Spawn: A Look Back At The 1997 Movie

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A revenant who was long believed to be dead rises from its grave to claim vengeance over those who destroyed its legacy. It's a familiar story, but, as the timer ticks down to the next big-screen appearance, the Spawn franchise is ready to take on the same charge as its eponymous anti-hero.

The late-90s weren't the heyday of comic book movies that we live in today. They were less frequent, less respected, and frequently less good. The standouts from that era live fondly in the memory of comic book fans, but the failures have gone on to define later attempts.

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In the early-90s, Todd McFarlane made an interesting decision. He took his clout as an in-demand comic book artist and a handful of his peers and he started his own publishing company. McFarlane attained fame working for both Marvel and DC. His best-known work came in The Amazing Spider-Man, wherein he was the first artist to draw the beloved character Venom. McFarlane leveraged his fame into an artist-owned collective called Image Comics. Image served as an umbrella corporation, allowing each of the seven founders to run their own publishing outfit. The flagship property, however, quickly became McFarlane's opus Spawn.

Spawn has been enduringly popular among a very particular type of edgy teenager. The story follows Al Simmons, a CIA-funded assassin who is betrayed and murdered while on a mission. Thanks to his long history of efficient and ruthless violence, the devil Malebolgia offers him another chance at life. He'll get to see his wife again if he agrees to become a «Hellspawn» in the devil's service. Simmons is returned to Earth, but his body remains nightmarishly burned, his memories are