Darker Image #1 [Gold Foil Variant]

(March 1993)

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Colors

? (text colors)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Interior front cover with creator and publisher credits and indicia information.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Maxx / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Sam Kieth (credited) (story); William Messner-Loebs (credited as Bill Messner-Loebs) (dialogue)

Pencils

Sam Kieth (credited) (signed as Kieth) (art)

Inks

Sam Kieth (credited) (signed as Kieth) (art); Jim Sinclair (credited) (finishes)

Colors

Steve Oliff (credited); Olyoptics (credited) (color separator)

Letters

Michael Heisler (credited as Mike Heisler)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Huh. The sounds inside my head have started again.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Maxx; Julie Winters; Ret'Qark'N

Synopsis

The Maxx escapes Ret'Qark'n in the fantasy world and goes to the Jungle Queen then he wakes up in the real world.

Reprints

• in The Maxx Trade Paperback (Image, 1995 series) #1 (April 1995) [page 6 altered; pages 7-8 cut]
• in The Maxx (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([May] 2004)

Eventually, everyone will be able to buy skins.... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Progard Enterprises, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Welcome Back to the Beginning (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

WildC.A.T.s / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Bloodwulf / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Rob Liefeld (credited) (story)

Pencils

Rob Liefeld (credited) (art)

Inks

Rob Liefeld (credited) (art)

Colors

Steve Oliff (credited); Byron Talman (credited); Olyoptics (credited) (color separator)

Letters

Kurt Hathaway (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Praxon 9 Last O' the Praxon Moons.

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Bloodwulf; Cable [Nathan Summers] (cameo) (Cable looking character); Lobo (cameo) (Lobo looking character); Director Butts (death)

Synopsis

Galactic mercenary Bloodwulf pays a visit to Prime Administrative Director Butts on his moon and kills him, then escapes and blows up the whole moon.

Doom's IV (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

This Blood's for You (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Bloodshot; Deathmate; Youngblood / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Deathblow / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Brandon Choi (credited) (co-creator, story); Jim Lee (credited) (co-creator, story)

Pencils

Jim Lee (credited) (art)

Inks

Jim Lee (credited) (art)

Colors

Joe Chiodo (credited); Wendy Broome (credited as Wendy Fouts) (color assists); Olyoptics (credited) (color separator)

Letters

Michael Heisler (credited as Mike Heisler)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hate the jungle.

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Blackbird [Nathaniel Blackbird]; Miles Jeremiah Craven; Deathblow [Michael Patrick Cray]; John Lynch; Lieutenant J.L. Conrad; Paulo (death); Hopper; Ford

Synopsis

Suffering from terminal cancer, Commander Michael Cray goes rogue to assassinate General Manuel Ortega. Lieutenant Conrad is assigned by Director Lynch to kill him.

Reprints

• in Deathblow (Image, 1993 series) #0 (August 1996) [pages 1-9 only]
which is reprinted
• in Deathblow: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2014 series) ([May] 2014)
• in Deathblow (DC, 2015 series) ([March] 2015)

Their love will end all time! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Deathmate / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Biggest by the Best (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Stormwatch / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Wilder Than Ever! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

WildC.A.T.s / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

WildC.A.T.s / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)