Youngblood

Genres: Action, Adventure, Superhero
Publisher: Image Comics

Vol 1: April 1992 – December 1994
Story by Rob Liefeld. Art by Rob Liefeld, Dan Fraga, and Danny Miki. Harken back to the early days of Youngblood. Long before Shaft and Badrock came on board, the team of Chapel, Die Hard, Boggs, Raines, Gamble, and Riptide was led into combat by the man called Battlestone. However, insubordination and casualties (Battlestone murders one of his own men in an act of rage), causes the government to take the Youngblood program in a whole new direction. New recruits Badrock, Vogue, and the mysterious Link join veterans Chapel and Die Hard to form the new Youngblood. The last ingredient is the take no lip and by the book leadership of Shaft.

Vol 2: September 1995 – December 1996
Note: Issues 11-13 have never been published

Vol 3: February 1998 – August 1998
Twilight calls on the team after there is a fracas in Star City. Twilight’s body is taken over by Occupant, a space born organism that tries to find the strongest host. Doc Rocket and Suprema arrive first on the team and Twilight is subdued, but not before Occupant takes over Suprema. With the rest of the team fighting Suprema, Johnny Panic uses his hologram suit to disguise himself as Supreme so that Occupant moves from Suprema into him. Shaft immediately knocks out Johnny Panic before Occupant realises the deception. Blake Baron arrives with his top secret organisation and transfer Occupant out of Johnny.

Vol 4: January 2008 – July 2009
THE BLOOD IS BACK!
Beginning an all-new MONTHLY series starring the original celebrity superheroes in their greatest adventures ever! All your favorites are back: Shaft! Die Hard!
Badrock! Cougar! Doc Rocket! Johnny Panic! A new administration demands a new Youngblood team, but there are darker forces at work. Is it just another shot at the fame game… or is there a greater destiny involved? Before The Authority… before The Ultimates… there was YOUNGBLOOD. The media blitz begins here!

Vol 5: May 2017
25 years ago, YOUNGBLOOD launched the Image Revolution and turned the comics world on its head! Now the original blockbuster hit series returns with an all-new cast and a brand-new mission!
When a young hero goes missing, his friend’s search for answers leads to some unexpected allies. Together, they’ll do whatever it takes to find him…even if it means resurrecting the world’s most infamous super-team.

Youngblood

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