Curse of the Spawn
Encyclopedia
Curse of the Spawn is a spin-off
of the popular Spawn
comic book
by Todd McFarlane
. The book introduced other Hellspawns and characters in the "Spawniverse". It was published by Image Comics
and has been collected into multiple graphic novels. There were 29 issues.
ISSUES #1-23 CREATIVE TEAM:
STORY: Alan McElroy
COVERS: Dwayne Turner, Danny Miki, Todd Broeker
PENCILS: Dwayne Turner
INKS: Danny Miki, Chance Wolf
COLORS: Todd Broeker
LETTERS: Tom Orzechowski
ISSUES #24-29 CREATIVE TEAM:
STORY: Alan McElroy
COVERS: Dwayne Turner, Chance Wolf, Todd Broeker
PENCILS: Clayton Crain
INKS: Chance Wolf, Jonathon Glapion
COLORS: Todd Broeker
LETTERS: Tom Orzechowski
The first four issues of the series focuses on Daniel Llanso. His story is set some 400 years in the future in an apocalyptic world some time after Armageddon where the Devil Phlegethonyarre has his servant, Abaddon the Angel of the Bottomless Pit and their Undead Army of Nightmares (Necro-Soldiers, Zombies powered by hells Darklight) dominate and hunt all humans.
Daniel's life was an abusive one for the young man, he killed his abusive/drunken father with a laser rifle in order to protect his mother and sister, Madrid. He consequently spends most of his teen years, and a portion of his 20's in various prison facilities on the Moons of Mars and Earth. During his time behind bars he falls in love with a female Public Defender named "Mrs. Noon", they have a strong but short love as she is apparently killed because of him for an unknown reason. Daniels memories of his past are mostly filled with pain and anger, of being shocked with tazer-prods in prison or murdering a Crater-Gang thug by smashing his face-mask of his spacesuit with a rock. At some point Daniel Llanso escapes from a lunar prison in a stolen freighter, but as the story points out the cargo on board was 'Fetid' or more likely booby trapped. Daniel Llanso dies as his spaceship burns up in the Earth's atmosphere, his space suit melts and his flesh burns. He screams as his soul falls burning into the darkness of damnation ending deep within the Twelfth Level of Hell.
Having died and resurrected as a Hellspawn, Daniel at first is lost in a blur of treacherous memory and whispers to do evil deeds and use his energy in violence and to kill. The Hellspawn rises from the barren earth just in time to stop a large demon from killing his sister and her son Matthew. Daniel instantly recognizes her, but not his nephew. She then fires her Energy rifle at the Hellspawn as Madrid and Matt escape. Spawn is left alone only to be 'found' by Abaddon who goads spawn to kill the last humans on Earth, Spawn agrees.
The forces of evil, now gathered within the Vatican City are led by the "Anti-Pope", the Anti-Pope summons a demon named Bune to attack a human stronghold, while Abaddon pushes at Spawn to kill human soldiers and to become Hell's General, Daniel resists at every turn remembering the promise he made the last time he saw his sister alive; to never give up on himself. Abaddon reveals to Spawn that the Anti-Pope has already sent death to claim Madrid and Matt, Spawn removes his mask and sees what he has become in a pool of water, in a moment of anger he is confronted by his master Phlegethonyarre who admits to Daniel that his fate was sealed from the beginning and using his new necro powers consumes a part of his soul. The hellspawn Daniel races against time to rescue Madrid and her son Matt from an army of 'Navkies'(undead children) under the command of the demon Bune. Phlegethonyarre gloats to Abaddon that once Spawn kills Madrid & Mathew the REAL Game can begin.
The story arch during Curse of the Spawn ends in a cliffhanger, having Daniel rescuing his sister, only Matthew was kidnapped by Abaddon and taken to "The Tower". Spawn battles Bune and ultimately kills him with his own Scythe. Spawn races to the top of the tower only to find Abaddon waiting holding Matthew for demonic sacrifice. Abaddon gives spawn the chance to 'save' Matt's soul by killing him so he'll go to heaven (though this is probably a lie), instead Spawn talks to Matt and tells him to picture the place he most wants to be, teleporting Matt back to his mother, who flee while Spawn confronts Abaddon. Spawn and Abaddon battle and spawn appears to win by using his Darklight energy to completely destroy the tower and Abaddon in one huge nuclear looking blast.
Daniel, Madrid, Mathew and a few other minor chars survive the end of the story arch.
The story concludes in its own miniseries, called Spawn: Blood & Salvation.
The rest of the Curse of the Spawn issues focuses around related Characters from the main spawn series, like Jessica Priest
, Sam and Twitch
, The Angel Abdiel
and Angela
, Hatchet a Zombie Spawn, and other tales of other hell throughout the comics timelines.
Some of these stories include; An angel named Abdiel sent to spy on Malebolgia is tricked and banished from heaven, A Greek boy named Raenius, who was killed by Zeus (the god) and resurrected as a Hellspawn, who kills Zeus
with the gorgon
Medusa
by his side.
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of the popular Spawn
Spawn (comics)
Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
by Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn....
. The book introduced other Hellspawns and characters in the "Spawniverse". It was published by Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
and has been collected into multiple graphic novels. There were 29 issues.
ISSUES #1-23 CREATIVE TEAM:
STORY: Alan McElroy
COVERS: Dwayne Turner, Danny Miki, Todd Broeker
PENCILS: Dwayne Turner
INKS: Danny Miki, Chance Wolf
COLORS: Todd Broeker
LETTERS: Tom Orzechowski
ISSUES #24-29 CREATIVE TEAM:
STORY: Alan McElroy
COVERS: Dwayne Turner, Chance Wolf, Todd Broeker
PENCILS: Clayton Crain
INKS: Chance Wolf, Jonathon Glapion
COLORS: Todd Broeker
LETTERS: Tom Orzechowski
The first four issues of the series focuses on Daniel Llanso. His story is set some 400 years in the future in an apocalyptic world some time after Armageddon where the Devil Phlegethonyarre has his servant, Abaddon the Angel of the Bottomless Pit and their Undead Army of Nightmares (Necro-Soldiers, Zombies powered by hells Darklight) dominate and hunt all humans.
Daniel's life was an abusive one for the young man, he killed his abusive/drunken father with a laser rifle in order to protect his mother and sister, Madrid. He consequently spends most of his teen years, and a portion of his 20's in various prison facilities on the Moons of Mars and Earth. During his time behind bars he falls in love with a female Public Defender named "Mrs. Noon", they have a strong but short love as she is apparently killed because of him for an unknown reason. Daniels memories of his past are mostly filled with pain and anger, of being shocked with tazer-prods in prison or murdering a Crater-Gang thug by smashing his face-mask of his spacesuit with a rock. At some point Daniel Llanso escapes from a lunar prison in a stolen freighter, but as the story points out the cargo on board was 'Fetid' or more likely booby trapped. Daniel Llanso dies as his spaceship burns up in the Earth's atmosphere, his space suit melts and his flesh burns. He screams as his soul falls burning into the darkness of damnation ending deep within the Twelfth Level of Hell.
Having died and resurrected as a Hellspawn, Daniel at first is lost in a blur of treacherous memory and whispers to do evil deeds and use his energy in violence and to kill. The Hellspawn rises from the barren earth just in time to stop a large demon from killing his sister and her son Matthew. Daniel instantly recognizes her, but not his nephew. She then fires her Energy rifle at the Hellspawn as Madrid and Matt escape. Spawn is left alone only to be 'found' by Abaddon who goads spawn to kill the last humans on Earth, Spawn agrees.
The forces of evil, now gathered within the Vatican City are led by the "Anti-Pope", the Anti-Pope summons a demon named Bune to attack a human stronghold, while Abaddon pushes at Spawn to kill human soldiers and to become Hell's General, Daniel resists at every turn remembering the promise he made the last time he saw his sister alive; to never give up on himself. Abaddon reveals to Spawn that the Anti-Pope has already sent death to claim Madrid and Matt, Spawn removes his mask and sees what he has become in a pool of water, in a moment of anger he is confronted by his master Phlegethonyarre who admits to Daniel that his fate was sealed from the beginning and using his new necro powers consumes a part of his soul. The hellspawn Daniel races against time to rescue Madrid and her son Matt from an army of 'Navkies'(undead children) under the command of the demon Bune. Phlegethonyarre gloats to Abaddon that once Spawn kills Madrid & Mathew the REAL Game can begin.
The story arch during Curse of the Spawn ends in a cliffhanger, having Daniel rescuing his sister, only Matthew was kidnapped by Abaddon and taken to "The Tower". Spawn battles Bune and ultimately kills him with his own Scythe. Spawn races to the top of the tower only to find Abaddon waiting holding Matthew for demonic sacrifice. Abaddon gives spawn the chance to 'save' Matt's soul by killing him so he'll go to heaven (though this is probably a lie), instead Spawn talks to Matt and tells him to picture the place he most wants to be, teleporting Matt back to his mother, who flee while Spawn confronts Abaddon. Spawn and Abaddon battle and spawn appears to win by using his Darklight energy to completely destroy the tower and Abaddon in one huge nuclear looking blast.
Daniel, Madrid, Mathew and a few other minor chars survive the end of the story arch.
The story concludes in its own miniseries, called Spawn: Blood & Salvation.
The rest of the Curse of the Spawn issues focuses around related Characters from the main spawn series, like Jessica Priest
Jessica Priest
Jessica Priest is a fictional character from the Spawn universe. Specifically, Priest serves as a substitute in the Spawn film of Chapel, Al Simmons's killer in the comic book...
, Sam and Twitch
Sam and Twitch
Sam Burke and Maximilian "Twitch" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series Spawn. Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called Sam and Twitch...
, The Angel Abdiel
Abdiel
Abdiel is a biblical name which has been used as the name for a number of fictional characters and as a given name for several notable people...
and Angela
Angela (comics)
Angela is a fictional character in Todd McFarlane's Spawn comic book series. The character was created for the series by writer Neil Gaiman and artist Todd McFarlane, which led to a legal battle between McFarlane and Gaiman over the rights to the character.-Fictional character biography:In the...
, Hatchet a Zombie Spawn, and other tales of other hell throughout the comics timelines.
Some of these stories include; An angel named Abdiel sent to spy on Malebolgia is tricked and banished from heaven, A Greek boy named Raenius, who was killed by Zeus (the god) and resurrected as a Hellspawn, who kills Zeus
Zeus
In the ancient Greek religion, Zeus was the "Father of Gods and men" who ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father ruled the family. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter and his Etruscan counterpart is Tinia.Zeus was the child of Cronus...
with the gorgon
Gorgon
In Greek mythology, the Gorgon was a terrifying female creature. The name derives from the Greek word gorgós, which means "dreadful." While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a...
Medusa
Medusa
In Greek mythology Medusa , " guardian, protectress") was a Gorgon, a chthonic monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. The author Hyginus, interposes a generation and gives Medusa another chthonic pair as parents. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone...
by his side.
Trade paperback collections
- "Curse of the Spawn: Book 1: Sacrifice of the Soul", 1-4
- "Curse of the Spawn: Book 2: Blood and Sutures", 5-8
- "Curse of the Spawn: Book 3: Shades of Grey", 9-11, 29
- "Curse of the Spawn: Book 4: Lost Values", 12-14, 22
- "The Best of Curse of the Spawn" - 1-8, 12-16, 20-29 of "Curse of the Spawn"
External links
- Spawn - Curse of the Spawn comic
- SpawnWorld - Listing of Spawn related comic series