Image Comics crossover with Valiant Comics.
Not all Image titles were involved. Image was represented by Extreme Studios & Homage Studios (Wildstorm and Top Cow).
This serves as a DeathMate reading order.
Books in RED TEXT do not meet the requirements for this collection but are included for context.
- Rai (1992) #0 [Valiant Comics] 11/1992
- DeathMate Prologue [Image/Valiant] 09/1993
- DeathMate Preview JUL [Image/Valiant] 07/1993
- 5-page preview story “If Not For Prophet…” written by Bob Layton with art by Bernard Chang
- note at end of issue suggests the story continues in DeathMate Yellow, but Prophet only appears in DeathMate Red (not Black, Blue, or Yellow)
- DeathMate Red [Image/Valiant] 11/1993
- DeathMate Black [Image/Valiant] 09/1993
- DeathMate Preview AUG [Image/Valiant] 08/1993
- 5-page preview story “Harbinger of Death” written by Kevin Vanhook with art by Yvel Guichet
- DeathMate Yellow [Image/Valiant] 10/1993
- DeathMate Blue [Image/Valiant] 10/1993
- DeathMate Epilogue [Image/Valiant] 02/1994
Additional Reading:
- Deathmate Tour Book [Image Comics] 1993
- brief bios on the creators involved
- Comics Debut (1993) #1 [Comic Shop News] 06/1993
- contains 5-page preview of DeathMate (final pages of DeathMate Prologue)
Extreme Excursus 