Cover: Brian Murray & Chris Ivy

Supreme #4

Jul 1993 · Image · 1.95 USD; 2.45 CAD

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“The Power of Khrome”

About this Issue

Supreme #4 (July 1993) holds a concrete place in the early Extreme Studios publishing program as the first published appearance of Masada (Deborah Konigsberg) and Dutch (Jake Holland), two characters who would go on to anchor the Team Youngblood series launched just months later. Both debuted not in story pages but in preview pin-ups tucked inside the issue — a common Liefeld-era promotional technique that seeded reader awareness of upcoming titles before those characters earned a full in-story debut. The issue also continues the Khrome story arc that defined the series' first year, escalating the conflict between Supreme and his space-born nemesis to a cliffhanger ending that set the tone for the hyperkinetic, multi-title crossover storytelling that defined Image's early Extreme Studios output.

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writer Rob Liefeld · writer, artist, colorist Brian Murray · writer Eric Stephenson · inker Chris Ivy · colorist In Color · letterer Kurt Hathaway · cover Brian Murray, Chris Ivy

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History

The issue was co-plotted by Rob Liefeld and Brian Murray, with Murray handling the full script and pencils; Christopher Ivy provided the inks, and Eric Stephenson — who also edited the title — contributed a script assist. Stephenson's dual role as writer-editor was characteristic of how Liefeld's Extreme Studios office operated in 1993, with a small, overlapping creative team producing several interconnected titles simultaneously. The Masada pin-up inside was drawn by Chap Yaep and Norm Rapmund, the artist team already attached to the forthcoming Team Youngblood series, making Supreme #4 a deliberate advance preview vehicle as much as a standalone story issue.

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First published appearance of Masada (real name: Deborah Konigsberg), an Israeli super-powered character depicted in a preview pin-up drawn by Chap Yaep and Norm Rapmund — her first full in-story appearance followed in Team Youngblood #1 (September 1993).
First published appearance of Dutch (real name: Jake Holland), also via pin-up — like Masada, his first full in-story debut came in Team Youngblood #1.
Main story titled 'The Power of Khrome': an enemy from Supreme's time in space tracks him to Earth, culminating in Khrome standing over Supreme's unconscious body.
Written/plotted by Rob Liefeld and Brian Murray (script and pencils by Murray), with inks by Chris Ivy, and an editorial/script-assist role filled by Eric Stephenson.
The issue also contains a Supreme pin-up illustration by Keith Giffen, who would later write The Legend of Supreme miniseries.
Sentinel (Marcus Langston) and Cougar appear in the issue — both were established Youngblood Away Team members with prior appearances dating to Youngblood #1 (April 1992), so their presence here is not a debut.
The Masada pin-up references the character's forthcoming role in Team Youngblood, where she would be described as an Israeli super-woman empowered by the souls of those who fell at the historical siege of Masada — tying her name and power set to a specific cultural and historical identity.