Here's the tale of the 1st story that I ever had in Image Comics:
Back in 1971, writer Gary Friedrich (creator of Ghost-Rider) & comics artist Rich Buckler created a comic starring Butterfly, the 1st Black superheroine to ever appear in comics!
She was a soul singer, Marian Michaels, who fought crime in costume with a jet-pack and wings. (You can read that original story here.)
Unfortunately, Butterfly's publisher, Skywald, went out of business the next month, and never copyrighted the character.
Decades later, around 2018, I was recruited to write a Butterfly story for a new publisher that would focus on Silver Age-style comics. I decided to focus on her being a musician, and contrast that against the rhythm of a rooftop brawl.
That new publisher ultimately failed to launch, but not before I wrote the story, and writer Frank Fosco illustrated it.
So the completed Butterfly story sat in limbo for years, until the legendary Erik Larsen printed it as a backup story in his Savage Dragon comic in 2023.
So, now, I'm sharing my Butterfly comic here. Enjoy!
