25 years ago a bunch of Marvel artists left the Big Two and decided to form their company, with blackjack and hookers. This company would eventually become the closest to a third competitor for DC and Marvel (lol) and the best known creator-owned comic book company out there.
This week and maybe the next one I'll be posting some of Image's first series and maybe some of their recent hits as well.
So strap in, 'cause you're in for a trip down memory lane.
Next up is one of Image's most infamous series, Rob Liefeld's Youngblood.
Were Sam Kieth and Kieth Giffen the only early series creators on Image that weren't hacks? I know there were talented colorists, inkers, sometimes writers and pencillers, but the people pitching series seem to have almost all been hacks like Todd and Erik.
Kayden King
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Alexander Garcia
Next week we'll take a look at some second wave Image, which was a lot stronger with stuff like Astro City and Tellos.
Brandon Scott
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Jack Bell
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Jeremiah Jackson
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Leo Price
My timescale must messed up, I always thought Busiek was a bit after Kieth and Giffen, but Astro City is definitely great regardless.
Logan Powell
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Connor Wood
Dat feet hiding tech.....
Connor Cooper
My definition of "second wave" is pretty loose desu
Oliver Perez
You know it!
Luke Fisher
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Logan Nguyen
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Jose White
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Camden Russell
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Nolan Young
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Alexander Taylor
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Nathan Perez
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Jaxon Butler
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Leo Peterson
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Thomas Gutierrez
Riptide is a legendary waifu I love this shit, haters gonna hate
Charles Ross
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Jaxson Ward
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Caleb Roberts
>Riptide is a legendary waifu >she's still dead
Brody Morris
Also, in this issue we are introduced to best Extreme character
Blake Evans
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Liam Baker
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Asher Torres
>Hassan Kussein This will never not make me laugh.
Isaiah Jones
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Xavier Reyes
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Logan Gutierrez
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Angel Walker
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Luis Cruz
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Jason Harris
I remember thinking Image was the hottest, most I'll shit back then
My excuse is that I was no older then 8 at the time
Brayden Perez
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Leo Phillips
We were all there at some point user, don't worry.
Carter Roberts
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Thomas Hill
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Xavier Sullivan
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Benjamin Long
So, in /sug/ we got that thing where two images get psoted simultaneously and they switch places, so we got a random page of youngbloods, but I guess it must have been somewhere else, I don't see the SU image here
Cooper Anderson
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Landon Perry
Kay
Liam Ross
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Luke Martinez
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Jaxson Cook
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Justin Miller
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Thomas Martinez
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Gabriel Edwards
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Jaxson Smith
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Ayden Price
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Ian Scott
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Adam Gray
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Robert Stewart
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Alexander Reyes
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Christopher Myers
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Leo Smith
The bug doesn't work that way anymore. It just eats one of the two.
Chase Ortiz
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Hunter Sanchez
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Andrew Adams
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Jackson Green
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Jack Bell
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Michael Fisher
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Jackson Thomas
So rad. Popping a wheelie through a window with no handlebars.
Connor Wright
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Lucas Lopez
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Charles Kelly
Hints of the failed shared universe concept. Note that the woman reporter is the same as the one who appears in the news reports in Spawn.
John Gutierrez
Embedded file my ass
Gabriel Kelly
Yeah, and it gets more blatant later. I don't know why you'd want ANOTHER superhero universe.
Noah Hernandez
>and Erik. Savage Dragon is solid
Blake Howard
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Dylan Miller
>I don't know why you'd want ANOTHER superhero universe.
That's seems to be Valiant fans biggest selling point. They just want tight continuity
Leo Kelly
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Jackson Johnson
It just seems kinda restrictive when you could be working on your own shit. Like, I don't mind superhero universes contained to one book like Astro City, but anything else feels kinda pointless to me, especially if you're going to ape the Big Two.
Michael Jenkins
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Samuel Brown
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Samuel Taylor
Time for some new coloring.
Bentley Moore
jesus those lips
Charles Torres
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James Campbell
totally read the first few pages as archie and betty stuck in image comics
Parker Carter
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Cameron Barnes
Heh
Lucas Walker
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Adrian Young
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Tyler Hall
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Andrew Howard
i know this is trademark liefeld, but fuck this is a stupid pose
