First comic out from the Image stable (if memory serves correctly) waaaaaay back when Image was formed is from our superstar artist, Rob Liefeld! And he totally rocked it! He showed what "alternative" publishing could achieve if the person doing it took it seriously and not accepting the fact that without one of the bigger publishers, sales would be low!What do I love about it? First up is the choice of paper for cover and interior pages and the usage of awesome colouring. Then the absolute best? That cover! Rob's art here is sooooo good when compared to his last few works in X-Force. Seriously! I thought back then, X-Force got better with each issue but with this? WOW!
Then there are the characters. Yes, they didn't read as if they are a breath of fresh air but for me, it wasn't that big a deal. There's always similar type characters even from the Big Two so if the stories are interesting and the artwork is spectacular then it's fine
What's Youngblood?
They are basically super-cops for USA (as opposed to Stormwatch from Jim Lee - that's for the UN). So naturally they undertake missions against those who would stand against the old US of A. Story wise, this issue didn't read that well but then again it wasn't a triple sized first issue so there's limited pages to introduce a new universe, new characters, new villains, new storylines and a new team producing comics. With all that in mind, I was more than willing to collect subsequent issues of Youngblood. Hehehe!
Ratings: 8/10
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