In this episode of the Savage FINcast Retro Raven, Jim, & Craig finally arrive to the main event. Spinning out of the pages of Savage Dragon Freak Force is here! Cramped apartments, bounty hunting, revenge, bathroom comfortableness, and confusion about Manga. These issues have them all!

So its come to this. Savage Dragon. The big 250. Craig, Jim, Raven, and Scott delve into the 100 page monster to experience the cover to cover excitement as only Erik Larsen can bring us. In this episode the gang plays rank the variant, get excited about avoiding COVID, wonders about space octopi, and get our minds blown. All this and Larsen News, reader emails, and FINteresting conversation!

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00:04:11 – Savage Dragon Cartoon on Peacock (News)
00:07:29 – Savage Dragon 250 Scorpion Comics Exclusive Cover (News)
00:19:02 – Savage Dragon 250 (Review)
03:06:57 – FINteresting Letters

In this episode of the Savage FINcast retro Raven, Jim, and Craig take a look at some of the most iconic moments of early Savage Dragon. The founding of Freak Force. The first titanic confrontation with Overlord. It can’t hardly be contained!
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02:05 – Savage Dragon 06 (Review)
49:16 – Savage Dragon 07 (Review)

Hell has come to Toronto and the Savage FINcast is here to give you all the details. Jim, Raven, and Craig dig in as the new war between the Vicious Circle and Malcolm Dragon heats up. Old friends, old foes, old page layouts, this issue’s got it all. All this and a new FINteresting Conversation! Who are our favorite under used VC goons? And of course another installment of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends!
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03:48 – LISTENER E-MAILS
14:06 – FINTERESTING CONVERSATIONS
27:12 – SAVAGE DRAGON 249 (Review)
02:24:02 – TMNT: URBAN LEGENDS 20 (Review)

In this episode of the Savage FINcast Retro hosts Raven, Jim & Craig take a look at the final three issues of Gary Carlson’s Vanguard series. Featuring the art stylings of Rick Leonardi, Angel Medina, and Andy Smith.

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01:57 – Vanguard 04 (Review)
35:32 – Vanguard 05 (Review)
59:15 – Vanguard 06 (Review)

In this latest episode of the Savage FINcast, things get a little… zany. Hosts Craig, Jim, & Raven have comic strips on the brain with the unveiling of Savage Dragon 252’s cover and its promise of Savage Dragon as comic strip promise. But after that they dig into the main event, Savage Dragon 248. Chicago is dealing with their freak population once and for all, and Toronto is going to feel the fallout. Heroes and villains live and die by the bucket full in this titanic episode of the Savage FINcast. All that plus Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Urban Legends 19, guest-staring the Special Operations Strikeforce!

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01:51 – Savage Dragon 252 Cover (Erik Larsen News)
25:42 – Savage Dragon 248 (Review)
01:57:38 – TMNT Urban Legends 19 (Review)

It’s time for another Savage Dragon side trip! Raven, Jim & Craig delve into deep space to to experience the initial adventures of Vanguard, alien super-hero come to protect the Earth from terrible extraterrestrial threats. The trio talk about the myriad of Vanguard artists and the pros and cons of changing art teams every issue of your comic book. Tomm Coker, Jason Pearson, and Joe Madureira take us on an Earthbound cosmic oddity filled with titanic team ups and many many language based misunderstandings.
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02:57 – Vanguard 01
24:26 – Vanguard 02
44:11 – Vanguard 03

Many of us may be trapped inside due to a raging pandemic, but that doesn’t stop the Savage FINcast from rolling on. Craig, Jim, & Raven are back to record a long overdue interview with Savage Dragon front man Erik Larsen! Were we discus the challenges of Erik’s guest return to Marvel, Savage Dragon’s status while Diamond comic distribution has suspended operations, and just what the future holds for Savage Dragon on the way to 250 in the new normal.

The world is in viral lock down, so instead of reviewing the latest and greatest issue of Savage Dragon, FINcast crew Craig, Jim, and Raven go back a few months to take a look at Erik Larsen’s Captain America: The End one-shot and react to its many many ironic parallels with today’s reality. Oh, and we talk about the covid-19 shutdown and its impact on the comic industry. A lot.
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02:28 – Diamond Stops Distribution (Erik Larsen News)
37:28 – Comic Kayfabe Interview with Erik (Erik Larsen News)
41:06 – Captain America : The End (Review)

In this very special episode of the Savage FINcast Jim, Raven, and Craig take a long overdue look at the Savage Dragon cartoon from 1994. Watch along at home on your tablet or PC as the gang riffs on the animation and voice over stylings of early 90s action cartoons.
NOTE: This episode best listen to at home with the cartoon playing under the review segments.

VIDEO SOURCES
Savage Dragon Intro 02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsSjYg2EPVY
Savage Dragon episode 1: https://archive.org/details/TheSavageDragonS01E11/The+Savage+Dragon+S01E01.mp4
Savage Dragon episode 2: https://archive.org/details/TheSavageDragonS01E11/The+Savage+Dragon+S01E02.mp4
Youngblood Animation Test: https://youtu.be/kYcgJSDfqoI?t=25

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05:21 Savage Dragon Intro
11:02 Savage Dragon cartoon episode 01
34:14 Savage Dragon cartoon episode 02
01:05:37 Youngblood Cartoon test reel