Crucible

Crucible burst onto the scene in 1994's Supreme #11, a product of Image Comics' bold, boundary-pushing early years and the creative energy of Rob Liefeld and Eric Stephenson. Though their catalog footprint is compact, Crucible's appearances span some of Image's most action-packed corners — Brigade, Bloodstrike, and the Brigade Sourcebook — keeping fierce company with characters like Coldsnap, Thermal, and Alex Barros. With a key-issue debut and ties to the gritty, high-octane world Image built in the mid-'90s, Crucible is a rewarding discovery for any collector who loves digging into the era when superhero comics were being reinvented from the ground up.