▁which ▁featured ▁this ▁character . ▁ ▁Career ▁Lars en ' s ▁first ▁paid ▁work ▁was ▁for ▁the ▁anth ology ▁Meg aton , ▁co - cre ating ▁and ▁illustr ating ▁a ▁feature ▁called ▁" V angu ard " ▁with ▁publish er ▁Gary ▁Carl son . ▁ ▁A ▁re vised ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Dragon ▁deb uted ▁in ▁issue ▁# 2 ▁and ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁two ▁issues . ▁The ▁original ▁Dragon , ▁inspired ▁by ▁elements ▁from ▁Captain ▁Marvel , ▁Bat man , ▁Speed ▁R ac er ▁and ▁later ▁The ▁In cred ible ▁H ulk , ▁diff ers ▁greatly ▁from ▁the ▁modern ▁inc arn ation . ▁ ▁Sav age ▁Dragon ▁was ▁first ▁featured ▁in ▁two ▁issues ▁of ▁Graph ic ▁Fant asy , ▁a ▁self - pub lished ▁title ▁with ▁a ▁small ▁print ▁run , ▁published ▁by ▁Lars en ▁and ▁two ▁friends . ▁In ▁this ▁inc arn ation , ▁the ▁Dragon ▁was ▁a ▁wid ower ▁and ▁a ▁retired ▁member ▁of ▁a ▁government - sp ons ored ▁super h ero ▁team . ▁Sub sequently , ▁the ▁Dragon ▁made ▁another ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁issue ▁of ▁Gary ▁Carl son ' s ▁Meg aton ▁anth ology ▁in ▁its ▁V angu ard ▁strip , ▁which ▁Lars en ▁had ▁been ▁drawing . ▁In ▁these ▁appearances , ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁Dragon ▁remained ▁basically ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁Graph ic ▁Fant asy , ▁with ▁a ▁few ▁details ▁modified ▁( such ▁as ▁the ▁inclusion ▁of ▁his ▁wife , ▁who ▁was ▁dead ▁in ▁his ▁previous ▁inc arn ation ). ▁Both ▁the ▁Graph