Following Larsen's departure from Marvel Comics and co-founding of Image Comics he and Carlson re-tooled the character slightly and re-introduced him as a part of Larsen's Savage Dragon's universe of which he was a close part, via Image he received two mini-series, "Vanguard" and "Vanguard: Strange Visitors" and a 1-shot but frequently appeared in "Savage Dragon", "Freak Force" and the third volume of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" as well being a member of Rob Liefeld's short-lived re-vamp of "Brigade" before Liefeld's expulsion.