At last, the blood is back! Fully-remastered collector’s editions of the historic series by the legendary Rob Liefeld (Deadpool)—Youngblood Deluxe—will begin hitting shelves this April from Image Comics.
The Youngblood Deluxe releases will present the iconic Youngblood single issues that took the industry by storm in 1992—but re-scripted, re-colored, re-lettered, and remastered to take the reader’s experience to the next level.
In Youngblood Deluxe #1, readers will enter the world of Badrock, Shaft, Die-Hard, Vogue, Sentinel, Riptide, Cougar, Chapel, and more, for 40 pages of eye-popping, mind-melting action.
Youngblood Deluxe is the definitive way to experience the groundbreaking series that helped usher in the Image Revolution and a must-have for any comic fan.
“This is the ultimate way to experience Youngblood,” said Liefeld. “These characters mean so much to me and to revisit them like this is the absolute best way to read the comic that literally started the revolution and transformed the industry!”
Youngblood Deluxe #1 (Lunar Code 0225IM313) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, April 16.
Youngblood Deluxe will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
ABOUT ROB LIEFELD
Rob Liefeld is a legendary, illustrious comic book creator, writer, artist, and author from Orange County, CA, best known as the creator of everyone’s favorite “merc-with-a-mouth:” Marvel’s Deadpool. His 30+ year career spans work on many of the industry’s top-tier comic franchises from both DC and Marvel including the X-Men, Captain America, The Avengers, Spiderman, X-Force, Teen Titans, and Hawkman. His big break came in 1991 when Marvel handed him the reins of the then-ailing New Mutants Franchise. He created dozens of new characters including Domino, Shatterstar, Stryfe, Wildside, and Warpath—to name just a few—but it was his creation of Deadpool, first seen in New Mutants #92, that changed it all. He single-handedly reinvigorated the franchise. Deadpool, along with one of Liefeld’s other popular creations, Cable, was spun off when Liefeld created X-Force. X-Force #1 quickly became a runaway hit selling over 1 million copies in the U.S. alone and remains the number #2 highest selling comic book of all time.
In 1992, Liefeld left Marvel—alongside six other notable comic book creators—to found Image Comics. They quickly became the number one independent label in comic book history. Liefeld’s own Image offshoot, Extreme Studios, shepherded many successful publications it its own right, such as Avengelyne (currently in development with Olivia Wilde attached to direct), Prophet, Bloodstrike, Brigade, Glory, and Supreme but it was Liefeld’ own creation—Youngblood—which shattered all expectations and sales records with over 1 million copies sold. Liefeld’s unique style resonated with comic book fans selling huge numbers. Extreme Studios was the top studio in the comics field worldwide, its family of titles second only to X-Men with a 5.78 market share according to Market Reports.
Deadpool was made into multiple major motion pictures featuring Emmy and People’s Choice award winning actor Ryan Reynolds playing the titular character. The movies shattered box office records making over 1.5 billion dollars worldwide.