Spawn

Image Comics.

Spawn series
All written and drawn by Todd McFarlane unless otherwise noted.
1 Beginnings (1-5). [From Image Comics: To celebrate the monumental costume change in Spawn #32, Todd McFarlane brings you the first five issues of Spawn under one brand new, Spawntastic cover drawn by Todd McFarlane himself! Al Simmons was a crack assassin who was betrayed and murdered by his own government. In order to see his wife again, Al made a deal with the devil. But the devil cheats, the devil lies: Al returns to life five years later, as a hideous, deformed soldier of the devil, a Hellspawn. Can he possibly piece his life back together after his own death?]
2 Dark Discoveries (6-9, 11; w Todd McFarlane, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Frank Miller). [From Image Comics: This 112-page trade paperback contains Spawn issues #6-9 and #11, featuring the first appearances of Angela, Medieval Spawn, Overtkill and more!]
3 [No title] (12-15). [From Image Comics: The Violator returns with a vengeance in this awesome new trade featuring the scarce stories from Spawn issues #12-15!]
4 [No title] (16-20; w Andrew Grossberg, Grant Morrison, Tom Orzechowski; a Greg Capullo). [From Image Comics: Spawn takes on the Redeemer and Jason Wynn in this great new trade featuring the scarce stories from Spawn #16-20!]
5 Death and Rebirth (21-25; a Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri).
6 Pathway to Judgement (26-30; a Greg Capullo & Todd McFarlane). [From Image Comics: Key issues of the Spawn saga are told here including Spawn's dealings with the psychotic Curse, Spawn's face to face with his former wife, Wanda, The Klan, and one of the most controversial issues ever, Spawn #29 where Spawn confronts child abuse with huge repercussions.]
7 Deadman's Touch (31-34; a Greg Capullo & Todd McFarlane). [From Image Comics: Four issues of Spawn that stripped off the outer layer of secrets and lies, effecting those Spawn has around him. A bloody course that runs from The Redeemer, the bums in the alley, Spawn's own costume, and the scheming of Rafael. Intricate turning points in the saga known as Spawn are on display in this seventh Spawn trade paperback.]
8 Betrayal of Blood (35-38; a Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, Tony Daniel, Kevin Conrad). [From Image Comics: Betrayals abound as Terry Fitzgerald, Spawn's best friend and ally, now lies in possible allegiance with Jason Wynn, the man that destroyed Al Simmons, while detectives Sam and Twitch question the agenda of their own Chief of Police. The introduction of the complex killer, The Freak, is also presented along with the return of one of the most popular characters in the Spawn mythos, Cy-Gor, the tragic and powerful cyborg ape.]
9 Urban Jungle (39-42; a Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, Tony Daniel, Kevin Conrad). [From Image Comics: Stories include Spawn's own Christmas version of It's A Wonderful Life, as he helps a family appreciate their blessings. Also included is a two-part tale of woe as The Curse plays doctor with Spawn's trapped body. All the while the massive creature know as Cy-Gor is on a second rampage. Lastly a unique story where Spawn's living costume extracts a little playground justice on the tormentors of a young boy.]
10 Vengeance of the Dead (43-47; a Greg Capullo, Todd McFarlane, Tony Daniel, Kevin Conrad, Danny Miki). [From Image Comics: The warrior angel, Tiffany makes her first appearance in this volume that collects issues #43 through #47 of Spawn. Tiffany shows why the wrath of an angel is a fear that most should carry in their souls. Her distrust of Angela is out in the open as is her hatred of Spawn. Cy-Gor and Sam & Twitch, with their own monthly books, show why the readers have demanded more of them. We see in these issues how that popularity has been well earned.]
11 Crossroads (48-50; a Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, Tony Daniel, Danny Miki, Kevin Conrad). [From Image Comics: This story arc is a critical turning point in the HellSpawn mythos as Spawn learns of his true nature and also learns (the hard way) the powers of his costume. Spawn also is shown that Cogliostro is a former HellSpawn. Meanwhile, Terry Fitzgerald continues his investigation of Jason Wynn and is involved in a serious car accident. Will Spawn save his life? Again?]
12 Immortality (51-54; a Greg Capullo, Todd McFarlane, Danny Miki). [From Image Comics: In this arc, Spawn explores all nine levels of Hell where he is confronted by new challenges at each level. Having his heart ripped from his chest and an epic battle with Malebolgia are just two of the adventures. On Earth, Terry Fitzgerald hasn't yet made the connection between his remarkable recovery from cancer and the Hellspawn. But in a dream, it's revealed to Terry that Spawn is, in fact, Al Simmons; Terry searches the alleys for proof that Spawn is actually his former friend. Other players on this story arc include Savage Dragon, and Sam and Twitch and their new "Crimemobile."]
Armageddon Part 1 (150-155; w Todd McFarlane, David Hine, Brian Holguin; a Philip Tan, Angel Medina). [From Image Comics: "The Beginning of the End." Featuring sold out issues of the most talked about Spawn story arc in years! Finally after all these years the war Al Simmons was created to fight is here but which side will he choose. Join David Hine and Philip Tan on the beginning of their historic Spawn run!]
Armageddon Part 2 (156-163; w David Hine; a Philip Tan). [From Image Comics: It's really happening, the end of everything! The Four Horsemen, The Rapture, plagues, and the dead rising from their graves. Heaven is out to destroy Hell and visa versa with no one looking out for us humans in the middle. That is no one except Spawn. And that's how we like it! Finally after all these years the war Al Simmons was created to fight is here but which side will he choose?]
Armageddon Complete Collection (150-163; w Todd McFarlane, David Hine, Brian Holguin; a Philip Tan, Angel Medina). [From Image Comics: It's really happening, the end of everything: The Four Horsemen, The Rapture, plagues and the dead rising from their graves. Heaven is out to destroy Hell and visa versa with no one looking out for us humans in the middle. That is no one except Spawn. Finally, the war Al Simmons was created to fight is here, but which side will he choose?]
New Flesh (166-169; w David Hine; a Brian Haberlin). [From Image Comics: Get caught up with the new Spawn team you've been hearing so much about. Spawn has recreated the world, but it's not exactly the way it's supposed to be. Everything old is new again! With bonus behind the scenes extras fans can see the making of Spawn from thumbnail to final color. And the eight-page Christmas Spawn story from the Image Holiday Special.]
Spawn Collection
Volume 1 (1-8, 11-12). [From Image Comics: Al Simmons, formerly one of our government's greatest soldiers, was resurrected from the ashes of his own grave. Reborn as a creature from the depths of Hell, disfigured, homeless, and alone, this new warrior known as Spawn now wanders the shadowy alleys of New York City in seach of his past life. Robbed of his memories and identity, this freshly created man whose body is nothing more than scars and torn flesh becomes a protector of the weak, the poor, the downtrodden, and other victims of circumstance. While Spawn tries to piece together his confusing existence, an unwelcome mentor reveals the purpose of his abrupt return to Earth. But since this guide comes from the dark side, can he be trusted to tell the truth? And just what is the truth? Find out why Spawn exists, who his real enemies are, and whom he can trust, for in this twisted world of shadow players, nothing is as it appears.]
Volume 2 (13-33; a Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Greg Capullo). [From Image Comics: Witness the pure power of Spawn with this essential collection! Al Simmons, once the U.S. government's greatest soldier and most effective assassin, was mercilessly executed by his own men. Resurrected from death in a flawed agreement with the powers of darkness, Simmons is reborn as a creature from the depths of Hell. A Hellspawn. Now Spawn must choose between his life on Earth or his place on a throne in Hell. It all started in 1992. Todd McFarlane's smash hit Spawn. This collection includes Spawn issues 13-33 and features the pulse-pounding art and stories of the master himself, Todd McFarlane! This collection also includes the spectacular talents of Grant Morrison, Marc Silvestri, and Greg Capullo.]
Volume 3 (34-54; a Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, Tony Daniels). [From Image Comics: Classic TODD MCFARLANE & GREG CAPULLO art and story! Spawn, the archetypal anti-hero, featured in pivotal confrontations with The Violator, The Freak, Cy-gor, and The Curse. Complete your SPAWN library! Twenty issues of pulse-pounding sequentials, containing issues 34-54 of the SPAWN comic!]
Volume 4 (55-75; w Todd McFarlane, Brian Holguin; a Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo). [From Image Comics: Classic Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo at the top of their game in both art and story! Spawn, the archetypal anti-hero, features in pivotal confrontations with many classic villains. Complete your Spawn library! Twenty issues of pulse pounding sequentials!]
Volume 5 (76-96; w Todd McFarlane, Brian Holguin; a Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo). [From Image Comics: Classic McFarlane and Capullo at the top of their game in both art and story! Spawn, the archetypal anti-hero, returns -- featured in pivotal confrontations with many classic villains.]
Curse of the Spawn
1 Sacrifice of the Soul (1-4; w Alan McElroy; a Dwayne Turner). [From Image Comics: In a future where chaos is like a liquid seeping into the very pores of humanity, a HellSpawn comes forth that casts a different shadow on those that came before. Daniel Llanso is that HellSpawn. This four issue collection from Curse of the Spawn #1-4, reveals the core story of one of the most intriguing Spawn sagas ever. Alan McElroy, who wrote the screenplay for the hit movie Spawn, joins with Dwayne Turner and Danny Miki to unveil this horrific tale of an unstable future.]
2 Blood and Sutures (5-8; w Alan McElroy; a Dwayne Turner). [From Image Comics: Relive the Suture saga as Sam & Twitch find themselves involved in a double dose of depraved acts. It is a predatory hunt with a role reversal, as serial killers find themselves being hunted and killed in a most grotesque manner—and not by another serial killer, but a victim and former prey of psychotic cops. This trade paperback of urban horror collects the entire Suture story line of issues #5 through #8 in all their horrific glory. A disturbing story that leaves your skin with that crusty, blood-caked feeling that you just can't wash off.]
3 Shades of Grey (9-11, 29; w Alan McElroy; a Dwayne Turner, Clayton Crain). [From Image Comics: Issues 9-11 feature the story arc of the infamous angel hunter, Angela and her quest to lead Heaven's army against Malebolgia and the demons of Hell. The story also reveals Angela's past and her connection to the HellSpawn formerly known as Al Simmons. Issue #29 is the final installment of the series and features the angel, Kymberli and the gatekeeper, Custer in a clash over Heaven's closure of purgatory.]
4 Lost Values (12-14, 22; w Alan McElroy; a Dwayne Turner). [From Image Comics: Issues 12-14 recount the horrifying, brutal conception of sexy sociopathic CIA killer/suburban mom Jessica Priest and her travails in South America recapturing a biogenetic weapon for head honcho Jason Wynn. Issue 22 recounts the tale of high school student Ryan Hatchett who awakens after attempting suicide to find himself as Hatchet, zombie executioner of the dead.]
Best of Curse of the Spawn (B&W reprint of color series; 1-8, 12-16, 20-29; w Alan McElroy, Brian Haberlin; a Dwayne Turner). [From Image Comics: Meet new Spawns and delve deeply into the cast and characters of the regular series Spawn mythos as well. THE BEST OF CURSE OF THE SPAWN features 23 handpicked issues (1-8, 12-16 and 20-29) of this series written by popular author of the Spawn movie, ALLEN McELROY. And featuring the stunning artwork of industry favorites DWAYNE TURNER and DANNY MIKI. A great addition to any Spawn fan's collection.]
Misc.
Angela (a.k.a. Spawn: Angela's Hunt; 3-issue mini + Angela Special; w Neil Gaiman; a Greg Capullo & Mark Pennington). [From Image Comics: A highly skilled hunter, the warrior angel Angela has been ordered to stand trial for treason. Always considered an angel of honor and integrity, her friends disbelieve the charges and set about uncovering evidence to refute them. They recruit Spawn, an Earth-bound soldier of Hell whom Angela last hunted, to go before the judge. However, when Angela and Spawn last met, Angela was the hunter and Spawn her quarry; she the attacker and he on the defensive. They were an even match, neither able to best the other. Now, the tables are turned and Angela must ask her prey to defend her in a court where mercy is never an option. With her life at stake, can Angela trust and depend on the very enemy she tried to kill?]
Godslayer (OGN; w Brian Holguin; a Brian Haberlin, Lan Medina, Jay Anacleto). [From Image Comics: By now, the tale of the Hellspawn is legendary: Spurred by love, a dying man makes a pact with darkness, and finds himself reborn as an undead monster, an unwilling soldier in the war between Heaven and Hell. With Spawn: Godslayer, a dramatic re-imagining of Todd McFarlane's landmark series, that tale of love and damnation is recast in a new light. Godslayer is set in a world without Heaven or Hell, a world where a myriad of gods, great and small, rule over the countless kingdoms of men. But a mysterious figure has emerged from the mists of chaos, an unstoppable marauder sent to murder, one by one, the gods themselves.]
Godslayer Collection (Godslayer 1-6; w Brian Holguin; a Philip Tan). [From Image Comics: High Fantasy the way no other comic can pull it off! A dramatic re-imagining of Todd McFarlane's Spawn. Godslayer is a sweeping tale of fallen kingdoms, ancient curses and doomed love. Spawn: Godslayer is sure to appeal to fans of epic fantasy .This collection features issues 1-6 of Spawn: Godslayer. With TONS of extras from script pages, thumbnails, designs, pencils…all the behind the scenes making of fun!]
Simony (OGN; w Jean-François Porcherot, Alex Nikolavitch; a Aleksi Briclot). [From Image Comics: Spawn: Simony is the French Spawn Project initially published in 2003 by Semic in France. This book is one of the rare instances in which Todd McFarlane has allowed an outside vendor to create an entirely new piece of Spawn comic history. After seeing its popularity in France - due no doubt to the tremendous artwork and story by the talented Alex Nikolavitch and Jeff Porcherot - Spawn: Simony has been translated into English and will now be available in the United States for the first time.]
Spawn the Undead Collection (1-9?; w Paul Jenkins; a Dwayne Turner). [From Image Comics: This is the Spawn spin-off that diehard Spawn fans have been craving! Spawn: The Undead concentrates on the popular HellSpawn character once known as Al Simmons, champion of balance between Heaven and Hell. This series took a unique "Japanese Horror" style look at the Spawn mythos, focusing on urban horror.]
Sam and Twitch
1 Udaku (1-8; w Brian Michael Bendis; a Angel Medina). [From Image Comics: The detectives from Spawn return to the NYPD, only to be handed one doozy of a case. Four severed thumbs are found at a crime scene. That's certainly unusual. But when each thumb is proven to have the same fingerprint, our heroes realize they've got a real mystery on their, er, hands. What follows is one of the most spectacular and epic crime dramas in the history of comics. Sam and Twitch trade paperback #1 reprints the entire Udaku story arc, issues 1 through 8, the largest TMP collection ever. And it's been completely re-colored in noirish gray scale with a new cover from Ashley Wood. Introduction by Sam & Twitch creator Todd McFarlane.] Replaced by next entry.
The Brian Michael Bendis Collection 1 (1-9; w Brian Michael Bendis; a Angel Medina). [From Image Comics: Can you say BENDIS? Nine issues of what BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS does best - kick ass crime fiction! Collected for the first time in full-color issues 1-9 of his legendary SAM & TWITCH run. Featuring the acclaimed "Udaku Hunter" story arc, an ASHLEY WOOD cover gallery and other special bonuses. A must-have collection for any fan!]
The Brian Michael Bendis Collection 2 (10-19; w Brian Michael Bendis; a Alex Maleev, Clayton Crain, Alberto Ponticelli). [From Image Comics: Issues #10-19 of what Bendis does best: kick-ass crime fiction! Collected for the first time in full color issues 10-19 of his Sam and Twitch run. Featuring the Witchcraft story arc, an Ashley Wood cover gallery and other special bonuses.]