Youngblood? Really?

I know, I know. Youngblood? The Rob Liefeld disaster, right? Ok, now that all know what we're talking about, we're not talking about that. We're talking about the new series. We're talking about the new Joe Casey scribed project. You remember Joe Casey, right? Took over WildCATS after Scott Lobdell? Remember, batteries that last forever and that type of stuff? Great stuff really.

While I doubt he will be able to do anything like that in Youngblood, you can bet that whatever he does, you probably won't be expecting it. The first issue (out on 1/9/08) was pretty good. It took me over a week to get past the Liefeld cover, but I was glad I did. It actually feels a lot more like Invincible then anything else. While I believe this has a lot to do with artist Derec (Conor Hawke: Dragons Blood) Donovan, the FEEL of the book is certainly Kirkman-esque. Many of the series originals are here as well, including Badrock, Diehard, and Shaft. Who, incidentally, is now using a bow with an actual string! Somebody tried to tell me that Shaft's original bow had some sort of magnetic propulsion device in it, but I think Liefeld would just forget to draw it in.

And by the way, I don't mean to be so hard on poor Rob, but, really, I just can't help it. It's just so easy. Anyways, the book is surprisingly good, if you enjoyed previous works by Casey, I would highly recommend picking this up.

-Dan