| IMAGE | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | STATUS |
| Spawn #1-7, 12-15, 21-26:
Todd McFarlane story |
| Spawn #1-15, 21-24:
Todd McFarlane cover |
| Spawn #1-15, 22: Todd McFarlane art |
| Spawn #1-4: "Questions" storyline |
| Spawn #1 | contains the first appearance of Spawn; contains a Spawn pin-up by George Pérez; cover-dated May 1992 | 1 |
| Spawn #2 | contains a Spawn pin-up by Rick Leonardi & Scott Williams; cover-dated July 1992 | 1 |
| Spawn #3 | cover-dated August 1992 | 1 |
| Spawn #4 | contains a pin-up of
Cerebus as Spawn by Dave Sim; contains 1 of the 7 coupons redeemable for Image Comics #0 (the 6 others appeared in Brigade #2, Savage Dragon #3, Youngblood #0, CyberForce #1, Shadowhawk #1, and
WildC.A.T.s #2); cover-dated September 1992 | 1 |
| Spawn #5 | "Justice"; Spawn battles a child-killer; contains a 2-page pin-up by Jason Pearson; contains an inset poster of a "Spawnmobile" racing car; cover-dated October 1992 | 1 |
| Spawn #6-7: "Payback" storyline; Spawn battles Overt-Kill |
| Spawn #6 | contains a Spawn pin-up with unknown art; cover-dated November 1992 | 1 |
| Spawn #7 | contains a Spawn pin-up with unknown art; contains an inset poster of a "Spawnmobile" racing car; cover-dated November 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #8, Violator #1-3:
Alan Moore script |
| Spawn #8 | follows Billy Kincaid, the child-killer from #5 to Hell, where he becomes a spawn; contains an inset poster by
Frank Miller; cover-dated February 1993 | 1 |
| Angela #1-3, Spawn #9:
Neil Gaiman script |
| Spawn #9 | contains the first appearances of Angela and Medieval Spawn; Spawn apparently dies at the end; contains an inset poster by Jim Lee | 0 |
| Spawn #10 | Dave Sim script;
Cerebus appears; makes reference to
Superman's (then-recent) death | 0 |
| Spawn #11, Spawn / Batman:
Frank Miller script |
| Spawn #11 | the gangs of Spawn's neighborhood fight; contains an inset poster by Geoff Darrow featuring Spawn with the Big Guy and Rusty, the Boy Robot; cover-dated June 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #12-13: "Flashback" storyline, revealing Spawn's origin in more detail |
| Spawn #12 | reveals that Chapel killed Spawn during his human life; contains an inset poster of Bloodwulf by Rob Liefeld; cover-dated July 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #13 | features Rob Liefeld's
Youngblood; Spawn defeats Chapel; contains an inset poster by Walter Simonson; cover-dated August 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #14-15: "Myths" storyline, featuring the return of the Violator |
| Spawn #14 | Violator narrates his battle with Medieval Spawn; includes 2 pin-ups by unknown artists; cover-dated September 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #15 | Violator concludes his narration; continues into Violator #1; includes 2 pin-ups by unknown artists; cover-dated November 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #16-18: "Reflections" storyline;
Grant Morrison script |
| Spawn #16-20:
Greg Capullo pencils and cover |
| Spawn #16, 18:
Dan Panosian & Art Thibert inks |
| Spawn #16 | Spawn digs up Al Simmons's grave; Jason Wynn becomes the Anti-Spawn; features pin-ups by Brad Gorby and Don Simpson; cover-dated December 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #17, 19, 21:
Mark Pennington inks |
| Spawn #17 | features a 2-page pin-up with unknown art; cover-dated January 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #18 | Spawn defeats Anti-Spawn; features two pin-ups with unknown art; cover-dated February 1993 | 1 |
| Spawn #19-20:
"Showtime" storyline; published around Spawn #25 but occurs in numerical sequence |
| Spawn #19-20:
Tom Orzechowski & Andrew Grossberg story; features Harry Houdini |
| Spawn #19 | features two pin-ups with unknown art; cover-dated October 1994 | 1 |
| Spawn #20:
Todd McFarlane & Mark Pennington inks |
| Spawn #20 | features two pin-ups with unknown art; cover-dated November 1994 | 1 |
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| Spawn #21:
Todd McFarlane pencils |
| Spawn #21-24: "The Hunt" storyline |
| Spawn #21 | begins with Spawn's face wounded after Spawn / Batman; has Tony Twist's man refer to the events of Violator #1; features pin-ups by John Cleary and Sterling Clark; cover-dated May 2004 | 1 |
| Violator #1-3: no art or cover data entered |
| Violator #1 | | 0 |
| Spawn #22 | has Tony Twist explicitly before his appearance in Violator #2; cover-dated June 1994 | 1 |
| Violator #2 | | 0 |
| Spawn #23-24: Todd McFarlane art with help by Greg Capullo |
| Spawn #23 | Overt-Kill batters Fitzgerald; Tony Twist refers to his problems in Violator #3; features a pin-up by John Beatty; cover-dated August 1994 | 1 |
| Violator #3 | final issue | 0 |
| Spawn #24 | contains a scene with Tony Twist that explicitly occurs after Violator #3; cover-dated September 1994 | 1 |
| Spawn #25 | "Tremors"; contains the first appearance of Tremor; Marc Silvestri pencils; Batt & Billy Tan inks; Marc Silvestri & Batt cover; cover-dated October 1994 | 1 |
| Spawn #26:
Todd McFarlane & Greg Capullo art and cover |
| Spawn #26 | "The Dark"; an angel, hunting Angela (preceeding the events of Angela #1), tells Spawn that Spawn #10 happenned, but on another level of reality; contains a 2-page pin-up by Tim Townsend; cover-dated December 1994 | 1 |
| Spawn #27-30: no writing, art, or cover data entered |
| Spawn #27 | | 1 |
| Spawn #28 | | 1 |
| Spawn #29 | | 1 |
| Spawn #30 | | 1 |
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| Angela #1-3: no art or cover data entered |
| Angela #1 | | 0 |
| Angela #2 | | 0 |
| Angela #3 | final issue | 0 |
Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane, was the biggest hit of Image's
1992 launches, which routinely sold in the millions of copies. Whereas most of the other early
Image material was unreadable, one could actually follow the plot of Spawn, which
actually had a good bit of style. But, in those days, Image was depicted as a blow for creator
rights: the Image founders, including McFarlane, The title's legitimacy went through the roof when, in 1993,
Alan Moore,
Neil Gaiman, Dave Sim, and
Frank Miller (in that order) were brought in
to write issues four consecutive issues (#8-11). McFarlane returned four four issues (#12-15)
before taking a hiatus to work on Spawn / Batman, a prestige format one-shot written by
Miller that would give Miller the chance to retun to the DC character on which he had produced
such seminal work in the 1980s. During the hiatus,
Grant Morrison
wrote a three-issue storyline illustrated by Greg Capullo, who would become a Spawn
mainstay. 1994's Spawn / Batman proved a sensational hit. Even if some of the stories
were less than stellar, Spawn was shaping up to be a major series with the best of
credentials.
