Dominoĭomino by Rob Liefeld (Image credit: Marvel Comics) Some people might be turned off by Bloodwulf's derivative origins, but remember - there wouldn't be a Wade Wilson without a Slade Wilson (That's Deadpool and Deathstroke, for those that don't know). Between his multiple wives, dozens of children, and straight-out lampooning of everything from Star Wars to Neil Gaiman (One word: 'Gaimanwank'), Liefeld pushed buttons up and down the board to generate comedy and controversy. Originally introduced in the unique Image anthology Darker Image, Bloodwulf was typecast as a Lobo ripoff right out of the gate - and Liefeld didn't shy away from the comparison, using Lobo in early issues without DC's permission to frame it as an over-exposed parody of his creators' intentions.īut whereas Bloodwulf started as a derivative of Lobo, the character evolved to become something Lobo's owners, DC, would arguably never allow. Yes, another Liefeld concept with 'blood' in the name.

Bloodwulfīloodwulf by Rob Liefeld (Image credit: Rob Liefeld (Image Comics)) At one point, Bloodstrike's team roster was decimated, making it a de facto solo book for Cabbot, with him taking the team name as his own. The series frequently put the Bloodstrike team into conflict with Liefeld's other team Brigade, led by Battlestone - the brother of Bloodstrike's Cabbot Stone. Whereas recruits of DC's Task Force X AKA the Suicide Squad are kept in check by a brain bomb, Liefeld's Bloodstrike was held in line by ongoing treatments that kept the re-animated soldiers alive - treatments they could only get if they continued to work for the government.

Resurrected by military scientists, Cabbot Stone and his fellow Bloodstrike members were revived and forced to fight another day. Launched in 1993 by Liefeld, Dan Fraga, and Eric Stephenson, Bloodstrike was a black-ops special forces squad recruited from the US's military servicemen - but they didn't recruit the living, only the dead.

Picture Suicide Squad mixed with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and you have a close approximation of Bloodstrike. Bloodstrike by Rob Liefeld (Image credit: Rob Liefeld (Image Comics))

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