Youngblood Imperial 1A NM Robert Kirkman Arcade 2004 Marat Mychaels 1st prin

Youngblood Imperial (2004) #1A
Published Jun 2004 by Arcade Comics
by Robert Kirkman & Marat Mychaels
32pgs, Full color
From critically acclaimed writer Robert Kirkman (Captain America, Invincible, Walking Dead), this is the first issue of a monthly, 12-part maxi-series. This issue, Shaft leads an "all star" team of Youngblood members, safeguarding the globe for American interests. But how long will it be before this Brave New World clashes with their British counterparts, The Crown?
Last week, I wrote about the creative flexibility that is available on an independent comic. The writer doesn’t have to pretend that his book takes place in our world if he doesn’t want to. For Wildcats, that meant that Christos Gage could have an Armageddon and write about the heroes after the end of the world. For Youngblood, that meant that Robert Kirkman could take aspects of the concept to their logical conclusion. The original Youngblood was a government-sponsored super-hero agency. They were involve