Savage Dragon #131
	Story Title: 'Siege' Writer: Eric Larsen Art & Cover: Eric Larsen Published by: Image Comics
	Reviewed by: Bruce Logan

This month we finally have the confrontation that has been months in the making, and unlike Marvel’s weekly cawing, this issue’s fight has really been in the works ever since the She-Dragon one-shot special from July 2006.

Having tracked down Dragon and his family, or rather how his family stands now (with his wife Jennifer still missing and this earth/dimension’s Angel having left with Mr. Glum), the ‘evil’ Dragon and Battleaxe follow the group, attacking only when the time is right, meaning when there are separated enough and at ease i.e. sleeping. In the meantime, they have the expected bickering, with the hotheaded Battleaxe ready to attack at first sight and Evil Dragon having to calm her down, or as it turns out, keep her down by force. Not only that, they even ‘utilize’ their free time by getting some bad-guy nookie.

When the attack finally does take place, it seems that the villains might win…almost. With the initial element of surprise fading quickly, the heroes go punch for punch with the baddies, with the clincher coming in form of Angel who thanks to the onset of puberty seems to have manifested her powers, powers which seem to be similar to her mother.

There are also the continuing plotlines of the returned Solar Man and his antics, as also the media song and dance rising from Glum’s residence in the Dragon household. As if the allegations of helping Glum weren’t enough, Dragon now has every single of his past villain fight dragged out and reexamined.

The artwork is in the same vein as the past issues and even though it might be as ‘heavy’ as many other titles (including Image’s own), Savage Dragon’s artwork continues to be one of the liveliest, whether it be in the fights or just the character interaction scenes.

There is also a back-story about Alex’s tracking down this world’s Star (Chris Robinson). Having had a relationship with her world’s Star, Alex is surprised and more than a little disheartened to hear that not only has this Chris given up on being Star, not only has he a wife/girl friend and children, he has never even met her, or rather the Alex of this world.

Conclusion: As with Dragon’s reply to Alex’s question at the end of the issue, I too don’t think that the story (of Evil Dragon and Battleaxe) is over yet. In fact, this is just the beginning.

RATING: 7.5/10