* {EDIT} There was an equivalent cross-over appearance of a Teen Titans expy in DNAgents 14, prior to the Recombatants' appearance. Evanier explained the background of these in one of his editorial columns.
* Will Meugniot went into animation work after DNAgents, most notably as one of the executive producers of Exosquad. He also did a fair bit of Good Girl Art for AC Comics during and after his work on DNAgents.
And hopefully I'm not stepping on a future post, but Crossfire is an important part of DNAgents. Evanier said in one of his many essays that it was his favorite comic.
It was a series by Evanier and Dan Spiegle, with the character's first appearances in DNAgents 4 and 9. The original Crossfire was a criminal who used a glide suit to do second-story work and other criminal activities, and was killed during a crime. The criminal Crossfire's body is found by Jay Endicott, a bail bondsman, who assumes his identity and acts the part of the original Crossfire in order to disrupt crimes and turn perpetrators over to the police -- very Green Hornet in nature.
Crossfire crossed over to DNAgents in that he and Rainbow became a couple until DNAgents ended. He almost kills the CEO for putting her in stasis, as she is pregnant with his child.
It morphed into a detective series with Crossfire just using the mask instead of the full glide suit, making him even closer in looks to Green Hornet. Crossfire's vibe was carried on by Evanier & Spiegle for Hollywood Superstars from EPIC Comics (Marvel imprint), though it only ran for about 3 issues.
Rainbow had an interesting foundation that Evanier didn't really work with, probably due to lack of personal experience.
Precociously beautiful women are some of the spaciest things on Earth. They can't help it. They've been lied to constantly more or less all their lives. Their whole lives are spent in an unreal world until they reach a certain age.
But men couldn't lie to Rainbow. Not successfully.
Yes, there were a number of untraveled paths for the team. As you pointed out, the members came out of the capsules too well-formed for reader empathy in regard to learning to be human. But, the inability to fit in and striving to find a place was there. The first series was very solid, and I kind of wish it had ended there.
"But, the inability to fit in and striving to find a place was there."
Just realized that this was the theme of the original X-Men (issues 1 - 66). It didn't resonate with the Boomer/Jones cultural outlook, but it would have hit home with Gen-X. Sort of before its time in some aspects. Claremont and Cockrum ditched the "I want to fit in" for the standard "I am Strong Homo Superior" trope.
Evanier picked up what Thomas created and Claremont threw away.
What struck this teller, a trivial surface thing is how amber's costume design wouldn't look remotely out of place in any number of asian works, especially a vocaloid or vtuber.
Couple additions:
* {EDIT} There was an equivalent cross-over appearance of a Teen Titans expy in DNAgents 14, prior to the Recombatants' appearance. Evanier explained the background of these in one of his editorial columns.
* Will Meugniot went into animation work after DNAgents, most notably as one of the executive producers of Exosquad. He also did a fair bit of Good Girl Art for AC Comics during and after his work on DNAgents.
And hopefully I'm not stepping on a future post, but Crossfire is an important part of DNAgents. Evanier said in one of his many essays that it was his favorite comic.
It was a series by Evanier and Dan Spiegle, with the character's first appearances in DNAgents 4 and 9. The original Crossfire was a criminal who used a glide suit to do second-story work and other criminal activities, and was killed during a crime. The criminal Crossfire's body is found by Jay Endicott, a bail bondsman, who assumes his identity and acts the part of the original Crossfire in order to disrupt crimes and turn perpetrators over to the police -- very Green Hornet in nature.
Crossfire crossed over to DNAgents in that he and Rainbow became a couple until DNAgents ended. He almost kills the CEO for putting her in stasis, as she is pregnant with his child.
It morphed into a detective series with Crossfire just using the mask instead of the full glide suit, making him even closer in looks to Green Hornet. Crossfire's vibe was carried on by Evanier & Spiegle for Hollywood Superstars from EPIC Comics (Marvel imprint), though it only ran for about 3 issues.
Crossfire was my top Eclipse title. Dan Spiegle was always a must-buy artist for me.
Interesting. I love these look backs with the sample images to help give context. I would have loved to seen the teen titans expy.
This will give you an idea.
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/dnagents-14/4000-24484/
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/project-youngblood/4060-61776/
Thanks! That was hilarious and amazing. I miss when comics were more wacky like that.
EDIT: Ok looking at the images, I recognize most of them, but who is mohawk girl supposed to be and the guy in the yellow mask with the red afro?
EDIT2: Oh found it on the second link.
Amazing Girl: Wonder Girl analog.
Heartstring: Jericho analog
Rainbow had an interesting foundation that Evanier didn't really work with, probably due to lack of personal experience.
Precociously beautiful women are some of the spaciest things on Earth. They can't help it. They've been lied to constantly more or less all their lives. Their whole lives are spent in an unreal world until they reach a certain age.
But men couldn't lie to Rainbow. Not successfully.
Yes, there were a number of untraveled paths for the team. As you pointed out, the members came out of the capsules too well-formed for reader empathy in regard to learning to be human. But, the inability to fit in and striving to find a place was there. The first series was very solid, and I kind of wish it had ended there.
"But, the inability to fit in and striving to find a place was there."
Just realized that this was the theme of the original X-Men (issues 1 - 66). It didn't resonate with the Boomer/Jones cultural outlook, but it would have hit home with Gen-X. Sort of before its time in some aspects. Claremont and Cockrum ditched the "I want to fit in" for the standard "I am Strong Homo Superior" trope.
Evanier picked up what Thomas created and Claremont threw away.
What struck this teller, a trivial surface thing is how amber's costume design wouldn't look remotely out of place in any number of asian works, especially a vocaloid or vtuber.