Bloodstrike #2
Bloodstrike #2 serves as the second chapter of the five-part 'Blood Brothers' crossover that threaded through both the Bloodstrike and Brigade titles in mid-1993, making it one of the earliest multi-title company-wide crossover events in the fledgling Extreme Studios line at Image Comics. The issue marks the first appearance of Lethal, a character whose loyalties are immediately put in question when she boards Bloodstrike's jet to free the Brigade prisoners, adding a wildcard figure to the Extreme Universe roster. Beyond the main story, the issue also launches 'A Tale of the Knight,' a backup serial set in the Andromeda Galaxy, effectively using the issue as a platform to seed an entirely new corner of Liefeld's shared universe. Taken together, these elements make issue #2 a modest but tangible structural node in the early architecture of the Extreme Universe crossover model.
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The series was created by Rob Liefeld under his Extreme Studios imprint and launched in April 1993 as a spinoff of Youngblood, with writing shared by Liefeld and Eric Stephenson from the outset. Bloodstrike #2 was produced by the same core creative team as the first issue — story by Liefeld and Stephenson, pencils by Dan Fraga, inks by Danny Miki and Norm Rapmund — and was published with a cover date of June 1993, though the indicia places the actual publication date in July 1993. The 'Blood Brothers' arc it anchors was a deliberate attempt to knit together Liefeld's two flagship team titles, Bloodstrike and Brigade, in a sustained crossover that alternated chapters between the two series.
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- Published June 1993 (cover date) / July 1993 (indicia) by Image Comics under Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios imprint.
- Carries the story title 'Blood Brothers, Part 2: Lethal Action' — it is the second chapter of a five-part crossover alternating between Bloodstrike and Brigade Vol. 2, continuing from Brigade Vol. 2 #1 and continuing into Brigade Vol. 2 #2.
- First appearance of Lethal, a woman of unknown allegiance who infiltrates Bloodstrike's jet to free Brigade prisoners Seahawk and Kayo, defeating Deadlock in the process before being engaged by Cabbot Stone.
- Written by Rob Liefeld and Eric Stephenson; pencils by Rob Liefeld and Dan Fraga; inks by Danny Miki and Norm Rapmund — the same core creative unit from issue #1.
- Contains a backup story: 'A Tale of the Knight,' Chapter 1, by Liefeld, Stephenson, Marat Mychaels, and Norm Rapmund — introducing the Knight, a science-fiction team operating on a moon in the Andromeda Galaxy, marking Chapter 1 of an ongoing backup serial that runs through subsequent issues.
- Supporting character Boone appears as Battlestone recruits former allies in Silicon Valley to replenish Brigade's depleted ranks — a narrative beat that escalates the inter-team conflict.
- Cabbot Stone and Battlestone (John Annex Stone) continue to drive the story's central fraternal conflict: two brothers on opposite sides of a government-sanctioned operation.
- Additional characters listed in the Grand Comics Database for this issue include cameo appearances by Marc Barros, Hiroshi Kuramoto, and John Locke, primarily in the backup feature or peripheral scenes.
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