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PREVIEWS World has a catalog listing for Anyone Comic's Millennials You Are Special #5 by Dimitrios Fragiskatos, Guillermo Villarreal, and Raymond Salvador with a release date of December 27, 2023. This book's cover by Sir Gryphon appears to be an homage to Rob Liefeld's Youngblood (1992) #1. I will update the site once the book… Continue reading NEWS: Millennials You Are Special #5 to Have a Cover Homage to Youngblood #1

I have added Lobo Convention Special (1993) #1 to the list of parody references to Liefeld characters. The listing can be found on the A1 – Parodies and Meta References page. On page 17 there is a small image of Bloodwulf (above a sign reading "POWDER ROOM"). (There is also a reference to Rob himself.) I… Continue reading ADDITION: PARODY: Lobo Convention Special (1993) #1

I was lucky enough to meet Marat Mychaels at NYCC 2023. I took the opportunity to ask Mr. Mychaels about Prey for the Sinner and Blindside being tied together. Marat confirmed that the main characters share a surname ("Kemp") as an Easter egg for long-term fans. This means the series are "officially" tied together. I… Continue reading READING ORDER UPDATE: Mychaels-verse: Prey for the Sinner (2020)

A new book has been added to the Mychaels-verse page. Marat Mychaels' Counterpoint Comics has released a new one-shot parody comic book taking place in the ever-expanding "#Poohverse". extremeexcursus@gmail.com

Following last year's three-part story in "Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology" (in issues #5-7), Image Comics has solicited a new Dutch series from Joe Casey and Nathan Fox. Dutch (2023) #0 is set to release on November 15, 2023. It looks like it will ship with at least 3 variant covers. Solicit text suggests a new… Continue reading NEWS: Dutch #0 Solicited by Image Comics

The second story-arc for Local Man (2023) by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs launched on October 18th, 2023 with issue #6. One of the variant covers released for Local Man (2023) #6 is an homage to Bloodstrike (1993) #1. This book has been added to the page A2 – Homage Covers. extremeexcursus@gmail.com

I have made some updates to the earliest portion of the Reading Order. While Youngblood (1992) #1 was the first Extreme Studios title, it was also part of a universe that started-out united and slowly became more splintered. The first year of Image Comics were solicited under Malibu Comics. These books saw solicitation in Malibu… Continue reading READING ORDER UPDATE: The Malibu Comics Era

Howard Chaykin's three-volume journey through comic book history concludes with this issue. This issue includes coded references to the founding of Image Comics (called Vision Comics), Rob Liefeld (with the stand-in character Bo Tinker), Youngblood (with the in-story comic book "Odd Squad"), and Image's work with Alan Moore (with the stand-in character Daniel Parkes). This… Continue reading ADDITION: Hey Kids Comics Volume 3 (2023) #6 – Youngblood pastiche with homage cover

Jeremiah Youngblood is a character recently introduced in the page of Savage Dragon (1993). Introduced in Savage Dragon #263 (February 2023), Jeremiah Youngblood is the head of S.O.S., the Special Operations Strikeforce. [The S.O.S. first appeared in Savage Dragon (1993) #41 as a replacement for Youngblood after their demise in Mars Attacks Image (1996).] After… Continue reading ADDITION: Jeremiah Youngblood

Spawn (1992) #344 has been added to the reading order because of an appearance by Liefeld & McFarlane's Overtkill. Added to the 07 – Legacy page. extremeexcursus@gmail.com