Towe, meanwhile, is best known for commissions and fan art, and got the youngblood gig by tweeting his interpretation of the team to liefeld in. Awesomes first comic, youngblood, launched as the first image comic, by platinum ceos scott mitchell rosenbergs malibu comics, became the first independent comic book to. History of youngblood youngblood is one of the first image comics superhero team. Youngblood is a superhero team that starred in their selftitled comic book, created by writerartist rob liefeld. Hateful rob liefeld cover image comic book youngblood 5 b. Marcus langston used a magical book to alter his fate from a lowlife criminal to become a genius, armored superhero sentinel and became the leader of youngblood. Characters bedrock badrock billy kinsey indexer notes. The away teams story is read by flipping the book over and reading from what would normally be the back cover. Rob liefeld has created a lot of characters and concepts during his decades in comics, but perhaps the one most fully liefeld is youngblood, the. Bowers is the more established of the two, currently working for marvel.
Featuring cameo appearances by dozens of characters from both the image and marvel universes, this high octane first meeting between youngblood and xforce promises to be a nonstop rollercoaster ride leading directly into the xforce youngblood crossover shipping next month from marvel. Considering the lateness of most early image titles, the later date. For the first time in 22 years, it looks like rob liefeld is ready to say farewell to the signature comic book creation that defined his career, youngblood. This comic collection is a relaunch of the youngblood series with some of the characters from the previous incarnation and many new ones. Cover date notes may, while the indicia reads april 1993. This is not just a comic book for the mtv generation. Youngblood was the first comic to ever be published by image comics, a company formed by a group of artists including liefeld, jim lee, and todd mcfarlane who had. Dec 02, 2008 116 of 930 results for youngblood comic. It is terrific productions decision as to what the relationship is with rob. Youngblood is going to win awards, as did redeployment and yellow birds, but this is bigger than those books in terms of story and scope and arguably better if those are things you enjoy in a book. This is the number three youngblood trading card with an illustration on one side and personal information for the character on the other side. May 03, 2017 old characters are represented and some new ones are also introduced.
Youngblood was originally published by image comics, and later by awesome entertainment. During the mid1990s, marvel attempted to boost sales by outsourcing some of their most popular characters to independent comic book studios belonging to jim lee and rob liefeld. This blog is devoted to talking about comic book characters and elements. Stats and descriptions of youngblood s weapons and equipment. Aug 02, 2019 in 1992, as the creatorowned publisher image comics was launching, its superstar artist founders were all preparing the first issues of their respective new series, but only one could be the very first image book. Although liefeld and youngblood are both established names in the comic book world, bowers and towe are both relative newcomers. Liefeld took over avengers, plotting and penciling the book, while jim valentino handled the scripts. Prophet has starred in three ongoing series bearing his name. Explosion before later appearing in its own ongoing series in 1992 as the flagship publication for image comics. Youngblood was born of true love, pure passion for comic books and an evolution of all that id started at marvel with cable, deadpool, domino and a whole bunch of characters you had never heard. Rob liefeld announces youngblood comic series return.
View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Readers can expect to see many of the series old characters. Since youngbloods debut as the first comic book published by image comics on april 17th 1992, it has gained a controversial legacy over the years for bad artwork, dialogue, storytelling, and. As to terrific production, of which andrew rev is the president, there is a contract in place with rip media, inc. In washington, a young man and his girlfriend are walking in the mall. Im a huge fan of rob liefelds creations and basically all of the early image comics superhero stuff. Rob liefeld steps away from youngblood, reveals how he. Jun 20, 2017 all including a short, canon character biography and my own opinionated sage rating, which i use to rank science fiction and comic book characters. It was just too many characters too quickly pursuing unknown agendas. Now, nearly three decades later, liefeld is sadly walking away from his creations. Youngblood is a superhero team that starred in their selftitled comic book, created by. I had some time to spare so i made this video highlighting the youngblood home team. But it is a fun comic that has just enough going on for me to stay hooked from page 1 to the end of the issue.
Rob liefeld bids farewell to image comics characters youngblood. The truth is they are in the midst of an ugly custody battle and i currently dont have any. Apr 17, 2017 im a huge fan of rob liefelds creations and basically all of the early image comics superhero stuff. The team made its debut as a backup feature in the 1987 oneshot megaton. Rob liefeld steps away from youngblood, reveals how he lost.
Rob liefeld has created a lot of characters and concepts during his decades in comics, but perhaps the one most fully liefeld is youngblood, the superteam that he created when he went to image. What you are about to read is the definitive list of the 100 greatest black comic book superheroesvillains of alltimeall ranked. This series effectively replaced the original youngblood title. Youngblood team comic vine youngblood is a team of. Aug 07, 2019 inquiries about youngblood as a film, a comic book, all of it. The youngblood characters are a lot like rob himself, mcfarlane allows. See more ideas about image comics, comics and rob liefeld. Awesome comics was created by comics super star rob liefeld, creator of the billion dollar deadpool franchise for marvel, plus many other top xmen related characters. Youngblood is a superhero team that starred in their selftitled comic book. See more ideas about rob liefeld, comics and comic books. Youngblood is an early image comics comic book written by rob liefeld, based on a team he had created at the start of his career and planned to do as part of gary carlsons anthology series megaton in the late 1980s, but put on hold when he got job offers from both marvel and dc at the same convention. Youngblood by liefeld comic books art, comic art, book art, marvel dc.
The best way to understand why liefeld took to facebook this week to disavow youngblood is to perhaps trace the ownership trajectory of the characters. In 1992, as the creatorowned publisher image comics was launching, its superstar artist founders were all preparing the first issues of their respective new series, but only one could be the very first image book. Invoked in the most recent revival, where the team was reformed and given a reality tv show. The truth is they are in the midst of an ugly custody battle and i currently dont have. I currently have questionable access to youngblood characters, characters i created and shepherded for nearly 3 decades, liefeld wrote. Basically getting people to fund them to create comic books so that they can then give them away for free. Youngblood crashes into the new year with a new recruit, and an allnew mission. When he revived the concept in the early 1990s, he mixed in some ideas he. It was a massive success and, at the time of the release, it became the highest selling independent comic book ever.
Old characters are represented and some new ones are also introduced. Marcus langston used a magical book to alter his fate from a lowlife criminal to become a genius. A thief grabs a handbag from someone nearby, and the man, whose name is jeff, runs after him. All including a short, canon character biography and my own opinionated sage rating, which i use to rank science fiction and comic book characters. Tackling the man, he is about to be shot by an assassin o a nearby rooftop, but when someone shouts a warning, jeff grabs a pen from his pocket and throws it at the assassin, hitting him in the neck. According to liefeld, youngblood is based on a theory that if superheroes did exist, they would be treated in a similar fashion to celebrities. Rob liefeld bids farewell to image comics characters. The thing that destroyed the youngblood series after that first issue was a lack of focus. Since youngblood s debut as the first comic book published by image comics on april 17th 1992, it has gained a controversial legacy over the years for bad artwork, dialogue, storytelling, and. Overall, if youre a fan of the book from the 90s youll like this issue.
It housed mighty characters that, while less wellknown than superman or spiderman, were just as powerful and delightful. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from. The language is as strong but less showoffy than those other two books. Featuring cameo appearances by dozens of characters from both the image and marvel universes, this high octane first meeting between youngblood and xforce promises to be a nonstop rollercoaster ride leading directly into the xforceyoungblood crossover shipping next month from marvel.
Created in 1992, image comics soon became the home of several comic book series. Thats right, rob liefelds youngblood is being relaunched once again this may. Youngblood 73 pg 7 by rosshughes on deviantart comic book characters, marvel. The original characters from the series were based on the characters of teen titans. Find out why fans and critics alike are calling youngblood the best new team book around with this issue, the perfect jumpingon point for new readers. Aug 25, 2016 although liefeld and youngblood are both established names in the comic book world, bowers and towe are both relative newcomers. Liefeld walks away from youngblood as andrew rev returns. Unfortunately, the second issue takes all the fresh and interesting elements of that first issue and tosses them aside in favor of a bland, bythenumbers superhero comic. Youngblood all characters, images, comics and source. Prophet is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by image comics. Apr 19, 2020 youngblood was born of true love, pure passion for comic books and an evolution of all that id started at marvel with cable, deadpool, domino and a whole bunch of characters you had never heard. Aug 06, 2019 i currently have questionable access to youngblood characters, characters i created and shepherded for nearly 3 decades, liefeld wrote.
A typical superhero team comic, it is interesting enough to please most comic book readers. A major theme of the comic is superheroes in this case, the youngblood members being. I described the book as representing everything that was wrong with 90s comics, but that judgement was misguided as that honor definitely goes to rob liefelds youngblood series. May 31, 2019 image began its life as an alternative publishing platform for comic book creators. Response must be less that 100,000 characters thank you for your feedback. Sep 05, 2017 the thing that destroyed the youngblood series after that first issue was a lack of focus. Youngblood battlezone 1 a, may 1993 comic book by image. The 10 most powerful image comics characters of the 90s, ranked. Youngblood is an early image comics comic book written by rob liefeld. In the 2012 relaunch, photon, formerly a male character, becomes lady photon.
Inquiries about youngblood as a film, a comic book, all of it. The truth is they are in the midst of an ugly custody battle and i currently dont have any interaction with them for the first. Youngblood is a team of superheroes formed by the united states. Rob liefeld helped lead the charge and his new superhero team book youngblood was the companys very first release. Stats and descriptions of youngbloods weapons and equipment. Youngblood was originally published by image comics, and later by awesome. Chad bowers remains faithful to fans of the original series while also trying to bring in new readers. Less about the authors writing and more about the story. Team youngblood cover by rob liefeld image comics characters, comic book.
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