Written by Brian Witten
Drawn by Calvin Irving
Published by Image Comics

Rob Liefeld must have liked how Brian Witten wrote Chapel in his 2-part miniseries, and it must have been a decent seller because he enlisted him along, with artist Calvin Irving, to write this Chapel ongoing series, which debuted in August 1995.

Since the previous series, Chapel ended up deliberately blowing his own brains out to go to Hell, hoping to be resurrected as a SPAWN, like Al Simmons had been. Instead, he became a demon and eventually overthrew Satan, becoming Lord Chapel, who led a demonic army and attempted to unleash Hell on Earth. His former teammates in Youngblood and several other Rob Liefeld heroes defeated him in an Extreme Studios crossover called Extreme Sacrifice.

In the end, Chapel was somehow restored to his human form with no memory of anything that happened, and the implication was that “Lord Chapel” was a separate being from him.

No, it doesn’t make any sense, but nevermind about that.

As this issue begins, Chapel is on leave from Youngblood and being forced to see a psychiatrist. He occasionally has visions of Lord Chapel but doesn’t know what they mean, as the last thing he remembers is deciding to blow his brains out. He gets a call from Jeff Jackson, the old friend and former soldier who was the sole surviving member of Chapel’s team on the Nicaragua mission.

Jeff says his daughter is missing and asks for Chapel’s help. Chapel hops on his hi-tech motorcycle and drives to Louisiana, where Jeff leaves. On the road trip, he’s stopped by some hitchhikers, but it turns out to be a set-up as he’s ambushed by a bunch of armed men. A shootout ensues where Chapel guns them all down. Then he meets Jeff at an old abandoned church, where Jeff says his daughter went on a date with some guy 15 days ago and has been missing ever since. Then they’re both attacked by a group of armed men, and the two shoot it out with them. By the time it’s over, Jeff is dead and Chapel is left confused about what’s happening.

It’s a good start to the series, sets up a future mystery, and gives the reader plenty of action, which is what you’d expect from a character like this.