Spawn Collection, Vol. 1 | 
| Author: Todd Mcfarlane
Publisher: Image Comics
Buy New: $199.95
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 161715
Media: Paperback
Edition: Collected
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1582405638
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781582405636
ASIN: 1582405638
Publication Date: January 4, 2006
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Product Description
Witness the power of pure McFarlane with this essential collection of comics that have been out of print for 10 years! The first issues of McFarlane's smash hit Spawn are here in a brand new collection - bigger and badder than ever! This collection includes issues #1-8, 11, & 12, featuring the pulse-pounding art of the master himself, Todd McFarlane!
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 Missing issues 9 and 10 but still worth it!! July 13, 2006
Lou (NYC)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Awesome!!! The perfect start to the Spawn collection. The only unfortunate thing about this collection is that it doesn't include issue 9 the one that introduced Angela, Cogliostro and Medieval Spawn. They also removed issue 10. I think it had to do with some legal issues with the writers. Otherwise it is a must have.
 The beginning March 30, 2007
N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The ultra high profile and notorious comic book that made the big name companies re-think a darker edge for their mainstream characters, Todd McFarlane's Spawn is here from the beginning. After gaining much notoriety working on Marvel's Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man, McFarlane was one of the architects behind Image Comics, and Spawn helped the fledgeling company get off the ground. We all know the origin by now: government agent Al Simmons meets his demise, and strikes a deal with the devil to return to Earth to be with his beloved wife Wanda. Simmons is resurrected as the Hellspawn: complete with supernatural powers and demonic chains and charred and scarred flesh to boot. When he returns, he finds Wanda has remarried his best friend Terry, and the two have a child together as well. Not to mention that his memory has been practically obliterated, and he soon seeks vengeance on those who did him wrong. Besides Spawn himself, this first collection introduces many pivotal characters that would become icons of the series, including the foul Clown and his demonic alter-ego, the Violator, as well as the equally evil human Jason Wynn, and a host of other deadly enemies and few allies. Full of over the top violence and themes, Spawn marked a new era in comics that started off well, but began a chain reaction in character creation and storytelling that almost buried the industry forever. McFarlane's storytelling still packs a punch, but it's his artwork that is the mixed bag. His regular, normal character models have never been anything to write home about, but it's his design of Spawn that has always made the book a seller, and this is undoubtadly the best the series ever was before it grew into stale repetitiveness. Since Spawn was a smash hit, a feature film soon followed (and we all know how well that turned out, remember?) as well as the excellent and short lived HBO animated series. If you were late getting into Spawn, check this out to see what all the fuss was about, and it's a worthy pick up for those who have fond memories of the series in it's early days but don't have the single issues.
Never Would've Known February 12, 2006
W. Funderburk (on the computer)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I saw the Spawn movie when it came out and liked it, but there were no places to get the comics. Now it's like ten years later and I see a Spawn tpb when looking for another book completely. I bought it not really knowing anything about Spawn or Image comics at all. I really like it. Spawn is a very cool character. I wish Image would come out with more graphic novels. I really loved this one and hope to seee more like it in the future. The first 12 issues make you want the next 12!
Spawn of a Series September 11, 2006
Alexander Heaukulani (Hilo, HI)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Al Simmons was basically a hitman for the United States government. After he is killed all he dreams about is seeing his wife one more time. So, he makes a deal with the devil. Simmons is sent down to earth as The HellSpawn but instantly feels betrayed (what'd he expect?). His wife has remarried and has a child, his memory is shot, and he's plauged by demons (both inner and litteral).
This Novel collects issues 1-8 and 11-12 and is the perfect introduction to anyone new to the series.
I recommend this title to anyone who is tired of the normal every day super hero comic. The only problem I have with the series is that it gets really dark at times. Don't get me wrong...I love that. It's just I can't read something like that straight through. I have to take breaks and read something a little less dark now and then just to keep my mind from becoming completely warped.
Good stuff July 15, 2006
Lamia Jack
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Though I was well aware of Spawn via his action figure line, I never knew much about the character or the comics which he originated from, wondering what the big deal was about this seemingly over-popular indie hero. Upon reading the first Spawn volume (and watching the movie), I learned what the buzz was about. This graphic novel introduced one of the coolest comic book characters out there. The story was pretty good, if a little simple sometimes, the dialogue, though sometimes stilted and cliched, could be interesting, but where the book really shined is McFarlane's magnificent artwork. This guy, no matter how ridiculous his human characters can look, draws a tight-looking Spawn, chains, skulls, cape and glowing green eyes and all. The action scenes are very good too. Overall a really good introduction to Spawn. However, the two issues that really launch the title in the direction it would go in for the rest of the series, involving Cogliostro and the angels of Heaven, was left out, porbably due to the fact that McFarlane tried to screw Neil Gaiman out of his Neil's own characters he created and wrote for Spawn. While these would have made the collection way better due to their educational content in the world of Spawn, nevertheless, I still highly recommend the first volume of Spawn.
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