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President Obama Pardoned The Savage Dragon On His Last Day In Office…

Savage Dragon #220 by Erik Larsen, out today, is the first mainstream comic book to directly reference the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the USA – and for Obama to depart.

But in Savage Dragon's world, it's not just Chelsea Manning who was pardoned by Obama.

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He went on a murder spree when possessed, and for the last few years has been imprisoned without his powers, while his son Malcolm Dragon has taken over his crime-fighting role with the Chicago police.

So, what's the reaction?

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It does seem like the campaign promise Trump may have made about the Dragons. "Some, I presume, are good people." So how does Malcolm explain this to his dad? By becoming Malcolm Exposition…
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Yeah, reference politics may be going away at Marvel, but Savage Dragon keeps on keeping on…


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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