Image Comics Publication History Chronicling Pre Y2K #1’s! Demythifying 1996!
Part 1 in our series looked at 1992 to 1994 and included caveats that remain relevant here such as why Rob Liefeld and Jim Lee companies’ creations are included on this list after they left Image, where to find creators credits for the below where it is not noted on the cover, and others. Part 2 looked at 1995. Today we have Part 3 looking at 1996’s #1’s it featured from Image Comics.
1996
77 New #1’s representing a 863% increase of launch issues from Image Comics found year 1992 and also representing an almost 7% increase over 1995.
January 1996
- Black Ops #1
- Team 7: Dead Reckoning #1
- Spawn / Wild C.A.T.s #1
- Combat #1
- Extreme Destroyer Prologue #1
- Extreme Destroyer Epilogue #1
- New Force #1
- New Man #1
February 1996
- 21 #1
- Black & White #1 (Volume 2)
- Defcon 4 #1
- Gen13: Ordinary Heroes #1
- Lethal #1
March 1996
- Bloodpool Special #1
- Cyberpunx #1
- Bodycount #1
- Dart #1
- Weapon Zero #1 (Volume 2)
- Fire From Heaven #1
- Sword of Damocles #1
- Sigma #1
- Wildstorm Player’s Guide #1
- Grifter / Shi #1
- Angela / Glory: Rage of Angels #1
- Kid Supreme #1
April 1996
- Darkchylde #1
- Glory & Angela: Angels in Hell #1
- Shadowhunt #1
May 1996
- Medieval Spawn / Witchblade #1
- Big Bang Comics #1
- Celestine #1
- Lady Supreme #1
June 1996
- Hazard #1
- Backlash / Spider-Man #1
- Prophet / Chapel: Super Soldiers #1
- Avengelyne / Prophet #1
July 1996
- Big Bruisers #1
- Gen13: The Unreal World #1
- Grifter #1 (Volume 2)
August 1996
- Pitt: In The Blood #1
- Allegra #1
- Brass #1
- DV8 #1
- Blindside #1
- Battlestar Galactica: Journey’s End #1
- Spawn Bible #1
September 1996
- Leave it to Chance
- Curse of the Spawn #1
- Avengelyne / Glory Godyssey #1
- Glory / Celestine #1
- Tomoe / Witchblade: Fire Sermon #1
- Grifter & The Mask #1
- Deathblow & Wolverine #1
- Youngblood / X-Force #1
- Captain America #1 (Volume 2 / Marvel’s Heroes Reborn)
- Iron Man #1 (Volume 2 / Marvel’s Heroes Reborn)
- Fantastic Four #1 (Volume 2 / Marvel’s Heroes Reborn)
- Avengers #1 (Volume 2 / Marvel’s Heroes Reborn)
October 1996
- Strikeback! #1 (Volume 2)
NOTE: The first volume, debuting with a shiny #1, was from Malibu’s Bravura imprint and lasted 3 issues.
- X-Force / Youngblood #1
- Avengelyne Bible
- Spawn The Impaler #1
- Vanguard Strange Visitors #1
- A Distant Soil #15
NOTE: Colleen Doran’s indy fave series moved to Image and included a further 27 issues over 27 years.
November 1996
- Tales of the Witchblade #1
- Avengelyne / Warrior Nun Areala #1
- Gen13 Bootleg #1
- Team 7 / Team X #1
- Savage Dragon / Destroyer Duck #1
December 1996
- Wynonna Earp #1
- The Darkness #1
- Spider-Man / Gen13 #1
- Wildstorm Universe ’97 #1
- Hulk / Pitt #1
- Avengelyne Armageddon #1
- Passover #1
- Mars Attacks Image #1
If I have missed any #1’s, please, let me know and I will update this list and appropriately credit you; next Saturday we cover 1997.
