What always sort of amazes me about these things is the costumes. Not only are they not consistent (even in the pictures you posted, Psi-fire's flaming aura apparently causes his costume to appear differently in the two-page splash and the final, and Combat's arms can't decide whether they're blue or metallic), but they're horribly bland. Nothing about them stands out. Each one of them consists of two colors in solid regions, and have no unique features
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To be honest, I find Liefeld's minimalist aesthetic pretty fascinating. Possibly it's because of the dual nature of his heroes--on the one hand, Youngblood is a civil defence organization like the Avengers, responding to emergencies, apprehending and restraining superpowered criminals, that sort of thing. Precisely the sort of group that should be easily recognisable to the public as superheroes. Yet on the other hand, Youngblood also acts as a team of superpowered commandoes, carrying out wetwork operations for the US government. Liefeld's team is trying to carry out two often-contradictory missions at once and it shows. Even their choice of personnel reflects that, because there's no way a sensible superteam would allow someone like Chapel on their roster, but every reason for a team of special operators to do so. And it's reflected in their dress--our heroes, both halves of the team, wear spandex in bright colours. But at the same time, they're special operators in the testosterone-soaked '80s action movie hero sense of the
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