From current issues to backissue comics, guest appearances and miniseries, here you will find cover images, publication information, issue synopsis, and more. Mar 12, 2020 yes spawn is the most powerful image comics character. Superstar artist and image cofounder, todd mcfarlane, creates a character who has gone on to inspire a major motion picture, an hbo animated series, numerous spinoff comic series, and one of the most successful toylines of all time. Since that time, spawn has shown up on all sorts of bestof lists an. Todd mcfarlane has revealed that the upcoming film adaptation for his comic book character spawn will be casting soon, after the script was recently gr. A large part of background story in spawn is told through news anchors throughout the comic books. Comics, where he would debut the ultraviolent hit character spawn. Now on a quest to rid the world of evil, pain and suffering, spawn begins his own war on the very things that created him. As for the trailer, this is basically every spawn fans dream. Please check your local comic shop for copies of this issue. Since his creation way back in todd mcfarlanes intense antihero spawn has been a solid force in the comic book industry. Spawn is the first comic book character announced to appear in the series as a playable guest character, and the second comic book character after the joker to be a playable guest character. He takes spawn around thealternate realm showing him images of home, hell and more. Resurrected from the ashes of his own grave in a flawed agreement with the powers of darkness, simmons is reborn as a creature from the depths of hell.
The reality for logan is that spawn out powers him in every other way. Thus simmons becomes spawn, a demonic weapon of destruction. Today, netherrealm studios finally debuted the first gameplay trailer for spawn, the final character in mortal kombat 11s kombat pack. Cerebus the aardvark takes spawn on a surreal journey and exploration about the politics of the comic industry and the rights of creators. Featuring uncredited guestappearances by superman and many major characters from the world of comic books arms reaching through prison bars. You are getting a bunch of moves and maneuvers youve only ever seen in comic book form. The spawnworld books library attempts to list every spawn related publication worldwide. He does have a few friends and allies, namely a frenemy angel called angela figures but she died in the final battle with malebolgia, so that leaves spawn with little to no allies left. The 100 most influential pages in comic book history vulture. Hiroshi kitamura one of the lost souls within spawn. Albert al francis simmons sold his soul to malebolgia, one of the many rulers of the hell, in. Spawn often features both military and otherworldly weaponry and paraphernalia. It should be noted that he always refers to himself in 3rd person. The series has spun off several other comics, including angela, curse of the spawn.
The main character in the series, spawn, is himself a hellspawn. Angela is a fictional superhero created by author neil gaiman and artist todd mcfarlane. The whole idea is that spawn is one of the few comic book heroes who hasnt sold out, changed over to a new artist, or been given fifty different continuities, and the superhero industry needs him to keep going and keep himself pure. Comic book resources confirmed on march 21, 20 that neil gaiman was. Violator also referred to at times as the violator is a fictional supervillain, who appears in the spawn comic books published by image comics. For all of his abilities, wolverine simply doesnt have depth of abilities to take down someone like spawn. Satan is one of the main antagonists alongside malebolgia and mammon of the spawn comics. Spawn is pretty much a loner for most of his time in his own selfcontained comic book universe. Spawnworld is the largest spawn resource in the world. However, in fairly recent times, the true face of satan has risen he is the supreme. You can also connect with others in the comic industry to further and enhance everyones comic experience. Without the scarcity factor, collectible value cannot follow, because. Description the hellspawn are controlled by malebolgia, the supreme master of hell, and are mainly used as an officer corps for his army of hell, although they were not created by malebolgia and existed before him.
He appears as a guest character in the xbox version of soulcalibur ii, he is also included in both the xbox 360 and playstation 3 online hd ports, along. Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by image comics. Malebolgia agrees, and returns simmons to the living realm, but stripped of nearly all his memories, with a. This reading order contains all the essential and recommended comic book issues for you to enjoy spawn. Spawn has always been something ive wanted to get into, but have felt too overwhelmed. Created by todd mcfarlane, the character first appeared in spawn. Spawn was ranked 60th on wizard magazines list of the top 200 comic book characters of all time, 50th on empire magazines list of the 50 greatest comic book characters, and 36th on igns 2011 top 100 comic book heroes.
Featuring remastered cover art from creator todd mcfarlane, spawn. When he sees a vision of his wife, he recalls making a deal with a demon to return. From current issues to backissue comics, guest appearances and miniseries, here you will. Comic book realm use our database to track your comic. Frankly he is the most powerful comic book character ive ever known. Is spawn the most powerful character in the image comic. In the comics, twitch is paired with detective sam burke, with sam serving as. Naturally, players will have a number of different looks to. Spawn was ranked 60th on wizard magazines list of the top 200 comic book characters of all time, 50th on empire magazines list of the 50 greatest comic book characters and recently. First appearance of anti spawn guide watch 1994 26 sales 9. Spawn comicsdc comicscomics for saleimage comicscomic book characterscomic charactercomic bookscastlevania lord of shadowblack.
The stories and artwork that laid the groundwork for the most successful independent comic book ever published. While she was initially from image comics spawn, this page will only be focused on her appearance in the marvel universe. Spawn is a comic book telling the story of commando al simmons, who is betrayed by cia spook jason wynn and murdered by his friend and teammate chapel later retconned as priest, a distaff counterpart of chapel. Spawn might be one of the few comic book characters with a healing factor as robust as wolverines. Aldrif odinsdottir is a fictional comic book character created by neil gaiman and todd mcfarlane. In an interview conducted by comic book resources cbr, spawn writer david hine reveals that nyxs powers may be developing and that she is in love with spawn. Featuring comic guides, character bios and toy guides devoted to todd mcfarlanes spawn. Key collector comics mobile app offers a variety of different categories of key issues in order to be an effective sidekick for every collector. Al simmons, known more widely as the comic book superhero or perhaps antihero spawn, is one of the most successful and famous comic book characters to emerge from a company other than marvel and dc during the last few decades. Printed images and the comic book mediums unique presentation of. Spawn feels his new power surging through him and decides to find. However, once on earth spawn realizes how bad things are and decides he doesnt want to be a pawn anymore. It was regularly featured on lists of the best comic book characters of all time.
Decadeslong legal feud over spawn comic book finally ends. Jan 31, 2012 decadeslong legal feud over spawn comic book finally ends. More information on this character is available here. He appears as a guest character in the xbox version of. Todd mcfarlanes comic antihero, spawn, is set to join the mortal kombat 11 roster in the coming weeks as the games first dlc guest fighter.
For many years, fans of the comic series spawn were led to believe that malebolgia was the devil in the spawn universe. Spawn is a fictional character, a comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by image comics. Index the spawnworld books library attempts to list every spawn related publication worldwide. Netherrealm studios finally gives spawn a mortal kombat. The truth is, it is up to each individual collector to determine what a key comic book is based on their own preferences. Welcome to the image comics wiki portal dedicated to spawn. Oct 18, 2019 spawn is just as good at the same kinds of things.
God is a former antagonist in the spawn series who, despite his name, is not truly the supreme being of spawn s cosmology that title belongs to the mother of existence who is also known as the man of miracles or m. Spawn was once a man named al simmons, a highly trained assassin and was considered the best. Spawn characters first appearances master list cbsi comics. Max twitch williams is an nypd homicide detective partnered with sam. Supon real name al simmons is a fictional comic book character created by todd mcfarlane. The hellspawn are controlled by malebolgia, the supreme master of hell, and are mainly used as an officer corps for his army of hell, although they were not created by malebolgia and existed before him. Dangerous new character debuting in spawn from artist. When ive asked others where i should start, its normally you sort of need to start at the beginning to fully grasp it. Gaiman later sold the rights to the character to marvel comics. The hellspawn are controlled by malebolgia, the supreme master of hell, and are mainly used as an officer corps for his army of hell, although they were not created by. Characters spawn simmons a highly trained assassin, murdered by his employer and former friend chapel. Malebolgia had other things in mind for al and sent him back to earth with no memory as a hellspawn, one of his soldiers, to do his bidding.
The only other established character whos been confirmed for the spawn reboot so far is detective maximillian twitch williams, who has been part of the spawn mythology since the beginning. Spawn is the fourth guest character in the series to not come from a horror film franchise, rather he is a comic book antihero. Below is a list of the villains encountered by spawn and his supporting cast that have fought with him in the various comic book series and in spinoffs as well as many adaptions. They even have a power match up in their respective healing abilities. Spawn 1992 present from image comics league of comic geeks. Angela is a fictional character that was originally part of todd mcfarlanes spawn comic book series but she made it over to the marvel universe in guardians of the galaxy. He will accept the crown of hell, and then remake it, turning it from a dark realm of evil into a new paradise that will sweep away all sorrow and sadness on the gazer. He appears in the beginnings of chapter 1 and 5 and briefly on the end of chater 6. Overwhelmed by the darkness on gazer, spawn turns to his old mentor, cogliostro, with a new plan. This is your unofficial guide to spawn comic books, toys, action figures and more, with a huge catalogue of photos, descriptions, synopsis and more relating to todd mcfarlanes spawn. While she was initially from image comics spawn, this page will only be focused on her appearance in the marvel universe following mcfarlane and gaiman settling a dispute over rights to the character, with gaiman gaining full ownership then selling those rights to marvel comics. The comic book series spawn, published by image comics, and its many spinoffs such as an animated version contain a variety of characters the allies of main character spawn and the antagonists. If youve been collecting comic books since you were a kid, now is the time to. It has been suggested that this article be merged into list of spawn characters.
Spawn is a fictional superhero appearing in a monthly comic book of the same name published by american company image comics. Spawn was ranked 60th on wizard magazines list of the top 200 comic book characters of all time, 50th on empire magazines list of the 50 greatest comic book characters and recently 36th on igns top 100 comic book heroes. Spawn faces off against the hellspawn of satans army, declaring that the earth realm belongs to him. Spawn recalls being a part of the cia, jason wynn, and his death. Spawn is a fictional character, an antihero that appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by image comics. Spawn mcfarlane action figure checklist figure realm. Spawns body is quite dense, weighing over 450 pounds and is composed completely of necroplasm. As great as comic books are, the fact remains that it is a business just like any. While many of the issues had featured legendary artist, greg capullo at the helm, the reigns have recently been. As spawn struggled to find a way to get rid of hells control and regain control, he noticed that the attacks were coming from both heaven and hell.
Mar 29, 2020 spawn is pretty much a loner for most of his time in his own selfcontained comic book universe. This is the current issue, and therefore no story information will be posted about this issue. Now in todays video im very pleased to bring you all my reaction to the most anticipated guest character to ever grace an nether realm studios game, spawn. The events unfold the way the old wise woman is writing them in her book, and despite their impressive powers, the. However, at the end of the day, all spawn wants to do is have a good life and be happy, something he cant have. Over in the image comics realm, arguably its most popular character, spawn, is still leading his own comic book series after more than two decades, but his first theatrical outing back in 1997 was. Today marvel seems to dominate every realm of pop culture, but the.
He was a wellknown soldier who was at his most successful point when he saved the president from an attempted assassination. Created by todd mcfarlane 2nd title published by image comics. The unofficial guide to spawn comic books and action figures. After he died, she married his best friend and had a. He takes spawn around the alternate realm showing him images of home, hell and more. Dc universe, they were not guest characters as they were main roster characters for that crossovers roster. A hellspawn is a creature from the popular comic book spawn. Both men are highly trained, experienced killers with reputations as such.
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