Liefeld Brings BLOODSTRIKE to IMAGE UNITED & New Mini-series
This week marks the release of the second issue of the six-part Image United miniseries, which brings back six of the Image Comics’ founders to tell an epic story featuring the characters that made the publisher what it is today. These superhero characters are brought back together when one of their own turns bad, as Todd McFarlane’s original incarnation of Spawn – Al Simmons – returns from the dead as the power-corrupted Omega Spawn. The first issue received considerable buzz for the reunion of these six creators – Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino and Whilce Portacio – while also keeping an eye on the future with the inclusion of newly minted Image partner Robert Kirkman, who has become a key writer with his creator-owned books Invincible and Walking Dead.
In this second issue of Image United, the story goes more in-depth on the action seen in the first, with more on the return of original Spawn, as well as a over-arching view at things happening across the Image U with some unlikely appearances. The unique assemblage of each creator drawing their characters in an overlapping design brings together six dynamic and distinctive styles, all tied together with the cohesive writing of Kirkman.
