03 – Branching Out

Fleshing out a larger world.

This ends the Extreme Studios portion of our reading order.

Books in RED TEXT do not meet the requirements for this collection but are included for context.

  • Youngblood Collectors Edition (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 1995
  • NewMen (1994) #12 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • NewMen (1994) #13 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • NewMen (1994) #14 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • NewMen (1994) #15 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • NewMen (1994) #16 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • The Deadly Duo (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 11/1994
  • The Deadly Duo (1994) #2 [Image Comics] 12/1994
  • The Deadly Duo (1994) #3 [Image Comics] 01/1995
    • Roman appearance
  • The Deadly Duo (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Star (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 09/1995
    • Diehard cameo
  • The Deadly Duo (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • The Deadly Duo (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 09/1995
    • Crypt appearance
  • The Deadly Duo (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 10/1995
    • Riptide appearance
  • Crypt (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Crypt (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Brigade (1993) #18 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Brigade (1993) #19 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Brigade (1993) #20 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • ShadowHawk (1992) #18 [Image Comics] 03/1995
    • Glory, Supreme, and Troll appearances
  • Brigade (1993) #21 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • ShadowHawk Special (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 12/1994
  • Vampirella/ShadowHawk: Creatures of the Night (1995) #1 [Harris Comics] 02/1995
  • ShadowHawk/Vampirella: Creatures of the Night (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Overstreet Fan (1995) #2 [Gemstone Publishing] 07/1995
    • Badrock Serial (p.71-73)
  • Overstreet Fan (1995) #3 [Gemstone Publishing] 08/1995
    • Badrock Serial (p.68-70)
    • Badrock/Prophet variant cover available
  • Overstreet Fan (1995) #4 [Gemstone Publishing] 09/1995
    • Badrock Serial (p.72-74)
  • Glory (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Glory (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Glory (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Glory (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Bloodstrike (1993) #20 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Bloodstrike (1993) #21 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Bloodstrike (1993) #22 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #25 [Image Comics] 05/1994
    • Images of Tomorrow
  • Supreme (1992) #26 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #27 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #28 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • The New Shadowhawk (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • The New Shadowhawk (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • The New Shadowhawk (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • The New Shadowhawk (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • The New Shadowhawk (1995) #5 [Image Comics] 12/1995
    • Glory, Supreme, and Troll appearances
  • The New Shadowhawk (1995) #6 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • The New Shadowhawk (1995) #7 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • ShadowHawks of Legend (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Big Bang Comics (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1996
    • ShadowHawk appearance
  • Big Bang Comics (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 06/1996
    • ShadowHawk appearance
  • Big Bang Comics (1996) #3 [Image Comics] 07/1996
    • ShadowHawk appearance
  • Darker Image (1993) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1993
  • Bloodwulf (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 02/1995
  • Bloodwulf (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Bloodwulf (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Bloodwulf (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Bloodwulf Summer Special (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Knightmare (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 02/1995
  • Knightmare (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Knightmare (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 04/1995
  • Knightmare (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Knightmare (1995) #5 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Knightmare (1995) #0 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Warcry (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Operation Knightstrike (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Operation Knightstrike (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Operation Knightstrike (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Berzerkers (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Berzerkers (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Berzerkers (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Shi/Cyblade: The Battle for Independents (1995) #1 [Crusade Comics] 09/1995
    • Glory cameo
  • Riptide (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Riptide (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Bloodpool (1995) 1 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Bloodpool (1995) 2 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Bloodpool (1995) 3 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Bloodpool (1995) 4 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Bloodpool Trade Paper Back (1996) TPB [Image Comics] 1996
    • redux of issue #4 content?!
  • Team Youngblood (1993) #18 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Team Youngblood (1993) #19 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Team Youngblood (1993) #20 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Youngblood (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #29 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Prophet Annual (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Glory (1995) #5 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Brigade (1993) #22 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #30 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #0 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #31 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #32 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Supreme Annual (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Brigade (1993) #25 [Image Comics] 05/1994
    • Images of Tomorrow
  • Bloodstrike (1993) #25 [Image Comics] 05/1994
    • Images of Tomorrow
  • Bloodstrike Assassin (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Bloodstrike Assassin (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Bloodstrike Assassin (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Bloodstrike Assassin (1995) #0 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Badrock (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1995
  • Badrock (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Violator Vs. Badrock (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1995
  • Violator Vs. Badrock (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 06/1995
  • Violator Vs. Badrock (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Violator Vs. Badrock (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Badrock Annual (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 07/1995
  • Vogue (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Vogue (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Vogue (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 12/1995
  • Maximage (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 12/1995
  • Grifter/Badrock (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Grifter/Badrock (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Glory (1995) #6 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Glory (1995) #7 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • NewMen (1994) #17 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • NewMen (1994) #18 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Youngblood (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Youngblood (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Glory (1995) #8 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #33 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Supreme (1992) #34 [Image Comics] 12/1995
  • Prophet Babewatch Special (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 12/1995
  • NewMen (1994) #19 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • NewMen (1994) #20 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Extreme Destroyer Prologue (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Maximage (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • NewMan (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Youngblood (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Glory (1995) #9 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Knightstrike (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Supreme (1992) #35 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • New Force (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Extreme Destroyer Epilogue (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #25 [Image Comics] 12/1995
    • Troll cameo
  • NewMen (1994) #21 [Image Comics] 08/1996
  • NewMen (1994) #22 [Maximum Press] 11/1996
  • NewMen (1994) #23 [Maximum Press] 03/1997
  • Maximage (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Youngblood (1995) #5 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Supreme (1992) #36 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Bloodpool Special (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • New Force (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • New Force (1996) #3 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • New Force (1996) #4 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • NewMan (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Combat (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Combat (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Lethal (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Chapel v2 (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1995
  • Chapel v2 (1995) #2 [Image Comics] 09/1995
  • Chapel v2 (1995) #3 [Image Comics] 10/1995
  • Chapel v2 (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 11/1995
  • Chapel v2 (1995) #5 [Image Comics] 12/1995
  • Chapel v2 (1995) #6 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Glory (1995) 0 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Angela/Glory: Rage of Angels (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Youngblood (1995) #6 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Team Youngblood (1993) #21 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Glory (1995) #10 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Maximage (1995) #4 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Glory/Angela: Angels in Hell (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Celestine (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Celestine (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • Glory/Celestine: Dark Angel (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 09/1996
  • Glory/Celestine: Dark Angel (1996) #2 10/1996
    • NO ISSUE #2
    • Although it would seem this is a three-issue miniseries, the truth is, the second issue was never published.
  • Glory/Celestine: Dark Angel (1996) #3 [Maximum Press] 11/1996
  • NewMan (1996) #3 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Maximage (1995) #5 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Maximage (1995) #6 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Maximage (1995) #7 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • Shadowhunt Special (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Chapel (1995) #7 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Youngblood (1995) #7 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Team Youngblood (1993) #22 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • NewMan (1996) #4 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Youngblood (1995) #8 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Youngblood (1995) #9 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • Youngblood (1995) #10 [Image Comics] 07/1996
  • Badrock/Wolverine (1996) #1 [Image/Marvel] 06/1996
  • Youngblood/X-Force (1996) #1 [Image/Marvel] 07/1996
  • X-Force/Youngblood (1996) #1 [Image/Marvel] 08/1996
  • Big Bruisers (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 07/1996
  • Youngblood (1995) #11 [Image Comics]
    • this issue was never published
  • Youngblood (1995) #12 [Image Comics]
    • this issue was never published
  • Youngblood (1995) #13 [Image Comics]
    • this issue was never published
  • Youngblood (1995) #14 [Maximum Press] 12/1996
  • Prophet/Chapel: Super Soldiers (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Prophet/Chapel: Super Soldiers (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • Black & White (1994) ASHCAN [Image Comics] 1994
  • Black & White (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 10/1994
  • Black & White (1994) #2 [Image Comics] 11/1994
  • Black & White (1994) #3 [Image Comics] 01/1995
  • UltraForce-Avengers (1995) #1 [Malibu/Marvel] Fall 1995
    • Black & White cameo
  • Black & White (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Battlezones: Dream Team 2 (1996) #1 [Malibu/Marvel] 03/1996
    • Ultraverse and Marvel characters in a pin-up book
    • includes “Siren vs Black and White vs Spider-Man, Captain America and Hulk by Art Thibert & Mendoza”
  • Spawn (1992) #40 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #41 [Image Comics] 01/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #42 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #43 [Image Comics] 02/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #44 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #45 [Image Comics] 03/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #46 [Image Comics] 04/1996
    • Overtkill is mentioned, but does not appear
  • Spawn (1992) #47 [Image Comics] 04/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #48 [Image Comics] 05/1996
    • Overtkill is mentioned, but does not appear
  • Spawn (1992) #49 [Image Comics] 05/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #50 [Image Comics] 06/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #51 [Image Comics] 07/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #52 [Image Comics] 08/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #53 [Image Comics] 09/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #54 [Image Comics] 10/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #55 [Image Comics] 11/1996
  • Spawn Bible (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1996
    • Overtkill entry
  • Spawn: The Book of Souls (1998) #1 [Image Comics] 02/1998
    • reprints Spawn Bible (1996) #1 and Overtkill entry
  • Shattered Image (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1996
  • Shattered Image (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 09/1996
  • Shattered Image (1996) #3 [Image Comics] 10/1996
  • Shattered Image (1996) #4 [Image Comics] 12/1996
  • Gen 13 (1995) #13B [Image Comics] 11/1996
    • cross-over 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 referencing Extreme Studios
  • 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
  • Mars Attacks Image (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 12/1996
    • Post-“Liefexit” from Image
    • first major cross-over without Extreme Studios
    • page 18, lower-right of 6-panel page, in describing Martian damage they show rubble with technology, that tech has the Youngblood team logo on it, text reads “Confirmed sites / super-human activity priority targeted — extreme prejudice…”
  • Mars Attacks Image (1996) #2 [Image Comics] 01/1997
  • Mars Attacks Image (1996) #3 [Image Comics] 03/1997
  • Mars Attacks Image (1996) #4 [Image Comics] 04/1997
  • Spawn (1992) #56 [Image Comics] 12/1996
  • Spawn (1992) #57 [Image Comics] 01/1997
  • Spawn (1992) #58 [Image Comics] 02/1997
  • Spawn (1992) #59 [Image Comics] 03/1997
  • Spawn (1992) #60 [Image Comics] 04/1997
    • Clown/Violator says Spawn “Chapel? CHAPEL?! You moron. HE didn’t kill you!”
  • Spawn (1992) #61 [Image Comics] 05/1997
    • story confirms that Chapel is not the killer of Al Simmons
    • character Jessica Priest is created to take the place of Chapel in the Spawn Universe
  • The Savage Dragon (1993) #40 [Image Comics] 07/1997
    • dealing with the loss of Youngblood in the larger Image Universe, this issue starts with the government looking to replace Youngblood, referencing the team with their logo in a dialogue balloon

Additional Reading:

  • Overstreet Fan (1995) #1 [Gemstone Publishing] 06/1995
    • only issue before Badrock serial
    • contains 5-page “Exclusive 1st Peek at Badrock” that ends with “Be Here Next Issue as the Exclusive Badrock Serial in Fan Begins!”
    • contest to win an appearance in Badrock serial
  • Glory (1995) TPB [Image Comics] 08/1995
    • contains extras
  • Cyblade/Shi: The Battle for Independents (1995) #1 [Image Comics] 1995
    • first half of 2-part series with Shi/Cyblade: The Battle for Independents (1995) #1
  • Altered Image (1998) #1-3 [Image Comics] 04/1998-09/1998
    • Issue #1: story page 13 references “freak show crowd scenes” and MAY have Shaft in the top right of the panel (could be Spartan, but “eye area” of mask gives me pause)
    • Issue #3: editor note references ” *see 1963 #6″, not obvious what is noted, likely “Alternity” “the place where all time, space and dimensions merge”