''Ironwood'' is a pornographic

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series written and drawn by

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in the 1990s, published in the

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. It ran for 11 issues; the first six issues being published in 1991, the remaining five taking another four years to produce/publish. The series was collected into two trade paperbacks; volume 1 was published in 1993 (), and volume 2 was published in 1996 ().

Plot summary

''Ironwood'' follows the adventures of Dave Dragavon, a juvenile

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existing only in human form (not yet having matured enough to take full dragon form) who is hired by the beautiful Pandora Breedlswight to find the wizard Gnaric in order to free her from a

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. The comics are a mixture of

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, sexual situations and

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References

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