X-Force and Spider-Man: Sabotage

Spider-Man (1990) #16

by Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza, Todd McFarlane

Spider-Man (1990) #16
X-Force (1991) #3
X-Force (1991) #4

Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Rob Liefeld is an American comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher. A prominent artist in the 1990s, he has since become a controversial figure in the medium.

In the early 1990s, self-taught artist Liefeld became prominent due to his work on Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and later X-Force. In 1992, he and several other popular Marvel illustrators left the company to found Image Comics, which rode the wave of comic books owned by their creators rather than by publishers. The first book published by Image Comics was Rob Liefeld's Youngblood #1.

He is married to actress Joy Creel.

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 1 out of 5]

poorly written, the opening sequence wouldn't have been allowed in a fanzine, w/art from the early Image days.

[Rob Marney · Rating 1 out of 5]

I laughed harder reading this book than I have at any intentional humor in quite some time. This is Rob Liefeld at peak inability to draw and tone-deaf plotting, plus Todd McFarlane seething with envy and drawing everyone off-model just to prove he's better than Rob. Cable has 4 different guns in 3 issues. The bizarre, moody, ugly colors in the third issue actually improve the comic, by adding a contrast with the drivel on the page.

Oh, and the terrorists destroy the Twin Towers in this one, just casually for no reason. Probably because it was easier to draw than the Empire State Building.

[Joe · Rating 1 out of 5]

Rob Liefield is the worst artist. Ever.

[Christopher E. · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you want to find an example of the negatives to balance out the positives of the early 90s comic book art explosion, you will find them all here. Will remain in my collection to be preserved for future civilizations so that they may avoid making the same mistakes.