Cover: Rob Liefeld

Brigade #2

Oct 1992 · Image · 1.95 USD; 2.35 CAD

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“Eve of Destruction”

About this Issue

Brigade #2 (October 1992) delivers the first full appearance of Genocide — the alien warlord who had lurked only in a cameo at the end of issue #1 — making it the true introduction of the team's defining villain and the catalyst for Brigade's inaugural outer-space adventure. The issue simultaneously launches Infiniti in a back-up strip that crossed over into Shadowhawk #2 and then Supreme #1, an early example of Image Comics using its anthology-style back-ups to thread new characters through multiple titles and build out the shared Extreme Studios universe. As part of the four-issue Brigade miniseries — itself Rob Liefeld's second title under the Extreme Studios banner and a deliberate dark-mirror to Youngblood — this issue solidified the series' identity as a paramilitary superhero book willing to export its heroes beyond Earth, a structural move that would define the entire original run.

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writer, artist Eric Stephenson · writer, artist Richard Horie · inker Paul Scott · colorist Brian Murray · letterer Kurt Hathaway · cover Rob Liefeld

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History

Brigade was conceived by Rob Liefeld as a Youngblood spin-off centered on Battlestone, a disgraced former Youngblood leader who rebuilt his own vigilante squad, and was first illustrated by Marat Mychaels, who had no prior major credits when Image recruited him as one of its earliest studio hires. The scripting on the miniseries was genuinely collaborative: issue #2's main story ('Eve of Destruction') carries writing credits for Liefeld, Mychaels, Hank Kanalz, and Eric Stephenson, while the Infiniti back-up ('Awakenings') was written by Stephenson and Richard Horie and drawn by Horie and Paul Scott. The miniseries became notorious for production delays — the four-issue run stretched across nearly a full year, from August 1992 to July 1993 — a circumstance so extreme that the follow-up ongoing series actually launched before the miniseries had concluded.

Trivia · 8 facts

First full appearance of Genocide: the alien antagonist appeared only in a brief end-of-issue cameo in Brigade #1; issue #2 is his proper debut as an active character, battling the team across Los Angeles before teleporting everyone to his homeworld D'Vor.
First appearance of Infiniti: a back-up story titled 'Awakenings,' written by Eric Stephenson and Richard Horie with art by Richard Horie and Paul Scott, depicts a mysterious alien uploading a Genetic Fusion Module into G.A.T.E. International's computers, resulting in the creation of Infiniti; the story continued in Shadowhawk (1992) #2 and then in Supreme #1.
First appearances of supporting/background characters: Crown Prince J'Nissyde of D'Vor, the D'Vor Imperial High Council Magistrate, and minor characters Kahn and Spicer all debut in this issue.
The main story is titled 'Eve of Destruction' and carries writing credits for Rob Liefeld, Marat Mychaels, Hank Kanalz, and Eric Stephenson, with pencils by Mychaels and inks by Paul Scott and Norm Rapmund.
The issue ships with two trading cards (direct edition) and a centrifold redemption coupon for Image Comics #0 — both items are frequently missing from copies found in the secondary market.
A pin-up of Battlestone and Cabbot by Dan Fraga and Danny Miki is included, making this one of the earliest published appearances of Cabbot Stone in any visual format within the miniseries.
Published October 1992 as the second issue of the four-issue Brigade Vol. 1 miniseries, which ran from August 1992 through July 1993 under Liefeld's Extreme Studios imprint at Image Comics.
The issue's cover was drawn by Rob Liefeld, and Eric Stephenson served as editor — a notable early editorial role for Stephenson, who would later become Image Comics' Publisher.