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Youngblood Vol 1 1

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 No I.D. No pulse. No Answers. 
—Shaft

Appearing in "Youngblood Home Team"

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Synopsis for "Youngblood Home Team"

In Washington, at 12:17 PM, a young man named Jeff Terrell and his girlfriend Shelly Price are shopping in a mall. Shelly is overjoyed that their schedules managed to line up for this, and Jeff complains that he has to fill out too much paperwork in his office, but Shelly explains that paperwork allows Assistant District Attorneys such as herself to jail the bad guys Jeff nails.

When Jeff spots a thief grabbing a handbag from someone nearby, he runs after him. Tackling the man, he is about to be shot by an assassin on a nearby rooftop, but when Shelly shouts a warning, Jeff grabs a pen from his pocket and throws it at the assassin, hitting him in the neck. Checking the assassin, Jeff can find no ID. He gets swarmed by media crew from channel SNN, who had been following him all day. A reporter, Michael Gibson, asks Jeff to confirm Youngblood's involvement in Israel, but Jeff gets a call from HQ, and has to run off.

In Baltimore, at 12:32, Thomas John McCall is having lunch with his mother Angela. He gets a call from HQ and has to leave as well. His mother reminds him to drink his milk.

At a secret underground vault in Arlington, at 12:44, Diehard is freed. He vows to make better use of his freedom "this time".

At his apartment in Arlington, at 13:11, Chapel gets the call from HQ. He tells the woman he is in bed with that she should leave her number just to give her hopes. He puts on his costume and leaves.

In Washington, at 18:23, Vogue is patrolling the city. She received her notification five hours ago like the others, but she is letting them wait so they realize she's not at their beck and call.

After Vogue arrives at Youngblood's Headquarters, Jeff, going by his codename Shaft, is in a bad mood for having had to cancel another lunch date and tells off Vogue and his teammate Photon for being late. Before he can say anything else, the team gets a call for assistance: two members of a supercrime group known as The Four were arrested, and the remaining two are now breaking them out.

On a street in Washington, Strongarm and Gage free Deadlock and Starbright. However, Youngblood arrives. Diehard takes Strongarm by surprise, and the rest of the team charges in after the other villains.

Appearing in "Youngblood Away Team"

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Synopsis for "Youngblood Away Team"

A news reader from the SNN reports that a terrorist group called the Holy Unification, led by a man named Hassan Kussein, has taken control of the Israeli Occupied territories for four months. After Kussein attacked Cairo, the President of the United States vowed to send in forces, but remained silent on whether they would be superhuman or not. A reporter on the scene, Tess Harlowe, witnesses as the Youngblood away team jump out of a plane, shortly before the government take him away.

Combat, a member of Youngblood, admits that there are more forces than they were told in the briefing, but he doesn't care, because war is just a game to him, and that's what makes it fun. His teammate Cougar admits it gets him pumped. Sentinel point out that Combat wasn't paying attention in the briefing, and that he should watch out for the second wave of soldiers, who are going to be armored.

Sentinel flies away to check out the other half of the team, where Psi-fire harasses Riptide, who is using all of her concentration to create waves in the middle of the desert. Brahma, meanwhile, swats away the soldiers, and considers them little more than flies. Joined by Sentinel, they approach a small building that should house Hassan Kussein according to the intelligence reports. Security is deceptively small, and the team fall into an energy field that disrupts the synapses of everyone but Psi-fire, who is floating above the ground. Kussein and his armored soldiers reveal themselves, but Psi-fire reveals he could have killed Kussein from the states, but he wanted to do it personally. He explains he respects Kussein's results, but America pays him more, and even if they didn't, he works for the pleasure of killing. After this, Psi-fire uses telekinesis to cause Kussein's head to explode.

Meanwhile, Combat and Cougar take on one of the armored soldiers. When Combat gets carried away, Cougar reminds him this isn't his home planet, Katella. When they reach Psi-fire and discover he took care of the target by himself again, Combat is impressed. As the rest wake up, Sentinel complains that this one is going to be hard to explain, sends his team back to the jet and calls the clean-up crew.

After Kussein's death, the rest of the rebels surrender to the armed forces. The very same day, the US Today newspaper publishes an article written by K.H. Kanalz claiming that Kussein killed himself. Another article talks about ex-Youngblood member Battlestone being at large with the private team Brigade.

Notes

  • This was the first comic produced by Image Comics and the first comic to be set in the Extreme Universe as well as the greater Image Universe.
  • This issue includes a pin-up of Youngblood as well as trading cards of Shaft and Vogue, all drawn by Rob Liefeld.
  • This issue is reprinted in:

Trivia

  • This issue marks the first full appearance of Youngblood in a story. Brahma, Cougar, Photon, Psi-Fire, Riptide, Sentinel, and an unused character named Sonic previously appeared as Youngblood in a reference entry in Megaton Comics Explosion #1 published in June 1987 by Megaton Comics.
  • Erik Larsen inked one page uncredited.

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