Dragon tries to escape his cell under the Gladiatorial arena, but he's beaten by a creature named Droog. Dragon eventually is put in to the Arena of Death to fight for his life.
Dragon and the Atomics are "beamed up" in to Cyberface's space ships, and then are taken back to America. Dragon escapes from his pod and splits up with the Madman and Atomics. He soon finds himself alone, but gets help from some of the locals in Pittsburgh.
Tether Tyrant and Magmaniac have long stood on the sidelines of the villain community - until now! Invincible has more than enough to deal with now that his life is in ruins dealing with the aftermath of... oh, that would be telling.
Dragon frees himself from the clutches of Cyberface, only to fall from one of his Martian spaceships into Lake Michigan. Even underwater, however, he is pursued by Cyberface, who takes on the form of a 30-story robot. Dragon is able to find an old Martian spacesuit within a submerged spaceship, and atteracts the attention of a Giant Sea Monster, which distracts Cyberface, and allows Dragon to swim away - only to be whisked away into a tunnel by a bizarre tentacled-creature. Dragon frees himself, but is left in an unknown part of "Lake Fear," exhausted and without air.
Dragon recovers from his beating and starts fighting all of the Atomics. He finds out not only is BrainiApe in control, but there is an entire group of freaks who have psi-powers.
While sleeping, Dragon and the young women under his care are attacked by a gigantic maggot. Dragon manages to tear its tongue out, but before he and his companions can dine on its carcass, the meat is stolen by Rita Medermade, who has been enlarged to 60-feet in height by a Martian shrinking ray during the invasion a few years prior. The battle against the crazed Medermade is joined by the vigilante Star - who in this savage new world is none other than former Police Officer William Jonson, who lets Dragon in on why there is such a huge bounty on his head - because of a failed assassination attempt on King Khan, aka Cyberface. Dragon is then captured by Cyberface's minions, but not before he can return Rita to her normal height and mental capacity.
Malcolm Dragon fulfills his destiny, and follows in his father's footsteps, joining the Chicago Police Force. Officer Malcolm Dragon's first adventures as he faces off against a host of new foes: Wrath! Rag Doll! Fountainhead! Devil Ray! Tantrum! And the birth of the next generation of Savage Dragon offspring! Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #206-211
Dragon wakes up in Vanguard's space ship, having been transported to the ship moments before being incinerated. It still takes time to heal, but Dragon does and enlists Vanguard's help in finding some of his former allies.
The earliest adventures of fandom's favorite fin-head are collected for the first time in one volume as Savage Dragon defends Chicago from Overlord and the Vicious Circle! Considered by many to be the definitive Savage Dragon saga, this is the complete Overlord epic from start to finish, culminating in a battle that only end one way! Guest-starring WildC.A.T.s and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #1-3 and SAVAGE DRAGON #1-21