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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.
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Many issues of Spawn have been collected in Trade Paperbacks since the mid-nineties. They were originally published in 15 5-6-issue volumes in the UK by Titan Books. The following books contained issues 1-82 (minus issue 10 due to copyright infringement) before being discontinued. These books titled as follows:
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With its burgeoning circles and intertwining swirls, “Spawn,” which was commissioned for the Seattle Court House, seems to capture a single moment in the process of growth. Richly carved in dark and light wood tones, the strings of small circles reflect a natural cycle, a chain of organic forms in various states of germination. Nurturing yet intense, “Spawn” illustrates the forcefulness with which nature works to continue producing new life.
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Apollite born, Spawn spent his youth running from the Dark-Hunters of ancient Greece. At age 23, he was prepared to meet the fate of his kind when a tribe of warring humans discovered their caves. The humans cornered them and then, just for fun, exposed the Apollite women and children to daylight. Spawn died trying to save his wife and children from the humans.
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Spawn, a movie adaptation of Todd McFarlane's creator-owned Image comic book, was released in the United States on August 1, 1997. The film was directed and co-written by Mark Dippé (a former animator at ILM) and executive produced by McFarlane and Alan Blomquist. The movie starred Michael Jai White as Al Simmons/the Hellspawn, John Leguizamo as Al's demonic guide Violator, Nicol Williamson as Al's mentor Cogliostro, Theresa Randle as Al's widow Wanda Blake, D.B. Sweeney as Wanda's husband Terry Fitzgerald, and Martin Sheen as Jason Wynn, Al's former government employer.
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Spawn is entered into one last final test to prove if he is worthy to preserve the human race: the Disciple. Before his final test, the Mother told Spawn to trust Cyan because she is "wise beyond her years". She ... reveals that the Disciple is actually the guard of the portal to the Garden of Eden, where Spawn must eat the Forbidden Fruit in order to save humanity. After Spawn blasts the Disciple into Eden and killed him, it is revealed that there are actually 11 more Disciples, who are based off the Twelve Apostles. Also, because Hellspawns are never meant to enter into the Garden of Eden, Spawn's life will fade away the longer he is in the garden. This is shown through a video game like counter, which Cyan sees through a laptop. With the help of Cyan and the souls within him, Spawn fights each of the Disciples, killing them off one by one as the counter continues to drop to zero until the final Disciple left is Judas, whom Spawn is about to kill.
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