Indefensible Ink

This week, Ryan and Justin explore what was once the best selling independent comic of all time: Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood, published by a young Image Comics! In today’s episode, your intrepid hosts are just talkin' 'bout their man Shaft and his team of government-sponsored, pouch-manufacturer-subsidized superfolk as they fight underwhelming villains including the (adjectiveless) Four and the dollar-store Darkseid known as Darkthorne. Also covered: the team is surprisingly casual about “urgent” crises, that awkward moment when your super-team leader may be dating your mom, and why there's very little Youngblood in the second issue of Youngblood. PLUS: Spine-breaking backup features! Discussed: Youngblood, #1-5 (1992).