik Larsen's cool character designs and rock-solid characterization, its weakness is the same as the "Savage Dragon Legacy" one-shot that Larsen had as a FCBD issue a few years back: he's trying to do a lot of heavy lifting in a single issue. Read Full Review

My favorite is the dialogue between Malcolm and Maxine. I love the chemistry Larson has developed between Malcolm and Maxine Dragon throughout this series. But unfortunately, there wasnt much of it here. Another aspect of this issue that disappointed me was the battle between North Force, Malcolm, and the Stone Men. There were eight pages of fighting with little or no dialogue. Give me a few pages of fighting – but eight? Ugh. On the plus side, the artwork by Larson is solid and true to type. Its nice to read a comic that is consistently drawn well and doesnt look rushed. Month after month, year after year, Larson continues to draw Savage Dragon true to type.    Read Full Review