Rob Liefeld is perhaps one of the most influential comic book creators in comic book history. First off, he is the co-creator of Cable with Louise Simonson, as well as being the co-creator of Deadpool with Fabian Nicieza. He is also one of the founders of Image Comics, starting a wave of comic books in which the creators own them rather than their publishers. Alas, he has also been a source of significant controversy, with accusations of him plagiarizing art from other artists and taking credit from works that he should’ve shared said credit with other artists and writers. His fame combined with his infamy has resulted in a most…interesting time whenever he makes an appearance. It’s certainly making the story for today most interesting indeed.
Rob Liefeld is proud to announce that he is returning to San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) for its 2026 edition with a special panel. Said panel is titled “Robservations Live”, and will take place on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 5 PM (PST) in Room 7AB (and with a free gift comic book for all attendees to boot). This panel will be all about Liefeld promoting his new comic Avengelyne, co-created with artist Daniel Mainé, with special edition covers only available at SDCC 2026. The cover artists for all those SDCC-exclusive variant covers consists of Diógenes Neves (Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comics), Shannon Maer, Dan Lawlis, Andy Park (Avengelyne, Tomb Raider), and Ben Bradi.
Avengelyne #1 will reach comic book shelves on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. This is just an early taste of it.
Now as for what those cover arts for Avengelyne look like? Well, you can check them all out below:
Avengelyne #1 Cover Arts
Cover F Legacy variant by Park (Not Shown)
Rob Liefeld’s Avengelyne Bringing Hypersexualized 80s’ Female Action Hero Back to SDCC 2026
You all know what I’m talking about. That is, the older readers here will. In the 80s’ and 90s’, female action heroes were very few and far between. Oftentimes, the only way for female action heroes to get any kind of comic book spotlight was for the writers and artists to portray them in an extremely hypersexualized manner, to the point where their sexualization seems to eclipse all other aspects of their characters at times. You can still see this in comic books today starring female superheroes, and this seems to be what Rob Liefeld is going for in Avengelyne. I mean, seriously, one of the variant covers depicts the main character in the nude. It’s not hard to see the hypersexualization here.
So does this make Avengelyne bad? Ehhh, it depends. If it’s well-written, the hypersexualization can be ignored by the readers. Heck, it might even function as a form of female empowerment as a form of sexual liberation if it’s written right. If it’s not, well, it just comes off as being trashy and degrading. Unfortunately, we just don’t know with Avengelyne. All we have to go on are those cover arts, and little else. We’ll just have to see when we read the actual comic if Rob Liefeld and Daniel Mainé can write and draw this story well.
What do you all think? Are you interested in checking out Avengelyne to see if this sort of hypersexualized female action hero antics will work for you? Are you someone who plans on attending SDCC 2026 to hear Rob Liefeld talk about his comic with Daniel Mainé in person? Tell us your action heroine thoughts in the comments section below.
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