IMAGE! #1 (collectif)

Maintenant que tu le dis, je n y avais même pas fait attention.

Ca doit être pour ça qu’ils l’ont mis tout au fond avec Bloodstrike…^^
Pour le reste, je le répète mais je n’ai pas la même nostalgie…

J etais passé à la vo pour suivre wildcats et cyberforce à l’époque. Comme un grand.

Les commandes sur dangereuses visions…

C était un tout.

En VF, le début d’une période dorée des kiosques pour moi, avec un numéro 1 je dirais 1 tous les quadrimestres en moyenne.
Au début IMAGE; j’ai suivi SPAWN longtemps; WILDCATS l’intégrale; pas essayé CYBERFORCE; WETWORKS quelques numéros Portacio très interessant; DEATHBLOW c’est pour moi un crossover DEATHBLOW/SERVAL très très joli; Youngblood un numéro c’était suffisant; SAVAGE DRAGON j’ai pas accroché, sans doute trop éloigné des autres propositions.

Je ne connaissais pas non plus, une très courte séries qui narrait les aventures d’un anti-héros zombie qui combattait des forces surnaturels et rencontrait des super-héros Image au passage d’après Wikipedia :

Trencher is an American comic book series, that was created, written and drawn by Keith Giffen and released by Image Comics in 1993. It totaled only four issues before it ended, with a 5th issue indicated in the end caption, and an ad for a 5th issue in Images of ShadowHawk #2. However there never was a 5th issue and the next Trencher appearances was in Images of Shadowhawk #1–3 in 1993 also from Image Comics, Trencher X-Mas Bites Holiday Blow-Out in December 1993, and in Blackball Comics #1 in March 1994, both from short-lived UK publisher Blackball Comics. Giffen illustrated this in a sort of twisted ligne Claire style with some hyper-detailed elements of Geoff Darrow. All stories are ultraviolent and a parody of the then prevalent « Image Comics style ».

The story follows a zombie-like anti-hero named Gideon Trencher, as he endeavors to complete his mission of exterminating souls which had been « wrongfully reincarnated ». Due to the large superhuman population this often brought him in conflict with super-powered beings both important (Supreme and ShadowHawk) to the minor ('The Nasal Python , who has the ability to use his nose hairs as fully functioning appendages, and The Hurler , who can utilize pinpoint projectile vomit as a weapon.)

Giffen stated in a 2008 interview that, « There is not a chance Trencher will ever appear in another comic book…I’ve moved on. The character doesn’t interest me anymore. Never say never, but…never. »

Boom! Studios released a Trencher trade paperback reprinting the four issues.
There is no collections of the Images of ShadowHawk 1–3, Blackball Comics issue 1, and Trencher X-Mas Bites Holiday Blowout issues, but all can be found very cheap in back issue bins.
Mr. Monster’s Books Of Forbidden Knowledge Volume 0 (Trade Paperback), contains The « Not quite a crossover » and the unfinished Blackball Comics Issue 3 retitled « Never Touch A Satan Glass »
Dave Elliot’s Sharky (Hardcover) Issue 4
ShadowHawk: Chronicles (Trade Paperback) collects most of Shadowhawk: The monster within, but is missing Badrock and Company #6 and ShadowHawk #0, which completes the « monster within » story arc.

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Arriving: April 13, 2022
Diamond ID: FEB220047
ISBN: 9781534323018
Age Rating: M
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Cover price: $5.99

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Image comic with a year-long parade of all-new stories from some of the biggest and best names in comics!

Featuring a combination of ongoing serials and standalone short stories, this inaugural issue kicks off with the first chapters of two 12-part stories: “The Blizzard” by GEOFF JOHNS & ANDREA MUTTI and “Red Stitches” by BRENDEN FLETCHER & ERICA HENDERSON—plus the opening installments of a trio of three-parters: “Gospel for a New Century” by WYATT KENNEDY & LUANA VECCHIO, “Loop / Hopeless” by MIRKA ANDOLFO, and “Shift” by KYLE HIGGINS & DANIELE DI NICUOLO. Plus plus! A first look at DECLAN SHALVEY’s upcoming OLD DOG series and an original ongoing comic strip by SKOTTIE YOUNG!

Writers
Wyatt Kennedo, Mirka Andolfo, Geoff Johns, Brenden Fletcher, Declan Shalvey, Skottie Young, Kyle Higgins
Artists
Mirka Andolfo, Declan Shalvey, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Andrea Mutti, Luana Vecchio; Babs Tarr
Cover
Marcelo Costa, Igor Monti

Rob Liefeld : « This is the start of the Image Revolution. The ad showed up in the CBG 31 years ago, paid for it with my own money, the address was my studio and it’s the first appearance of the Image name and logo. Image started as a label that myself, Erik Larsen & Jim Valentino were going to utilize. We finally convinced Todd not to do another Batman title and his Hockey cards were denied by the NHL so he joined in next. Jim, Marc, Whilce followed and so did the rest of you ! Thank you for supporting us in all our endeavors. »