2009 Comic Book News Archives

January 7, 2009: Liefeld Recalls Defunct Superman/Youngblood Crossover

ComicsBulletin.com reports on a thread over at the Millarworld message boards where comic creator Rob Liefeld mentions a "Superman/Youngblood" crossover that was planned to be released back in the early 1990s.

    When asked about the defunct Superman/Youngblood crossover, planned nearly 11 years ago, Liefeld says the project was the result of a face-to-face meeting DC President Paul Levitz at an offsite meeting during the 1992 San Diego Comic Convention. "Superman learns that Krypton's fate was tied into a huge galactic war between Combat's race, the Katellans and Krypton," Liefeld adds. "Superman hunts down Combat after realizing that he is a part of the Government's Youngblood squad and they fight and eventually journey back in time to prevent the betrayal on Krypton, only to realize that the Katellans were trying to aid Krypton Police in nabbing what was a Krypton driven terrorist agenda to destroy Krypton...

    "Supes and Youngblood discover that the Katellans were directly afflicted by the destruction of Krypton, which sent Katella into an Ice Age. Supes and Y-Blood realize that the bad intel that was delivered to them was a product of Brainiac and Darkthorn, both of whom intended foe each side to take out each other."

    Liefeld says the story was bumped to make room for Todd McFarlane's Spawn/Batman crossover, a project Todd wanted to go first. Rob says that after the Superman/Youngblood project was delayed a year, he turned his attention to other assignments and the crossover fell by the wayside. "Aside from Levitz' initial interest in the project, DC was never terribly amped about it," Liefeld says. "All for the best I suppose."

You can read the full report at ComicsBulletin.com.

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