A History of Terrible Image Comics Games

[@YasukeTengu]

Dreamcast's Spawn in the Demon's Hands was pretty fun

[@userseven1436]

Absolute blast on the original arcade cabinet.

[@YaowBucketHEAD]

It's one of my favorite Dreamcast games ever. I purchased it randomly and I'm super glad I did.

[@DaRealKing303]

Yeah, this dude is tripping! The one on the dreamcast is an awesome game. Was one of my favs growing up.

[@ACARDtvMusic]

Don’t forget Spawn Armageddon for the PlayStation 2!

[@ACARDtvMusic]

@@YaowBucketHEAD I did that with PS1 Spider-Man. Classic.

[@blairfarrell1706]

We both know that if any of those Spawn games were remastered we would be refreshing our browsers during the Limited Run Games campaign.

[@Ratchetcomand]

Spawn: In the Demon Hand was awesome

[@Vampiranhador]

Spawn: Armageddon was pretty decent and enjoyable

[@casualenjoyer5420]

Dude @17:03 you literally unlocked a memory from my childhood that I didn't even know existed. That arm advertisment haunted me as a kid when I saw it in a video game magazine but I had a morbid obsession with it as well lowkey. Didn't even know what game it was for.

[@dachers1238]

Man I am absolutely loving this channel. Really takes these deep dives into places other channels just can't seem to reach.

[@PanelstoPixels]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@tf5463]

Yes! So much research and effort. It is criminal he has so little subscribers.

[@PanelstoPixels]

@@tf5463 I agree.

[@blammowammo8316]

That's not even true. Other channels do this exact same thing, you just haven't found them yet.

[@blammowammo8316]

@@tf5463 No, no it isn't.

[@Larry]

Fantastic video Sir, really enjoyed it! Great topic to cover too! The Spawn arcade game was pretty good I will say, Capcom even rehashed it into a Heavy Metal arcade game.

[@alecaquino4306]

Ugh. This guy again...

[@PanelstoPixels]

Thanks, Larry! Glad you liked it.

[@Larry]

@@PanelstoPixels No worries, I've subbed to you, so lookign forward to seeing what you've got planned next! :)

[@AndrewBochanski]

@@PanelstoPixels Please make Russian subtitles! and check the original subtitles of youtube did not write them correctly, I really want to watch your video!🙌🙌🙌

[@tapset]

@@alecaquino4306 my sentiments exactly

[@destronlaserwave9566]

8:02 "Infinitely more successful in it's *X-ecution* ." I see what you did there...

[@sethkumar3037]

Todd's GOT to let someone ELSE direct Spawn!

[@UGOISCOOLNOW]

Cough cough spawn movie 1997 cough cough

[@JoeChillton]

He's never gonna get it done. He's been saying that shit for years now

[@elmono6299]

Unfortunately, that's never going to happen because Todd McFarlane is a huge control freak.

[@jamichealruiz]

It’s His Character He Has The Right🤷🏽‍♂️😂😂

[@Danny-qc8fv]

Thank you so much for making these videos. They always brighten my day-even talking about lousy games, you have a loving tone. The channel is just always so pleasant to visit.

[@PanelstoPixels]

Wow, thanks! This comment has made my day. Glad I can help!

[@blammowammo8316]

The fuck?

[@mikecargioli3030]

I love Mutant Apocalypse. All the Capcom licensed titles on SNES were pretty great.

[@PanelstoPixels]

Yes!! Mutant Apocalypse and War of the Gems are two of my all-time faves.

[@kikook222]

'threaten us with a remaster' I loved that line.

[@GeekTheGecko]

Where is Spawn: In the Demon's Hand or Spawn: Armageddon?

[@gnosticsam]

I was wondering the same thing. Armageddon was fun in my memory

[@jdoggydogg]

I was thinking the same thing considering that Armageddon came out after Soulcalibur 2...

[@lordmaster4306]

Because they're not terrible

[@timgonzales2891]

My little brother doesn't know the pre arkham world, where almost every licensed game ranged from unplayable, to at the best mediocre. Most often just terrible.

[@FoxUnitNell]

There was a cancelled Atari Jaguar game for the Image Comic title, "Maxx", and it seemed to play like a pretty cool isometric sidescroller with plenty of animations for when the player would get trapped and such.

[@RawrX32009]

Could've been one of the only good Jaguar games, oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@nerdfatha]

Oh man, I may have to hunt down that Shadowhawk rom. He was always my favorite of the Image characters. I also get distracted by shiny covers.

[@Artof8limbs2099]

"Wildcats are a bit shit" And you lost me.

[@markw110]

Joe Casey's run in the early 2000s rules.

[@MattDraper]

How much better could this video be? And the answer is, none. None more better.

[@blammowammo8316]

It could be better, any video on KZbin could be done better. Stop with this false support.

[@Rhetorical346]

Knowing what we know about Tommy Tellarico, he probably had nothing to do with the music.

[@jungleGSC]

the old spawn game was fire and so was the dreamcast one

[@bobbyhall7472]

The guy wearing the Malcolm X hat is so nineties! Bootleg caps and bootleg clothing!

[@richardnixon846]

This video should be called “Image comics videogames that were never published”

[@jungleGSC]

almost every cartoon and game was a glorified toy commercial in the late 80s and 90s

[@DanielBrongers]

It is a shame that only The Darkness games (both on Xbox 360 and PS3) and Spawn (PSOne and the original Xbox console) no other Image property were made into a video game. I would love to play a WILDCATS, Youngblood or perhaps even a Witchblade video game on previous, current or perhaps even the next gen consoles...Kinda wish they had more love than just Spawn and The Darkness.

[@ivanmcgann1989]

11:07 I've never heard of Shadow Hawk so as a novice he looks kinda like a more metal Wolverine. I've got to look into him.

[@PanelstoPixels]

It's cheap, trashy fun but I love it.

[@RappingNinja]

Excellent video, wish this channel had thousands of views. Also wish you’d covered another PS1 game based on Image Comics - Danger Girl! At least it got released, if nothing else. (And indeed, it lacks much else going for it.)

[@rolandkatsuragi]

Didn't know there were attempts to get a Gen 13 game off the ground

[@ACARDtvMusic]

Spawn Armageddon was pretty badass for PS2

[@dkupke]

Wasn’t there a The Maxx game that never got past the prototype stage?

[@LSSJTHOR]

"Spawn in the demon's hand" was underrated. It WAS the BEST Spawn game. (Still got it 4 my DC)

[@1983jcheat]

😊

[@cbake76]

Great stuff as always! Fun Spawn SNES fact: It was copublished by Sony Imagesoft (with Acclaim). Probably the last Sony game published for a non-PlayStation console. Also, I think it deserves a lot of credit for feeling like a new Spawn story that I think could have been an actual issue (minus Billy Kincaid, who should have been dead). You didn’t get that very much at that time in comic games, so much as you got levels taped together by strings of rogues gallery characters without much thought as to why.

[@cbake76]

Oh, and you forgot to mention Not Jean Grey chiming in all the time. 😀

[@PanelstoPixels]

Damn, how did I miss that?!

[@larbearthegamer902]

We're just gonna forget Spawn in Demon's Hand? In my opinion it's the best Spawn game from the 90's.

[@stanleyheaddii60]

The best Spawn game was "Spawn: in the demons hand" for the Sega dreamcast.

[@jamichealruiz]

That & Spawn Armageddon Both Are🔥🔥💯

[@mikemayberry7121]

I really enjoy the content of this channel! I'd really like to see you do a video about the original GameBoy Spider-Man trilogy. Keep up the great work

[@PanelstoPixels]

Good suggestion. I'm not too clued up on handheld stuff but I still have my old Game Boy.

[@BlackSuperman2099]

I loved Marvel, Image & DC (in that order) in the 90s, so w/ a few tweaks & some remastering, I wouldn't mind playing any of these games on modern consoles. That WildCATs game looks to be the most promising, they just need to: make it co-op, have additional playable characters (i.e. Grifter, Voodoo, Zealot & even Void), & give them more powers/moves.

[@Demsky83]

There was one Good Spawn game back on SNES but the fatal flaw was if you ran out of energy you couldn't finish the game. Health bar be damned.

[@johnny4677]

Good stuff man....enjoyed it all the way throughout....

[@Mlackakao]

Hey. Panels to Pixels! Have you played any of the Christopher Nolan tie in games? I believe the only two I played was Batman Begins for PS2, and the mobile game for The Dark Night Returns.

[@Steadysphere]

17:27 Wait a minute. How did you find out my oddly specific way of playing Doom on the SNES?

[@Monkeyshaman]

I'm pretty sure early ps1 titles are why we have more pushed release titles today.

[@bobbygreen6907]

Wildcats was never shit

[@ANIME121ADDICT]

its interesting while wildcats are the worst characters, they have definitely had the best comic runs, with writers such as alan moore, joe casey, warren ellis and artists like travis charest and sean phillips coming though the reins, definetly the best stuff to come out of the classic image years.

[@Nin_the_Shinobi]

I think Spawn deserves to get a good modern game like Spider-Man and the Arkham series

[@dangerousdays2052]

Shadow Hawk aka Not Wolverine

[@OwenLikesComics]

This is such a great video, loved it!

[@PanelstoPixels]

Thanks, Owen! Means a lot.

[@SirRavix]

That run cycle in The Eternal...XD

[@shadowhawktalks7814]

I was a huge Shadow Hawk fan , obviously

[@loserscorner6746]

I'd love an Invincible game. Like PS4 Spiderman meets the dynamics of RPGs like the Witcher. Plays through the story of the comic and beyond

[@PanelstoPixels]

I'd love to see a superhero game as fluid as Spider-Man but with deeper RPG systems. That's what I was hoping Avengers would be but I won't hold my breath. Your animated profile photo is rad, by the way.

[@loserscorner6746]

Panels to Pixels Cheers dude! Keep up the amazing channel. Genuinely always love the vids

[@Tehdran]

It only took 3 more years for you to get a cellphone game lol

[@krono5el]

Shadow hawk were some of my fave childhood comics, so rad : D

[@scottmcclary594]

Jesus Christ those snes games, if I was lucky I might get to the second level before I game overed and had to start over in all my favorite properties, took me 15 years to beat the death and return of superman and I only did it once!

[@whosaidthat84]

All those beat em ups should have been two players and had just a tad more variety. They were never meant for kids to beat.

[@exeacua]

I really love the concept of youtr channel, I hope some day you can also do videos about games based on manga and european comics.

[@thisWinglessAngel]

I was just thinking of Spawn the Eternal yesterday. Game wasn't great... but i loved Spawn so much i played the ever living hell out of it. Though i couldn't get past Medieval Spawns area. I always thought the guys at Santa Monica Studio should take a crack at Spawn, with what they've done with God of War in the past, i feel like they'd do him some justice.

[@PanelstoPixels]

Honestly, seeing how badass the Spawn model in Mortal Kombat 11 is, I'd take ANY modern Spawn game. A God of War style romp through Hell would be awesome.

[@jamichealruiz]

@@PanelstoPixelsFacts💯Or Spider man & Batman Style Gameplay🔥🔥

[@happiaxxident]

Just discovered your channel. I’m a professional game designer going on 30 years industry experience. I’ve worked on two, surprisingly, Panels to Pixels themed games. Excited to see if either pop up on your channel and how they fair.

[@kaanunal8899]

Isn't "The Darkness" a Top Cow property?

[@TevyaSmolka]

Kaan Ünal yes

[@PanelstoPixels]

Yes but initially published under Image. I guess it's only tangentially an Image game because of the Silvestri connection.

[@kaanunal8899]

@@PanelstoPixels Thanks! I just checked it and you're right. My bad.

[@Mr.Cthulwho]

Thank you guys for giving a shit about your audience. Hard to find so much detail in a channel. Keep it the FFFFFFFFFFFF up!

[@MattyStoked]

Here I was thinking I'd be all snooty and tell you that there was a cancelled ShadowHawk game. As if!

[@whitespyder9]

@2:22 are you suggesting that Chris Claremont co-founded Image Comics? Because he didn’t . He intended to write a book for Image in the early days, but that plan wouldn’t pan out until several years later.

[@liesureleeminis8268]

I have an absolute love for all the spawn games just from my obsession. I spent ages playing the gameboy color and SNES spawn game

[@captainfineapple4906]

No Spawn Armageddon on the PS2?

[@PanelstoPixels]

Not a 90s game. Maybe a part 2 one day...

[@PanelstoPixels]

Hey, who you calling a fragile player?! I would like to do a part 2 that covers the 00s games at some point. I also missed off Spawn for the GBC because I don't really do much handheld stuff. We'll see if I get round to it.

[@outerheavengaming6196]

I remember loving Spawn: Armageddon for the PS2

[@koufax3739]

I never really owned any image comics other than the walking dead, spawn had that killer HBO show tho ran 3 seasons, cool that they give the creators full rights to their creations but I always preferred dark horse to image. Great vid guy, I see the effort u put into your videos😁

[@badbabybear1]

I played Spawn the Eternal so much as a kid.

[@superheroenjoyer6763]

17:57 that could actually work. Get netherrealm to do it, make it the exploration like the krypt and the fight lie normal mk.

[@hairy_cornflake]

You don't say shit about Wildcats! I still like you though... No but seriously, I always loved that series (especially the cartoon). There's one thing I can agree with you, the SNES game is shit.

[@Panthror]

Got to say: Jim Lee's Cyclops at 5:54 looks a lot like Rob Liefeld's Captain America at 8:19

[@stanlee5465]

Me Too! Give me a hologram or foil embossed cover, and if the character is disrupting the comic's Title then EVEN BETTER!

[@bahmat]

I'm surprised Rob Liefeld is still considered an artist.

[@MP-vd1ck]

Rob Liefield's official title is pouch illustrater

[@bondagedangel]

Soul calibur 2 was in 2002 and Spawn Armageddon was 2003

[@ralphharrison6622]

I remember the day I read my first image comic. It was wildcats issue 2. I loved it, couldn't get enough. Then, image was everywhere. It got super over saturated. So many 'x teams' comics started puking out all over the place. After that, I just walked away from comics all together.

[@Diggy22]

No mention of Spawn: In The Demon's Hand? That would have been a good redemption for the crappy Image games featured.

[@woolfieMcP]

anyone know the song at 8:25?

[@Baronsunday]

Dude ! What about Spawn on Dreamcast and I believe XboX?

[@blazejknap8401]

I would like to see a remastered spawn on the snes, armageddon and eternal released in as a collection like devil may cry

[@DrGamelove]

Capcom made a pretty cool Spawn game for the Dreamcast. But if I recall it didn’t have much to do with anything and was just a third person competitive shooter with spawn character skins. Beats the hell outta that PS1 game you showed though.

[@jadenandthefamily9974]

We need a image comics PITT game or invincible game

[@chancepaladin]

Once I started playing WildC.A.T.S. and 'got it' I couldn't stop playing through tilt he end. holy crap what a game! if you've already played through the xmens and spidermans, try it! Spawn was pretty rough. :( I have that Shadowhawk comic it's beautiful. I can't wait to check that game out!

[@sokutokh3521]

The first Spawn game on this looks pretty fun. I’d love to play it someday.

[@fandomvault4901]

Awesome video dude. I enjoy channels that are comic specific & this is my favorite by far. I know exactly how you feel about shiny covers bro..I am guilty of buying the cyber force 90s shiny cover. How do you feel about cyber force?

[@PanelstoPixels]

Thanks so much! Oh yeah, I LOVE Cyber Force. Silvestri is def the most underrated of the Image dudes.

[@fandomvault4901]

Oh I agree. I just recently scored a soft cover graphic novel of the 90s cyber force run. What are your thoughts on the remake?

[@ErmIDK19]

spawns been done dirty in other media other than comic books

[@Irishfatboy]

Watching this video makes me in the mood to be ready for an invincible game, I want it to be real

[@st1ka]

aww I was hoping to see Spawn for the Game Boy color as well

[@blueworldcomics7908]

You didn't do a great job explaining why that last Spawn game was bad... I kinda wanna play it now...

[@chiquita683]

I always thought Jim Lee was Stan Lees son. So weird they both happened to have the same last night

[@Aerosplinter]

What if Arc System Works collaborated with Image Comics? That would be an insane crossover fighting game.

[@JabelsXY]

Didn’t PS2 have a Spawn game? I’d be cool to have a video from Panels that covers all spawn games

[@mysteryneophyte]

maximum carnage is in my heart and soul for ever, from everlasting to everlasting.

[@toyboimaniac1661]

OMG Night Hawk silhouette is DEADASS Wolverine. Lol

[@IHJello]

That side of humility by diving into the shitpost.. i like it, but dont do it too often lol.

[@TheCyndicate]

@13:30 , You talk about the "MTV Generation" and at the same time that you mention it, the girl on screen is clearly a copy of MTV VJ "Duff" and you didn't notice. Serendipity at its finest.

[@VengefulNonsense]

You mention Spawn on the SNES being "the best Spawn game" and then you didn't even cover Spawn: Armageddon or Spawn: In The Demon's Hand which are both pretty great Spawn titles. (Also my money for best Spawn game is on ITDH but that's just my opinion).

[@PanelstoPixels]

Eh... SNES is still the best, if you ask me.

[@mysteryneophyte]

Dude i love Rob Liefeild comics and characters man, I really do.

[@UserUser-oy8ch]

how the hell did capn's chest not look f'd up while drawing it? looks like he's on an angle but he's not

[@gwlankard1]

Surprising they couldn't make a better Spawn video game considering that the who premise sounds like a video game.

[@TheNerdHerd]

Great vid!

[@PanelstoPixels]

Thanks!

[@northkoreanpropagandist7271]

More like Batman and Robocop meshing together to look like Wolverine.

[@Kal-Grayskull]

Tom McFarlane's Spawn is the only thing that was great about Image Comics during the 1990s. Rob Liefeld's Youngblood, Bloodstrike and Supreme series had really bad designs with the concepts of big guns and terrible body proportion. Liefeld was with Marvel Comics had also designed Captain America in a Arnold Schwarzenegger way.

[@Serkel]

I think my favorite of the Image Comics games must be that Spawn game for the Dreamcast, it's just very fun to play with friends but there are a lot of better options for that kind of game in the console. Probably the only time Wild C.A.Ts were genuinely good was in the Wildcats 3.0 comic, I highly recommend checking it out, it's just fantastic and probably one of my favorite comic books of all time.

[@angeltread]

no danger girl ps1 game?

[@PanelstoPixels]

2000s game, maybe in a part 2!

[@angeltread]

@@PanelstoPixels hark! thouest demand a more accurate title to this video. Grab the pitchfork and tar and feathers!

[@PanelstoPixels]

@@angeltread It's "A History", not "The Comprehensive History". It will stand up in court.

[@angeltread]

@@PanelstoPixels dont deny my mob mentality!

[@evanabbott2737]

I had that spawn game for snes as a kid, I could never get much past the first boss, “the redeemer”.😁

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

The darkness was awesome and i want a movie of jamie eating hearts!