Savage Dragon #200 Features A Jack Kirby Variant Cover, Blank Sketch Variant

In addition to a blank sketch cover variant — something Larsen has never done before, but which has been requested frequently from the book’s ardent fan base — and a standard cover that features Dragon, Malcolm and Angel, the issue will carry a variant cover by Jack Kirby.

The cover, which was sold as a print to benefit the Jack Kirby Museum back in 2013, is actually a repurposed piece of unused art featuring Captain America and Bucky, which Larsen inked, allowing him to replace Captain America’s iconic costume with Savage Dragon’s…err…t-shirt and finhead.

Asked whether he actually inked it over Kirby’s pencils, Larsen further explained the process a bit, saying, “To make it–I scanned in Jack’s pencils–made modifications in Photoshop and printed it out in light blue onto an Image Comics art board. Then, I inked that–so, yes, I did ink over Jack’s pencils.”

The issue will retail for $8.99 and will be a 100-page spectacular crammed with backup features, pinups and other 200th anniversary special features. A fuller lineup of those should be coming soon, although we detailed a few of them here.

Larsen says that there are no sales thresholds for the variants, and that retailers can simply order the cover they want. Savage Dragon isn’t a book that many retailers carry in heavy numbers, though, so you’ll want to check in with your retailer as soon as Savage Dragon #200 is available for pre-order if you want to get your hands on a specific one.

Variants for Savage Dragon are rare, but not unheard-of. Malcolm Dragon’s first issue as the featured star of the series earlier this year featured a 50/50 variant by Todd McFarlane.