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| Youngblood | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Youngblood_01_cover.jpg) Cover to Youngblood #1 (April 1992) by Rob Liefeld | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Megaton Comics Image Comics Awesome Comics Arcade Comics Terrific Prod. (IP owner only) |
| First appearance | RAMM #1 (May 1987) |
| Created by | Rob Liefeld Hank Kanalz |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Pentagon |
| Member(s) | Badrock Doc Rocket Sentinel Shaft Suprema Vogue Former members: Big Brother Brahma Chapel Combat Diehard Cougar Task Dutch Johnny Panic Knightsabre Masada Photon Psi-Fire Psilence Riptide Troll Twilight Scion |
Youngblood is a superhero team starring in their self-titled comic book series, created by writer/artist Rob Liefeld.[1][2][3] The team made its debut as a backup feature in RAMM #1 (May 1987) before the next month appearing in the one-shot Megaton Explosion #1 (June 1987) before later appearing in April 1992 in its own ongoing series as the flagship publication for Image Comics and the wider Image Universe. Youngblood was originally published by Image Comics, and later by Awesome Entertainment. Upon Rob Liefeld's return to Image Comics, it was revived in 2008, 2012, and 2017. In 2019, Liefeld revealed that he has not owned the rights to Youngblood for several years.
In most of its iterations, Youngblood is a high-profile superteam sanctioned and overseen by the United States government. Youngblood's members include Shaft, a former FBI agent who uses a high-tech bow; Badrock, a teenager transformed into a living block of stone;[4] Vogue, a Russian fashion model with purple-and-chalk-white skin; and Chapel, a government assassin.
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- ^ "Rob Liefeld Talks 'Youngblood: Bloodsport'". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
- ^ Ginocchio, Mark (July 3, 2013). "Gimmick or Good? – Youngblood #1". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Upon Youngblood's debut, the character's name was originally "Bedrock". Liefeld would later change the character's name to "Badrock" to avoid confusion and legal threats from Hanna-Barbera, who owned the copyright to The Flintstones, which is set in the fictional town of Bedrock.[citation needed]