Spawn

Spawn is a fictional comic book character, an undead superhero created by Todd McFarlane. Spawn primarily appears in a comic of the same name, published by Image Comics, and his first appearance was in Spawn #1 (May 1992). Al Simmons, a CIA agent, was killed by his own boss, Jason Wynn, after witnessing his boss' "indiscretions". Simmons was sent to hell, where in a desperate attempt to see his wife one last time, he made a deal with the devil Ma... more

Spawn is a fictional comic book character, an undead superhero created by Todd McFarlane. Spawn primarily appears in a comic of the same name, published by Image Comics, and his first appearance was in Spawn #1 (May 1992). Al Simmons, a CIA agent, was killed by his own boss, Jason Wynn, after witnessing his boss' "indiscretions". Simmons was sent to hell, where in a desperate attempt to see his wife one last time, he made a deal with the devil Malebolgia, and unwittingly, to become a "Hellspawn", a General in Hells Army. 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 criminal. The series has spun off several other comics, including Angela, Curse of the Spawn, Sam & Twitch and the Japanese manga Shadows of Spawn. Spawn was adapted into a 1997 feature film, an HBO animated series lasting from 1997 until 1999 and a series of action figures whose high level of detail made McFarlane Toys... less