Publisher: Image Comics
Key Features:
Complete set of the original 4-issue first volume
Early Image launch title during the 1990s creator-owned boom
Ties into the larger Extreme Universe (Youngblood, Supreme, etc.)
Early work by Rob Liefeld and Marat Mychaels
First appearance of Brigade team members Battlestone, Seahawk, Coldsnap, Atlas, and Thermal
Creative Team:
Writers: Rob Liefeld, Eric Stephenson
Pencils: Marat Mychaels
Inks: Norm Rapmund
Cover Art: Rob Liefeld
Story Summary:
Spun out of Youngblood, Brigade follows a team of super-powered operatives led by the disgraced ex-Youngblood member Battlestone. Operating on their own terms, the team is caught between government control and underground warfare, battling both external threats and internal tensions. This 4-issue mini establishes the team’s origin, early missions, and conflict with the assassin known as Bloodstrike.