53 for issue #53 of one of my all time favorite comics, SPAWN.
It’s been a while since I’ve read Spawn and can’t say I know too much about the story anymore, but what I do remember leaves a smile on my face.
A man dies, goes to Hell, makes a deal with a demon (and becomes a general in Hell’s Army) to come back and see his wife (love story), only to learn she’s moved on, so now he just gets to take out his anger and angst on all kinds of gruesome creatures, while trying to maintain some level of his past humanity.
I should write one liners for the New York Times book/movie reviews section. Anyone have an in? I’m tired of writing here. KIDDING.
Anyways, Spawn for me represented the new and flashy in comics back in the 90′s, and gave me something with edge and spice that I wasn’t finding in Spiderman and other vanilla comic books in the midst of the censorship and parental advisory era in the US. Spawn had amazing visuals, gave a teen something to almost feel guilty about reading.
But the story was truly amazing, and featured some of the “realest” characters I had come across. All in all, it garnered my attention and adoration for the comic genre, so thank you Todd McFarlane. Even though on all accounts, you’re a giant douchebag. But that’s fine, so are we.
Back to issue #53. Great cover:
I had a Malebogia toy. Do you remember how rare those things were? It’s in a closet somewhere, collecting dust.
As you can read from the link above, this particular issue involved Spawn making a trip back to Hell to visit Billy Kincaid, accused child murderer, whom he ends up gruesomely decapitating.
$1.95? No fair.
There are some great Spawn images captured on this Spawn comics blog.
53 days left!!!
