Spawnometer 0:0:3:4: WildStar: Sky Zero

Spawn #34 &
WildStar: Sky Zero #1-4 (1993)

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Spawn #34

by Todd McFarlane & Greg Capullo

"Ripples"
Dedicated To: Sal Buscema

Mr. President?

Afternoon, Jason. I want to thank you personally for your assistance in getting us out of that little 'situation' in Bosnia. I've been advised that you spearheaded the resolution. I owe you one. Thanks.

WildStar: Sky Zero #1-4 (1993)

by Al Gordon & Jerry Ordway

_{Born Under a Bad Sign}
Dedicated to all of those who came before.

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Spawnometer 0:0:2:6: Bloodstrike: Brutalists

Spawn #26
& Bloodstrike #4-10 (1993)
& Bloodstrike: Brutalists #23 (2018)
& Chapel in Youngblood #7-8 & 10

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Spawn #26

by Todd McFarlane & Greg Capullo

"The Dark"
Dedicated To: Dave Sim

That is why, after a very long and difficult deliberation, I've decided to remove her from your care and put her in a new set of circumstances. This, I believe, is for her own good.

You torture yourself for answers that, mostly, you've been given. You're just not trying hard enough. Much as I'm tempted to write you off, you do show some spark.

Call me Gabrielle, Mr. Simmons. If I might have a moment of your time, I really would like to talk to you.

Bloodstrike #4-10 (1993)

by Rob Liefeld & Dan Fraga & Eric Stephenson & & various

It's been a long time coming, Battlestone, but it looks like we're finally gonna get the chance to settle our differences once and for all-- brother to brother!

Bloodstrike: Brutalists #23 (2018)

by Michel Fiffe

Arms, eyes, surgically removed... prolonged state of anesthesia... medical field... official capacity or independent study... Test subjects? Sex slaves? Young women-- girls-- barely out of high school. Brenda will be a senior soon.

Youngblood #7-8 & 10 (1992)

by Rob Liefeld with Eric Stephenson, Danny Miki & Jonathan Sibal

He shot Bobby-- blew his head clean OFF!

As a man who has literally been to hell and back, there is precious little that frightens Al Simmons these days. This, however, comes close. This is the man who killed him. Emerging from the smoke and shadows, he looks like the devil himself, the ghastly white skull he chose long ago as his trademark eerily incandescent in the moonlight. A none-too-subtle reminder of what has passed between these two men... and the unholy bond they share.

It wasn't until later I figured out everything for myself in one divine moment of clarity-- if you had really come back from the dead, then so could I! Thing with me though, Al-- I could care less about love and happiness. You can have that crap. I've got bigger plans for my return-- plans that will change everything... forever.

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Spawnometer 0:0:1:7: PITT 2- Still Rippin' (1994-1995)

Spawn #17 &
Pitt #5-8

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Spawn #17

by Grant Morrison & Greg Capullo

"Reflections" Part 2
Dedicated To: Ross Andru

Just as your new Spawn body is composed of psychoplasm and can change shape, so too can this gateway assume the forms of any thoughts and emotions imprinted upon it.

The soldier is ready. Our Anti-Spawn has been prepared for his first battle.

Just what were Wynn's connections to alleged Youngblood covert operations and all those other sneaky little dirty-tricks outings nobody seems to want to report?

Pitt #5-8 (1994-1995)

by Dale Keown & Brian Hotton

So many questions... and the only one who can answer them... resides within the subconscious of an eight year old boy.

It's the men who attacked the girl. Somebody removed their heads. The girl...?

You... my noseless friend, are coming with us! No if's, and's, or but's... The powers that be, may just go lightly on this particular offense, that is proving you come along peacefully.

I serve NO one! I do not have TIME for this! The boy NEEDS me!

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This episode made my snowblower & roof rake time less miserable, so thank you! #knightstrike #battlestone #extreme pic.twitter.com/Fp8aEc6OQC

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— Odell Abner Dracula (@DellDracula) March 8, 2019

Badrock is really weird. I thought he was Ben Grimm without a nose... and he kinda is. He’s also kind of a bisected melon with teeth? Or a hamburger? pic.twitter.com/QxIUQmRKG2

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He’s a weirdo pic.twitter.com/sCWGzm13KV

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— Odell Abner Dracula (@DellDracula) March 8, 2019

Everything I know about Anti-Spawn I just learned from this podcast, but I like him on principle. I agree with all Frank’s commentary re: “dark mirror” supervillains. (Sorry, Fixit!) pic.twitter.com/LuMCJmQjlT

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Spawnometer 0:0:0:9: Angela's Hunt

Spawn #9 &
Angela (1994 miniseries) #1-3

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Spawn #9

by Neil Gaiman & Todd McFarlane

"Angela"
Dedicated To: Harvey Kurtzman

Oh, poor little hellspawn. You have been hunted... Now you'll never be a captain in the army of the Malebolgia.

Count Nicholas Cagliostro. At your service, Mr. Simmons.

You did a deal with the devil, huh? You hadn't even stopped to think about which one?

Men call me Angela.

Angela #1-3 (1994)

by Neil Gaiman & Greg Capullo

"Angela"
Dedicated To: Mike Gaiman, Jack Kirby, Susan Alston and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

I've been decorated a dozen times in the battle against the forces of the Malebolgia... I've personally destroyed over thirty hellspawn. No one has ever questioned my integrity before. No one who wanted to keep their vital organs intact and inside them...

This is Gabrielle, Director of Terran Affairs, reporting formally to The Metatron via The First Dominion... concerning the missing dimensional lance...

200 years old. Your first case. Bizarre-- I was foolishly expecting a fair trial.

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Really enjoyed this episode and wow, thank you so much for that cool ad you cut for us. We really appreciate it! pic.twitter.com/bP1cGL7PZR

— SuperHeroSpeak (@SuperHeroSpeak) March 29, 2018

I first saw the cartoon 😃 as a kid ...much later I bought the single issues ( 1 - 3 ) and later in my teens in 08 I bought this Trade 😃 I just love the characters & the world he lives in , i re-read this book a lot ( right now it's the 1st 50 issues in Archive editions ) pic.twitter.com/85J2dOq54e

— 🌩Jeffrey Brown 🌩 (@tsujigo) March 29, 2018

The characters in Savage Dragon that have interested me since I had seen the cartoon was Overlord ( on the Cartoon he had a awesome voice I thought and I like the later version w/the cape & he became more Kirby Tech looking ) Mako I remember from the Cartoon & Basher too pic.twitter.com/BXA4WaECwa

— 🌩Jeffrey Brown 🌩 (@tsujigo) March 29, 2018

But upon reading this the first time way back in 08 I was surprised that Basher got killed so early ( his cartoon lived a lot longer than the comic version here ) and the Brutality of Arachnid eating people which in the Cartoon it was only implied pic.twitter.com/p5bmpSQUdU

— 🌩Jeffrey Brown 🌩 (@tsujigo) March 29, 2018

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Spawnometer 0:0:0:8: The Savage Dragon's Baptism of Fire

Spawn #8 &
The Savage Dragon (1992 miniseries) #1-3

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Spawn #8

by Alan Moore & Todd McFarlane

"In Heaven"
Dedicated To: Don & Maggie Thompson

i mean, nobody deserves that! not even, say, somebody who did twenty-seven kids and kept the bodies in his ice cream truck. which i didn't. and even if i did, isn't there a constitutional rights issue here? hmmm?

what kind of afterlife is this?

There's ten dead-lands. Like spheres, one inside another.

Now THIS, this place you're gonna like! Some people call is the Eighth Sphere, some call it The Malebolge, but ME... I call it HOME!!

The Savage Dragon: Baptism of Fire (1992)

by Erik Larsen

Chicago, Illinois. Now.

I'm Lieutenant Frank Darling from the Chicago Police Department... You were found in a burning vacant lot. Do you have any idea how you got there? Do you remember anything about your life prior to waking up here? How come you have green skin?

Listen, Dragon. I need your help. We're being slaughtered out there. Super-freaks have stopped us at every turn. Cops are dying, local super-heroes are being put out of commission... You've got power, Dragon-- we need somebody like you on our side.

Cops sent a damn monster to get me.

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Spawnometer 0:0:0:4: Shadowhawk

Spawn #4 & Shadowhawk

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Spawn #4 by Todd McFarlane

"Questions," Part 4
Dedicated To: Joe Shuster

Who gave you such powers?! Since when do humans begin to rate? They've always been too fragile for this!

Spawn continues his silence, for what does a man say to an offspring of the pits of Hell?

You have failed miserably! It is incompetents like you that make my battle against GOD so laborious!

Shadowhawk #1-4 (1992) by Jim Valentino

_{Out of the Shadows}

His spinal column snaps like a twig. You are SHADOWHAWK... and you're taking back the night!

God, I love my job! The sweet fragrance of flickering flame! The bloom of the billowing smoke! The screams of the recently domestically displaced! All are like music to the ears of-- ARSON!

I still hunger. I must eat. Please forgive me.

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Spawnometer 0:0:0:3: The Dragon Archives

Spawn #3 & The Dragon Archives

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Spawn #3 by Todd McFarlane

"Questions," Part 3
Dedicated To: Jerry "The Joker" Robinson

Finally, I remember her name. Wanda Blake. I remember how her grandma had a fit at the wedding, when she found out Wanda wasn't going to take my last name.

Oh, my. Simmons, you poor pathetic fool! Threaten away, you little maggot. It'll do you no good, 'cause you've been locked into a deal I can't lose.

We always wanted children, but something wasn't right. Doctors said it was no use. But it was me!

The Dragon Archives (1982-1992) by Erik Larsen

_{Graphic Fantasy (1982) #1-2, Megaton (1983) #1-4}

I'm The Dragon. The name may sound familiar... I've been playing the part of a super-guy for the last eight years.

...He called himself The Bronze Man. He killed my wife... With Sue gone... I've had to raise our daughter by myself.

Paul? Paul... what is it honey? What's wrong?

...Thinking about how much things have changed since the days when I was head of the S.O.S.

DAMN! Man, I'm going to be glad when Reagan's term is over with! I can't take too much more of this!

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Spawnometer 0:0:0:1: Youngblood Megaton Explosion

Spawn #1 & Youngblood Battlezone

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Spawn #1 by Todd McFarlane

"Questions," Part 1
Dedicated To: Jack Kirby

I want to die... again.

1987: Services were held today for Lt. Colonel Al Simmons at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia.

1992: I remember there was someone... to love. Someone to hate. And I was something. Something special.

Youngblood Megaton Explosion (1987-1993) by Rob Liefeld

The government has a department for almost everything. In 1984, our heads of state decided that they needed a powerful public force; a force that could represent the government to the people. They also needed an edge to put our nation ahead of other world powers; an edge that they could control and the people could trust. By the end of the year, YOUNGBLOOD was underway.

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