Image Comics Hardcover #1

(November 2005)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Cyberforce; Savage Dragon; ShadowHawk; Spawn / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Pencils

Erik Larsen (signed as ErikLarsen); Marc Silvestri (signed as SIL VES TRI); Jim Valentino (signed as Jim Valentino); Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane)

Inks

Erik Larsen (signed as ErikLarsen); Todd McFarlane (signed as TODD)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero; adventure; science fiction

Characters

Savage Dragon; Spawn; Shadowhawk [Eddie Collins]; Ripclaw [Robert Bearclaw]

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Marder (credited, signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Inage Comics: I was there!

Indexer Notes

Reprints a lengthy 1992 quote from Larry Marder and excerpts from a 1994 interview he did with Diamond Dialogue, both with contemporary commentary commentary by Marder.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Savage Dragon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Erik Larsen (credited) (signed as ErikLarsen)

Inks

Erik Larsen (credited) (signed as ErikLarsen)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Savage Dragon

Reprints

• in Savage Dragon (Image, 1993 series) #0 (July 2006)
which is reprinted
• in Savage Dragon (Image, 1993 series) #150 (July 2009)

The Way It Was (Table of Contents: 4)

Savage Dragon / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Erik Larsen (credited)

Pencils

Erik Larsen (credited)

Inks

Erik Larsen (credited)

Colors

Reuben Rude (credited); Abel Mouton (credited)

Letters

Chris Eliopoulos (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kill them. Kill them all.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Emperor Kurr [Savage Dragon]; GUESTS: Rech; Weiko; Geeta (Death); Lorrella

Synopsis

Savage alien, Emperor Kurr, is poised to wipe out humanity and take over earth as a new home for his people. When a pair of his scientists object to wiping out an entire sentient race, Kurr threatens to kill them and move forward with his plan anyway. Reich and Weiko retrieve a fertilized egg from Kurr's bedchamber (after the emperor brutally kills the woman he bedded down) and, with the next generation of the royal line preserved, they give the Emperor a lobotomy, sterilize him and leave him behind on earth in a burning field.

Reprints

• in Savage Dragon (Image, 1993 series) #0 (July 2006)
which is reprinted
• in Savage Dragon (Image, 1993 series) #150 (July 2009)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Erik Larsen (credited) (signed as ErikLarsen)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I didn't want to do this.

Indexer Notes

Essay by Larsen explaining his decision to reveal Dragon's origin. Surrounded by covers for the Savage Dragon ongoing series reprinted in miniature, every issue, 1-121, including non-newsstand variants. Exceptions are the Jim Lee version of #13, the Rapture/She-Dragon version of #17, the "God is Good" version of #31, and the 2nd print cover for #100.

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Spawn / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Todd McFarlane (credited)

Pencils

Todd McFarlane (credited)

Inks

Todd McFarlane (credited)

Colors

Jay Fotos (credited)

Letters

J. Gonzo (credited as Jason Gonzalez) (typography layout)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The blink of an eye.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spawn; Wanda Simmons; Man of Miracles

Transformation of the Hellspawn (Table of Contents: 7)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Todd McFarlane (credited) (signed as TODD M-FARLANE)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Todd McFarlane explains how his Spawn comic and character have grown since 1992.

Indexer Notes

Essay about the creation and evolution of Spawn, accompanied by detail images of select Spawn art through the years.

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Cyberforce / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script

Marc Silvestri (credited); David Wohl (credited)

Pencils

Marc Silvestri (credited)

Inks

Matt Banning (credited); Joe Weems (credited); Eric Basaldua (credited)

Colors

Steve Firchow (credited)

Letters

Robin Spehar (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

<@#$%--He got the goddamned lights.>

Genre

superhero; adventure; science fiction

Characters

Cyberforce [Ripclaw; Velocity]

Synopsis

Velocity and Ripclaw discover the alien ship that may hold the cure to Cyberdata's doomsday virus that has been killing all of their friends. Ripclaw succumbs to the virus and dies.

Reprints

• in Cyberforce (Image, 2006 series) #0 (April 2006)

Indexer Notes

Continued in JLA / Cyberforce (DC, 2005 series) #1

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Marc Silvestri (credited, signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All apologies to The Grateful Dead, but yeah. What a long, strange trip it has been.

Indexer Notes

Essay by Marc Silvestri, reflecting on the changes at Image, Top Cow, and with Cyberforce. Early character designs for Stryker and Ripclaw.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

ShadowHawk / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Valentino (credited)

Inks

Chance Wolf (credited)

Colors

Brett Evans (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Shadowhawk [Eddie Collins]

Reprints

• in Shadowhawk 1-Shot (Image, 2006 series) #1 (July 2006)

Great Responsibility (Table of Contents: 11)

ShadowHawk / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Valentino (credited)

Pencils

Jim Valentino (credited)

Inks

Chance Wolf (credited)

Colors

Brett Evans (credited)

Letters

Brett Evans

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey mister sleepyhead, this is the third time I've tried to wake you!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Shadowhawk [Eddie Collins]; Slam

Synopsis

The new, young Shadowhawk gives his dad a lesson in power and responsibility.

Reprints

• in Shadowhawk 1-Shot (Image, 2006 series) #1 (July 2006)

The Official Image Comics Timeline (Table of Contents: 12)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Valentino (credited) (research and graphics)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Timeline of seminal events in the founding and evolution of Image Comics 1990-2005.