#1 : Apr 1998
IMAGE COMICS Crossover Series
Altered Image is a fun idea that just doesn’t seem to work out as well as it should. The three-issue mini-series begins when Maxx wakes up and finds that reality has changed around him. In rapid order, he rounds up Majestic, Spawn, the Savage Dragon, ShadowHawk, and Witchblade to join with him in a quest to find out what the heck’s going on. Faster than you can yell “Amalgam Universe,” they are blipped through another dimensional portal where the characters become combined versions of one another (along with other Image characters).
Although Jim Valentino writes and draws the series, he doesn’t really hit on the idiosyncrasies of each of the characters, and as a result misses out on a great deal of the comic potential this situation gives.
| Sharing | Name | Sharing | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| TITLE | The Day Reality Went Wild! | ||
| WRITER, ARTIST, LOGO DESIGN | Jim Valentino | COLORATORS | Heroic Age |
| INKS PAGE 1,4-13,15 | Andrew Pepoy | WHIPS & CHAINS | Laura Tavishati |
| INKS PAGES 14, 16-26 | Alp Altiner | PROOF READING | Melanie Hackett |
| FINISHED ART PAGES 2-3 | Brad W. Foster | COMPUETR GRAPHICS / SWELL GUYS *1 | Doug Griffith and Kenny Felix |
| LETTERER | Tami Doll | ||
| COVER | Jim Valentino(PENCILS), Erik Larsen(INKS), I.H.O.C(COLOR), Griffin-Felix(GRAPHICS) | ||
| IMAGE MUCKY-MUCK | Larry Marder | FILM OUTPUT | Kell-O-Graphics |
The cover of image is based on “Justice League of America #5″(1961 DC COMICS) by Mike Sekowsky & Bernard Sachs.
based (very) loosely on The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuinn
this issue contains amalgams of Image characters: ShadowSpawn, Dragaxx, DarkBlade & RipVoid to name a few
#2 : Jul 1998
IMAGE COMICS Crossover Series
| Sharing | Name | Sharing | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| TITLE | Everybody Smoosh | ||
| WRITER, ARTIST, PSYCHO | Jim Valentino | INTERDIMEN-SIONAL GODDESS | Laura Tavishati |
| INKSLINGER | Alp Altiner | DOMINATRIX | Melanie Hackett |
| LETTERATOR | Tami Doll | COMPUTER GRAPHICS / SWELL GUYS | Doug Griffith and Kenny Felix |
| COLOROIDS | Alien Fish | ||
| COVER | Jim Valentino(PENCILS), Andrew Pepoy(INKS), Heroic Age(COLOR), Griffin-Felix(GRAPHICS) | ||
| IMAGE POO-BAH | Larry Marder | FILM OUTPUT | Kell-O-Graphics |
The cover of image is based on “DC Versus Marvel Comics #4”.(1996 DC-MARVEL COMICS) by Dan Jurgens and Joesph Rubenstein.
this issue contains amalgams of Image characters: ShadowSpawn, Dragaxx, DarkBlade & RipVoid to name a few.
#3 : Sep 1998
IMAGE COMICS Crossover Series
| Sharing | Name | Sharing | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| TITLE | MIDDLE AGE CRISIS | ||
| WRITER, ARTIST, PSYCHO | Jim Valentino | LINE DANCING | Laura Tavishati |
| INKSLINGER | Alp Altiner | UNDERLINING | Melanie Hackett |
| LETTERAL | Tami Doll | COMPUTER GENIUSES | Doug Griffith and Kenny Felix |
| COLORMIESTERS | Alien Fish | ||
| COVER | Jim Valentino(PENCILS), Chance Wolkf / Alp Altiner(INKS), Heroic Age(COLORS), Griffin-Felix(GRAPHICS) | ||
| IMAGE POO-BAH | Larry Marder | FILM OUTPUT | Kell-O-Graphics |
The cover of image is based on “Avengers vol.1 #23″(1965 MARVEL COMICS) by Jack Kirby and John Romita
we see Medieval Spawn, Witchblade & The Maxx go through many versions of existence
お決まりの総括ですが、登場した女の子の夢落ちというあまりにも使い古されたオチで締めるこのコミックスはSPAWNが登場しているという価値しか感じられないもの。各巻のストーリーを語る必要もありません。最後、正気が戻った主人公たちのなかでShadowhawkが皆に「今後、共闘していこう。」と呼び掛けても、ほかのキャラクターが無言で立ち去るというシーンで終わるが、実在の世界でもIMAGE COMICS全体で行われるCrossover作品が再度行われるのが10年以上たった2009年。Todd McFarlaneを中心に数名のアーティストがMARVEL COMICS(また、アメリカンコミックスの体制)から独立してIMAGE COMICSを立ち上げた経緯も、キャラクターの著作権をきちんとアーティストが所有することが出来るコミックス出版会社を作りたいという希望を叶えたものであるため、お祭りであるCROSSOVER作品であっても、「自分のキャラクターがそんなことをするはずがない。」という主張からストーリーが作り上げられにくいのも分かる気がする。
他のお遊びとして、DC COMICS、MARVEL COMICSの作品の表紙をオマージュにして３巻それぞれの表紙を描いた点も挙げられる。
なお、contentsでは米国の作家Ursula K. LeGuinn(アーシュラ・K・ル=グウィン)の『The Lathe Of Heaven(天国の旋盤」』をゆるーくベースにしていると記載されている。
最後にShadowhawkは今回の事件を機に、今後は皆で共闘していこうと告げるが、この絵のように皆が無言で立ち去っていく。ここらへんはMarvel Comicsのように「アベンジャーズ・アッセンブル!（Avengers Assemble）」とはいかないのがIMAGE COMICSらしいとも言える。
SPAWN
Government assassin, Al Simmons, murdered by the very people he worked for made a pact with the powerful demon, Malebolgia. He would be allowed to return to life, to the woman he loved. But, the devil tricked him, placing him five years in the future after his beloved Wanda had remarried his best friend. Tormented, The Spawn was a being of ultimate, yet finite, power whose next death would be his last.
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