Judgment Day (Awesome Comics)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Awesome Comics |
| Format | Mini-series |
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| Publication date | June 1997 - October 1997 |
| Number of issues | 3 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Alan Moore |
| Artist(s) |
Rob Liefeld, Gil Kane |
| Penciller(s) |
Keith Giffen Gil Kane Rob Liefeld Stephen Platt |
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Judgment Day was a limited series published by Awesome Comics from June to October 1997 written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Rob Liefeld, with additional art by Gil Kane. This story delved into the Awesome Comics universe of characters created by Liefeld, including Supreme, Youngblood and Glory, and deals with the concept of superheroes being tried for murder. It also features characters created by other Image Comics creators such as Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon.
The limited series comprised Judgment Day Alpha (#1), Judgment Day Omega (#2), Final Judgment (#3) and Aftermath.
The story deals with one member of the superpowered team Youngblood found murdered and the subsequent trial of one of her teammates for the crime. Mark Thompson of Checker Publishing Group perceives Judgment Day in an introduction for the trade paperback as a spiritual followup to Moore's earlier work Watchmen for DC Comics, in that "if superheroes can commit murder, they can certainly be charged for the crime. And that raises the question: what happens during the trial?". The main narrative is accompanied by short interludes featuring various characters throughout the history of the Awesome Comics universe, most of which act as analogues for famous literary characters (Sir Edward Conqueror for George Edward Challenger, Bram the Bezerk for Conan the Barbarian, Zantar for Tarzan, etc.). Moore would fully utilize the concept of a shared universe of literary characters in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Kevin O'Neill and elements of his treatment of Glory were carried over into his America's Best Comics series Promethea. The series includes satire on the darkening of the superhero comics industry in the late 1980s to early 1990's, with allusions to Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns (Alan Moore has made no secret of his dislike for Miller's work). Like his work on Supreme, Alan Moore used Judgment Day to reject the violent, deconstructive clichés of 1990's comics inadvertently caused by his own work on Watchmen, Batman: The Killing Joke and Saga of the Swamp Thing and uphold the values of classic superhero comics.
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