Savage Dragon #273

“Bloodbath!”
November 2024
20 Pages

CREDITS

Erik Larsen: Story & Art
Jack Morelli: Letters
Nikos Koutsis: Colors
Mike Toris: Flats
Gavin Higginbotham: Editor
Josh Eichhörn: impassible when wet

HEROES

S.O.S. West
– Dragon, Malcolm
– Battle Girl
Captain Tootsie

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

Maxine Jung Dragon
Angel Murphy (Alternate)
Frank Darling Jr. (as Mister Glum)
Day, Jon
Mickey Mouse (Footage Only)

VILLAINS

Bloodbath (First Appearance) (Death Issue)
Mister Glum (as Frank Darling Jr.)

SUMMARY

Malcolm Dragon is called into a government facility where a scientist explains that he was recruited to help with an alien patient there. This lady is a princess of the same alien race that Malcolm once battled alongside Battle Girl and Dragon to rescue Frank Darling. The fact that he is immune to most germs means that he does not need to be covered in quarantine outfits like the rest of them.

The laboratory suddenly comes under assault by a behemoth known as Bloodbath who immediately strikes down Malcolm. He plans to seize the princess and claim her as his bride to unite their race, the denizens of an other-dimensional planet called Thangarr. The princess refuses to go with her would-be husband and tries to fight back.

Bloodbath is enraged at both the rejection and then the return of Malcolm to the fight. The hero vows to protect the princess and prevent her abduction, leading to a savage battle between the pair of them. Malcolm starts to get desperate and unleashes his electrical attack upon Bloodbath which leaves him weakened. Unfortunately, Bloodbath surprises his foe by shrugging off the electricity and proceeds to pummel him unconscious.

Meanwhile, Maxine goes to see a lawyer about her case against Mickey Mouse. She is disgusted by his insinuation that part of her assault is partly her fault by being nude on the Bay to Breakers as no consent was made. Captain Tootsie explains to Battle Girl that he has created drones to go into Dimension-X in search of Frank in his current Mister Glum form.

The aforementioned Mister Glum creates a deadly weapon out of material in his prison cell that enables him to blast his way of prison. Captain Tootsie reports his success to Battle Girl that he has located her husband on one of the Glum Worlds where he is eating dinner with the younger Angel. Battle Girl travels into Dimension-X to retrieve her husband, unaware that Glum has also arrived in Tootsie;s laboratory. The alien despot shoots the hero before pursuing his would-be bride into his home dimension…

Bloodbath returns to claim his bride but when he arrives back at the facility, he is devastated to find the princess having sex with the government scientist. With any chance of him claiming the pure princess, Bloodbath tears out his own throat and bleeds to death. The princess opens a portal back to Thangarr and invites her new lover to join her in ruling over the planet. The hospitalised Malcolm is visited by Maxine and they have sex to celebrate her birthday.

Backup Story

GLUMMY FRANK
1 Page

CREDITS

Jonathan Dhenry: Story & Art

MAIN CHARACTER

Frank Darling Jr. (as Mister Glum)

PIN-UP

Malcolm vs Dart II by Olivier Vatine

BACK COVER

Ken Albery