Rob Liefeld burst onto the comic book scene with the power and intensity of the creators that influenced him. Liefeld visually re-introduces Hawk and Dove to a new generation in 1988 but defines a generation of comic book readers like myself when he starts drawing  The New Mutants with writer Louise Simonson and taking it from near-cancellation to become the second biggest selling book at Marvel Comics of all time.

This is a look-back specifically at The New Mutants #86 and the subsequent issues leading to X-Force #1 and how it affected me and shook up the entire comic book industry and laid the groundwork for THE comic book publishing phenomenon of our time.

I look back at the explosion of Rob Liefeld’s The New Mutants and X-Force from 1989-1991 inside The Hyper Room.

• Apple Podcasts

• Google Podcasts

• Spotify Podcasts

And on your favorite podcast app; like Stitcher, Castbox and Pocket Casts.

Please subscribe to the podcast and this newsletter to get future updates.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• Cartoonist Kayfabe: The Rob Liefeld Interview

• Robservations

• Mike’s Amazing World

Follow The Hyper Room on Twitter and Instagram.

Stay updated with my return to The Wonderlanders at Thunderhouse.

Share The Hyper Room