Image comics would come very late into the comic book publishing business in 1992. Not only would they shake up popular comic pop culture with characters like Spawn and comic series like The Walking Dead, but they would also provide a much needed outlet for self published creators to tell the stories they wanted to tell without having a major publishing house getting in the way.

Unlike Marvel or DC which tends to move towards a more cohesive universe approach, most of the Image comic series were independent of one another. This has led to an incredible amount of new characters, new universes, alternative histories, futures and 1st appearances as you can see below….

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