History Creator / RobLiefeld

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* SuperHeroPackingHeat: One of his signature elements, which he helped popularize for the NinetiesAntiHero. Many of his creations ''do'' have superpowers which they use, but they became associated with heavy artillery. One particularly egregious example comes from ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'': [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/youngblood-10-the-death-of-chapel/4000-99009/ Chapel]], [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/1/11307/406629-11099-97387-4-chapel.jpg mercenary]] extraordinaire. Even when he was the artist for ''X-Force'' in the early-1990s, its members were [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/x-force-9-underground-and-over-the-top/4000-35587/ drawn with guns]] (on this cover, Cable, Domino and Shatterstar - granted, Cable is a soldier from the future, and Domino is a mercenary, but Shatterstar's characteristic weapons are a pair of swords).

Despite this notoriety, several of the characters he created have gone on to become long-running mainstream A-list properties (most notably {{Comicbook/Cable}} and ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}), and he continues to find (or create) regular work in the comic-book industry. In 2018, [[http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/netflix-aquires-extreme-universe/ there were also reports]] that Creator/{{Netflix}} had acquired the rights to a number of Liefeld's creations, including Brigade and Bloodstrike, and hired Creator/AkivaGoldsman to develop a cinematic universe for them on the streaming service. However, the next year, [[https://www.cbr.com/rob-liefeld-extreme-universe-not-netflix/ Liefeld said the deal was no more]] and that he had taken the rights elsewhere.

** While he was illustrating and writing the story for ''ComicBook/XForce'' at Marvel, Liefeld started working on [[https://www.tumblr.com/seanhowe/64691989355/excerpted-from-marvel-comics-the-untold a creator-owned comic]] that would be published by Creator/MalibuComics titled ''The Executioners'' (stylized with the 'X' highlighted). Described as being about a group of "rebel mutants from the future come to destroy their past", it caught Marvel's attention when a press release came out. Seeing the obvious similarities to the characters Liefeld had created for ''X-Force'', both in concept and character designs, they threatened to sue if the title was made, so the project was cancelled.

Despite this notoriety, several of the characters he created have gone on to become long-running mainstream A-list properties (most notably {{Comicbook/Cable}} and ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}), and he continues to find (or create) regular work in the comic-book industry.