Rob Liefeld introduced “Legacy” as part of the New World

Comic book creator Rob Liefeld has spent the last few years revisiting old creations like Deadpool or playing with experiences like working on GI Joe’s Snake Eyes. Now he’s ready to start something new. hereditaryAn original story set in your future. Brigade remastered edition #1

“This is the most socially relevant, socially thought-out comic book I’ve ever done. It starts from a terrifying premise: if there were a superbeing, that person would oppress us and not serve us,” says Liefeld. the hollywood reporter.

hereditary It takes place in a world where a family of superpowered beings has ruled the world and only the chosen can live in luxury and comfort (think of them as the 1% of our world). Most people in the world hereditary They must ration food and water. But there is hope in the form of resistance.

Liefeld tells this story as it unfolds in what he calls the Liefeldverse, a narrative universe he’s been building since the beginning of the pandemic.

“I think the world’s poor are more at risk than ever before. It feels like the middle class is really being destroyed and the elite among us is being reminded how elite they are,” Liefeld says of the project’s conception amid the pandemic.

The story will have five pages on the 30th^I for the birthday celebration Brigade At the. 1, which receives a remastered edition with several artists recreating the pages of the book, which debuted in August 1992 as one of Image Comics’ titles. It will be released from Image on September 28.

Liefeld admits that creating something new is a risk after playing in worlds with established fans for several years.

“Doing something new is scary because it hasn’t been tried,” Liefeld says. Still, he’s willing to try. Says the Creator:hereditary He gives me this giant, wide screen.”