r/badrock

Now that I finally have steady employment, I've decided I want to start filling in the gaps in my collection. I don't have unlimited resources, but if anyone has any copies of the comics listed that they're willing to sell, I'll happily buy them at a reasonable price. I'll separate what I'm looking for into three categories. Tier 3 is stuff I'd like, but I'm in no particular rush to get. Tier 2 is minor grails, stuff I really want to complete my collection. Tier 1 is my Major Grails, if you can help me obtain one I'll dedicate an episode of Bad-Rockin to you, hell you can be a guest on the show if you want.

Stuff I would like because they're cool (Tier 3):

● Darker Image 1 gold embossed cover

● Supreme 1 newsstand cover

● Supreme: Blue Rose Travel Man variant

● Supreme: Blue Rose SDCC Variant

● Youngblood 75 B cover

● Youngblood 75 E cover

● Youngblood 77 B cover

● Youngblood (2017) 1 Comic Cult Variant

● Youngblood (2017) 3 Planet Awesome Variant

● Bloodstrike (2015) 2 B cover

● Bloodstrike 23 B cover

● Bloodstrike 24 B cover

● Youngblood: Bloodsport 1 Wizard World Chicago 2003 Rob Liefeld Variant

● Youngblood: Bloodsport 1 Wizard World Chicago 2003 Ultimate Team Variant

● Youngblood: Bloodsport 1 SDCC 2003 Rob Liefeld Ultimate Variant

● Youngblood: Bloodsport 1 Wizard World 2003 Rob Liefeld Variant

● Youngblood: Genisis 1 SDCC 2003 Chad Walker Maximum Variant

● Bloodwulf 1 D cover

● Prophet 21 Liefeld Variant

● Supreme 11 Pedi Variant

● Supreme 41 B Cover

● Alan Moore's Glory Marat Mychaels leather Variant

Minor Grails (Tier 2):

● Sealed Glory 0 Dynamic Forces Rob Liefeld Bikinichrome Variant 1/2000: This is such a cool cover. Also I have a love of Dynamic Forces covers.

● Darker Image Platinum foil embossed cover: The Black and white foil embossed cover is cool enough, but the fact that it has all the interior art in black & white.

● Sealed Supreme: The Return 1 Dynamic Forces Variant: I already mentioned that I like Dynamic Forces covers. But the poorly photoshoped mash-up of the other variants appeals to me.

● The Fighting American: Special Comicon edition: This comic is (as far as I'm aware) the only comic from the Awesome period I don't own. Not including variants.

● Avengelyne Comic Cavalcade Rob Liefeld Sunrise Ruby Red foil cover: I love this cover. It's a gorgeous cover with that classic Extreme jank. It would be in tier 1 but I already own the Blue Foil and Platinum foil versions. That said, I would love to complete the set.

● Bloodstrike: Remastered Wonder Con 2022 Rob Liefeld Variant: This cover features a fantastic redesign of Cabbot. Originally released as part of Rob's brief NFT phase as a 1/1 item.

● Image United 1 Jim Lee Variant: A truly epic variant. Dispite his contentious relationship with some of his peers, Lee brings his a-game for this variant.

● Youngblood 1 (2025) Black Saber Jordan Noir Variant: This cover barley has anything to do with Youngblood, but it's fucking badass.

● Image United Preview: it's on the list I've been using to keep track of my Extreme collection for years. The completionist in me needs it.

● Extreme 2012 Preview: Like the Image United Preview its on the list.

● Extreme Studios 25th Anniversary Yearbook: I'm definitely intrigued to see what's included inside this comic.

● Extreme Studios: 30th Anniversary Special: Like the 25th Anniversary Yearbook I want to see what's included. I have heard they're the same, but I'd like to know for myself.

●Bloodwulf: 30th Anniversary Special: a standalone release of the Bloodwulf story from Darker Image presented in both colour and black & white. One of my favourite Liefeld comics.

Last Blood 1 Manga edition: Skipped it before, but I want to fill the hole in my collection.

Last Blood 2 Manga edition: same as issue 1

Youngblood 1 (2025) Manga edition (whatnot version): While there's a mass market edition of this, I'm an obsessive collector.

Major grails (tier 1)

● Youngblood: Bloodsport- 2002 Convention Preview Edition: I love Youngblood: Bloodsport. I want to obtain everything relating to it that I can. I really want to look at this preview.

● Youngblood: Bloodsport Bootleg issue 1: While Bootleg 2 is quite well known in Extreme fan circles, Bootleg 1 is rarely mentioned. Much like the Bloodsport preview, I'd love to be able to have another Bloodsport comic.

● Nitrogen/The Cross 0: I actually bought this item. I was so close. But due to circumstances I don't feel like getting into, it never reached my hands. I'm dying to know what The Cross is.

● Youngblood 87 Arcade Ashcan: A standalone edition of the Youngblood 87 comic. This was an early iteration of Youngblood Rob made before being hired by Marvel and DC. I'm in the market for two copies because I know Chris wants one too.

● Sealed Supreme 41 Wizard Magazine Authentic Signed American Entertainment Edition: Moore's Supreme is one of my all time favourite comics and I'm a huge Alan Moore fan. I'd love to own a copy signed by the man himself.

Epic Grail (tier 0):

● Armageddon Now: The Beast 1: I felt this required a tier of it's own. Armageddon Now: The Beast was meant to be the second volume of the Armageddon Now saga. Instead of a graphic novel, The Beast world have released as a 5 issue mini. The series was solicited. However, the only edition that saw print was a special preview edition that was distributed exclusively at a religious festival by Rob himself. How many copies have survived the years is anyone's guess. But Chris and Rob Messick both have copies so they are out there.

As I said, if you have leads on any of these let me know. Bear in mind that I live in the UK, so shipping is a big factor we'll have to work around. But if you have anything for tier 1 or 0 for a good price then I'm sure we can work something out regardless of location. That said, I'll happily look at any offers you send me.

Link to part one:

https://www.reddit.com/r/badrock/comments/1ughr8a/liefeld_interrupted_v2_part_one/

Hello and welcome back to Liefeld Interrupted V2. In part two we'll be covering Extreme's awesome period.

Kaboom Saga: While both Kaboom series technically were completed, they were filled with unresolved Cliff-hangers. which has lead me to putting them on the list.

Chance of completion as intended: 1/10 whatever the original plan was for the Kaboom saga, I think it's long past. Which is a real shame. That said not much has changed for the Kaboom characters since then, so who knows?

Contemporary completion: I think a new Kaboom series is long overdue. They could easily pick it up directly from the OG mini series or the sequel, a blend of the two or go in a new direction. Either way, a new Kaboom series could provide some closure from fans of this underrated gem.

Youngblood Volume 3: This was Alan Moore's take on Youngblood. Heavy inspired by the Teen Titans. While it was teased in Judgment Day: Aftermath, The Awesome Holiday Special and Youngblood 1+, the title only lasted 2 issues. Issue 3 was released as Awesome Adventures 1. However, Alan Moore wrote scripts for at least 4 more issues.

Chance of completion as intended: 0/10 Moore has left the industry behind. Sadly this series can never be full completed as originally intended.

Contemporary completion: Moore wrote the first seven issues of this series, as well as notes for a full 12 issue run. It would be more than possible to have 4-7 drawn and to get a great writer to bring to life 8-12. There was already a very successful fan project that did just that, so there's no reason an official version can't be made.

The Coven Saga: This series was one of the first titles published through Awesome Comics. For reasons unknown, it was abruptly abandoned after six issues, only for a Volume 2 to be released a year after with the same creative team, that didn't bother to follow-up on the Volume 1's plot lines. There was meant to be a lost years spin off to fill in the gaps, but it never surfaced. Volume 2 attempted to fit in more to the rest of the Awesome universe, even crossing over with Supreme. Volume 2 was cancelled even quicker after 3 issues. There was a comic labelled issue 4 included as flipbook with Lionheart, but it was actually a colourised segment of the book The Coven: Black & white, so not really a new story.

Chance of completion as intended: 0/10 everyone has moved on from The Coven, it hasn't even been referenced since 2011's Avengelyne series. There was meant to be a Cover the lost year series at the time but I don't think that's something that has even a 1% chance of happening now. There is the Avatar era, but I'll get to that.

Contemporary completion: Like I mentioned, The Coven has been left completely alone since 2011, so a new series could be released that fills in the gaps left the OG series.

Re:Gex: Intended as Rob's big return to pencilling, Re:Gex started as a series of back-up stories in Coven Volume 1. Leading into Re:Gex issue 1. Then there was Re:Gex 0 which collected the back-ups plus a new short story. Then nothing. There was a revival in 2014, which featured a remastered version of the 0 issue short story. But there was never any follow-up since.

Chance of completion as intended: 4/10 unlike most of the comics I've mentioned so far, Rob has actually shown interest in brining back this title wholesale. I think there's a real chance that this series could come back and continue. Rob even included the characters in Youngblood 100. The series is meant to be post apocalyptic, which very much seems like the direction modern extreme is going. Still unlikely, but very much possible.

Contemporary completion: Rob has just brought these characters back into the fold, so even if they don't get a new title/a revival of there old title, he could still include a continuation of there story in the pages of Youngblood or one of the other new titles.

Fighting American: Dogs of War: This was meant to be a gritty, darker take on Liefeld's Fighting American. Written by Jim Starling and drawn by Stephen Platt. Sadly Platt is almost as bad at keeping deadlines then Liefeld himself. He fell so far behind that the 4th and final issue was cancelled.

Chance of completion as intended: 0/10 Between the fact that Rob doesn't own Fighting American and Platt's very public contempt for Rob, this is never getting finished. Which is a shame, because it's pretty good.

Contemporary completion: I'm guessing Starling probably wrote a forth issue. So maybe something can be done with that. Rob has a copyright free identity for his version of the character called "Free Agent". But without Platt I don't think issue four would really be the same. Maybe a flashback could work? I think the best case scenario is that if the script was finished, that it leaks online.

Avengelyne Volume 3: This was meant as a companion piece to Re:Gex. However, it only lasted 1 issue. It had some really interesting ideas that were seemingly going to completely change the characters backstory.

Chance of completion as intended: 0/10 soon we will be 2 runs post this one. I really don't see them creating an additional title just to wrap this up.

Contemporary completion: Avengelyne's subsequent runs never referenced this story. However, it was implied to be set in the future, so it could be brought back in some capacity. Perhaps as part of a hypothetical Re:Gex revival.

Glory Volume 2: This series was Alan Moore's proto-Promethea. A mystical focused take on Wonder Woman. Sadly after a couple of false starts it only reached issue 2. While reports are contradictory, it's seems like Moore wrote 4 issues, meaning scripts for 3 and 4 probably exist. I asked Marat himself about it and apparently either Avatar press or Rob himself (he couldn't remember), were being cagey regarding the Moore scripts, so even he didn't know how may exist and he was the artist on the series.

Chance of completion as intended: -1/10 Marat wasn't even meant to be the artist on the series, so the original plan has long since come and gone.

Contemporary completion: Keatinge's Glory essentially wraps up the story, so that's all good. If there are unreleased Moore scripts, just have them drawn. Or at the very least, release the scripts as part of a collection.

Lionheart: Intended to be a 3 part Coven spinoff. Only the first two issues were released. 

Chance of completion as intended: 1/10 no one really seems to even remotely care about this series even among the most hardcore of hardcore fans this is obscure. That said, it was meant to be a three issue mini. Unlike Dogs of War there are no rights issues. So while I don't think this will happen, it's certainly doable.

Contemporary completion: In the unlikely scenario someone other than me remembers this series exists and decides it's not worth completing then it feels like the perfect candidate for a quick flashback conclusion.

Prophet Volume 3: This was another future focused series. The first half focused on reviving Prophet in the near future and the second focused on Prophet's daughter in the distant future. It only lasted 1 issue.

Chance of completion as intended: 0/10 whatever material was created for issue 2 was put into Nitrogen: Extreme Forces.

Contemporary completion: This series story was referenced as recently as Last Blood 2, so seeing one of the Last Blood titles pick up this series threads and fill in the gaps is more than possible.

Brigade Volume 3: This series took all the teen characters for Awesome comics to create something resembling a cross between the Teen Titans and Runaways. It had a fun core mystery involving Fighting American's sidekick.

Chance of completion as intended: 0/10 I genuinely do not think this comic exists in Rob's mind.

Contemporary completion: The comic Nitrogen is a stealth sequel to this series. So if they bring back Nitrogen at some point they can use that as an opportunity to explain what happened. Although since the events of Nitrogen don't seem to be canon. Maybe the mystery can be Flashwrapped™.

Well that covers the Awesome era. Next we'll be covering the Avatar, Arcade and road to Extreme 2012 period. As always, let me know if I've forgotten anything and I'll add it in the next part.

I'm glad to announce that episode six is now available on YouTube and Spotify. Marat answers all your questions. Enjoy.

It has been roughly six months since the founding of . What you may or may not know was the genesis of this subreddit was a series of posts I made over on . This series of posts I dubbed "Liefeld Interrupted" attempted to work out exactly how many Extreme Universe comics were currently unfinished. It was in the comment section of one of these posts that me and u/Fancy_Cassowary cooked up the idea for . The rest is history, albeit fairly recent history. Even so, since then we've reached over 300 members and I've launched an Extreme themed podcast with guests including Joe Keating and Marat Mychaels!

During the original run of posts many comics were added to the list and some were taken off. Leading to somewhat of a messy read. So at the end of the post I said I would release a cleaner version at some point. Well now is that some point. We will be covering The beginning of Extreme till the end of Maximum Press.

I've also added "contemporary completion" to the mix. This is where I suggest a way that a series could receive closure in a way that seems possible in 2026.

Darker Image: An anthology miniseries that was meant to be a platform to introduce "edgy" new Image characters. This is where Bloodwulf, deathblow and The Maxx originate from.

Chance of completion as intended: 0/10 Keith is dead and Jim Lee is DC exclusive. Liefeld could come back but that's only 1/3 of the original team.

Contemporary completion: Image could revive the anthology. Perhaps have Rob some Bloodwulf stories. Get some Sam Keith mega fans from the world of comics to write new Maxx short stories. perhaps give the Deathblow slot to new talents. Maybe increase the page count and make it a dedicated Image anthology book. It could be awesome.

Prophet Unleashed: In 1994 Prophet 0 released it was meant to kick off a Dan Panosian lead Prophet spin-off mini series called Prophet Unleashed. However, Unleased never happened. Leaving Prophet 0 a stump of a story.

Chance of completion as intended: 1/10 Panosian has become quite big in recent years, I doubt he has any interest in returning to a mini series from 30 years ago. It could happen, but I doubt it.

Contemporary completion: The events of the planned series could be referenced in another book, at least tying up the events of Prophet 0. I'd also love to see whatever work was completed for Unleased in the back of a Prophet collection.

Badrock Volume 1: This series was meant to be Rob's return to ongoing comics after Youngblood. It was quickly reduced to a 3 issue mini. However issue 3 received massive delays. It was eventually solicited as part of a Badrock special, but that also never materialised.

Chance of completion as intended: 1/10 I very much doubt this is ever going to return, with the Damoose series releasing soon. But it's certainly not impossible he could complete it.

Contemporary completion: I'm sure that Rob probably completed some pages for issue 3. If they haven't already been used for something else, it'd be cool to see them incorporated as flashbacks in Volume 2. Hell, Damoose could draw the flashbacks. Either way Volume 2 would be a good place to wrap up this story.

Bloodstrike: Assassin: This series is a direct continuation of the original Bloodstrike ongoing. However, it only lasted 3 issues and plus a 0 issue before being cancelled, ending on a cliff-hanger. While Cabbot's story has continued over the years, the cliff-hanger hasn't been resolved.

Chance of completion as intended: 1/10 This falls into the, if they wanted to finish it, they would have by now category. However, you never know with Extreme.

Contemporary completion: I'm sure they could reference the stories ending in Blood Brothers 2. Just tell us how things concluded.

Operation: Knightstrike: This series servers as a prequel to the Extreme universe. Covering the adventures of Youngblood's predecessor Knightstrike. It only lasted 3 issues before being cancelled on a cliff-hanger.

Chance of completion: 1/10 While Knightstrike is occasionally mentioned, it's really not brought up a lot. It's not a series that has anything preventing its return, but I very much doubt anyone ever will.

Contemporary completion: Like with many of these early unfinished Extreme series, just throw a conclusion in as a flashback.

Grifter/Badrock: This was the first of a 3 part crossover. Only the first two issues were released. Issue two was bundled with Badrock issue 2. Issue 3 was meant to be included as part of the same Badrock special that was going to include Badrock 3

Chance of completion: 0/10 I don't think Rob is going to be shelling out money to license DC characters to finish off a 30 year old mini series.

Contemporary completion: I really don't see any sort of proper conclusion being possible. However, if he really wanted to, Rob could create a copyright free version of Grifter that could be used for a wrap up to the story.

Prophet Volume 2: While this issue was the end of Chuck Dixon's run, there were plans for Liefeld himself to take over both writing on art duties on issue 10 onwards in the lead up to the Extreme Genesis event. I can't find a solicitation on 9 but I wouldn't be surprised of it was a victim of Maximum Press number drift. Regardless this series was meant to continue with Rob at the helm but subsequent issues never materialised.

Chance of completion as intended : 2/10 the solicitation for issue 10 is so vague that some version of this story could have seen print and we'd never even know it. That said this was meant to be part of the build up to another Dark Future story. So there's at least a chance Rob would use it for something.

Contemporary completion: I've not gotten this far into classic Extreme. But if issue 8 isn't the conclusion to Dixon's run then the flashback method I've been using could be applied. If there are any pages from Rob's issue 10, they could make some great back matter for a collection.

New Adventures of The New Men: Issue 21 of Newmen brought about the creative team of Eric Stephenson and Chris Sprouse. The title was then renamed The New Adventures of The New Men. While critically acclaimed, at least by the dozens of people who read it, this new era only lasted 3 issues before cancellation. This series was also meant to lead into Extreme Genesis.

Chance of completion as intended: 1/10 The Newmen did recently return to the Extreme universe. However, the rights to the team are split like, 4 ways. Also Eric Stephenson hasn't written a new comic in a long time. It could happen, but sadly I doubt it will.

Contemporary completion: I hate to keep giving the same answer, but at least for these pre awesome series, I think its a matter of flashback conclusions.

Glory Volume 1: This series actually has two unfinished parts. Firstly the series skipped issue 16 during the Maximum transition. While I would write it off as Maximum Press issue drift, there were ads for an issue 16 that would have filled the issue gap. This series was also left on a cliff-hanger. It was one of the titles meant to tie into the Extreme Genesis event.

Chance of completion as intended: 1/10 (issue 16) I feel if it was going to happen it would have by now.

Chance of completion as intended: 0/10 (post issue 22) issue 23 has come and gone. Sadly this series cannot be completed as originally intended.

Contemporary completion: I think a Fiffe style creative/Extreme mega fan could revive issue 16 and do something interesting with it like Brutalists. As for for wrapping up the series overall story, it going to be another flashback.

Youngblood Volume 2:This is rather confusing. So apparently issue 14 was meant to be issue 11. However, because Liefeld had solicited issues 11-13 at Image he decided to skip those numbers rather than re-solicit them as 14-16. There's a common misconception that the two X-Force one shots were meant to be issues 11 and 12, however it turns out this is not the case. Regardless, the planned issues 12-13/15-16 were never released so the story was never completed. Issue 12/15 was meant to conclude the current run. 13/16 would have seen Rob return to the title for another Extreme Genesis lead in title.

Chance of completion as intended: 1/10 I very much doubt Rob would randomly release Youngblood Volume 2 issue 15 after all these years.

Contemporary completion: That said, Rob Messick made a very interesting suggestion that the story could be wrapped up in a Youngblood 1996 Yearbook comic. I like this idea very much.

Cabbot: Bloodhunter: This was Rich Veitch's attempt to recreate Jack Kirby's success on Jimmy Olson. Basically he was like "Give me your lowest selling title and I'll make it a hit". Then Rob did him one better and gave him a title that had already be cancelled, namely Bloodstrike. Sadly it was cancelled after just one issue. With issue 2 serialised as a backup for Supreme before being dropped completely.

Chance of completion: 0/10 Rich Veitch is one of the few people to have a fallout with Rob over pay. Claiming that he didn't receive pay for a number of issues he did at Awesome comics. So I don't think he'd work with Rob again.

Contemporary completion: I don't even think this series is canon. At least I don't think it is. But sadly I think this is another flashback wrap up situation. Frankly I'm starting to wonder if the Yearbook treatment should be applied to all these series.

Well that covers the early Extreme/Maximum Press era. The Maximum Press era is the only part of Extreme I haven't read, so I'm sure I've missed some stuff, so let me know if I had and I'll add them to Part Two. Any corrections are also very much welcome. I did intentionally leave off some stuff I felt was "good enough". Like Lady Supreme(The script for the last issue can be read online), Extreme 0(Most of the titles in the anthology got picked up elsewhere) and Godyssey(because the Avengelyne Volume 4 digital annual provided an ending). Even so, I'm sure I've missed other stuff, so please let me know. In Part Two I'll be covering the Awesome Era of Extreme.