Image Comics Publication History With Chronology For Pre Millennium #1’s! Demythifying 1998!
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, Part 3 at 1996, Part 4 looked at 1997 and today’s Part 5 is 1998.
1998
36 New #1’s representing a 350% increase of launch issues from Image Comics found year 1992 and also representing a 44% decrease over 1997.
January 1998
- Gen12 #1
February 1998
- X-Men / Wild C.A.T.s: Dark Age #1
- Youngblood #1 (Volume 3)
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- Coven: Fantom #1
- Scarlet Crush #1
- Spawn: The Book Of Souls #1
- Wild C.A.T.s Annual #1
- DV8 Annual #1
- Gen13 Bootleg Annual #1
- Channel Zero #1
March 1998
- Danger Girl #1
March 1998
- Altered Image #1
April 1998
- Battle Chasers #1
- Tales of the Darkness #1
- C-23 #1
- Supreme: The Return #1
May 1998
- Crimson #1
- Bohos #1
- Desperate Times #1
June 1998
- Spirit of Tao #1
- Bulletproof Monk #1
July 1998
- Gen13 / Monkeyman and O’Brien #1
- Gen13 Interactive Plus! #1
- Weaselguy / Witchblade #1
August 1998
- Fathom #1
- The Tenth Configuration #1
- Darkchylde The Legacy #1
September 1998
- Re:Gex #1
- Fighting American Dogs of War #1
- Six String Samurai #1
October 1998
- Gen13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy #1
- Painkiller Jane / Darkchylde #1
November 1998
- Age of Bronze #1
- Menace #1
December 1998
- Wild C.A.T.s / X-Men #1
- Tomb Raider / Witchblade Revisited Special #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 1999.
