Spawn - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 13 May 2026 12:04:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Spawn - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 A Breakout, a Showdown and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/13/a-breakout-a-showdown-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56773 This week's top comics are led by the debuts of DC's Barbara Gordon: Breakout and Ignition Press' Showdown. What are you looking forward to reading?

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]]> 56773 TCXFIP 396: Matthew Rosenberg talks If Destruction Be Our Lot and Spawn https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/21/tcxfip-396-matthew-rosenberg-talks-if-destruction-be-our-lot-and-spawn/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56587 Writer Matthew Rosenberg joins the show to talk about his new Image series If Destruction Be Our Lot, and taking over Todd McFarlane's Spawn.

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]]> 56587 TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 2: Chris Killian talks Image’s I Saw Santa https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/03/tcxfip-nycc-chris-killian/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54719 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 2: Chris Killian talks Image's I Saw Santa Writer and comedian Chris Killian chats with Dan about I Saw Santa: A Spawn Universe Christmas Story at New York Comic Con. For our other NYCC bonus minisode with Oni Press President and Publisher Hunter Gorinson, click here....

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]]> 54719 Hoo! Hoo! Hoo Was Actually Entertained by Batman/Spawn? (and More BatChat) https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/16/hoo-hoo-hoo-was-actually-entertained-by-batman-spawn-and-more-batchat/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44227 It’s party night in the Owl Court Hotel, as the Scooby Gang and Bruce Wayne wind up attending a birthday soiree and running from a Talon in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3, written by Matthew Cody, drawn and colored by Erich Owen, and lettered by Saida Temofonte. Lucius Fox comes to New York as...

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]]> 44227 BatChat With Matt & Will: Intercompany Crossovers (w/ Tony Thornley) https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/08/batchat-with-matt-will-intercompany-crossovers-w-tony-thornley/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44134 Fellow ComicsXF writer Tony Thornley joins us this week just in time for the new Batman/Spawn crossover to talk about other times that Batman has met characters from across the comic book omniverse. Batman meets alien hunters, an arachnid themed hero and the hellspawn he’ll be meeting again. Intercompany crossovers are a weird and wild...

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]]> 44134 King Spawn #2 Is Ripped from the Headlines, like a Bad Law & Order Episode https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/22/king-spawn-2-is-ripped-from-the-headlines-like-a-bad-law-order-episode/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33907 Al Simmons and his team return for a sophomoric sophomore installment in King Spawn #2, written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane, drawn by Javi Fernandez, colored by FCO Plascencia and lettered by AndWorld Design. The ghoulish shape of Spawn’s Universe continues to form in King Spawn #2. Still reeling from the opening issue, Al...

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]]> 33907 The Todd & Co. Get the Wrong Kind of Gritty in Spawn #321 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/01/the-todd-co-get-the-wrong-kind-of-gritty-in-spawn-321/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33241 The Todd’s core text dips back into thematic excess amid some substantial worldbuilding as the Spawn’s Universe branding reaches Spawn #321, written by Todd McFarlane, drawn by Carlo Barberi and Thomas Nachlik, colored by Jay David Ramos and Andrew Dalhouse, and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. *TW/CW: This review contains mentions of sexual assault and trafficking.* ...

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]]> 33241 King Spawn #1 Is Some McFarlane Ish, but with a Deeper Bench https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/25/king-spawn-1-is-some-macfarlane-ish-but-with-a-deeper-bench/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33016 Spawn’s Universe crowns its monarch and assembles another crop of co-stars in King Spawn #1, written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane; drawn by Javi Fernandez, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Philip Tan and Brett Booth; inked by Adelso Corona and Daniel Henriques; colored by FCO Plascencia, Andrew Dalhouse, Marcelo Maiolo, Peter Steigerwald and Dave McCaig;...

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]]> 33016 Another Introduction to the Spawn Universe in Spawn #320 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/28/another-introduction-to-the-spawn-universe-in-spawn-320/ Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31955 Spawn indulges in some old-school action even as his Universe continues to expand in Spawn #320. Written by Todd McFarlane. Drawn by Carlo Barberi. Colored by Jay David Ramos. Lettered by Tom Orzechowski. Spawn #320 might be a better pilot for Spawn’s Universe than Spawn’s Universe #1 was.  Leaping to the aid of his cybernetic...

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]]> 31955 Spawn’s Universe #1 a Mixed Bag of Ideas that Needs More Women https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/24/spawns-universe-1-a-mixed-bag-of-ideas-that-needs-more-women/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30042 The Toddfather introduces us to all his neat new toys in Spawn’s Universe #1, an introductory one-shot debuting the new line of Spawn characters and teasing their respective titles. Written by Todd McFarlane; drawn by Jim Cheung, Brett Booth, Stephen Segovia and Marcio Takara; inked by Adelso Corona and McFarlane; colored by Fco Plascencia, Andrew...

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]]> 30042 The X Spot: Double Agent Bond Lands at 001 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/02/the-x-spot-double-agent-bond-lands-at-001/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22043 Heavy on format changes and spies and assassins this week. Let’s get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Spawn #1-2. Story, pencils and inks: Todd McFarlane; Colorists: Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude and Olyoptics; Letterer: Tom Orzechowski; Publisher: Image With the news of Todd McFarlane starting a shared “Spawn’s Universe,” I thought it would...

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