Todd McFarlane

Watching from the shadows, Spawn is shocked to find that Wanda has married and had a daughter with his best friend, Terry Fitzgerald. His anguish becomes physical when the ugly clown reappears, transforms into the Violator, and rips out Spawn's heart!

Spawn, the escaped felon, goes on national television to expose his enemies.

The triumphant return of the original Spawn, Al Simmons. Al is back and faces his biggest challenge yet saving the woman he loves from the clutches of Satan himself.

In his office, Wynn plots against Sam and Twitch, setting up a secret meeting where they are to be eliminated. Meanwhile, Terry has finally linked Wynn to illegal activities, but blacks out due to a mysterious illness. In Rat City, Spawn builds a hideout. Cog wonders who is building it - Spawn or his costume.

Realizing that there is no one he can fully trust, Jim sets out on his own, growing increasingly paranoid and desperate for answers regarding his identity. As he becomes more and more reliant on the Spawn entity to sustain him, enemies begin closing in from all sides. Meanwhile, detectives Sam and Twitch make a surprising discovery.

Collects Spider-Man (1990) #1-14, 16; X-Force (1991) #4. The book that transformed comics! Todd McFarlane became a superstar illustrating AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, but he changed the industry forever with his next project: the "adjectiveless" SPIDER-MAN! Taking on both writing and art duties, McFarlane ushered Peter Parker into a gritty new era - and it began with "Torment"! When the Big Apple's streets run red with blood, the web-slinger heads into the...

Nine-year-old Pat Shaunessy, a comic geek, ducks into his hideout to escape the school bullies. Suddenly, Spawn's crazed uniform attacks him, but Spawn befriends Pat. Later, the uniform lashes out at Pat's tormentors. Only Pat's intervention saves their lives. Meanwhile, Cy-Gor makes his way to New York and Sam and Twitch tighten the screws on Chief Banks.

In a small Alabama town, a well-respected police officer abuses his two young boys. The youngest, Andy, gives shelter to the battered Spawn. Spawn takes action, brandishing the father with the words "I beat my kids." This only increases the violence, which pushes the older boy to grab his father's pistol and end the abuse forever.

This story will start a storyline that spills into SPAWN'S UNIVERSE ONE-SHOT, then continues into even more NEW titles later in the coming months. This is where you want any new SPAWN readers to jump on board, as 2021 will be the beginning of a new and GIANT chapter in the expansion of the "Spawn-Verse."

The Freak returns with an agenda of his own and Sam and Twitch are caught in the middle. Will Spawn come to their aid or will his apathy be the end of the detectives? Throw Wolfram the Vampire and the Heap in the mix and who knows what'll happen! Relive the excitement of one of the bestselling independent comics of all time and grow your Spawn: Origins collection!