Rita Medermade

Rita Medermade made her entrance in the pages of Savage Dragon #38 in 1997, born from the imaginative pen of Erik Larsen at Image Comics — and she's been a quietly compelling fixture of that wild, anything-goes universe ever since. Across nearly two decades of publication, she's shared the page with heavy hitters like Dragon, Mighty Man, and Kurr, placing her squarely in the thick of one of Image's most gloriously unpredictable ongoing sagas. With 12 catalog appearances and two of those recognized as collector-significant key issues, she's the kind of character that rewards the dedicated reader who follows Savage Dragon beyond its splashy cover moments. If you're diving into the long, rich continuity of Larsen's creator-owned masterwork, Rita Medermade is exactly the sort of discovery that makes the deep dive worthwhile.