SPAWNS IN COMICS & THE SILVER SCREEN

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LAST ENTRY
Due to work pressure, I have decided to simplify and transfer the contents to spawncollection.blogspot Thank you and regards, David.

Spawn in the Silver Screen

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A collection of Spawns that appeared in both TV and Cinema screens. The list is in descending order. Image of Spawn sitting by his lonesome self inside the cinema is courtesy ofHunter R.

HOUSE MD
SEASON 6 EPISODE 4: INSTANT KARMA
OCTOBER 2009
It takes 'House M.D' five years (I stopped watching after season 3) before they realised that their series is incomplete without Spawn making an appearance. Tyranide (Russia) spotted this Manga Spawn 2 (June 2008 Series 34) among the prize collection of Jack, the teenage son of a wealthy businessman

ORPHAN
JULY 2009
A cautionary tale about adoption and the need to ensure that the orphanage is properly edutrust certified before visiting them. Never did finish the movie - I simply found what I was looking for and watched Burn Notice instead.

McFarlane figures were the target of Daniel Coleman's paintball practise but when the figures provide futile resistance, this dastardly child decides to shoot a peaceful and angelic dovbe instead...no, he is not the "orphan" in this movie although he nearly become one.

Robot #1 from the Omega Squadron (October 2007 Series 32) is one of his victim, looks like this young killer did not possess the entire Omega Squ.adron.

Among his collection is i131 (March 2005 Series 27).

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
DECEMBER 2008
The re-make of this 1951 movie features a Raven Spawn (October 2007 Series 32) in Jacob Benson's room.

ROBOT CHICKENS
SEASON 3 EPISODE 9
OCTOBER 2007
On October 7th, Robot Chickens, a stop-motion animated comedy TV series featured Spawn and Malebolgia in a violin-playing contest.

SOUTH PARK
SEASON 11 EPISODE 12
OCTOBER 2007
In the conclusion of the Imaginationland Trilogy on October 31st, Spawn is one of the many characters that appeared - I went through the trilogy several times but have yet to discover him!

LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD
JUNE 2007
Bruce Willis examined Spawn i007 (October 2006 Supersize Series 6) before breaking it in this third edition of the 'Die Hard' movie franchise.

CSI
SEASON 7 EPISODE 24
MAY 2007
Spawn figures - the i007 (October 2006 Supersize Series 6), Spawn the Marauder (May 2007Series 31) and Nightmare Spawn (May 2007 Series 31), on display in CSI, the Las Vegas version. It was originally mistakenly announced as CSI: Miami. Open display? The collector better be armed with cans of compressed air during spring cleaning.

THIR13EN GHOSTS
OCTOBER 2001
Many thanks to Batboy 13 from the USA for bringing up the following scenes in 'Thir13en Ghosts' and he was very precise about it too, really appreciate it. In the movie, Cyrus Kriticos is a very rich collector of unique things and following are samples:

Cyber Spawn and peripheral figures.

Mandarin Spawn.

There is a Nitro Rider together with comics and other figures.

THE POWERPUFF GIRLS
SEASON 3 EPISODE 32B: SUPER ZEROES
OCTOBER 2000
Buttercup, one of the three Powerpuff Girls was inspired by her hero 'Spore' (a parody of Spawn) and decided to transform herself into Mange (again a parody of Spawn). I am not a fan of this cartoon show (and even if I am, there is no way I would admit to it) but this particular episode - Season 3 Episode 32B titled Super Zeroes and released on 20/10/2000 is pretty hilarious. The script taken from rowdyruff.net

Buttercup about her favourite hero: Spore
Buttercup: …“Spore”!

(The full title of the strip: “Old McDonald’s Angry Spore.” Next panel: the creature, Spore, rising from a sea of flames.)

Buttercup: (voice rising) Out of the darkness he rises to kick butt!

(On the end of this, we see a panel in which Spore punches a gunman in the face. Effect: “AACK!” Next panel: a thug being kicked in the jaw. Buttercup’s next line matches the effects in this one and the next.)

Buttercup: Kerak! (A beam of energy from his hand, with an off-panel explosion.) Blam!

(Cut to a panel in which Spore holds a large assault weapon. Word balloon: “It’s show time!” As Buttercup continues, tilt down to the bottom of the picture. Effect: “LOAD.”)

Buttercup: (huskily) That hurt you more than it hurt me!

Buttercup extoling about the scabs that never heal
Buttercup: Yeah, and Spore has scabs that never heal. (Pan to Bubbles.)

Bubbles: Bunny-Bunny could heal ’em. (Back to each sister in turn.)

Blossom: No, she couldn’t. She’s not a hero.

Buttercup: And they never heal!

Buttercup as Mange
Buttercup: Uh-uh. Too bright. Mange only travels at night

SPAWN
SEASON 3 EPISODE 1
MAY 1999
Cogliostro is a busy man indeed in mid-1999, here he appeared in the animated series of Spawn pronouncing himself as the Black Knight, the errand boy of Malebolgia who collect soul on his behalf. Disillusioned with his career choice, he took up the black art and became Merlin.

DOGMA
MAY 1999
Mentioned in IMDB Spawn Movie Connection that one of the triplet in the movie is wearing a Spawn t-shirt, it is actually Hellboy.

SPAWN
AUGUST 1997
Starring Michael Jai White as Al Simmons

HBO SPAWN
MAY 1997
The very watchable Spawn animated series titled 'Todd McFarlane's Spawn' commences its run in 1997. The scriptwriting was handled superbly by Alan McElroy while the animation is in the hands of the South Koreans. The animated series lasted 3 seasons, with 6 episodes per season. The third season ends with a cliffhanger, the sort of "to be continued" deathknell you so often see in comics. The entire run is available in Youtube.

2009

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SPAWN #188: PART 4
JANUARY 2009
The final page with the re-emergence of the Spawn power meter and it is going backward. The story: In the aftermath of the hospital fire, confusion reigns as patients are relocated to other facilities. Meanwhile, the Clown begins to set his plan in motion. Sara lets Jim crash at her place, and as he tries to piece together what happened at the hospital, the dark power welling inside him makes itself known once again.

SAVAGE DRAGON #144
JANUARY 2009
Spawn appeared in two panels among a mass of other characters. Nothing distinctive.

SPAWN #189: PART 5
FEBRUARY 2009
Does the page looks familiar? And in this issue: the symbiote finally takes over Jim as its host. The full-fledged Spawn goes out on his first mission. He inadvertently comes across two rival gangs in the midst of a battle. Although it appears accidental, outside forces have driven Jim to this spot.

The Clown recruits his very first soldier into his army. He believes there has been a giant void created from the death of Al Simmons' Spawn, and it must be filled.

SPAWN #190: PART 6
MARCH 2009
Memories of the good old days as the throne is reoccupied.

Jim met Wanda who reminded him that he appeared back in #3. Wanda's memory is however a bit suspect, the beautiful mutt is clearly on the left of her and not the right and Jim is in a prone position, not foetal.

While gathering information for a story on the displaced patients from the hospital fire, reporter Marc Rosenthal makes a unique discovery. Meanwhile, detectives Sam and Twitch come to some of their own shocking conclusions in the wake of the gang fight in a warehouse.

Jim grows increasingly frustrated by the lack of answers on his true identity, but everything changes in a chance encounter with Wanda. While she can't put a name with his face, she remembers him fainting on her porch many years ago. She also recognises the green glimmer in his eyes, and sends him to the alleys for answers.

There, Jim is led to Al Simmons' old throne; the costume seeps out of his bullet wound, covering him. As Jim tries to make sense of it all, an Angel greets him as one of her own.

SPAWN #191: PART 7
APRIL 2009
Brian Holguin name disappeared from the credit as a joint-writer.

A rebellious angel mistakes Spawn as one of God's elite, but quickly recognises his identity as one who has betrayed her heavenly leader. A battle ensues between the two, as Spawn continues his struggle to find answers.

After an unannounced visit from a suspicious man, Sara warns Jim of the potential danger they're in. Jim stakes the angel to the wall and returns to Sara's aid with plans of questioning the angel later.

Back at Sara's apartment, Jim has an altercation with the mysterious agent who has been watching him, thus learning the identity of the man who hired the agent to do so. Determined to find answers to his questions, Jim returns to the alleys to finish what he started; but will soon discover someone beat him to do it...

Found an image in this issue that is designed for forum users.

SPAWN #192: PART 8
JUNE 2009
Clown's recruit hunts down a previously unknown player, but hits a snag along the way, wreaking havoc on a group of menacing vampires.

Jim returns to the alleyways to find the once restrained angel missing. Disappointed at yet another loss of information, Jim begins to leave, but finds the delirious angel crouched in a corner, stripped of her wings. The Freak, who returns to deliver a stark message, cuts their conversation short.

Between antagonising Jim, the Freak lets him in on a little secret - his "diseased" body isn't something that can be cured. He's bound to the costume.

Adding more fuel to the fire, Violator enters to satisfy an agenda of his own.

Angel going bonkers with wings shredded? Not to worry, an angel becomes a human once the wings are removed.

SPAWN #193: PART 9
JULY 2009
Greg Capullo pencilled this issue.

Jim learns more about his costume's origins and questions the motives of the Violator. Aggravated, Violator leaves to find "another" in the alley, leading to a staged confrontation with Clown. Clown emerges as the victor of the bogus battle, and poses as Jim's ally. He abruptly leaves the alley leaving Jim more confused than he was before.

The Virginian detectives try to pinpoint connections in the suicide case of estate lawyer, Bill Winston, but keep hitting a roadblock in New York City.

Meanwhile, detectives Sam and Twitch follow up on another possible connection to the Nortego gang. An unexpected run-in with Clown leads to a tiring foot race for Sam and a desired trip to jail for Clown. Once in jail, Clown finds Claudio, and delivers a message to him loud and clear.

SPAWN #194: PART 10
JULY 2009
Whilce Portacio again returns as the penciller.

An overzealous Sanchez reveals too much to Nortego's gang, getting himself in much worse trouble than ever expected.

In the quest for information on his identity, Jim learns to harness his newfound power to work to his advantage.

Across town, Clown and Claudio make an escape from the prison under Sam and Twitch's watch. In the meantime, Detectives Craig and Linda make a unique discovery regarding the murder weapon used in the case of Bill Winton's suicide.

Marc slowly begins piecing the cases involving the miracle patients together. To his surprise, he's not the only one who's interested in these strange occurrences.

After receiving crucial information from the man at the bar, Jim tracks down Benny, to finish the conversation they started outside Sara's apartment. Before he's able to get answers, the house explodes, leaving our new hero in jeopardy.

SPAWN #195: PART 11
OCTOBER 2009
And attached as a bonus feature is Part 4 of 4 of Image United #0.

A spat between Sam Burke and Detective Rowland uncovers a connection between suicide victim, Bill Winston, and gang leader Carlos Nortego. Meanwhile, Jim miraculously survives the unexpected explosion at Benny Vicari's home.

Marc pays Sara a visit to interview her about the hospital fire, but is much more interested in Jim's take. After a brief exchange with Jim, and an interruption by Sara, Marc and Sara's friend, Judy leave to let Sara and Jim cool off.

Judy is mistaken for Sara in a kidnapping, and Jim learns to summon his new power to save her. He finally gets answers when one of the kidnappersgives him the name of someone connected to his past. Fueled with rage, Jim send sthe thug plummeting to his cement grave.

HAUNT #2
NOVEMBER 2009
'Haunt', a collaboration between Robert Kirkman and Todd McFarlane appeared five months back in July. Written by Kirkman and illustrated by Ryan Ottley, this spawnalike spidermanesque superbeing has been gaining quite a following. And in #3, both Kirkman and McFarlane mentioned the possibilities of a Spawn/Haunt crossover. Anyway, I was waiting for the TPB so I appreciate Batboy 13 (USA)alerting me to the image of a bong in page 20, a water pipe decorated with the logo of Spawn.

IMAGE UNITED #1
NOVEMBER 2009
Image United is a six-issue mini-series that combined the various founders of Image Comics with Robert Kirkman as the Writer. Aside from the introductory page, Spawn...Jim Downing the Spawn that is, actually appeared only in page 23 and he resembles his predecessor Al Simmons more than he does himself in the Spawn main series.

A common marketing ploy is the issuance of several covers of the same issue, mine cover as features above shows an aesthetic surgeon calendar girl but aside from her, there is also a very much in demand cover of Spawn.

And the chief resident bad guy in this whole series is our much maligned and yet beloved hero Al Simmons. But Omega Spawn? Seriously? There is no better villiany name aside from Omega Spawn? And is Cogliostro the Alpha Spawn?

IMAGE UNITED #2
DECEMBER 2009

The second issue starts with a bang, there is fwa, boosh, fwoosh, good stuff, haha.

More on Omega Spawn - an illustration by Jim Lee.

THE SUPPORTING CAST

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Appearance of the Supporting Cast

SUPPORTING CAST APPEARING IN COMICS

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INTRODUCTION

The Deal
1. Cast of Supporting Characters appearing in Comic Books (both paper-based and digital) and the silver screen.
2. Please remember to indicate the 'Where and When'
3. It would be nice to have an image - link to a photobucket, for example
4. And please state your nickname (name if you wanted to)

1999
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
A Clown that looks like Violator is seen in hell as one of Satan gay workers -Batboy 13-

Year
Power Rangers in Space
The villian named Astronema (played by Melody Perkins), in the show \"Power Rangers in Space\", she was wearing a black skin-tight, cat suit. The cat suit was worn by Jessica Priest (played by Melinda Clarke) in the film \"Spawn\" (1997). Compare it together, it's the same cat-suit - Batboy13 -

About Spawn

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Let's give credit where credit is due.

Todd McFarlane is the creator of Spawn. It's interesting that when it comes to McFarlane, you would always encounter two extremes - those who like him and dare not to voice it out too loudly and those who dislike him and have no qualms in rudely criticising him. Well, I am a fan and I know there are plenty of us because I received emails regularly about this blog. My job here is pretty easy - I am an amateur scribe cataloguing all the appearances of Spawn made in Comics and the Silver Screen. It is a wonderful hobby, my equivalent of the "vegging out in front of tv" moment.

I thank you for visiting and I appreciate every contributions made.

And I look forward to Spawn #300 and tons of spinoffs.

A LIST OF SPAWNS

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Ever wonder how many Spawns there are besides Al that appeared in Comic Books and the Silver Screen? Well, I do and what else, I create a list marking their first appearance. If you discovered more of them, do email me. Abdiel the angel found wearing the ‘M’ symbol in Curse of the Spawn #16

Al Lemons as Yawn, a parody of Spawn in Yawn #1
Al Persimmons as Spewn, a parody of Spawn in Stupid #1
Another Al Simmons known as Spasm, a parody of Spawn in Splitting Image #1
Alfie Simmons as the Li’l Spawning in Wizard Spawn Edition
Angel the Hellspawn in Curse of the Spawn #25
Bairn, known as Spawn the Marauder aka Spawn the Godslayer in Spawn: Godslayer
Billy Kincaid, making his 1st appearance as a Hellspawn in Spawn #8
Bomb Queen, turned into Spawnqueen in Bomb Queen IV #3
Caleb the Pirate Spawn in Manga Spawn #2
Cerebus marks his first appearance in a Spawn costume on a promotion poster for Spawn #4 and he returned in Cerebus #276 as Spore, a parody of Spawn
Cheng Lie the Mandarin Spawn in Spawn #165
Cheveyo the Zombie Spawn in Manga Spawn #2
Christopher the Boy Spawn and co-ordinator of the Legion in Spawn #150
Cogliostro the First Spawn in Spawn #9, making his 1st appearance as a bum
Count Novia of Illyria in Spawn #77
Cut Throat the Pirate Spawn in an Angela Special
Daniel Llanso in Curse of the Spawn #1 to #4 (1996), Total Eclipse One (1998) and Spawn Annual #2 (2000).
Deadpool trying out a Spawn costume in Deadpool I #36
Genghis Khan in Hellspawn #5 (first mentioned in Hellspawn #1)
Giant Spawn in Angela #2 (see Angela’s trophy room)
Ipissimus in Spawn/Wildcats
Isanagi Nakadai in Spawn #114
Harun al-Majnun in Spawn #118
Hiroshi Kitamura in Spawn #154
Jeremy Winston the Gunslinger Spawn, first appeared in Spawn #119 as an unnamed member of the Spawn convention and later starred in a 2-issue arc in #174 and #175.
Jim Downing the coma guy with a Spawn entity in him in Spawn #2 and #3 and later re-emerged as the mysterious guy in Spawn #186
Jsedah Vvqevhds the Martian Spawn in Babe #3
Ken Kurosawa in Manga Spawn #1
Kill-Cat in a Spawn costume in The Deadly Duo II #1
Kumiko Kitamura first appeared in Spawn #153 among the Legion and more memorable in #154, #155 and #183
Loch Ness the Spawn, a poster in Hellspawn #5
Lord Iain Covenant, Spawn the Black Knight in Spawn the Dark Ages #1
Mangler, the wolf companion of Cheveyo in Shadows of Spawn
Medieval Spawn, later revealed to be Sir John of York was first created in Spawn #9 by Neil Gaiman. He subsequently appeared in six other stories and I find it difficult to reconcile that all the stories centred on one medieval spawn especially when the version created by Gaiman is naïve and new to the world of spawndom
Morana in Spawn #183
Necro Cop the Nearly Spawn in Spawn Simony
Ninja Spawn, one of the two Spawns that turns up to support Al in Spawn #160
Nordik the Norse Hellspawn in FAN Edition
Nyx as a She-Spawn in Spawn #139 (and again in #182 and Bomb Queen IV #3)
Pirate Spawn in Spawn #183
Prawn in Spittin' Image
Prince Vlad III as Spawn the Impaler in a miniseries of the same name
Raenius the Hellspawn in Curse of the Spawn #21
Reverend Song Sung Bloo wearing a Spawn costume in Spawn the Undead #4
Rod McLarsen the Demonspawn in Warrior Nun Areala/Glory #1
Samurai Spawn, one of the two Spawns that turns up to support Al in Spawn #160, am not sure if he is the same Samurai Spawn in Spawn #183
Savage Dragon merged with Spawn and become Dragon Spawn in Altered Image #2
Shadowhawk merged with Spawn and become Shadow Spawn in Altered Image #2
Spank in Dr Blink: Superhero Shrink #3
Spawnmower, a Spawn robot in Sonic the Hedgehog #8
Spoon (Alice Timmid) in Spoon #1 and Spoon vs Batbabe
Thomas Coram the War Spawn in Spawn #179
Ulrich Ulfson in Spawn #118
Yagher Dien, the Nearly Spawn in Spawn the Dark Ages #22
Zombie Spawn in Curse of the Spawn #22

ADVENTURES OF SPAWN
The webcomics Adventures of Spawn provide several Spawns but not all are translated into drawings.

1) There are eleven Spawns that held the Mantle of Spawn but only four are listed:

Lord Klay von Gore the Raven Spawn in Adventures of Spawn: Secret Files
Wings of Redemption Spawn (more like Redeemer) in Adventures of Spawn: Secret Files
Gunslinger Spawn in Adventures of Spawn: Secret Files
Al Simmons (the alive version) in Adventures of Spawn #1 and known as Spawn X.

2) Below are robotic spawns created by Norvel Peabody in 1889. Remember, they are in Greek alphabetical orders except for Vector which is an anomaly:

Alpha Αα Spawn
Beta Ββ Spawn
Gamma Γγ Spawn
Delta Δδ Spawn
Epsilon Εε Spawn
Zeta Ζζ Spawn
Theta Θθ Spawn
Omega Ωω Spawn appeared in Adventures of Spawn #1
Vector Spawn

3) Others include:

Cy-Gor in Adventures of Spawn #2 - in a dream sequence of himself as a Hellspawn
The four robots that form the Omega Squadron and created by Omega Spawn in his own image, see Adventures of Spawn #1

UNIDENTIFIED SPAWNS

The Spawn Convention with Al in Spawn #119
The Legion of Spawns in Spawn #153
The two that promise another meeting with Simmons in Spawn #162
The Magnificent Sevens that are the remnants of the Legion of 6000 in Spawn #183 – five are identified – Christopher, Hiroshi, Kumiko, Pirate and Samurai. The other two are a Spawn with a 3rd Eye and one that looks like either Lord Covenant the Black Knight or Lord Bartholomew the Raven Knight
The three unknown characters whom Spawn merges with in Altered Image #3
The unknown Spawn who bragged he is the most powerful Spawn in Curse of the Spawn #16
The unidentified dark ages (Pompeii?) Spawn in Spawn the Dark Ages #6
The unidentified dark ages Spawn in Spawn the Dark Ages #7
The 3 Spawns in Celestine #1

Appearances of Medieval Spawn in Comics

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April 1993
Created by Neil Gaiman in Spawn #9 to show off the prowess of Angela.
September/November 1993
Appeared in 2-issue storyarc of Spawn #14 and #15 where Clown relates his battle with Medieval Spawn.
December 1994
Ended up as a trophy in Angela #1.
December 1994
In the toy comic version titled ‘Darkness’, Medieval Spawn has a happier ending.
May 1996
A jilted Medieval Spawn in Medieval Spawn/Witchblade 3-issue mini-series.
August 1996
Introduced as Sir John of York in Spawn: Bible.
June 1998
Appeared as part of a dreamscape in Altered Image #2.

Appearances made by Al Simmons in Comics

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Thanks to members from the Spawn Message Board, I am now able to present a list of appearances of Al Simmons (human and Spawn) in Comic Books. Strictly comics, not magazines, anthological collection, parody, spoof...etc.

The list is but an abstract from the main timeline series (see index) and presented alphabetically rather than chronologically, so do check out the timeline for more details.

All assistance rendered in making this list has been acknowledged in the main index.

Enjoy.

THE LIST
Altered Image #1 (April 1998)
Altered Image #2 (June 1998)
Altered Image #3 (August 1998)

Angela #1 (December 1994)
Angela #2 (January 1995)
Angela #3 (February 1995)
Angela: Ocean of Evil. Vessel of the Doomed (June 1995)

Ant II #2 (September 2005)
Ant II #3 (November 2005)
Ant II #5 (March 2006)
Ant II #7 (2006)

Badrock and Company #6 (February 1995)

Battlestone #1 (November 1994)

Bloodstrike #8 (February 1994)

Case Files: Sam & Twitch #5 (November 2003)

Chapel Vol 2 #6 (February 1996)

Clown Toy Comic (December 1994)

Crusade of Comics Presents Spawn #1 (1993)

Curse of the Spawn #10 (June 1997)
Curse of the Spawn #16 (January 1998)

Deathmate #Red (November 1993)

DV8 #2 (1996)

Gen 13 #13B (September 1996)

Hellspawn #1 (August 2000)
Hellspawn #16 (April 2003)

Invincible #60 (March 2009)

Loaded: Bible #3 (February 2008)

Mars Attacks Image #1 (December 1996)
Mars Attacks Image #2 (January 1997)
Mars Attacks Image #3 (February 1997)
Mars Attacks Image #4 (April 1997)

Marvel Riot #1 (1995)

Ninjak I #3 (April 1994)

Normalman-Megaton Man Special (1994)

Operation: Knightstrike #1 (May 1995)
Operation: Knightstrike #2 (June 1995)
Operation: Knightstrike #3 (July 1995)

Overtkill Toy Comic (December 1994)

Quasar #50 (1993)

Sam & Twitch #1 (August 1999)
Sam & Twitch #4 (November 1999)
Sam & Twitch #9 (April 2000)

Savage Dragon #3 (December 1992)
The Dragon #4 (June 1996)- reprints much of Savage Dragon #3
Savage Dragon #30 (August 1996)
Savage Dragon #140 (November 2008)
Savage Dragon #141 (November 2008)
Savage Dragon #144 (January 2009)

Shadowhawk #2 (October 1992)
Shadowhawk III #17 (March 1995)

Shattered Image #1 (August 1996)
Shattered Image #2 (October 1996)
Shattered Image #3 (October 1996)
Shattered Image #4 (December 1996)

Sonic Super Special #7 (4th Quarter 1998)

Spawn (ongoing series)

Spawn Annual Vol 1 (January 1999)

Spawn/Batman: Red Scarce (January 1994)
Batman/Spawn: War Devil (March 1994)

Spawn: Blood Feud #1 (June 1995)
Spawn: Blood Feud #2 (July 1995)
Spawn: Blood Feud #3 (August 1995)
Spawn: Blood Feud #4 (September 1995)

Spawn FAN Edition #1 (August 1996)

Spawn: Movie Adaptation (June 1997)

Spawn: Simony (May 2004 - French edition in 2003)

Spawn the Undead (9 issues)

Spawn Toy Comic (December 1994)
Spawn Alley Action Playset Toy Comic (December 1994)
Spawn Mobile Toy Comic (December 1994)

Spawn/WildC.A.T.S #1 (January 1996)
Spawn/WildC.A.T.S #2 (February 1996)
Spawn/WildC.A.T.S #3 (March 1996)
Spawn/WildC.A.T.S #4 (April 1996)

StormWatch #38 (July 1996)

Supreme #15 (July 1994)
Supreme #23 (January 1995)

Team Youngblood #3 (November 1993)

The Adventures of Spawn #1 (January 2007)
The Adventures of Spawn #2 (November 2008)
Webcomics appeared in July 2006 - this is Al Simmons in a 'parallel universe'

Tremor Toy Comic (December 1994)

Valeria the She-Bat #3 (August 1993)- Unpublished

Vanguard #0 (July 1993) - contained inside Savage Dragon #2
Vanguard: Ethereal Warriors (August 2000)

Violator #2 (June 1994)
Violator #3 (July 1994)

Violator Toy Comic(December 1994)
Violator Monster Rig Toy Comic (December 1994)

WildCATS #16 (December 1994)

Youngblood #8 (September 1994)
Youngblood #9 (September 1994)
Youngblood #10 (December 1994)

Youngblood Genesis #1 (July 2003)

Youngblood Strikefile #1 (April 1993)
Youngblood Strikefile #3 (September 1993)

2010

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SPAWN #196
MARCH 2010
The final issue of the 12-issue Endgame storyarc pencilled by Rob Liefeld and the arc came to a conclusion with the Clown anointing Jim Downing as the new Spawn. It is unfortunate that the twelve parts Endgame took eighteen months to complete, my only advice, as always for comic fans is to wait for the TPB! Not that I follow through on my own advice cos' Spawn to date remains the only comics that I continued to purchase as a single issue...oh well, re-read the entire 12 issues and see if the storyarc makes any sense...

Meanwhile, the story in this issue: While consoling Judy after an unsuccessful kidnapping, Marc realises Jim is the mystery miracle worker curing all the patients. In another part of town, Spawn solves mysteries of his own, when he learns he was defective byproduct of a human experiment. After learning Nortego was pulling the strings, Jim pays him a visit, only to find out that he, himself, was the one running the show. Test subjects weren't giving him the outcome he wanted, so Jim became his own guinea pig. Dealing with his bleak reality, Jim is consoled by Clown, who enlightens him on what he's become - a Hellspawn.

IMAGE UNITED #0
MARCH 2010
A prelude to the mini-series Image United was released as a complete work. Four parts of the issue were released in four separate series back in 2009. Spawn would appear only on the final page.

Pretty boring stuff as usual but fortunately there is the wonderful 4-page short story attached to it, see addendum.

MARCH 2010
GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE PROMO
Spawn appeared in the promo teasers for the upcoming Guardians of the Globe 6-issue mini-series to be launched in August...it was later revealed to be a joke.

SPAWN #197: FAMILY
MAY 2010
Illustrated by Whilce Portacio. Instead of a Spawn image, I choose that of the Redeemer because it looks like the end (or...?) of an enduring supporting cast member. While the bravery in removing an accomplished peripheral character is to be applauded, the way he is killed off by the vampires in a single bloodspot panel is both amateurish and sad, especially the latter - the lack of sequences in an action comics like Spawn is really sad. I disliked the unimaginative punch punch punch (wham bang slam is not punch punch punch) since a superbeing should have a more accomplished way of fighting besides a roundhouse punch but to end the career of Redeemer with just a panel without a fight is...sad.

In this issue: An unanticipated visitor leaves Sara a heavenly gift. Marc proves to Jim his healing power truly exists, when Jim's miraculous ability brings a once wheelchair bound man to his feet. Irritated by Marc's tactics on trying to secure exclusive coverage of the event, Jim tells Marc he never wants to see him again. However, Marc points out the media circus that's about to ensure, and offers to help navigate Jim through the madness. A few hours later, Clown encourages Jim to use his hellborn powers against the two entities looking for him. Clown explains both Heaven and Hell would rather Jim not find the answers to his past. An unexpected drop-in from the Redeemer reveals the identity of the angel, whose wings were ripped from her back. However, Clown is suspicious of his motives and believes Redeemer has come to obtain Spawn. A vicious attack from Clown's growing Vampire army leaves Redeemer for dead on the rooftop.

As has already been established, old panels from the past were reused and here's another example. Image courtesy of berovbros who put it up in Imageshack.

SAM & TWITCH: THE WRITER #1
MAY 2010
A Spawn figure appeared in the opening page, with those articulated joints, you know the illustrator has only a very narrow number of candidates to gather inspiration from. This is a four-issue mini-series and sadly, this is the only Spawn to appear.

HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC #1
JUNE 2010
Tyranide provides the assist here, spotting Cassie in a panel conducting an internet search and what do you know, there is a Hellspawn!

SPAWN #198
JULY 2010
Illustrated by Khairy Randolph. So there is a Patient 46, no surprise there although I wish there is a Project Alice.

In this issue: A troubled agent is forced to continue a career he walked out on, but finds a very convincing reason to do so. Clown returns to warn Jim that Heaven and Hell are on the move and says he's found a clue to Jim's past. After quitting at the Clarion, Marc reveals why he ambushed Jim at Sara's apartment building with the war vet in the wheelchair, and, again, offers to navigate Jim through the media circus. What Jim doesn't know is Marc is the cause of it. Another super villian, Patient 46, bursts onto the scene, and badgers Jim about his inclusion in "the program," while a battle takes place. Jim forcibly learns about experiments tested and others, and is told he must die like the others before him. However, Jim survives the unexpected clash, and walks straight into the media spotlight.

IMAGE UNITED #3
AUGUST 2010
Jim Downing just can't hold a candle to Al Simmons where sitting on the rubbish throne is concerned.

SPAWN #199
SEPTEMBER 2010
I was reading it diligently as a Spawn fan would and the story was pretty ho-hum...until page 18. I rarely get jolted while reading a comic but promise of more Spawns, yeah! Oh, and this issue is illustrated by Erik Larsen.

SPAWN: ARCHITECTS OF FEAR
The next graphic novel by Arthur Claire and Aleksi Briclot with image courtesy of amazon.com. Spawn #188 and the next two issues after it mentioned that this 64-page graphic novel is due in May 2009 but it failed to materialise. Hopes are once again raised when in #196, McFarlane brought up the subject again to say that it would definitely be out in 2010.

Introduction

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This blog - the listing of appearances made by Spawns in comic books started as a companion piece to the figures collection but it gradually took on a life of its own as more and more appearances are discovered. It has been a fascinating hobby and I hope you enjoy the compilation. The list is presented in a chronological manner under 'Timeline'. To retain its trimness, an addendum has been created separately (see contents bar just below heading).

This list would not be possible if not for the many contributors, especially Colin aka 'murch' from Novia Scotia, Canada. Well, if I miss out any Spawns that appeared in the comics or other media, do contact me. If there is any attempt at continuity, it is incidental.

This collection is meant for those with knowledge of what Spawn is about. For the clueless few, here's one of the best summary I came across:

"For anyone who has never read the comic, it’s the story of Al Simmons, covert government agent who is betrayed and murdered. The demon Malebolgia offers him the chance to live again, as a Hellspawn and lead the forces of Hell in the approaching war with heaven. He takes the deal because he is desperate to see his beloved wife Wanda again. The deal isn’t quite what it seems though. When he returns to Earth he finds that five years have passed and Wanda has married his best friend. That’s the source of all his anguish and bitterness."

- David Hine on Jazma Online (Apr 08) -

Enjoy!
David Mok

2008

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2008 witnesses another revamp of Spawn as the head honcho returns to helm the creative team. Spawn is definitely entering the "niche" era - Spawn toys are gone in favour of Halo and Sports and the comics attract only selected supporters. Spawn #187, the last issue of the year was according to Diamond Comic Distributors, ranked No. 123 in the Top 300.

Spawn #174
January 2008
The character behind Gunslinger Spawn (see Spawn #119 in August 2002) has been revealed. He is Jeremy Winston, known in the town of Bane as Ol' Job and he accepted the Curse of Spawn to seek vengeance for the massacre of his family. His story, along with the grandfather of Al Simmons is retold in the two-issue arc of 'Gunslinger Spawn'. Spin-off, Spin-off, Spin-off, we want a Spin-off.

Spawn #175
February 2008
Gunslinger Spawn tenure on Earth is only to seek vengeance and he did not linger, returning to Hell once his revenge is completed. All images are enlarged here.

Loaded: Bible #3
February 2008
Jesus Christ (the clone version) playing with a Spawn "action figure". Loaded: Bible is written by Tim Seeley, illustrated by Nate Bellgrade and published by Image Comics. #1 came out in February 2006 and a TPB collection of #1 to #3 was released in June 2008. Do check out Seeley's Hack/Slash, interesting stuff.

Learn and Grow with Spawn #1
April 1st 2008
April 1st - Get it? My favourite page is at page 6!

Spawn #179
June 2008
Thomas Coram, a Captain in the British Army during the First World War is the War Spawn. For more detailed images, check here.

And Wanda, the wife of both Al Simmons and Terry Fitzgerald is able to trace her ancestry to Thomas Coram (standing on extreme left and in uniform). In an interesting plot twist, the War Spawn is revealed as the great-grandfather of Wanda, thus paving the way for an eventual super spawn that is able to trace his/her lineage from both the paternal and maternal bloodline.

Bomb Queen V #4
August 2008
A big 'ARIGATOU' to Seiji Iwasa from Japan who alerted me to the presence of Nyx the She-Spawn in this issue. Bomb Queen was on TV talking about all the superheroes she encountered while protecting the ungrateful citizens of New Port City. There are incidentally six issues to this fifth volume for those who are looking to get it.

Spawn #182
September 2008
The suit left Al and took over Nyx, launching the second time (third if the Spawnqueen issues are counted) that Nyx turns into She-Spawn. For all images of Nyx the She-Spawn.

Nyx's new costume and that of Morana in the panels below reminds me of The Boys #3 (Jan 2007) written by Garth Ennis. The costumes of a female comic character, as illustrated by Homelander on Starlight, are all about cleavage.

There is also a hint of Mandarin Spawn but the figure on the left don't bear much of a resemblance to Cheng Lie in Spawn #165. And Mammon in mandarin costume with a Manchu queue hairstyle? If it is about Mandarin Spawn of #165, the period is Southern Sung Dynasty, not Qing. Mistakes made in #165 were repeated again here.

I always suspect that the human figure next to Mammon is not of Asian origin but that of Africa...indeed, when are we going to have an African Spawn asides from Spawn the Immortal? The poster above featuring Barack Obama in Barack the Barbarian: Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli (June 2009) shares a lookalike necklace to that of the Spawn next to Mammom above.

Spawn #183
September 2008
Nyx the She-Spawn lasted only one issue as the fickle-minded Spawn suit jumps from Nyx to Morana without so much as a cat-fight.

Morana the Spawn is supposed to be the most powerful Spawn ever, combining the heritage of Al and Wanda. Check here for lovely images of her.

A smallish contingent of Spawns (less than a dozen as claimed in the book) were brought back to take on Morana the Spawn in what turns out to be an ultimately futile effort. What interests me more is the identification of those doomed Spawns: the drawings differed from one panel to the next but basically there are 7. Three panels from pages 20 to 22 are reproduced here.

#183 Page 20
5 of the 7 legionnaries are featured in this panel.

#183 Page 21
2 more are added here.

#183 Page 22
Page 22 offered no new Spawn but it confirmed the identification of the seven. And the seven members of this doom legion are:

1) Christopher the Boy-Spawn. He is the first Spawn to 'pop' out from Simmons. He appeared in all three panels.

2) There are three Japanese spawns among the magnificent seven, probably a tribute to Kurosawa. They are easy to identify, starting with Kumiko who appeared in all three panels.

3) Kumiko's grand-daddy Hiroshi appeared in p21 and p22.

4) Figures collector would definitely recognise Takeda the Samurai Spawn from the second image (right). But I thought these are Spawns who died on the same day as Al Simmons? The image of him in page 20 is slightly different from that of p21 and p22 but as mentioned earlier, the illustrations are such. There are two Samurai Spawns that appeared in previous issues, remember Nakadai and the nameless spawn that fought with Al Simmons during Armaggeddon? This may be the same nameless Spawn as I do not recall Takeda the Samurai Spawn appearing in previous magazines.

5) Again, figures collector should have no problem identifying him. Lord Bartholomew who was christened Spawn the Black Knight (until Lord Covenant usurped the title) and later renamed as Spawn the Raven Knight. The only curious thing about this image is that he has clawed feet so who knows, he may not be Lord Bartholomew after all.

And guess who has clawed feets? This is an image of Lord Covenant from Series 31.

6) He appeared only once (p21) in #183 but we get a better glimpse of him in #184. He is the Pirate Spawn, probably the same Pirate Spawn that appeared in Spawn #153.

7) He appeared in all three panels and he was last seen in Spawn #153. He is the most Al Simmons-lookalike of the seven Spawns and what distinguishes him is the third eye, which fits him into both Indian and Chinese mythologies and probably a dozen other myths that I am not aware of. And it should be a 'him' cos' female Spawns are usually scantily clad.

Spawn 184
October 2008
The final issue before Spawn goes into a new direction. It was only last year when we were greeted with the final episode of Spawn and told that the second instalment of Spawn would have a horror theme but sadly it was a false dawn. Spawn II was short-lived and the "asian horror" concept didn't go down well with the boss.

So, we are now introduced to yet another new episode in the life of Spawn: onward to Spawn III and the introductory 12-issue Endgame.

Also in #184, we have the seven spawns in their final battle with Morana.

SPAWN #185: ENDGAME PART 1
OCTOBER 2008
#185 marks a new direction of Spawn. Al Simmons the Spawn is dead. The story in the first issue:

Having thwarted the latest plots of the demon lord Mammon and his allies, Simmons has glimpsed his future. He realizes his struggles against his fate have become a futile quest for redemption; he remains a pawn in the Great Game between Heaven and Hell. Returning to the alleys he used to haunt, Simmons decides it is time to put an end to this vicious cycle once and for all. Using the last vestige of his power, he blows his own head off - the one true way to kill a Hellspawn.

This act sends ripples across the realms of Heaven and Hell, alerting both sides that something is out of balance. Furthermore, Simmons' act seems to have created an "anomaly" where he lay - a patch of earth where neither Heaven nor Hell holds power.

At the moment of Simmons' death, a young man wakes up in a New York hospital after years in a coma. Suffering from acute memory loss and disturbing visions, his body recovers at a supernatural pace.

Not everyone reacts so favourably. A hospital janitor places a surreptitious call announcing that "Patient 47" has woken up. This information causes the recipient of the call to immediately take his own life.

Later, Simmons' longtime tormentor, the Clown, visits the alley to investigate the cause of the anomaly. There he stumbles upon Simmons' corpse.

And we are introduced to a new Spawn, Jim Downing nicknamed Patient 47.

"The landmark 185th issue of Spawn unleashes a brand new creative team and the return of two Image Comics founders — Todd McFarlane and Whilce Portacio. Todd will helm the book and joins Whilce on art duties, and Brian Holguin returns as writer. New energy and an entirely new direction — get ready for the event that is as big as issue #1..."

The first issue (with several cover variants) serves as a teaser to a 12-issue story that moves at a snail pace - we were told to see each issue as a 15-min slice in a 2-hour movie (see spawning ground #187)! Besides the fact that it is mathematically unworkable, in an age where instant gratification is the norm, how many of us watched a 2-hour movie at 15 minutes interval...PER MONTH? Sigh, patience has its virtue, patience has its virtue...

(18 months later - the entire 12 issue arc is finally completed, so to be ungracious, at 15 minutes per month, this turns out to be a 4.5 hour movie)

SPAWN #186: ENDGAME PART 2
NOVEMBER 2008
We are introduced to the latest Spawn - Jim Downing the Spawn who woke up from a coma with a Spawn entity living inside him. #186 pleasantly climbed to No. 87in the Diamond Comic Distributors Top 300 Comics List.

The Clown ponders how he can use Simmons' death to his advantage. Similarly, an angel, as Heaven's agent on earth, also discovers the body.

At the exact moment of Simmons' death, a young man wakes up in a New York hospital after years in a coma. Dubbed Patient 47, the young man is told his name is Jim Downing, but has no memory of his previous life. While disturbing visions haunt Jim, the attending doctors marvel at his awakening and the supernatural pace at which is (sic) body is recovering.

The doctors are not the only ones to take an interest in Jim's recovery: A young nurse, Sara, confesses that she has prayed over Jim nightly, hoping God would send her a sign by healing him...A trio of detectives wonders why a prominent attorney inexplicably took his own life...And a mysterious intermediary makes arrangements for a super-powered thug to bust into the hospital and abduct the mysterious Patient 47...

ADVENTURES OF SPAWN #2
NOVEMBER 2008
This is a hard copy of the spawn webcomics Adventures of Spawn that was published online in February 2008. Cy-Gor visualised himself in a stitched-up costume as Cy-Gor the Spawn. This is not an illusion of grandeur, Cy-Gor did defeat Spawn and imagine himself combining the suit of Spawn with his enormous primate strength. Unfortunately for Cy-Gor, he didn't finish Spawn off, instead going on a yakkity-yak monologue and letting Spawn off the hook.

In the battle between the Forces of Light and the Forces of Darkness, the Omega Squadron was tasked with forming a perimeter and protecting the relics from the demons summoned by Mammom but as you can see from the image, the robots from the Nightwatch were utterly trounced by Daywatch. For an utterly compelling fantasy story about two competing camps of magicians, where good magicians are the Nightwatch and dark magicians the Daywatch, read Sergey Lukianenko's Nightwatch tetralogy. Fabulous stuff.

SAVAGE DRAGON #140
NOVEMBER 2008
Originally meant to be a September release. Spawn is one of the Dragon's many guest stars. He appeared depleted of energy and has to be rescued by Witchblade.

SAVAGE DRAGON #141
NOVEMBER 2008
Originally meant to be out in October 2008 with Spawn among the guest stars.

SPAWN: BOOK OF THE DEAD
DECEMBER 2008
Originally scheduled for May 2002. The cover was retouched twice. The new cover is on the extreme right. And the pewter-washed Raven Spawn, after serving time for 6 years has finally been released.

SPAWN #187: ENDGAME PART 3
DECEMBER 2008
The good time didn't last, #187 was down to No. 123. Meanwhile...the storyline...The "Extractor" bursts through the hospital wall, knocking Sarah (sic) unconscious. In the melee, the hospital is set on fire. As emergency services evacuate the building, the Extractor corners Jim. Under stress, a dark power dwelling inside of (sic) Jim manifests itself and vaporizes his attacker. Later, a dazed Jim stumbles out of the building and collapse.

And in the relentless blast from the past - re-appearance of the newsreaders except that the tone is now more serious and the flippancy of an entertainment channel is removed. Won't it be fun if one of the three panels are occupied by either Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert.

2007

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Despite superior writing, the slide in sales continued and 2007 was pivotal because Spawn for the very first time was out of the Top 100, finishing 106th with #173 at the end of the year. An elaborate April Fool's joke backfired and a very well written spinoff appeared.

Spawn #164
January 2007
Conclusion to Spawn I
This is it, the final story in the beginning of the year to wrap up the whole saga of Spawn. From #166 onward, there would be another world of Spawn, a darker world. It is to be a complete overhaul of the original storytelling with cinematic and psychological style horror...I am sold!

The Adventures of Spawn #1
January 2007
Started as a web comic aim at the young and the young at heart in 2006 before its release as a hard copy comic. Written by David Goff and illustrated by Khary Randolph.

Spawn #165
February 2007
What a brave and bold world the McFarlane Empire is entering. Spawn I comes to an end and now we have a story that breaks continuity! This issue introduce the very popular collectible figure of Mandarin Spawn aka Cheng Lie. Gosh, what is going to be the next move? The end of Spawn ;)

The cover of #165 is that of Mandarin Spawn 1 but the inside art is of Mandarin Spawn 2. The story is set in the period of the Southern Sung dynasty but the hairstyle of the soldiers are definitely that of the Qing dynasty. See enlarged image here.

Spawn #166
March 2007
The Beginning of Spawn II
The Armaggeddon has ended. No more Heaven and Hell. However, a myriad of other creatures survived. On with Spawn II - the creepier version.

April 1st 2007
The Death of Spawn
An elaborate joke about the Death of Spawn was announced on March 30th 2007 starting with issue #172. The joke may be elaborate but it is also meant to be obvious, such as when the titles of the crossovers for this event were announced: Hellish Comics #685, Spawn: The Man from Hell #18, Legion of Cybernetic Animals #285...etc. Unfortunately this 'death' joke was announced while the comics industry is still talking about the death of Captain America and it comes a bit too close for comfort for many critics. I personally like the joke, especially when it was announced that the death of Spawn would spin 4 new other Spawns!

Hellish Comics #687
Human Spawn - "Al Simmons was a human from the planet Earth, and this new Spawn claims to be a human as well! Is he really from the same planet as Al? Only time will tell if this new Spawn is friend or foe!"

Spawn: The Man From Hell #22
Steel Spawn - "Henry Johnson was your average electrical engineer and amateur armorsmith. When he heard that the mighty Spawn had fallen, he built his own suit of powered armor, put on a red cape, and took to the streets to fight crime!"

Spawn #176
Cyborg Spawn - "As a government assassin, Al Simmons used the latest in high-tech weaponry. This new Spawn is MADE of high-tech weaponry! He's super-strong, super-tough, and super-hard to stop! Also, for some reason, he's a gorilla."

The Adventures of Spawn #501
Spawnboy - Chris is a normal kid, with normal problems: homework, bullies, and constant attacks from an unending horde of demons from Hell! Fortunately, he also has the power of Spawn on his side. Can he keep this awesome secret from his parents, teachers, and friends? Does he ever break the curse of the Hellspawn? Will he pass his finals? Find out in The Adventures of Spawn!

CSI Season 7 Episode 24
May 2007
Spawn figures on display in CSI, the Las Vegas version. It was originally mistakenly announced as CSI: Miami. Open display? The collector better be armed with cans of compressed air during spring cleaning.

Spawn: Godslayer #1
May 2007
Inspired by the successful graphic novel of the same title, a regular series was launched. The first issue is a bit disappointing but boy, does the series get better and better. Written by Brian Holguin and illustrated by Philip Tan.

Live Free or Die Hard
June 2007
Bruce Willis examined a Spawn toy before breaking it in this third edition of the 'Die Hard' movie franchise.

Spawn: Architects of Fear
The next Spawn graphic novel by Aleksi Briclot. Unlike Spawn: Simony, this would not be a belated English translation but an original and well, the release is late, the hardcover was supposed to be shipped out in August 2007. In his myspace page, you can see illustrations of this book dated October 2004!

Adventures of Spawn Secret Files
October 2007
We learned through the Secret Files of Adventures of Spawn that the first Spawn to don the K7 Leetha suit is Lord Klay-Von Gore, one of the Lords of Darkness aka Raven Spawn. When he was defeated, his suit goes to the victors, the goodie two-shoes aka the Forces of Light who created more Spawns using its power.

Adventures of Spawn Secret Files
October 2007
The Forces of Light not only dastardly robbed poor Raven Spawn of his power source, they created more Spawns. There are 9 of them but only two are mentioned here: Wings of Redemption Spawn, a distant cousin of Redeemer and Gunslinger Spawn who went mad at the dead star Cor'Nova.

Robot Chickens Season 3 Episode 9
October 2007
On October 7th, Robot Chickens, a stop-motion animated comedy TV series featured Spawn and Malebolgia in a violin-playing contest.

South Park Season 11 Episode 12
October 2007
In the conclusion of the Imaginationland Trilogy on October 31st, Spawn is one of the many characters that appeared - I am still searching for him!

Bomb Queen Vol 4 #3
November 2007
Nyx re-appeared as She-Spawn in a guest appearance with Bomb Queen. This time she needn't borrowed it surreptitiously from Al Simmons' Spawn, she got a piece of the cape that helps her to transform whenever she needs it. Enlarged images of both the cover and the art.

So, is Desarak a Spawn? He told Nyx "we hellspawns must stick together"! The answer? No, he is not a Hellspawn, he is an Earth Demon.

Bomb Queen Vol 4 #4
December 2007
In this final issue of Volume 4, Nyx is still there dusting up Bomb Queen's world.

Somehow, Bomb Queen is able to transform herself into a hellspawn called Spawnqueen. Click here to check out the jaw-dropping enlarged images of Spawnqueen.

2006

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Spawn ended 2006 with #163 ranked 89th. It is rather sad because I personally thought that Spawn since #150 has been very readable. Spawn also belatedly joined the webcomics bandwagon in trying to capture a slice of the pre-teen and teen market.

Shadows of Spawn Vol 2
January 2006Besides KK the Spawn, there are three other Spawns in this manganised spawndom. There is Cheveyo the Zombie Spawn who apparently led a double life - being bad in Curse of the Spawn and good in Shadows of Spawn. He is a Series 7's Zombie Spawn lookalike.

Cheveyo is a native American from the tribe of Hopi who lives for more than 500 years. More images of Cheveyo.

Then there is Caleb the Pirate Spawn. Pirate Spawn she may be but she dresses more like She-Spawn of Series 4 (January 1996) complete with skull brassiere inspired by Madonna. Several enlarged images of Caleb. She plays the role of a bad Spawn, sucking dry other Spawns to maintain her youthful appearance.

And finally the third member of the trio - Mangler whose spawn persona is hinted in the conversation between Cheveyo and Ken. Following the tradition of Manga (and likewise comics from East Asia), do read the above panels from right to left.

But when he is transformed, the half wolf/half humanoid Mangler the Spawn bears the symbol of Spawn, looks like a spawn, smell like a spawn, quack like a spawn, he is a Spawn! Check out the enlarged images of Mangee.

Spawn #153
February 2006
Looking at the Legion in this issue there is no prize for guessing that the Armaggeddon story was one of my favourite...for a while, that is. I was salivating at the prospect of seeing so many different Spawns that would line up together with Al Simmons the Spawn. This legion of Spawns, estimated by Mitch as something in the region of 6,000 and all part of Al Simmons the Spawn can be summoned into action only by Christopher the Spawn. So far so good right? Well, after the promising appearance of Hiroshi and Kumiko, it was disappointment on the scale of the titanic when the legion ultimately plays a very minor role.

Here are close ups of some of the prominent Spawns. Larger images can also be viewed here.

this is definitely Kumiko

this one got a 'third eye' and he is one of the seven survivors who would re-appear in 2008

the pirate spawn that would also re-appear in 2008

Shadows of Spawn Vol 3
February 2006
The final volume of this series ends with the following prophetic doomsday declaration: "To Be Continued?"

Spawn #154
March 2006
In #154, there appeared the most unlikely of Spawns.

The Kitamura's family of grandfather Hiroshi and granddaughter Kumiko pair as Hiroshi and Kumiko Kitamura the Spawns, summoned by Christopher to aid Simmons. Kumiko looks lovely unmasked.

It would be an exciting fight when Zombie Spawn led his zombies against the Kitamura's clan. Check out the enlarged images here.

Ant Vol 2 #5
March 2006
Spawn appearing in Moving On Part I. This is the third apperance of Spawn in Ant. This appearance of Spawn is brought to my attention courtesy of 'murch' from Spawn Message Board.

Dr Blink - Superhero Shrink #3
April 2006
A likeness of Spawn appeared in glorious fashions on the cover and the starting four pages of this issue by Dork Storm Press. Spank has to pay a visit to Dr Blink, the Superhero Shrink after he suffered a devastating and humiliating experience in Hell. All four pages plus cover are reproduced in the addendum.

Future Shock
May 2006
In the 2006 Free Comic Book Day's event, Image came out with an issue titled 'Future Shock'. Spawn's contribution to this event is a 4-page advance copy of Spawn #159 which is due in August 2006. Boring.

Ant Vol 2 #7
June 2006
Hannah Washington in a flashback and remembering her encounter with Spawn. The 4th and final appearance of Spawn in Ant Volume 2.

The Adventures of Spawn
July 2006
Saturday Morning Spawn
Spawn entering belatedly into the world of webcomics with the launch of The Adventures of Spawn illustrated by Khary Randolphs that is targetted at kids and kidults. With the ultra slow release, I seriously doubt that the megaultra impatient kids of the 21st century would tolerate the wait.

"The comic is just an extension of the Spawn Series 30 action figure line, so that's where the idea sprang from. Todd wanted to create a line of figures that would be representative of what Spawn might look like if he were part of the Saturday morning set as opposed to the dark, violent and hyper-detailed character that he is." - Jonathan David Goff in an interview in September 2006.

A New Spawn: Al Simmons the Spawn X - The name of the character is Al Simmons but the official website has made it abundantly clear that this is a separate universe from the old Simmons. So why can't they rename him anyway? Also introduced are Omega Spawn and the robots created in his likeness: Omega Squadron.

Spawn #160
September 2006
The two Spawns (one of them goes on to inspire Ninja Spawn 2 in Series 29) that assist Al Simmons in his battle with the disciples at the portal to Eden would be the last appearance of the Legion in this story-arc, darn! After a promising #153, only FOUR Spawns of the SIX THOUSANDS appeared to help him! Egoistic as ever, Al Simmons the Wanda Stalker fought alone...okay, the writer makes him such because the other Spawns are draining his power but with a little twist, the writer can make the other Spawns increase his power too! Anyway, with only four Spawns, it was an incredible letdown! The weird thing is, if those two fighters are supposed to die at the same time as Al Simmons in the 1990s, why are they dressed up in those attires? They kicked their respective buckets at a halloween party?

We have a close look at the second Spawn in this alternate cover to Spawn #158. Takeda the Samurai Spawn?

Spawn: Godslayer
October 2006
64-page graphic novel written by Brian Holguin and illustrated by Jay Anacleto. Set in an epic fantasy world ruled by a myriad of gods, every character is beautifully rendered but with such details that one is unable to find a decent Spawn drawing to scan from.

Bairn is Spawn the Marauder, the Godslayer who slayed ancient gods for fun. The one-shot special Spawn Godslayer is successful enough to prompt the decision makers (or more likely a singular decision maker) to transform this into a regular series. Spawn the Marauder's collectible figure is part of Series 31. And the good thing about a collectible figure is that no amount of messy artwork can prevent a decent 3D reproduction.

Spawn #162
November 2006
The Last of the Hellspawns. Al Simmons the Spawn has a final showdown with the rest of Hellspawns that are still...eh...basically devilspawns.

Like long-running soap opera, as the bad spawns are going down, one of them promise Al there would be more to come. This is certainly promising. Enlarged images here.

Spawn/Batman: Inner Demons
Originally scheduled for release in December 2006 and although procrastination has been a defining password for my favourite comic, this delay smells fishier. A batman/spawn cold cast porcelain statue from DC Direct that is meant to accompany the release of this graphic novel was surprisingly on time.

2005

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Spawn hits its third milestone with #150 in October and the slide in sales was temporarily halted with this issue hitting No. 1 in September. But most readers bought it for its novelty value, the monthly series was back down to No. 73 end of the year.

Ant Vol 2 #1
August 2005
I know all the attention is on the lady dominating the panel but shift your focus to the left of the image and you would notice a guy wearing a "spawn" sweater. Ant, written and illustrated by Mario Gully was first released in March 2004 under Arcana Studios and all 4 issues were collected as Volume 1. Volume 2 is by Image and there are a total of 11 issues, four of which contained Spawn appearances. Gully switched to Big City Comics after completing his run with Image for Volume 3 but only three out of six issues were ever printed.

Grim Tales from Down Below
September 2005
A web comic written and illustrated by Vinson Ngo under the pen-name of 'Bleedman'. I rather like the metallic silver-grey uniform of this Spawn.

The web comic was first created in December 2004. Violator appeared in Chapter 4 dated 1/7/2005 doing what Violator does well, threatening Grim Jr and the inhabitants. Spawn makes a heroic appearance in Chapter 5 (12/9/2005). Enlarged images here.

Ant Vol 2 #2
September 2005
What an absolutely lovely entry of Spawn in the the final page.

Spawn #150
October 2005
Spawn Hits #1 Again
This is the start of the Armaggeddon story with a new writer at the helm - David Hine. His horror comic Strange Embrace caught the attention of Image.

And we have a new Spawn: Christopher the Boy Spawn. Christopher is a boy whose soul was sealed within Simmons' heart. He has taken the form of a young Hellspawn and uses his powers to help Simmons. He is the key to The Legion, never mind the really boring #150, it gets better as the story progresses. If you find it hard to grasp the story, well, don't take it too seriously, just enjoy the WWE tag-team format of Spawn(s) vs Everythings.

Ant Vol 2 #3
November 2005
The entire issue of #3 is dedicated to Spawn and Ant. There is of course a fight between Spawn and Ant, we have come to expect no less from our superheroes that they got to fight before they become friends. Then Ant/Hannah Washington has a flashback and realise that Al Simmons is her neighbour. Ant sitting astride on Spawn on the cover would make a lovely collectible except that it reminds me too much of Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze. Want to see the larger image of HH Spawn and DH Ant? Click here.

Image Comics
November 2005
Released only as a HC edition in November 2005. Thanks to 'flame 219' from the Spawn Message Board who clarified that the story contained inside this HC contains similarities but not an exact reproduction as that published in Image Comics Summer Special of July 2004.

Shadows of Spawn Vol 1
December 2005
This Manga Spawn aka Shadows of Spawn is translated from Japanese written and illustrated by Juzo Tokoro. Originally serialised from 1998 to 1999 under a monthly manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao!, it was translated starting late 2005 into English. According to the Endcap in November 1999, there was supposed to be enough materials for four books but unfortunately, instead only three was ultimately published.

It featured Ken Kurosawa, a Japanese from Los Angeles with a very dated nickname of Double K. A proficient karateka and a thug for hire, he died and guess what......he became Ken Kurosawa the Spawn. Enlarged images of Kenny the Spawn.

Brian Haberlin BTW shares credit for the cover.

Kenny's raison d'etre? His sister Mariko.

The first appearance of a Spawn in this manga series however is not Mr Double K but Cheveyo and Mangler who appeared briefly in the initial pages, more of them in the second volume.

Image Holiday Special 2005
December 2005
Spawn appeared in a 9-page short story written and illustrated by Brian Haberlin. The emphasis is on illustration and not the writing, read it and you would understand why. The short story is republished in tpb - Spawn: New Flesh Collection released in December 2007. Image of the cover is from comicdb.com.

2004

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By end of 2004, Spawn took a tremendous drop to the 75th position in terms of sale - its sharpest drop yet.

Spawn: Simony
May 2004
This is a good direction. Letting other takes a stab at the Spawn mythos and venturing into the market of the graphic novel buyers. Back in 2003, Alex Nikolavitch and Jean-Francois Porcherot co-wrote and Aleksi Briclot illustrated a graphic novel with Spawn in "Pa-ree". The English translated version in North America hit No. 1 for TPB sales in May 2004.

This “nearly” Spawn known as Necro Cop is not created by one of those hellish agents but by man (French actually). The Spawn/Not-Spawn also makes it to collectible figure status in Series 31.

Image Comics Summer Special
July 2004
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day (free is subjective - I got to pay for mine), Todd McFarlane wrote a 8-page short story 'The Curse of the Spawn' summarising the tale of Spawn. A lot of words and very few illustrations...as a matter of fact, those very few illustrations are not even original.

Spawn #138
September 2004
Special Cover - #138 features a digitally painted wraparound cover by Greg Capullo and this cover would become the first official Spawn Resin collectible in 2009.

Spawn #139
October 2004
This is the start of a She-Spawn story-arc. In #139, Nyx "borrowed" Al Simmons' Hellspawn power and for a short period achieved She-Spawn status as Nyx the She-Spawn. The image is definitely inspired by both She-Spawn 1 (Series 4 January 1996) and She-Spawn 2 (Series 21 February 2002) collectible figures. Would be nice to have a She-Spawn 3 collectible figure along the Art of Spawn series.

Spawn #140
November 2004
More of Nyx in the next issue.

Spawn #141
December 2004
And finally making it to the cover with permed hair. For more and larger images of Nyx the She-Spawn.

2003

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2 spinoffs ended and a new spinoff started. On the sales front, the regular series was out of the Top 40 end of the year.

Spawn #122
January 2003
The Shadow Spawn of Al Simmons in his famous reclining pose.

Spawn #123
February 2003
The crowning glory of the Shadow Spawn. Click here for larger images of Shadow Spawn in Spawn #123 and Spawn #124.

Spawn #124
March 2003
Continuing the storyarc of Spawn splitting into Human and Spawn. For a larger image of the cover art, click here.

Spawn #125
April 2003
Spawn dreaming that he is a 'normal' superhero. The quote by Wanda is priceless!

Hellspawn #16
April 2003
#16 marks the concluding issue of this alternate Spawn's story and also the ending of the remarkable 4-issue Hellworld storyarc by Steve Niles. In this storyarc, Spawn embraced the Beast known as Hel, the former lover of Malebolgia and was presented a nightmare utopia of a victorious Hell with Spawn as the ruler - a Hellworld. Instead of a one-dimensional nightmare, Spawn went through a multi-faceted experience, the nightmare of a world burning, the nightmare of him turning into a devil, the nightmare of rejection by Wanda (this is essentially the story picked up in the regular series - that of the facade of a happy marriage imagined by Al Simmons) and finally the nightmare he been through as a Hellspawn. He 'woke' up from this nightmare after he killed Hel and destroyed her world.

Hellspawn concludes with a cinematic ending that would please most readers. Rejected by Wanda, he was picked up by Eden the suicide queen. And with Eden, there is a hint that promises both paradise and a new beginning.

Case Files: Sam & Twitch #1
June 2003
The spinoff of a spinoff - a second release of Sam & Twitch titled Case Files: Sam & Twitch. This is written by Marc Andreyko and it lasted 25 issues. Spawn meanwhile makes only one appearance (see Nov 2003).

Youngblood: Genesis #1
July 2003
The maiden work of Arcade Comics, the fourth publishing company founded by Rob Liefeld. The story is plotted by Kurt Busiek back in 1993 as a story for Youngblood: Year One. A decade later, Liefeld got Brandon Thomas to script it and Chad and Eric Walker to illustrate it. Al Simmons appeared as one of the original Knightstrike team (see 1995 on Operation: Knightstrike) seen gunning down drug cartel members in Guatemala in page 9 (above image). There was no mention of his name until page 21 when Chapel mentioned Al as the person who watched the 'druggist' begged for mercy in page 8. The original plot by Busiek also includes Spawn in #3 but Liefeld mentioned that this is impossible after 1996. Anyway, #3 is a moot point considering that Youngblood: Genesis was discontinued after #2.

The legacy of Youngblood: Genesis is not about what an interesting and well-crafted story Busiek (plot) and Thomas (writer) did with it. Instead it is that of the quarrel between Rob Liefeld and Kurt Busiek. See website: comicsmackdown for more details. Liefeld is doing what a savvy marketer does, selling Busiek, the famous and award winning writer ahead of Thomas. This is not right and should never be condoned but it is in league of what an ordinary ad company would do (Mad Men the tv show, anyone?). And Busiek is doing what a civilized writer does, getting upset with the way his name is being thrown around. Never care about Shattered Image but the Confessor storyarc of Astro City ranks Busiek in my opinion as one of the best comicdom writer.

Case Files: Sam & Twitch #5
November 2003
Al Simmons the Spawn makes one grand appearance in this spinoff - in a photo lineup. 25 issues and only one spawn appearance, sigh.

Sam & Twitch #26
November 2003
There are much to be lamented about the ending of this wonderful series but at least Spawn makes some interesting appearances (three) as compared to the solitary appearance in Case Files.

2002

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Spawn has been in the Top 10 Comics Preorder List since 1992. But in February 2001, it was knocked out from his lofty position and finished the year out of the Top 20. 2002 sadly continued the trend, by end of the year, it was out of the Top 30. For future research on Spawn figures however, this is a very good year indeed.

Spawn 114
January 2002
Ben Nakadai learned that his samurai ancestor is Isanagi Nakadai the Hellspawn.

Isanagi on his steed.

Spawn #115
February 2002
The future 2-Pack of "Simmons the Spawn vs Nakadai the Spawn".

Cerebus #276
March 2002
A parody of Spawn by Dave Sim. Cerebus is dressed up as Spore, King of all demons and there is a mention of a Todd McSpawn. In writing this issue, Dave Sims was supposedly hoping for a response from Todd McFarlane. The reviewer in theaxis.com thought that the joke is pointless and that if any joke is to be made about Spawn, it should be made before 1996.

Spawn: Book of the Dead
Originally scheduled for May 2002 along with a pewter edition of the Series 21 Raven Spawn. It was eventually released in December 2008.

Spawn #118
June 2002
In this issue, Simmons envision the lives of his predecessors, including two completely new characters. The one above is however not new, he is Lord Covenant from Spawn the Dark Ages and he kindly agree to a guest appearance in the main spawn series after his own ended in 2001.

The new characters are Ulrich Ulfson, a Viking Spawn.

and the first Arab Spawn, Harun al Majnun the Spawn.

Spawn #119
August 2002
The 'Spawn Convention' featuring the Legion of the Most Damned. There are many interesting varieties of Spawns and the one that gets promoted to the world of collectible figures is the Gunslinger Spawn. See Series 27 of March 2005. He would also starred in his own two-issue storyarc in 2008.

I like this conventioneer squatting like a Spiderman, all luminous and bright, a kind of Electro Spawn.

Two attentive participants with shiny armour mask.

This should be the same Harun that appeared in #118.

She-Spawn before Nyx.

Crab? Spider?

Spawn #120
October 2002
Cogliostro revealed he is Cain, the first murderer and the first Hellspawn. And yes he is also Malcus, Merlin and Faustus among others.

During the battle in hell, there is a particularly unsettling image of the demise of one of the Spawns. Click here for larger image. Not Suitable for Spawn Fans.

Spawn #121
December 2002
Cain usurped the throne of hell. Simmons the Spawn become two entities - Simmons and Spawn. Click here for a larger image of this beautiful all-black Spawn.

2000

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Spawn hits a milestone with #100 in November; one spinoff gone and yet another spinoff appeared.

Spawn Annual Volume 2
January 2000
The second annual (and the last) - Spawn Annual Volume 2 - Blood and Salvation concentrates, of all characters on the story of Daniel Llanso.

The writings are yet again, by Alan McElroy but the illustration this time is by Ashley Wood.

Deadpool Vol 1 #36
January 2000
Thanks to 'dan kane' from the spawn message board who brought this image of Deadpool in a Spawn costume up. In page 3, Deadpool was shopping for a suit - Spawn costume was among the rejects.

Spawn the Undead #9
February 2000
Spawn the Undead is Dead - In February 2000, Spawn the Undead comes to a halt with #9.

Aria & Angela #1: Heavenly Creatures Part 1
February 2000
Written by Brian Holguin and illustrated by Jay Anacleto. Spawn mementoes won by Angela when she chalked up Hellspawns kill appeared on the cover and in p15.

The loveliest part about this comic book has to be the Army of Angels and their unique way of displaying their spawn trophies.

Sam and Twitch #9
April 2000
Shadows of Spawn: Spawn is not seen but we know it got to be Spawn because of the cape. Thanks to 'McF-disciple08' (spawn message board) for the assist.

Spawn the Dark Ages #15
May 2000
Figures of Lord Covenant should include a cape as shown on this cover by Simon Davis. #15 also witnessed a new team: Steve Niles (writer) and Nat Jones (penciller).

Spawn the Dark Ages produced many wonderful arts for figurehood, one of my favourite is this Lord Covenant on his throne found in #15.

Spawn the Dark Ages #17
July 2000
Page 17 Art

Spawn #98
August 2000
Cyan clutching a Spawn doll - never did make it to the world of "action" figures. The cover of #98 did, in a successful MTCC exclusive edition release.

Hellspawn #1
August 2000
There was quite a fanfare for this spinoff as it is to be written by Brian Michael Bendis. Hellspawn #1 predates Bendis' marvel career which obviously make him even better known but a lot of comic fans have already heard of him through his detective genre comics. Spawn is not Torso or Goldfish though. "It's a horror comic," said Bendis, "one that preys on people's fears. We're also going to clearly delineate what the war between Heaven and Hell really means. And we'll be using some familiar characters, but they will be multilayered and presented in a new way." - spawn.com June 7 2000 -

The fortune of Spawn has been on a downward spiral with uninspiring storylines in the main series, the collectible figures were uninteresting and the movie failed to come out with a sequel. Hellspawn thus created a much needed excitement. The story invokes quite a mixed response, which is never a good thing - loyal fans stayed loyal whilst new fans are utterly confused by the plot. Readers were invoked to read and re-read it an issue to gain understanding and I did but I thought it is pretty silly cos' it is the old tale of converting the already converted...we loyalists are staying put. Anyway, I would prefer another Hellspawn besides Simmon. The drawings by Ashley Wood on the other hand is really a matter of acquired taste.

Steve Niles took over with #6 and I thought the storyline starts to make more sense with a structure that comes across as more coherent, by then it is a forlorn rescue effort...And in the illustration department, Ben Templesmith became part of the drawing team in #10 and officially took over the rein from Wood in #11. Sadly, the series ended in April 2003 with #16.

Vanguard: Ethereal Warriors
August 2000
Thanks to Colin ('murch' in Spawn Message Board) who shared his discovery of Spawn in this one-shot. The interior art is also provided by Colin and yes, it's b/w.

Aria & Angela: Heavenly Creatures Part 2
October 2000
Sadly, the only Spawn image is that of the logo on the cover.

Spawn #100
November 2000
The 100th - The 100th issue released in November 2000 features 6 different covers and here they are in alphabetical order of the artist's surname: Capullo, Mcfarlane, Mignola, Miller, Ross and Wood.

The synopsis: "While Wanda lies close to death, Spawn returns to the eighth level of Hell for a final showdown with a weakened Malebolgia. At the height of the conflict, Angela arrives to join in the battle. After mortally wounding Malebolgia and thinking him dead, Spawn and Angela prepare to escape; however, with his last breath, Malebolgia extracts Angela's lance and impales her with it. In a rage, Spawn decapitates Malebolgia with Angela's sword. Carrying Angela's lifeless body, Spawn delivers her to a host of angels who offer him forgiveness and redemption. He refuses this angelic pardon, but the angel who offers it can yet do one favor for Spawn: She appears in Wanda' hospital room and breathes new life into Wanda. Meanwhile, Spawn finally comes to terms with his place in the world."

Spawn the Dark Ages #21
November 2000
I like this cover by Ashley Wood, it is seriously scary and it would make a delightful figure.

And continuing the quest for more Art of Spawn - page 16 model.

2001

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In a reflection of the disappointment that Spawn failed to complete its story-telling at #100, the fans voted with their pockets. After nearly a decade in the Top 10 Comics Preorder List, Spawn lost its position on one black February 2001 when it exits the Top 10 and went on a freefall. By end of the year, it was not even in the Top 20.

Spawn the Dark Ages #22
January 2001
Before there was a Spawn-Not-Spawn in Spawn: Simony, there exists an almost Spawn and his name is Yagher Dien, a killer living in southern Ireland. Upon his death, he accepted the devil's condition and was cast back to Earth. He landed on a tree as a seedling waiting for Spawn formerly known as Lord Covenant to "die" so that he can take over.

Hellspawn #5
January 2001
The final issue to be penned by Bendis and featuring a cute Loch Ness Spawn poster plus...

that of Genghis Khan the Spawn. He has been mentioned since #1 but it is only in #5 that a drawing of him appeared.

Spawn #104 and Spawn #105 were both released in February 2001 - the month that marks Spawn making his exit from the Comic Preorder Top 10 List. Both #105 and Spawn #106 are written by Steve Niles. And more TMI, #106 is selected as the cover for Spawn Vol 6 tpb in September 2008.

Spawn the Dark Ages #24
March 2001
Continuing the quest for more figures to be made. Spawn the Dark Ages i024.

Hellspawn #7
April 2001
The transformation of Spawn into Raven Hellspawn - on the bottom right is written "...and a hellspawn is reborn". Spawn is not suffering from dissociative identity disorder, as explained by Steve Niles, Spawn manifests himself in many forms and this Raven undertaking is but one of his many alter egos and in this instance, the raven hellspawn identity lasted only a few issues.

Spawn the Dark Ages #28
October 2001
Bye Bye Iain - Spawn the Dark Ages ended its run. Interestingly, the official website has only 27 issues.

1999

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The Year of the Spinoffs - Curse of the Spawn kicked the bucket at #29 in March. Spawn the Dark Ages marks its entry in the same month. Spawn the Undead, the third spinoff was released in June and Sam & Twitch appeared in August. Spawn the monthly series meantime was pretty consistent, releasing a nice 12 issues plus and an annual.

Spawn Annual Volume 1
January 1999
The first Spawn Annual to be released, titled 'Blood and Shadow'. Written by Paul Jenkins and illustrated by Ashley Woods, it is sort of a predecessor to Spawn the Undead and frankly much more superior a product. This volume is apparently a favourite of Todd McFarlane.

Curse of the Spawn #29
March 1999
The Last of Curse - In March 1999, issue #29 marks the last issue of 'Curse', making way for Spawn the Dark Ages.

Spawn the Dark Ages #1
March 1999
Brian Holguin and Liam McCormack-Sharp teamed up in this second regular series spin-off with Spawn the Dark Ages in March 1999, hitting No.1 in its debut. The story centred around Lord Iain Covenant who in AD901 was killed in a holy crusade and returned as a Hellspawn - Spawn the Black Knight. The series lasted until October 2001 with issue #28. Oddly enough, spawn.com mentioned there are only 27 issues! As a collectible figure, he first appeared as the ultra-dull 'Spawn the Dark Ages i.023' of Series 24 in October 2003.

The first time I saw the Three Sisters, my first thought - gosh, are there a shortage of fabrics in 10th century Europe? But well, more Spawns in Spawndom (nice slave M on their bodies) and She-Spawns to boot, so why quibbles. Maybe these She-Spawns felt like giving those Angelic Warriors a challenge on the flesh sweepstake and I guess, with the majority of comic readers being hormonally challenged, it probably helps to sell comics...but by #3, those 'M' starts to disappear, darn, temporary tattoes, fake spawns.

This art would make a great horse set in future Spawn series.

Spawn the Dark Ages #2
April 1999
Cogliostro has earlier appeared in the final pages of #1 but here in Spawn the Dark Ages #2, he gives a proper introduction of himself.

Spawn the Dark Ages #3
May 1999
Lord Covenant with Cogliostro - both incidentally shared the title of Black Knight! Check out the hot blue pants of Covenant.

Spawn the Undead #1
June 1999
In June 1999, the start of the third spin-off monthly series: Spawn the Undead. Written by Beau Smith and Paul Jenkins with illustrations by Dwayne Turner, The idea of Spawn as Guardian of the Damned works pretty well in Spawn Annual Volume 1: Blood and Shadow but monthly series...nah, I would choose Robert Wilson over wordy comics anytime. Nine issues later in February 2000, it went kaput.

Spawn the Dark Ages #6
August 1999
This issue has one of the best Spawn yet. He is nameless but he looks like he is from Pompeii.

Immaculata the nun recalled this nameless 'Pompeii Spawn' in #6. He is her last kill as a Seraphic Huntress, one that brought regrets as she unwittingly levelled the city (Pompeii?) in AD79. There is no mention of the city's name and I am speculating of course since Brian Holguin, the writer of Dark Ages did not mention the name of the city. The background images however are definitely that of a Roman city. That Pompeii is known to engage in phallic worship is probably an unconscious reason why Immaculata choose to level it :0

Sam and Twitch #1
August 1999
Brian Michael Bendis did an excellent job with this regular series spinoff in August 1999. It was by far the best in the Image lineup in 1999. Spawn made a shadowy appearance on the rooftop in page 4, one of the easiest guest appearance ever!

Spawn the Dark Ages #7
September 1999
A similar pose adopted by Al Simmons the Spawn but instead of skull, it is a mask.

Also in the same issue, Immaculata recalled more Spawns that she has destroyed.

Spawn the Undead #4
September 1999
Spawn the Undead is pretty boring, not a single new Spawn except for this pretty yucky Spawn wannabe - Reverend Song Sung Bloo.

Sam & Twitch #4
November 1999
Sam & Twitch #4 marks the second appearance of Spawn in this spin-off. He would not appear again for the rest of the series after being rudely told to back off by Sam.

1998

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Curse of the Spawn #16
January 1998
In the early pages of #16, there is an appearance of another Hellspawn. A nameless Hellspawn who regards himself as the most powerful hellspawn.

Al Simmons making a guest appearance (only his second in this spinoff series) as a new arrival in Hell.

"During the arrival of Al Simmons, Abdiel is just about to attack Malebolgia when he is summoned back by Cheriour. Infuriated, he asks God if he is doing His will. With a resounding "NO" from God, he is cast into Hell, set up by Malebolgia." Synopsis from the official site of Curse of the Spawn #16 from January 1998.

The last page of issue #16 shows Abdiel in a Spawn costume and although it is claimed that despite the symbiont, he is neither for heaven nor earth, it doesn’t matter does it...he got the 'M' of Spawn...but not the rounded balloon that enveloped a speech that you see when a Spawn talks.

Curse of the Spawn #17
February 1998
This issue starts the three-issue story by Alan McElroy about Mafia boss, Antonio Twistelli. It has nothing to do with Spawn per se but for those who love the gossip rags, well these three issues were never published in both the two runs of Curse of the Spawn trade paperbacks due to the lawsuit initiated by Tony Twist, a former professional ice hockey player over the depiction of his name. The legal suit came to an end in 2007 when Twist accepts a $5m settlement, a far cry from the original $24.5m awarded to him by a jury in 2000.

Spawn: The Book of Souls
February 1998
The title is new but this February 1998's issue is almost an entire reprint of stuff from the Spawn Bible.

Spawn #71
April 1998
Please, this got to be made into a 2-Pack: "Spawn vs Wolfram the Vampire". The image is from page 19 of Spawn #71. This is also the issue that Brian Holguin shared writing credits with Todd McFarlane. Check out the larger images here.

Altered Image #1
April 1998
Jim Valentino penned this three-issue mini-series of superheroes and heroines from Image caught in a time warp and character alteration due to the power of a little girl's dream. The six characters involved are Mr Majestic, The Maxx, Savage Dragon, Shadowhawk, Spawn and Witchblade.

Total Eclipse One
April 1998
The image above is that of Daniel Llanso the Spawn. His second appearance after the initial four 4-issue storyarc of Curse of the Spawn.

A personal history of eclipse comics by Beau Smith. "Total Eclipse One was the new "Bible" for most of those Eclipse characters, Airboy, Skywolf, The Black Terror, The Heap, Valkyrie, Misery and others. Ted Adams, who was then VP of Entertainment of TMP and now-IDW Publishing President, and I, worked up a rather large publishing business plan for not only the Eclipse characters, but the Spawn characters as well. Under Todd's suggestions, we revamped the Eclipse characters for this new character bible. We then offered this book as a limited, direct market retail incentive (one of the first) for retailers. We published roughly 3,000 copies BUT, only 1,000 got stapled and produced as comic books. The other 2,000 were "guts", interior pages that we were going to eventually produce into comics and or use as company manuals for creators once the new publishing banner was established. That didn't happen. Todd's mind changed on producing more characters as well as some lawsuits that are now pretty common knowledge. Stuff happens.It doesn't change the fact that there were only 1,000 copies of Total Eclipse One produced and put into circulation. Most of the "guts issues" were thrown away, destroyed or are laying around in a box somewhere. As a side note, Total Eclipse One had a Miracleman "Easter Egg" placed in it. Besides the comic book being very rare, this also adds a little more rarity to its air. When you do find a copy of Total Eclipse One, you'll usually find it pretty cheap at around $2.50. This is because most folks don't realize what they have." Excerpt taken from ComicsBulletin.

Curse of the Spawn #20
May 1998
This story by Alan McElroy (illustrated by Dwayne Turner) in Curse of the Spawn #20 (May 1998) is about the complicated and incestous world at Olympus. Zeus killed his father Cronus, a Titan and seized the throne. The King of Gods however learned that Cronus has another son named Raenius. Raenius was a boy living with the Centaurs when Zeus exterminated all of them. Malebolgia gives Raenius a chance at revenge, thus was born Raenius the Hellspawn. Together with Medusa and Zeus, Raenius the Hellspawn appeared in Series 13 (April 1999) as a collectible figure.

Spawn #73
June 1998
This is a cover waiting to be made into collectible figure - "The Heap vs Spawn", heck, subtitled it as The Heap vs Al Gore. For those who never did read #73, the Heap is made up of rubbish discarded by mankind.

Curse of the Spawn #21
June 1998
The conclusion to the two-issue arc about Raenius the Hellspawn.

Raenius and his queen, Medusa get to enjoy the fruits of their labour.

Altered Image #2
June 1998
As the title suggest, the characters were altered continously:

Savage Dragon becomes Dragon Spawn and Shadowhawk becomes Shadow Spawn.

And at the end of the issue , Valentino re-introduced Medieval Spawn. If you failed to keep score of his appearances, well, here's a review:

1. Spawn #9
Neil Gaiman created Medieval Spawn to show off the prowess of Angela

2. Spawn #14 and #15
The Clown told of his battle with the Medieval Spawn

3. Angela #1
Medieval Spawn is shown as a wall plaque in Angela's trophy room

4. Medieval Spawn Toy Comic
A happier Medieval Spawn

5. Medieval Spawn/Witchblade
A heartbroken Medieval Spawn

6. Spawn Bible
Medieval Spawn has a name, he is Sir John of York

7. Altered Image #2
A dreamscape appearance

Curse of the Spawn #22
July 1998
This issue has the same kind of story that makes nerds love Spider-Man. A bespectacled and geeky looking Ryan Hatchett becomes a Zombie when he committed suicide. He met the Freak who knighted him Executioner of the Dead. Hatchett also fought Zombie Spawn because the latter wanted to eat his girlfriend, Suzette. Suzette who looks like a super-model is the girlfriend of Ryan Hatchett? Oh please. More of it in Guide to Zombie Spawn.

Altered Image #3
August 1998
In the final issue released in August 1998, as the six walked closer and closer to the dreamer, they kept transforming into other comic characters and I have yet to identify the following:

Daring Escapes #1
September 1998
This 4-issue series trace its origin from the 2-story arc of Harry Houdini and Spawn in #19 and #20. Written by Andy Grosberg and Tom Orzechowski and illustrated by Alan Weiss and Arthur Nichols, Spawn appeared in page 3 of the first issue during Houdini's recollection of his time spent with him.

Spawn #77
October 1998
Cogliostro stripping down to show Al Simmons the Spawn his "slave" marking in #77...

...and mentioned in passing the name of Spawn's more illustratious forebear: Count Novia of Illyria. Illyria is in today's western part of the Balkan peninsula. Incidentally, there is a famous Count of Illyria who would make a very appropriate Spawn given its theme of love loss: Orsino in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Curse of the Spawn #25
October 1998
In this 11th storyline of Curse of the Spawn, we were introduced to yet another nerd - Harley who is possessed by Angel the Hellspawn (he is on the cover), a very destructive Spawn indeed. How I wish that McFarlane Toys turn this ironically named character into a figure.

Sonic Super Special #7
4th Quarter 1998
Sonic of course refers to Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends that littered his comics - Knuckles and the Freedom Fighters. Sonic Super Special is published quarterly by Archie Comics, written by Ken Penders and illustrated by Jim Valentino. This is a crossover issue and thus the obligatory appearance of Spawn, Savage Dragon, Shadowhawk...etc. Besides the cover, Spawn also appeared in the centrespread plus TWO panels! This is a 48-page comics! Abysmal when you compared the panel counts racked up by Shadowhawk and Savage Dragon. His is the typical Spawn frequently portrayed in other crossovers, the guy with the perpetual constipated look - sour and humourless. Not many writers are able to bring this sourpuss character smoothly into their world, so it is not unusual to find him frequently passed over.

1997

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This is of course a big year, what with the movie and the HBO animated series. In the comic front however, the momentum again failed, no more bi-monthly, 1997 ended with only 11 issues at #67 and Curse of the Spawn at #15.

Mars Attacks Image #2
January 1997
Spawn appeared very briefly in #1 and failed to appear in the storyline of the second issue. For an Image crossover edition, Spawn's contribution is rather limited. He did appeared however on the cover and on the centre-page pinup (above image on right).

Mars Attacks Image #3
February 1997
The moody Spawn appeared again very briefly in an encounter with Shadowhawk in this third issue.

Mars Attacks Image #4
April 1997
Again, Spawn's contribution is minimal to the extreme. In the final issue, his only appearance is in the image above, looking pensive as the Martians depart.

Curse of the Spawn #9
May 1997
Angela was featured in a 3-issue arc starting with #9 in May 1997. This Alan McElroy's story is acknowledged as an integration with the main series through Spawn #62.

Spawn: Movie Adaptation
June 1997
In line with the first and only (thus far) Spawn movie is the publication of this 42-page comic. We learned through both the movie and this adaptation that Cogliostro the Spawn is a 15th century assassin.

Curse of the Spawn #10
June 1997
Thanks to the presence of Angela, Al Simmons' Spawn marks a rare appearance in this spinoff.

Spawn the Novel
September 1997
Okay, this is about comics but I got to include the novel written by Rob MacGregor in this list. Words, after all, can be more illustrative than a graphic novel...although in this case, the novel was generally panned by critics.

Warrior Nun Areala and Glory #1
September 1997
Thanks to 'tablehead' from Spawn message board who alerted me of the presence of a Spawn in this crossover between Warrior Nun Areala and Glory. The writer parodied Todd McFarlane and Spawn. The Spawn in question is Rod McLarsen the Demonspawn who become a rich and powerful comics writer after selling his soul to Gorath.

Curse of the Spawn #15
December 1997
Alan McElroy's take on blind obedience in this 2-issue story starring the First Angel, Abdiel.

No Name #0
1997
No Name is an Italian comic written by Davide Barzi and illustrated by Oskar. There are five issues, #0 was released in 1997 whilst the rest appeared between 2000 and 2004. In an interview in April 2001 with John Scalambra (stradanove.net), Barzi acknowledged that this is a clear parody of Spawn. The series is intended as a parody of superheroes and the title is taken from the name of the main character, a Japanese superhero named Masakatsu no Name.

Masakatsu no Name, an aspiring superhero was killed in his very first mission and returned from the dead to start an adventures spoofing superheroes. Oskar, who list McFarlane as one of two artists that inspires him has the main character attired with lots of chain and long long cape.

First saw this character in superherointernational.co.uk and have it google translated in davidebarzi.blogspot and wikipedia.

1996

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Spawn a bi-monthly? It started brightly but Image was unable to sustain it. By end of 1996, instead of the expected 24 issues, there are only 17 published. Spawn hits the 50th issue in this year and the first spinoff titled Curse of the Spawn appeared. And check out the month of August, it got to be quite a record considering the number of appearances that Spawn made.

Spawn/WildC.A.T.S #1
January 1996
Thanks to a godlike creature called Chiming Fire who makes an amulet that would turn the world topsy-turvy, Wildstorm and Image got together for a four-issue crossover mini-series between Spawn and WildC.A.T.S titled 'Devil's Day' written by regular guest writer - Alan Moore and pencilled by Scott Clark.

WildC.A.T.S refer to a Covert Action Team of superheroes that worked for Wildstorm Publishing :). In the first issue, there is the mandatory misunderstandings between superheroes that resulted in fist-fights before the "oh-big-understanding" kind of reconciliation. In this instance, we have Maul vs Spawn.

This is incidentally Moore's fourth Spawn-related tale after Spawn #8, Violator mini-series and Spawn: Blood Feud.

Spawn/WildC.A.T.S #2
February 1996
Spawn and the WildC.A.T.S travelled to the future to stop a dastardly Spawn known as Ipissimus that is ruling future world. I have to admit I rather like the illustration of Spawn by Scott Clark. In one of the endcap section of Spawn comics, it was mentioned that 'Future Spawn', a collectible figure is to be the model of the bad Spawn in this mini-series...it is a blessing that Ipissimus got the role instead.

Chapel Vol 2 #6
February 1996
Continuing the team-up of Spawn and Chapel from Chapel II #5.

Glory & Angela #1: Angel in Hell
March 1996
Angela and the Hellspawn badge that she wored as a ear-ring appeared in two pages of this comic book. Ironically, the badge did not appeared on the cover and yes, the devil is trying his best to charm Angela.

Spawn/WildC.A.T.S #3
March 1996
The combined team finally found Ipissimus, the Spawn responsible for all the problems. Wonder if Ipissimus the Spawn would ever made it to figurehood stardom. Click here for larger image.

Spawn/WildC.A.T.S #4
April 1996

Al Simmons the Spawn fought Ipissimus the Spawn in what promise would be a delightful boxset...that is, if Alan Moore, Wildstorms, Image, McFarlane...etc would agree to its making. Click here for larger image.

Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #1
May 1996
Told you the legend of Medieval Spawn just wouldn't die. In May 1996, Garth Ennis penned this delightful crossover with Top Cow's Witchblade in a three-issue mini-series pencilled by Brendon Peterson among others. One of my favourite Spawn story yet. He is again nameless but altogether quite a different Medieval Spawn. A preview of this issue was mentioned in Ripclaw II #5 (April 1996). Click here for larger image.

Celestine
May 1996
Celestine #1 featured an interesting tapestry of spawn logo and when I thought that was about it as to the appearance of Spawn, along comes...

three spawns hidden in page 7. There are no huge boobs in this page, so you can concentrate on searching for our hellspawns without distraction - zoom in to the right of the page, you would see a gathering of three spawns.

Spawn #50
June 1996
The 50th Issue aka The Conclusion to the Shoelaced Face! - In this double-size issue of June 1996, Spawn finally lose his shoelace (the one on his face remember) when he drained his power to cure Terry Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald in return did Spawn a favour by pulling that shoelace off his face. This unwashed shoelace would eventually end up with Cyan. Cyan and that shoelace turn my stomach and I got a pretty strong stomach! But fear not, I am sure Wanda give that shoelace a good scrub.

Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #2
June 1996

The Dragon #4
June 1996
The Dragon #4 reprints much of The Savage Dragon #3. See December 1992.

Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #3
July 1996
The final copy of this delightful mini-series. It would be a lovely day when Ennis did a spawn mini-series with his customary violence and sex addled theme.

Spawn #52
August 1996
The crossover issue with Savage Dragon (also see below issue). And yes, there is the obligatory fight scene between our violent superheroes.

Savage Dragon #30
August 1996
Savage Dragon turned up in Spawn #52 to receive a beating while in this issue of Savage Dragon #30, Spawn turned up to screw him! That's fair! Well at least in this issue, the meet-up between two superheroes does not result in a mindless brawl...hey, I think Larsen is actually the first writer in this collection guide not to engage his heroes in a senseless fight! Good for you, Mr Larsen.

Spawn Bible
August 1996
Illustrated by Greg Capullo and released in August 1996, Spawn Bible contains descriptions of the major characters in Spawn the monthly series. Written by Todd McFarlane, Beau Smith, Tom Orzechowski and Andrew Grossberg, we learned among other U.F.I that Cogliostro is also known as Count Alessandro di Cogliostro

and that Medieval Spawn does have a name - Sir John of York. Click here for larger image.

Spawn FAN Edition #1
August 1996
Released in August 1996, Spawn FAN Edition #1 is a miserly 8-page short story inserted into Overstreet's FAN #16. Written by Beau Smith and pencilled by Brad Gorby, it features the very FIRST Spawn story that was inspired by a Spawn collectible figure. The latter in question is Series 5's Viking Spawn released in July 1996. Larger images of Nordik here.

In this story, Malebolgia relates a tale of this very bad Spawn named Nordik the Norse Hellspawn. This Hellspawn is considered by Malebolgia as a benchmark to which other Spawns, in particular Al Simmons the Spawn who appeared in the opening page, are measured.

Shattered Image #1
August 1996
Spawn co-starred in this four-issue mini-series written by Kurt Busiek and Barbara Kesel and illustrated by Tony S. Daniel called Shattered Image in August 1996. The time space continuum problems faced by the superheroes in this mini-series is an allegory of the split between the Image founders. One earth splits into 6 sub-earths blah blah blah. Kurt Busiek is one of my favourite writer (the wonderful 'Astro City') but this mini-series is quite a drag. In the first issue, Spawn makes ONE grand appearance in ONE panel. Besides Spawn, Tony Twist and Clown also made cameo appearances.

StormWatch #38
August 1996
Part of a series collected under Force of Nature storyarc (#37 to #42) written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Tom Raney. StormWatch first appeared in March 1993, published by the aptly named WildStorm. It is a story about a group of superheroes sponsored by the United Nations. Stormwatch ended its run with #50 in July 1997. Spawn was a guest star, appearing at the Skywatch lounge in page 13.

Spawn #53
September 1996
Inside the pages of Spawn #53 are collectible figures just begging to be sculpted - "Al Simmons the Spawn vs Billy Kincaid the Spawn" in page 6! Check out images of Billy.

Spawn FAN Edition #2
September 1996
Oversteet would go on to insert two more Spawn FAN editions into their guide. Here is Spawn FAN Edition #2 inserted into Overstreet's FAN #17 of September 1996. In Part 2, Malebolgia the motivational speaker continued the story of how Nordik the Norse Hellspawn comes about - a Viking raider killed by McFallon the Dragon Master. In an interview, Beau Smith described McFallon as a "mysterious mountain man of the Alps..." The name sounded very un-Alpine though...

Curse of the Spawn #1
September 1996
The FIRST SPINOFF of Spawn. Many mistakenly identified this monthly series as that about a second Spawn character called Daniel Llanso (originally promoted as Daniel Lanzo). It is not, Llanso only featured in the initial four-story arc from #1 to #4.

Daniel Llanso the Hellspawn as the Post-Apocalyptic Spawn returned to Earth to witness a battle between earthlings and demons. The Anti-Pope, allying with the forces of evil, stands at the threshold of victory. He finally sided with the earthlings because of his sister Madrid and nephew. This is a rather weak story and I am glad it ended in four issues. (There are a lot of readers who love it of course but to each their own). I also discovered that it was never meant to last only four issues but was supposed to be four issues worth of background tale so that a longer series can proceed from it. It is quite a struggle attaching an inking of liking to any of the characters. The story by Alan McElroy (the same fantastic scriptwriter of HBO Spawn animated series) is wordy and tedious, too much research and cramming of materials, whilst the drawings by Clayton Crain is...to use a better word...messy. Meanwhile, Llanso gets to make his debut in collectible stardom under Series 8 in June 1997.

Notwithstanding the first four issues, the concept for Curse of the Spawn is great; it explores the stories of other Spawn caught with this curse but sadly the whole series expired by #29 in March 1999...Spawn #165 would fit in so nicely here. Incidentally for a series that is supposed to explore the mythos of other Spawns, I counted only a grand total of five other Spawns in this series.

Gen 13 #13B
September 1996
To commemorate the Number 13 issue in Gen 13, three separate issues were published: 13A, 13B and 13C. Spawn makes a cameo appearance among many other characters in this story of Grunge in #13B written by Brendan Choi, J. Scott Campbell and Jim Lee and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell.

Spawn FAN Edition #3
October 1996
It is so sad that the three issues of this FAN edition put together consist of only 24 pages, darn...I always enjoy stories of Spawn from the dark ages. Wish Beau Smith wrote this into a series instead. In this third and final issue released in October 1996, Malebolgia spoke of heaven's response to this spawn who is causing havoc on earth, albeit a very small part of Earth. And Heaven's response? An Angel Enforcer in First Nation's attire named Mercy.

Shattered Image #2
October 1996
Savant is gathering superheroes to prevent the splitting up but Spawn refuses to join them. As far as Spawn is concerned, is this splitting up of the world of any benefits to him, especially in his quest to reunite with Wanda.

Shattered Image #3
October 1996
In the third issue, he lurks around like a stalker wondering what should be his next course of action.

Spawn the Impaler #1
October 1996
I am too quick to proclaim that I like Spawn from the dark ages because this mini-series is definitely an exception. This three-issue story written and pencilled by Mike Grell is fine, being a precursor to another monthly series spinoff Spawn the Dark Ages and all that. But comics is such a wonderful visual medium and the art here is unattractive and distracting, especially the facial expression of the 'actors'. The saving grace to this mini-series is the appearance of another Spawn, Spawn the Impaler formerly Prince Vlad III, son of Vlad Dracul from Wallachia, Romania who was killed as he led his tiny army against the Muslim hordes from Turkey. See images of the Impaler here.

Spawn the Impaler #2
November 1996
And wouldn't you believe it, Spawn the Impaler has a shoe-laced stitched-up face ala Al Simmons! Can you blame his lady-love for screaming EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

DV8 #2
November 1996
DV8, acronym for 'the deviants' is a group of superheroes created by Wildstorm. Spawn appeared in a bar-fight in p14 and p15 in this issue written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Humberto Ramos.

Spawn the Impaler #3
December 1996
This story, promising as it is, is weakened by the illustrations. Are those water colour comic or photographic comic?

Shattered Image #4
December 1996
Spawn and the gang managed to ward off Entropy, the author of this crisis. This issue also contained Spawn on the cover and there are references to superheroes from other publishing houses.

Mars Attack Image #1
December 1996
Spawn co-starred in this four-issue mini-series re-creating the popular movie written by Keith Giffen and illustrated by Andy Smith and Bill Sienkiewicz in December 1996. The cliff-hanger ended with a spectacular "Next Issue: The Death of Spawn! Just Kidding..."!

Wizard Tribute Edition: Spawn
1996
An entire magazine dedicated to Spawn. A very interesting article 'Spawn's World' by Matthew Brady mentioned that the naive Medieval Spawn that fall so easily in the hands of Angela in Spawn #9 is the same Medieval Spawn who fought Violator and shared an adventure with Witchblade. Really!

This tribute in the process also created a new Spawn in Alfie Simmons the Li'l Spawnling.

1995

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Spawn #27
January 1995
Spawn did a Joseph - Spawn starts the new year by resurrecting a bum killed in the local gang war, weakening himself by draining his limited power...but spare some power to heal his face, NOOOOO, the shoelace stays!

Angela #2
January 1995
In the second issue of the Angela mini-series, we get to see more of Angela's trophy room. We know that Malebolgia recruit Spawns from all dimensions, so aside from humans, there are robots, aliens and in this case, an anonymous Giant Spawn.

Spawn, Al Simmons the Spawn that is, also appeared as a Spiked Spawn and this is before the 1997 Movie when Spawn first appeared with spikes all over him! Click here for larger image.

Gaiman is quite circumspect about this scene in the final page of Angela #2. So, are they snuggling up to keep warm or is it a prelude to a sexual encounter of the most yucky kind! Angela, bless her, needs a very strong stomach to tolerate that face.

Supreme #23
January 1995
Second appearance of Spawn in a Supreme comics and unlike his first appearance in Supreme #15, this visit was brief and happens only in the final page.

Radioactive Man #1000
January 1995
A parody of the comics industry, notably Image. Spawn did not appeared per se but there are a lot of oblique references of him. On the cover, Radioactive Man is tripping on his overly long cape ala Spawn and there is also a "Prawn" character who lives in an alley with homeless people. For more detailed annotations of Image and Spawn in this issue, go to Radioactive Man #1000 where I have scanned and added images from the issue.

Angela #3
February 1995
As mentioned, Spawn appeared in all the three issues of the Angela mini-series. The end issue of this interesting tale of Angela and her guest star.

Badrock and Company #6
February 1995
Spawn appeared in this issue on the final page...I lost count on the number of times Spawn appeared on the final page of a crossover...in this case, Badrock and Company #6 continues with Shadowhawk #17. I learned of Spawn appearance in this issue through 'Murch' from the Spawn Message Board.

Chapel I #1
February 1995
Brian Stinson aka Chapel reflect on his life, including his role in killing his best friend - Al Simmons. As a keepsake of those memory, he kept a photograph of the Hellspawn with him in bed.

Spawn #29
March 1995
Angela-Spawn Continuity - The Angela mini-series is recognised as a continuity in the main series. In this issue, Spawn is now back on Earth after his foray in Heaven.

Shadowhawk Vol 3 #17
March 1995
The second appearance of Spawn in the Shadowhawk Universe of Jim Valentino. This issue is a continuation from Badrock and Company #6. This issue is particularly Spawn-centric, never seen a crossover where Spawn plays such an important co-starring role, as a matter of fact Valentino dedicated this issue to Todd McFarlane, referring to him as his inspiration.

Spawn #30
April 1995
No Stitching Up? - In Spawn #30, Spawn got a bullet hole in his cranium courtesy of the KKK. In an illustration of selective surgery, the wound was somehow healed without the aid of shoelaces.

Spawn #31
May 1995
How Spawn survive - If you notice, more often than not, Spawn managed to survive purely through luck. In this issue, he is easily defeated by the Redeemer but instead of finishing him off, the Redeemer teleports himself away with Bobby, the bum that Spawn brought back to life! This reminds me of all those good guys vs bad guys movie where the bad guys just wouldn't killed the good guys off for good. You know, the classic "I am going to tie you to the sidings of the railway tracks...".

Operation: Knightstrike #1
May 1995
The appearance in Operation: Knightstrike is that of the human form of Spawn - Al Simmons. He is part of a group of elite soldiers codenamed Knightstrike. The story, written by Brian Witten and illustrated by Richard Horie is about the recruitment of these bad boys and having them fought the Russians in Afghanistan. Simmons is able to appear because the storyline is set in 1986 and anyway, the story of Simmons is secondary as compared to that of Battlestone and Chapel. This series is not part of the official continuity, it would be ridiculous if it is since Simmons is such an insignificant character that he would fly under the radar of Malebolgia's watch.

Spawn #32
June 1995
Ka-mate Ka-mate Ka-ora Ka-ora - Spawn discard the gaudy colour of a red ribcage suit to that of an all-black suit.

Angela: Ocean of Evil. Vessel of the Doomed
June 1995
A 16-page one-shot of Angela written by Beau Smith and illustrated by Brad Gorby appeared as a promotional item together with Spawn #32.

Two Spawns appeared in this short story. Aside from Al Simmons' Spawn, we are introduced to Cut Throat the Pirate Spawn. This Captain of the Damned is the inspiration for the Pirate Spawn's collectible figure of Series 21 (Feb 2002). Click here for larger images of Cut-Throat.

Operation: Knightstrike #2
June 1995
The continued appearance of Al Simmons, very minor role.

Spawn: Blood Feud #1
June 1995
A four-issue mini-series written by Alan Moore (yet again) and illustrated by Tony Daniel and Kevin Conrad. We learned that the symbiote suit of Spawn is called K7 Leetha and that there is a very powerful vampire called John Sansker who aims to put his Hong Kong masterplan in action in 2010.

Continuity
This mini-series has been acknowledged as part of the main story's continuum. Hope they remember that in 2010.

The Deadly Duo Vol 2 #1
June 1995
The duo here referred to Kill-Cat and Kid Avenger. Here, in the launch of Volume 2 Issue 1, the duo battled Fusion who tried to take out a bum from Spawn's alley. The image of the inside art is that of Kill-Cat dressed in Spawn costume w/o the chains. Check out those bug eyes, how spidermanesque can one get? This second series of Deadly Duo is written by Erik Larsen and Gary Carlson and illustrated by John Cleary. There are altogether four issues in this second volume.

Operation: Knightstrike #3
July 1995
I am not sure if this is meant to be a mini-series or another botched monthly series but there are only three issues to date. #3 ended with the usual cliff-hanger but there is no #4. Simmons is a minor character in this team of elite soldiers...so minor that it makes you wonder why Malebolgia selects him and not let's said Battlestone.

Spawn: Blood Feud #2
July 1995
Continuing the saga of Spawn by Alan Moore. Spawn decided to divorce K7 Leetha.

Spawn: Dead End
July 1995
A 12-page one-shot written by Eldon Asp that is contained inside the boardgame manufactured by Pressman Toys called 'Spawn the Game'. There is no mention of the month of release so July 1995 is a guess. I wrote to Pressman Toys and they have no idea of the date of release too. Thanks to 'mikec8785' from the Spawn message board who clarified that the story contained here is exactly the same as that of the Dec 1994 toy comic found with Spawn Alley Action Playset. The only two differences being that, firstly the original toy comic contained 3 pages of preview to 'Spawnmobile' whilst this copy has 5 pages of rules on the boardgame and secondly, the cover is a 1995 art by John Cleary.

Spawn: Blood Feud #3
August 1995

Spawn: Blood Feud #4
September 1995
The conclusion to Spawn vs Sansker.

Spawn #39
December 1995
In the pin-up section by Brad Gorby, a female spawn appeared next to Al and at the bottom, it said that Deathknell is the property of TM.

Chapel Vol 2 #5
December 1995
This is the second volume of Chapel produced by Extreme Studios (Image Comics) written by Robert Napton and Brian Witten and illustrated by Calvin Irving with Richard Horie and Dietrich Smith. The story continues from Youngblood where Chapel killed himself in order to gain the power of Spawn. If you need a reminder on unimaginative and regurgitated plots, check out this issue:

1. The Destroy Earth Scenario? Check.
Lord Chapel, a bad demon (that sounds so oxymoronic) wanted to destroy Planet Earth.

2. Team Up? Check.
Spawn and Chapel team up to confront Lord Chapel and save Earth.

3. Let's Fight Before We Become Good Buddy? Check.
Before any team up of superheroes (or wrestlers), it is absolutely crucial that there is a slugfest.

This second volume of Chapel lasted seven issues. The image of Spawn shown above is that of a back cover.

Marvel Riot #1
December 1995
A one-shot issue by Marvel spoofing the Age of Apocalypse storyline. Spawn (no name mentioned of course and showing only his back) is seen standing in the queue with Marvel characters like Spider-Man and Captain America demanding an end to crossovers.

And in Conclusion
13 issues were released in 1994 alone, quite an achievement and it was declared that henceforth starting December 1995, Spawn would become bi-monthly.