Spawn’s popularity has since cooled and creators other than McFarlane have been responsible for the monthly series-a source of criticism as McFarlane and others left Marvel in the belief that creators should own and control their own characters. Spawn was adapted into a 1997 feature film, an HBO animated series lasting from 1997 until 1999 and a series of action figures whose unprecedented detail made McFarlane Toys a toy industry giant. The series has spun-off several other comics, including Angela, Curse of the Spawn, Spawn: The Dark Ages, Sam and Twitch and the Japanese manga Shadows of Spawn. Largely due to the popularity McFarlane accumulated illustrating Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man, Spawn became an instant sales sensation and perhaps the most popular comic book character owned by a third company since Marvel and DC dominated the market in the 1960s. To see his wife one more time, he made a deal with the demon Malebolgia to become an undead “hellspawn.” Spawn has tried to retain his own humanity while finding a way out of Malebolgia’s control and battling a variety of enemies, both supernatural and mafia-related. As the book took off and became more established he was able to alter the tone closer to his vision.Ī CIA agent killed by his own boss for witnessing his corruption, Simmons was sent to hell. To introduce the book to readers it had to be slightly cleaner than he really wished it to be so that it read like a superhero tale. McFarlane attributes this to being a necessary part of development. The current book has skewed significantly darker than early issues would suggest.
The book began with a very superhero-like tone, much like McFarlane's previous work, but the title character evolved into a more flawed anti-hero. 8.3 Spin-off trade paperback collections.
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