Spawn Origins Collection, Volume 23

Todd McFarlane��(Writer/Illustrator), Brian Holguin��(Writer), Angel Medina��(Illustrator)

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A horrific world where the denizens of Rat City are all turned into Clowns! NYX makes her journey to hell where she stumbles across the man she abandoned there...REDEEMER!

Collects SPAWN #135-140

GenresHorrorComicsGraphic Novels

142 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 26, 2022

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About the author

Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic book artist, writer, toy manufacturer/designer, and media entrepreneur who is best known as the creator of the epic occult fantasy series Spawn.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s. Spawn was one of America's most popular heroes in the 1990's and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties.

In recent years, McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio.

In September, 2006, it was announced that McFarlane will be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by Curt Schilling.

McFarlane used to be co-owner of National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers but sold his shares to Daryl Katz. He's also a high-profile collector of history-making baseballs.

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Jayson

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October 4, 2024

(B) 73% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: A one-note chore, just blood and gore, the art's all twisty trash, monologues are wordy slogs, a big amorphous mash.

*Progress updates: Preamble �� Issues #135-137 �� Issues #138-140

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The Wintermute System

839 reviews

April 6, 2023

Still having the same issues: Nyx is slightly more interesting given this turn of events, still don't like her and I'm not sure why Al is so attached to her? Meanwhile, the artwork remains good, but not, in my opinion, as good as either McFarlane's or Capullo's, so I'm finding myself still enjoying this, but not as much as I was before.

I do hope the story picks up soon. I remembering reading some in the future and enjoying them more than this, so we'll see how it goes...

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47Time

3,246 reviews90 followers

July 26, 2023

More action scenes, more chaotic artwork. How much more is this going to take? This artist is taking the fun out of the story. Sure, give me another overly zoomed-in view of one of Spawn's spikes. I'll imagine the rest of him. Then zoom out to encompass so much detail I'm getting a head ache. The story is pretty bland. I mean, clowns, for crying out loud...

Spawn is trapped by the Clown in the Dead Zone and tortured. Mammon invades his thoughts just like he did with Nyx when he planted in her mind the idea that she can save her friend Thea's soul from hell. While Nyx stumbles between saving Spawn and saving her friend's soul, Spawn fights the clowns who have invaded the city.

Spawn is defeated and reverts to his human form. He ends up in hospital, in a coma. Nyx decides to free Thea from hell, but first borrows Spawn's suit by using magic, then makes a deal with a lord of hell. She is certain Spawn will not like any of this. She meets the Redeemer who was left behind by Spawn since he defeated Malebolgia. The two team up, though Nyx in uncertain if she can save two souls from hell.

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Chad

9,828 reviews1,037 followers

November 1, 2023

Violator is back and jumping bodies and controlling multiple people. Nyx is mainly still doing nothing as Satan attempts to get her to betray Spawn in order to save a friend who is in Hell. Eventually she finds a way to go there for her friend and the volume ends in the middle of the arc. I really wish they'd break these volumes up between stories instead of every 6 issues regardless of the story points. Angel Medina's art still sucks. The panelling is awful. I can't get a coherent story of anything that contains any action, it's just random shit splattered all over the pages. Nat Jones fills in on the last 2 issues and his art is SO MUCH BETTER.

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