Spawn Origins Collection

Spawn is the first antihero I discovered decades ago. At that time, when superheroes were all goody-two-shoes types, Spawn was a refreshing and distinct break from the norm; an exception in that a hero doesn't need to look or be like the established mold and yet can still be successful, popular and well-loved. Spawn is a guy doing things considered evil but with good intentions, and he knows how to push boundaries that traditional superheroes would never cross. Spawn's success as the founding comic of Image Comics inspired other antiheroes by the same publisher such as Witchblade and The Darkness, and even other publishers now find that antiheroes can be just as beloved as traditional superheroes, if not more.

My mother's family knew the author forty five or so years ago. He was very quiet and strange and loved baseball. This comic had a very disturbing effect on a childhood friend of mine who was vulnerable to this dark comic, he ended up in the psych ward and i havent heard from him in seventeen years or so. Vanished from my social circle. Probably gone forever. I really think the authors of superviolent comics need to be held accountable for stuff like this. Its not fair they get wealth from vulnerable children's mental illness. Just saying.

One of my favorites from the 90s. Great for adults, not for kids. The movie sucks, the animated series are excellent, and this original graphic novel is outstandingly cool! I have some of the action figures straight out of McFarlane toys within my vault of collections. Thank you, Todd McFarlane. Keep up the great work. :3