This week from Dynamite Comics is Giant Sized Savage Tales, which features a selection of excellent stories and is my Pick Of The Week!
A SAVAGE SPRING IS ABOUT TO BLOOM! The Savage Tales return with a vengeance in an all-new oversized special for 2026!
Bursting with action and intrigue, Giant-Sized Savage Tales #1 features four fantastic tales of thrills, spills, and brutality, all crafted by two-fisted word wrangler DAVID AVALLONE and a trio of comics’ hardest of hard-boiled artists!
MARIANO BENITEZ-CHAPO takes the Daughter of Drakulon into the shadows in “Vampirella Noir”! PASQUALE QUALANO puts the She-Devil With a Sword through her paces in “The Exile”! • MARIANO BENITEZ-CHAPO signs on with Captain Gullivar Jones for “His War Chapter IV”! • and SEBASTIÁN PÍRIZ wraps things up in “The Last Allan Quatermain Story”!
(W) David Avallone (A) Mariano Benitez-Chapo, Pasquale Qualano, Sebastian Piriz (CA) Bjorn Barends
I love a good anthology, and this fantasy epic of Savage Tales really hit the spot with me. There is a good mix of characters, too. I knew and read Red Sonja, and had heard of Vampirella and Alan Quatermain, and had a good introduction to the story of Gullivar of Mars.
They had a good mix of stories, with some decent action and clever ways to introduce the characters to new readers looking for adventure.
The artwork throughout from all the artists was spot on, with some nice scenes that stick in the mind.
A great pick-up for fans of these classic characters!
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