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{{short description|Superhero team
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| creators = [[Rob Liefeld]]<br>[[Hank Kanalz]]
| base = [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]]
| members = [[Badrock]]<br>Doc Rocket<br>Sentinel<br>[[Shaft (Image Comics)|Shaft]]<br>Suprema<br>Vogue<br>'''Former members:'''<br>Big Brother<br>Brahma<br>[[
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'''Youngblood''' is a [[superhero]] team
In most of its iterations, Youngblood is a high-profile superteam sanctioned and overseen by the [[United States government]]. Youngblood's members include [[Shaft (Image Comics)|Shaft]], a former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent who uses a high-tech bow; [[Badrock]], a teenager transformed into a living block of stone;<ref>Upon Youngblood's debut, the character's name was originally "Bedrock". Liefeld would later change the character's name to "Badrock" to avoid confusion and legal threats from [[Hanna-Barbera]], who owned the copyright to ''[[The Flintstones]]'', which is set in the fictional town of [[Bedrock (The Flintstones)|Bedrock]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}</ref>
==Publication history==
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In 2000, Liefeld began soliciting orders for ''Youngblood: Genesis'', using Kurt Busiek's unused ''Year One'' plots. Busiek asked that he only be credited with providing the plots for this new series. He was listed as plotter on the comic book itself when it came out years later, but when Liefeld advertised the comic through [[Diamond Previews]] "as written by Kurt Busiek", Busiek accused him of not honoring their agreement and eventually asked that his fans not buy the series.<ref name="Busiek">{{Cite web | url=http://www.savantmag.com/17/start17.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010215001213/http://www.savantmag.com/17/start17.html | archive-date=2001-02-15 | title=Savant Magazine's analysis of the Busiek/Liefeld controversy}}</ref>
''Youngblood: Genesis'' officially ended after two issues, as the third and fourth issues would have used Image Comics characters for which Liefeld did not have the appropriate permissions. According to Liefeld: "I have the original issues #3 and #4 that Kurt wrote, [but] they can't be produced as is simply from the standpoint that they heavily feature prominent supporting cast members from ''[[Spawn (comics)|Spawn]]'' and ''[[Wildcats (comics)|Wildcats]]'', as well as [[John Lynch (comics)|Lynch]] from ''[[Gen¹³|Gen<sup>13</sup>]]'' and ''[[Team 7]]''".<ref name=kirkandlief/>
===2004–present===
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In August 2019, Liefeld revealed that he has not owned the rights of ''Youngblood'' since the late 1990s, and that they are currently owned by [[Andrew Rev]] of Terrific Production LLC.<ref>[https://www.comicsbeat.com/rob-liefeld-walking-away-from-youngblood Liefeld walks away from Youngblood as Andrew Rev returns with Terrific Productions], by Zack Quaintance, at ''[[Comics Beat]]''; published August 6, 2019; retrieved August 15, 2019</ref>
In October 2024, it was announced Liefeld would be returning to write and illustrate a new ''YoungBlood'' series beginning in 2025. It was also revealed that Liefled would reunite with [[Scott Mitchell Rosenberg]] for more ''YoungBlood'' related projects including "a ''Youngblood Vault Edition'' representing high resolution scans of the original art from the first ''Youngblood'' series in a deluxe oversized hardcover, as well as a Facsimile Edition of ''Youngblood #1'' to mark the title’s 33rd anniversary in April 2025, both to be published by Image Comics."<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2024-10-07 |title=‘Deadpool’ Creator Rob Liefeld Has More ‘Youngblood’ In Store |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/deadpool-creator-rob-liefeld-youngblood-1236109274/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Fictional team history<!--'Alexander Graves (character)' and 'Lucifer (Image Comics)' redirect here-->==
In the 1980s, American politician '''Alexander Graves'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> created Youngblood as a team of genetically-enhanced superpowered humans with the intention to forge the team into his own personal
Youngblood's members include [[Shaft (Image Comics)|Shaft]], [[Badrock]], Vogue, and [[Chapel (comics)|Chapel]].
==Reaction and impact==
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A ''Youngblood'' [[video game]], an isometric action game similar to ''[[Crusader: No Remorse]]'' but incorporating [[Role-playing video game|RPG]] elements such as experience points and character stats, was in development by [[Realtime Associates]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and PC in 1997, with [[GT Interactive]] as the publisher.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Protos: Youngblood |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=97 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=August 1997|page=40}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=NG Alphas: Youngblood |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=31|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=July 1997|pages=88–89 |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_31/page/n89}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Air Hendrix |title=Youngblood|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=111 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=December 1997 |page=87}}</ref> It was never released.
In 2009, [[Reliance Entertainment]] acquired the feature film rights to the comic book, reportedly for a mid-six figures, with [[Brett Ratner]] attached to direct.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Weintraub, Steve|url=http://collider.com/brett-ratner-to-direct-rob-liefelds-youngblood/|title=Brett Ratner to Direct Rob Liefeld's YOUNGBLOOD|work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=February 9, 2009}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Pitt (character)|Pitt]] – a character appeaeing in ''Youngblood'' #4 (February 1993)
==Notes==
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