01.2 – Top Cow/Homage/Wildstorm

This is a reading order for the Top Cow and Homage/Wildstorm branches of the early Image Universe. This includes the books released while Extreme Studios was still part of Image Comics.

  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1992
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #2 [Image Comics] 10/1992
    • Youngblood appearance
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #3 [Image Comics] 01/1993
    • Youngblood appearance
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #4 [Image Comics] 03/1993
    • Youngblood appearance
  • Cyberforce (1992) #1 [Image Comics] 10/1992
  • Cyberforce (1992) #2 [Image Comics] 03/1993
  • Cyberforce (1992) #3 [Image Comics] 05/1993
    • Pitt appearance
  • Cyberforce (1992) #4 [Image Comics] 07/1993
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #5 [Image Comics] 11/1993
  • Stormwatch (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1993
  • Stormwatch (1993) #2 [Image Comics] 05/1993
  • Stormwatch (1993) #3 [Image Comics] 07/1993
  • Stormwatch (1993) #0 [Image Comics] 08/1993
  • Wildcats Trilogy (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 06/1993
  • Wildcats Trilogy (1993) #2 [Image Comics] 09/1993
  • Wildcats Trilogy (1993) #3 [Image Comics] 12/1993
  • Wildcats Covert Action Teams Special (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 11/1993
  • Deathblow (1993) #0 [Image Comics] 08/1996
    • ” Featuring the original Deathblow story from Darker Image #1 – finally complete in one special volume! Deathblow #0 includes the original Jim Lee pages, and some never before seen pages – then Brandon Choi and Trevor Scott wrap up the story with a bang!”
  • Deathblow (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 04/1993
  • Deathblow (1993) #2 [Image Comics] 08/1993
  • Deathblow (1993) #3 [Image Comics] 02/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #4 [Image Comics] 04/1994
  • Cyberforce (1992) #0 [Image Comics] 09/1993
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #0 [Image Comics] 11/1993
  • Cyberforce (1992) #1 [Image Comics] 11/1993
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #6 [Image Comics] 12/1993
  • Cyberforce (1992) #2 [Image Comics] 01/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #7 [Image Comics] 01/1994
  • Cyberforce (1992) #3-29 [Image Comics/Top Cow] 03/1994-12/1996
    • the main Cyberforce series doesn’t crossover with anything else from the Extreme Universe moving forward (?)
    • the full run can be read here (?)
    • issues 28 and 29 were published under the name Top Cow rather than Image Comics because of the division between Silvestri/Image and Liefeld
  • Stormwatch (1993) #4 [Image Comics] 08/1993
  • Stormwatch (1993) #5 [Image Comics] 11/1993
  • Stormwatch (1993) #6 [Image Comics] 12/1993
  • Stormwatch Special (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 01/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #7 [Image Comics] 02/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #8 [Image Comics] 03/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #8 [Image Comics] 02/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #9 [Image Comics] 03/1994
  • Team One WildCATS (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Team One Stormwatch (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Team One Stormwatch (1995)#2 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Team One WildCATS (1995)#2 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Union (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 06/1993
  • Union (1993) #2 [Image Comics] 10/1993
  • Union (1993) #3 [Image Comics] 12/1993
  • Union (1993) #4 [Image Comics] 03/1994
  • Kindred (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1994
  • Kindred (1994) #2 [Image Comics] 04/1994
  • Kindred (1994) #3 [Image Comics] 05/1994
  • Kindred (1994) #4 [Image Comics] 07/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #10 [Image Comics] 04/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #11 [Image Comics] 06/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #12 [Image Comics] 08/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #13 [Image Comics] 09/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #9 [Image Comics] 04/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #25 [Image Comics] 06/1994
    • Images of Tomorrow
    • reading here gives the same sense as reading it when it first came out; will re-list in proper numbering later
  • Stormwatch (1993) #10 [Image Comics] 06/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #5 [Image Comics] 05/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #6 [Image Comics] 06/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #7 [Image Comics] 07/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #8 [Image Comics] 08/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #9 [Image Comics] 10/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #11 [Image Comics] 08/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #12 [Image Comics] 08/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #13 [Image Comics] 09/1994
  • Wetworks (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 06/1994
  • Wetworks (1994) #2 [Image Comics] 08/1994
  • Wetworks (1994) #3 [Image Comics] 09/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #14 [Image Comics] 09/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #15 [Image Comics] 10/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #16 [Image Comics] 11/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #10 [Image Comics] 11/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #11 [Image Comics] 12/1994
  • Deathblow (1993) #12 [Image Comics] 01/1995
  • Gen 13 (1993) #1/2 [Image Comics] 03/1994
  • Gen 13 (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 02/1994
  • Gen 13 (1993) #2 [Image Comics] 03/1994
  • Gen 13 (1993) #3 [Image Comics] 04/1994
    • Pitt appearance
  • Gen 13 (1993) #4 [Image Comics] 05/1994
  • Gen 13 (1993) #5 [Image Comics] 07/1994
  • Gen 13 (1993) #0 [Image Comics] 09/1994
  • Team 7 (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 10/1994
  • Team 7 (1994) #2 [Image Comics] 11/1994
  • Team 7 (1994) #3 [Image Comics] 12/1994
  • Team 7 (1994) #4 [Image Comics] 02/1995
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #14 [Image Comics] 09/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #15 [Image Comics] 11/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #16 [Image Comics] 12/1994
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #17 [Image Comics] 01/1995
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #18 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #19 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #4 [Image Comics] 11/1994
  • Wetworks (1994) #5 [Image Comics] 01/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #6 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #7 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #17 [Image Comics] 12/1994
  • Stormwatch (1993) #18 [Image Comics] 01/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #19 [Image Comics] 02/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #20 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Stormwatch Special (1993) #2 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #21 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Gen 13 (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Deathblow (1993) #13 [Image Comics] 02/1995
  • Deathblow (1993) #14 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Deathblow (1993) #15 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Union (1993) #0 [Image Comics] 07/1994
  • Union (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 02/1995
  • Union (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Wildstorm (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Union (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Team 7 Objective Hell (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Wildstorm Rising (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #20 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Gen 13 (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Grifter (1995 1st Series) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Deathblow (1993) #16 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #8 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Backlash (1994) #8 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #22 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Wildstorm Rising (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Team 7 Objective Hell (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Team 7 Objective Hell (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #21 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #22 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #23 [Image Comics] 6/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #23.5 [Image Comics] 6/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #24 [Image Comics] 7/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #25 [Image Comics] 5/1994
    • Images of Tomorrow
  • Stormwatch (1993) #26 [Image Comics] 8/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #27 [Image Comics] 8/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #9 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #10 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #11 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Gen 13 (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Gen 13 (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Gen 13 (1995) #5 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Deathblow (1993) #17 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Deathblow (1993) #18 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Deathblow (1993) #19 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Gen 13 (1995) #6 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Gen 13 (1995) #7 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #20 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Deathblow (1993) #21 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #12 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Wetworks (1994) #13 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Wetworks (1994) #14 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Wetworks (1994) #15 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #22 [Image Comics] 12/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #28 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #29 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #30 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #31 [Image Comics] 12/1995
  • Stormwatch (1993) #32 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Stormwatch (1993) #33 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #23 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Stormwatch (1993) #34 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #23 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #24 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Gen 13 (1995) #8 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Gen 13 (1995) #9 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #24 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #25 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #25 [Image Comics] 12/1995
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #26 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #27 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #28 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Fire from Heaven (1998) #1/2 [Image Comics] 06/1998
  • Sword of Damocles (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Sigma (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #26 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Fire from Heaven (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Backlash (1994) #19 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Gen 13 (1995) #10 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Wetworks (1994) #16 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Stormwatch (1993) #35 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Sigma (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #29 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #27 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Gen 13 (1995) #11 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Backlash (1994) #20 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Wetworks (1994) #17 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Stormwatch (1993) #36 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #30 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • Sigma (1996) #3 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • Sword of Damocles (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • Fire from Heaven (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 07/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #28 [Image Comics] 07/1996
  • Deathblow (1993) #29 [Image Comics] 08/1996
  • Stormwatch (1993) #37 [Image Comics] 07/1996
  • Stormwatch (1993) #38 [Image Comics] 08/1996
    • Badrock cameo
  • Wetworks (1994) #18 [Image Comics] 07/1996
  • Wetworks (1994) #19 [Image Comics] 08/1996
  • Wetworks (1994) #20 [Image Comics] 08/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #31 [Image Comics] 09/1996
    • Overtkill appearance
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #32 [Image Comics] 01/1997
    • Overtkill appearance
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #33 [Image Comics] 02/1997
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #34 [Image Comics] 02/1997
  • Shattered Image (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1996
  • Shattered Image (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 10/1996
  • Shattered Image (1996) #3 [Image Comics] 11/1996
  • Shattered Image (1996) #4 [Image Comics] 12/1996
  • Wildstorm Spotlight (1997) #1 [Image Comics] 02/1997
    • “The Big Chill,” script by Alan Moore
  • Gen 13 (1995) #12 [Image Comics] 08/1996
  • Gen 13 (1995) #13A [Image Comics] 11/1996
  • Gen 13 (1995) #13B [Image Comics] 11/1996
    • crossover issue with many other properties
    • includes “Image Land” with an area for each creator’s studio
    • references Top Cow issue with Liefeld
    • Top Cow farm is boarded-up and there is “spilled milk”
    • page 21 has most everything that is related to the Liefeld-verse
  • Gen 13 (1995) #13C [Image Comics] 11/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #35 [Image Comics] 03/1997
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #36 [Image Comics] 03/1997
  • Voodoo (1997) #1 [Image Comics] 11/1997
  • Voodoo (1997) #2 [Image Comics] 12/1997
  • Voodoo (1997) #3 [Image Comics] 01/1998
  • Voodoo (1997) #4 [Image Comics] 03/1998
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #50 [Image Comics] 06/1998
    • “Reincarnation!” Story by Alan Moore. Grifter, Majestic, and Maxine Manchester are confronted by a forgotten villain. Plus, the seeds for the future are planted.
  • Deathblow Byblows (1999) #1 [DC Comics] 11/1999
  • Deathblow Byblows (1999) #2 [DC Comics] 12/1999
  • Deathblow Byblows (1999) #3 [DC Comics] 01/2000

Additional Reading:

  • Wildcats Sourcebook (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 09/1993
  • Stormwatch Sourcebook (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 01/1994
  • Wetworks Sourcebook (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 10/1994
  • Wildcats Sourcebook (1993) #2 [Image Comics] 11/1994
  • Wildstorm Universe Sourcebook (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • DV8 (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 11/1996
    • (Sloth) cover by Jim Lee contains a hoard of Homage/Wildstorm comics as well as TV sets playing cartoons based on Image properties.
    • WildC.A.T.s cartoon, Spawn cartoon, and Maxx cartoon all referenced.
    • no mention of Savage Dragon cartoon
    • weird meta crossover worth mentioning
  • Cyberforce 30th Anniversary Edition (2022) #1 [Image Comics] 06/2022
    • Interviews at the back of the book detail some early Image Comics thoughts on/about Rob Liefeld.