You're judging the entire concept of the character based solely on the first part of a 300+ issue run. And it's the first part of a brand new character at that. It took time to work out the details and it's a slow burn series. It gets drastically better after the mid way point. And yes the "collectability" of the first issue is poor because of a high print run. But it wasn't just printed out the rear for no reason. You have to consider the fact that it sold an insane amount of issues based on speculative hype. Especially when you take into consideration the launch happened at the "peak before the crash" of the comic industry so people were buying it like crazy hoping it would be worth a ton in the future. Obviously that didn't pan out. But there are tons of issues throughout the run worth relatively good money due to low print run and or character appearances. Etc. But those don't happen until the post 100ish. I respect your attempt to reviewing the character. I just feel your grading criteria and "downsides/negatives" of the comic are unjust and some potentially irrelevant once you zoom out to the bigger picture of things or get more details. No disrespect or anger directed. Just pointing out my opinion on the issues with the character put forth in the review.
Spawn is a somewhat quirky product, but has clear greatness as a horror-adventure title! Yes, Macfarlane is not a comicwriter on par with Alan Moore, but very few are. This simply cannot be a criteria as Alan Moore sits high almost without peers. Macfarlane offers instead an eccentric gothic take on the american superhero that is found nowhere else. And so what Spawn lacks in sophistication of narrative, it has in vibe, world-building and visual expression. I find it a highly original contribution.
It was a ground breaking series for the first 30-40 issues. After that it was a cash grab. HBO animated series.. at least season 1 & 2 did it right. You had to be there when it came out… like so many other great comic moments.. like when Frank Miller’s Dark Knight or Year One or buying Claremont/Byrne’s X-Men out of the back issue bins. So glad I was a kid when that all went down. From about 78 to 93 was a golden age of comics that we will never see again. Todd McFarlane helped redefine comics and comic entrepreneurship with Spawn.
The HBO show is so good. Animation is top notch, and it’s so much better than the movie. Remember staying up to watch it on the weekends right before ECW.
Dude you are an absolute tool None of the Spawn comics are cash grabs I'm on issue #58 And the story and artwork just keeps getting better and better. Every little detail that happens in every past Spawn comic Eventually plays a bigger part in future spawn stories. Just when you think you have his character figured out and what the plan is or spawn and what his end game is going to be Completely slaps you in the face with another surprise. And the HBO series was good but it did not follow the storyline of the comics.
Don’t know if u know u have a error print. On the Spawn 1. 5:38 in. News coverage is a spoof off OJ trial. And the Bronco chase. Imagine if CNN were around now. Lmfao. Todd Is the new king of comics. Rip Stan Lee. Longest single running character in comics. And my favorite character. Besides joker. It gets really good after 9. Medieval spawn is amazing. Also death of chapel.
I recently started reading it, i’ve read 40 issues and as a an 18 year old, I’d say I enjoy it. It isn’t a mind blowing story but for someone who hasn’t read too many comics besides a lot of popular stories, it’s an enjoyable series with great art. I love the art and the world building, I just enjoy being in “the world” of Spawn every now and then.
Respectfully no, Spawn unlike other runs is a "slow burn" you get to the exciting stuff well after 120th issue. Most people who stop reading Spawn do not see the eventual pay offs from story/character building. I'm mainly a DC fan myself, but Spawn is my favourite out of all, is the story slow ? Yes, but it picks up and gives you a reason to why it was slow. Obviously this is subjective.
See there's slow burn stories, and then there's "it gets great after issue 120-150" I do believe it gets better but for a lot of people it simply drags way too much and it is a legitimate criticism for the run
If it wasn’t for the McFarland toy line Spawn wouldn’t have been as big as it is. The Spawn story is all over the place . He had to many writers in the beginning that added to much lore but none of it connected. The Art was A1 though. Overall Spawn is still one of the most successful American creator own comic but not because of the actual comic but because of the business mindset of Todd.
I love Spawn, but it’s completely subjective, I would never put it on a “bests” list in terms of writing, but it’s surely a classic and amazing property for many other reasons. For me i just read issue by issue, I have the compendiums but because the story isn’t like this epic masterpiece it’s not something I can just binge read a thousand pages of.
Spawn was okay, I didn't buy the run way back then to speculate and it was good enough to make me spend my money on the run to read til issue 105 i think when I ditch comics and go hard into music and vinyl record collecting. I still got that Spawn soundtrack that was issued in a double 10" vinyl pack .
@stickygoose I’m a day 1 Spawn fan and have been throughout its 300+ run including the new series, King, Scorched, gunslinger etc. i love Spawn say what you will about Todd in other aspects but he has made an effort throughout Spawn’s history to deliver a quality comic with it. I still have my release day copy of Spawn #1 in a CGC 9.8 believe it or not!
@@Stickygoose a fair point sir and don’t get me wrong quite a few story arcs in spawn I didn’t love throughout the series it deff has its faults but overall Todd has done a good job keeping the series entertaining
Spawn comics are definitely not overrated Especially when you consider the absolute crap that is pumping out of the mainstream comic book line today. I'm currently rereading the spawn series And I am on issue 58. And the story just keeps getting better and better along with the artwork And the stories keep getting darker and darker But what's even more cool is that all the little things that happened in the past spawn issues eventually end up playing a huge part in future issues. There's no forced identity politics No forced lgbtq politics No messages will ever be shoved down your throat. My only complaint? Some of spawns side stories that are actually pretty important to the main spawn series, are in one shot comics that are hard to find and no longer in print. Some of these side stories existed just to sell whatever one shot comic or series that was doing poorly by having bigger brand named character in it. This will know they'll leave a lot of people confused Especially the infamous shoelace face Which was because of Batman Throwing a batarang straight into Spawns face. This will no doubt leave many people confused Because it is no longer a part of the main series. Anyways terribly sorry for the long rant.
yo I'm starting to collect and I have already 44 comics in total, but I really love spawn because he's kinda like Deadpool but without humor. I haven't seen the animated series or movie but spawn is really coooooool. SPAWN FOR LIFE!!!!!!
At least it isn’t the woke trash that Marvel and DC are shoving down our throats. I’d rather spend my money on old Spawn comics than ANY DC or Marvel comic from 2010 onward. They are all absolute 🗑️
As someone who started reading spawn with #6 (also picked up Wildcats #2) as a sixteen year old, I'll say it was revolutionary. The story was good, the art was great (Art beats stories in comics) and nothing could compete with the early Spawn comics. Plus in comparison to the majority of today's mainstream comics, the early Spawn books are vastly superior in art and story.
Spawn is definitely not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, i like it for what it is. This might be a controversial opinion, but I don’t think the movie was that bad. Is it the best thing ever? Hell No, not by a long shot. If they didn’t try to go for a PG-13 and tried to stay closer to the comics, it would have been significantly better than what the final product ended up being. The movie did end up with an R-rating anyways, but was edited even more to get that rating they wanted and I say all this after watching the Director’s Cut version. The HBO series however is fantastic, that’s some top notch television imo.
Lol I still rock with the spawn moive😂 I try not to let the adult in me take over my childhood love. So I'm a spawn fan to the end. I would love to hear your take on Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod.
As someone new to spawn, started at 300. I can see from some of the older issues why in its time it was popular. I wish I collected it as a kid, I loved dark anime and dark shows so it would have been my thing. However reading from 300 onwards it's alright. I think gunslinger spawn is much better for new readers. It's more focused story. Not going to lie though batman spawn 2022 issue inspired me to read spawn.
Spawn is great except when it’s not. I’ve read every issue as it came out since 1992 and I can attest to the book having amazing highs and deep lows. However, I would argue that when it’s not great its still better than a lot of other comics being put out at that time. My favorite run is issue 32 until the end of Greg Capullo’s run around issue 100. The reason there are so many #1 copies is because it sold millions when it was printed and people saved them. They were not over printed. They actually sold most of them to customers, so that’s a weird criticism. McFarlane prints variant covers now but he didn’t used to. The first variant covers he ever did were for issue 100. I will agree with you that Spawn’s world wasn’t completely fleshed out by issue 15 but I would challenge you to find a comic universe that springs fully formed. Superman didn’t get most of his identifiable qualities until the late golden age and into the silver age. I would encourage you to keep reading as Spawn’s mythos and McFarlane’s writing start to improve over a relatively quick time period.
Great feedback. Yea… I’m baffled by the “too many copies of #1 printed” criticism. lol… like yea guy - that’s called satisfying demand … or umm… “success”
For me, Spawn has a decent amount of potential: a mercenary who is the pawn to both Heaven and Hell without him knowing it yet while looking for his wife. Sadly, Todd McFarlane, while great as a penciller, is abysmal as a writer, keeping Spawn, both as a character and comic book, from reaching his narrative potential. The best Spawn comics, while very, very few, are those not written my McFarlane, mainly David Hine's run, which could've brought a closure to Spawn's struggle between Heaven and Hell. The HBO cartoon, however, is amazing, easily, the best Spawn has ever had for a while.
Yeah definitely something that was a huge thing for it’s time. I like to think that this opened up the gates for mainstream to be a little grittier. It was and still is an Indy comic, however, it don’t sell like an Indy. Image brought a huge step up in the comic game back then. I loved Spawn, and still do, mostly for the popcorn read that it is. No denying the artwork is stellar. I get why people can’t get into it. Everyone should give it a chance though.
I remember one reviewer once said that Quenten Tarantino spent his entire life in video stores watching action flicks, cut off from any meaningful contact with the real world. The movies that he makes seems to be attempting to mimic that pop culture without having anything else. In other words, all style and no substance. I think the same thing can be said about Todd McFarlane. He wanted to imitate the best selling comic books of his adolescent years but didn't have any real plot to propel them with. With regards specifically to the comic book Spawn, this wasted failure could have been a masterpiece. It could have been a great commentary on the meaning of morality and ethics as a demon tries to figure out what it takes to be an angel. The thing that ultimately ruined it is McFarlane's belief, shared by many atheists, that the Judeo Christian God is beyond good and evil.
You know what I find very disturbing, how we continue to belittle a comic book that is so unique you’ll never see this in history again of comic books, Todd McFarlane is an incredible Artist and let things be to continuously rehash whether the writing is good or not then let’s watch you write a book and create some art-keep it real or do not keep it peace out!
A really great documentary about early Todd McFarlane is an old TechTv/G4 show called “ The Devil You Know: Inside the mind of Todd McFarlane”…highly recommend it. Might still be on CZcams.
You are reviewing a character and a complete serie based on 15 issues from 25 years ago. It's like giving an opinion about x-men and the avengers based on the 12 issues of secret wars, which was the most boring yet overrated comic in marvel history. Not all comics age well.
Hello, i was just curious to your response for a question i have. When you did this video you were talking about the first 15 issues from today's perspective. But I am more interested in knowing what you think of the last 15 issues. Comics from 1992 you said aren't very good by today's standard. But what is your opinion on the comics from 2020-2023 or the more recent comics. I think that would be very interesting to see what you think of it today for what it is now.
I just checked my site and a near mint #1 is only selling for $46, I always thought the movie was crap...but the HBO series was on point, I loved that show.
The reason the movie failed so badly Was because the movie tried to tell the first 40 issues of Spawn Into one movie. And they left out about 80% of what happened.
I caught spawn from the begining. It was good. Spawn wasnt stand alone their were side stories since the beginning which made the story more complex. You had the violator mini the angela mini the midevil spawn mini batman cross over and more. So yeah it was great.
Hahah...I agree, the characters look like SPIDERMAN X DEADPOOL X PUNISHER X DOOMSDAY X GHOST RIDER X DOCTOR STRANGE BATMAN X VENOM...X-Force(90's) was better, and i heard T.McFarlane said if your work were full of TONER every page was better like every page were rich of BLACKS&SHADOWS that's why it made upto 300+ issues...Hahah
I love spawn.... Always have. Always will. You want an overrated series, well I can name quite a few from marvel, but I won't because I'm not here to piss people off or start a back and forth with fans. I just feel I need to defend one of many few comic characters that actually speak to me!
I don’t have nostalgia for it and I think it’s awesome so idk what you’re on about lmao. As far as the art goes idk if it’s me but I can follow the art pretty well. Now if you wanna talk about a comic that’s overrated and with cluttered art One Piece definitely takes the cake in that.
Yep. It wasn't significant since the 1990s. 30 plus years later, I have read enough online reviews, and I have seen a few and far between regarding Spawn. Nothing impactful. No great storylines. Overall... Yawn. A fad character. McFarlane did great art, and those 1990s stories were good, but now near 300 issues... has it progressed? Nope. It just wasn't Faustian enough. Not Dante's Inferno enough. Other writers are better. McFarlane is an artist, not much of a writer. He isn't Byrne or Starlin or other writers/artists of great fame. Cruise control for 2 decades. Yes, a product of the 1990s only. 😴
@@Stickygoose guess it depends on who you’re talking to. For me it’s around I think where they get a bit more into the heaven and hell aspects of the spawn universe. Don’t remember which chapters specifically. But if you’re not feeling it so far, then I don’t really recommend it.
I’m new to the comic book world and owned one comic book when I was a kid and it was Spawn. Played his game on SNES then saw his movie. This guy was the shit compared to Marvel and DC hero’s. Anyways I’m 32 now and decided to build this collection up. Starting with Newsstand Edition and only gonna start with the first 12 issues. LETS GOO!!!
NO WONDER THE MOVIE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIN PLOT TO UPHOLD BECAUSE THERE'RE NO SOLID STORY LINE TO OFFER...Heheh, I never like this stupid character for the first time i heard this NEW KID ON THE BLOC.
Of course looking at anything back in 90s from year 2022 many are so cringey, including comics. Those shit titles from Image way back was so so bad with titles like The Pact, Wildcats, Youngblood. Hahahahah i bought them all and threw them all away in the garbage recently.
@@bderek85 Unfortunate, but plenty of comics between 80s and 2010s to read. Hopefully when all this woke stuff blows over comics might gain some sort of traction again.
I love spawn lol. For real. He's a cool dude. I just wish Al Simmons was Mexican so it could truly explode my mind! I guess I am a Mexican spawn in my own mind
You're judging the entire concept of the character based solely on the first part of a 300+ issue run. And it's the first part of a brand new character at that. It took time to work out the details and it's a slow burn series. It gets drastically better after the mid way point. And yes the "collectability" of the first issue is poor because of a high print run. But it wasn't just printed out the rear for no reason. You have to consider the fact that it sold an insane amount of issues based on speculative hype. Especially when you take into consideration the launch happened at the "peak before the crash" of the comic industry so people were buying it like crazy hoping it would be worth a ton in the future. Obviously that didn't pan out. But there are tons of issues throughout the run worth relatively good money due to low print run and or character appearances. Etc. But those don't happen until the post 100ish. I respect your attempt to reviewing the character. I just feel your grading criteria and "downsides/negatives" of the comic are unjust and some potentially irrelevant once you zoom out to the bigger picture of things or get more details. No disrespect or anger directed. Just pointing out my opinion on the issues with the character put forth in the review.
Spawn is a somewhat quirky product, but has clear greatness as a horror-adventure title! Yes, Macfarlane is not a comicwriter on par with Alan Moore, but very few are. This simply cannot be a criteria as Alan Moore sits high almost without peers. Macfarlane offers instead an eccentric gothic take on the american superhero that is found nowhere else. And so what Spawn lacks in sophistication of narrative, it has in vibe, world-building and visual expression. I find it a highly original contribution.
It was a ground breaking series for the first 30-40 issues. After that it was a cash grab. HBO animated series.. at least season 1 & 2 did it right. You had to be there when it came out… like so many other great comic moments.. like when Frank Miller’s Dark Knight or Year One or buying Claremont/Byrne’s X-Men out of the back issue bins. So glad I was a kid when that all went down. From about 78 to 93 was a golden age of comics that we will never see again. Todd McFarlane helped redefine comics and comic entrepreneurship with Spawn.
I definitely wanted to approach it from a period piece perspective. I can absolutely see how it would have changed comics forever
The HBO show is so good. Animation is top notch, and it’s so much better than the movie. Remember staying up to watch it on the weekends right before ECW.
Dude you are an absolute tool
None of the Spawn comics are cash grabs
I'm on issue #58
And the story and artwork just keeps getting better and better.
Every little detail that happens in every past Spawn comic
Eventually plays a bigger part in future spawn stories.
Just when you think you have his character figured out and what the plan is or spawn and what his end game is going to be
Completely slaps you in the face with another surprise.
And the HBO series was good but it did not follow the storyline of the comics.
Spawn is goat and no slander will be tolerated
Don’t know if u know u have a error print. On the Spawn 1. 5:38 in. News coverage is a spoof off OJ trial. And the Bronco chase. Imagine if CNN were around now. Lmfao. Todd Is the new king of comics. Rip Stan Lee. Longest single running character in comics. And my favorite character. Besides joker. It gets really good after 9. Medieval spawn is amazing. Also death of chapel.
I recently started reading it, i’ve read 40 issues and as a an 18 year old, I’d say I enjoy it. It isn’t a mind blowing story but for someone who hasn’t read too many comics besides a lot of popular stories, it’s an enjoyable series with great art. I love the art and the world building, I just enjoy being in “the world” of Spawn every now and then.
I can completely get on board with that! The book does have style
Respectfully no, Spawn unlike other runs is a "slow burn" you get to the exciting stuff well after 120th issue. Most people who stop reading Spawn do not see the eventual pay offs from story/character building. I'm mainly a DC fan myself, but Spawn is my favourite out of all, is the story slow ? Yes, but it picks up and gives you a reason to why it was slow. Obviously this is subjective.
See there's slow burn stories, and then there's "it gets great after issue 120-150" I do believe it gets better but for a lot of people it simply drags way too much and it is a legitimate criticism for the run
I'll bet you'd feel different if you got into spawn back in the day.
If it wasn’t for the McFarland toy line Spawn wouldn’t have been as big as it is. The Spawn story is all over the place . He had to many writers in the beginning that added to much lore but none of it connected. The Art was A1 though. Overall Spawn is still one of the most successful American creator own comic but not because of the actual comic but because of the business mindset of Todd.
I love Spawn, but it’s completely subjective, I would never put it on a “bests” list in terms of writing, but it’s surely a classic and amazing property for many other reasons. For me i just read issue by issue, I have the compendiums but because the story isn’t like this epic masterpiece it’s not something I can just binge read a thousand pages of.
What do you consider "bests" please because I am looking into what to read besides spawn. I am going to start reading watchmen
@@aiken1053 Batman: The Long Halloween . Batman and Joker: Deadly Duo.
Spawn was okay, I didn't buy the run way back then to speculate and it was good enough to make me spend my money on the run to read til issue 105 i think when I ditch comics and go hard into music and vinyl record collecting. I still got that Spawn soundtrack that was issued in a double 10" vinyl pack .
@stickygoose I’m a day 1 Spawn fan and have been throughout its 300+ run including the new series, King, Scorched, gunslinger etc. i love Spawn say what you will about Todd in other aspects but he has made an effort throughout Spawn’s history to deliver a quality comic with it. I still have my release day copy of Spawn #1 in a CGC 9.8 believe it or not!
I think Spawn is truly a love it or hate it IP. Thanks for watching my video btw
@@Stickygoose a fair point sir and don’t get me wrong quite a few story arcs in spawn I didn’t love throughout the series it deff has its faults but overall Todd has done a good job keeping the series entertaining
Spawn comics are definitely not overrated
Especially when you consider the absolute crap that is pumping out of the mainstream comic book line today.
I'm currently rereading the spawn series
And I am on issue 58.
And the story just keeps getting better and better along with the artwork
And the stories keep getting darker and darker
But what's even more cool is that all the little things that happened in the past spawn issues eventually end up playing a huge part in future issues.
There's no forced identity politics
No forced lgbtq politics
No messages will ever be shoved down your throat.
My only complaint?
Some of spawns side stories that are actually pretty important to the main spawn series, are in one shot comics that are hard to find and no longer in print.
Some of these side stories existed just to sell whatever one shot comic or series that was doing poorly by having bigger brand named character in it.
This will know they'll leave a lot of people confused
Especially the infamous shoelace face
Which was because of Batman
Throwing a batarang straight into Spawns face.
This will no doubt leave many people confused
Because it is no longer a part of the main series.
Anyways terribly sorry for the long rant.
Maybe I should give it another chance
I like spawn even with its flaws. Though I read it usually when i got nothing else
Lol this comment made me laugh. That’s the most half hearted endorsement I’ve heard. Thanks for watching whylo
yo I'm starting to collect and I have already 44 comics in total, but I really love spawn because he's kinda like Deadpool but without humor. I haven't seen the animated series or movie but spawn is really coooooool. SPAWN FOR LIFE!!!!!!
At least it isn’t the woke trash that Marvel and DC are shoving down our throats. I’d rather spend my money on old Spawn comics than ANY DC or Marvel comic from 2010 onward. They are all absolute 🗑️
totally agree
As someone who started reading spawn with #6 (also picked up Wildcats #2) as a sixteen year old, I'll say it was revolutionary. The story was good, the art was great (Art beats stories in comics) and nothing could compete with the early Spawn comics. Plus in comparison to the majority of today's mainstream comics, the early Spawn books are vastly superior in art and story.
Spawn is definitely not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, i like it for what it is. This might be a controversial opinion, but I don’t think the movie was that bad. Is it the best thing ever? Hell No, not by a long shot. If they didn’t try to go for a PG-13 and tried to stay closer to the comics, it would have been significantly better than what the final product ended up being. The movie did end up with an R-rating anyways, but was edited even more to get that rating they wanted and I say all this after watching the Director’s Cut version. The HBO series however is fantastic, that’s some top notch television imo.
Watching that now thanks for the recommendation
Lol I still rock with the spawn moive😂 I try not to let the adult in me take over my childhood love. So I'm a spawn fan to the end. I would love to hear your take on Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod.
Never heard of that looking it up now
@@Stickygoose cool I hope you do a review I think you will love it thanks
As someone new to spawn, started at 300. I can see from some of the older issues why in its time it was popular. I wish I collected it as a kid, I loved dark anime and dark shows so it would have been my thing. However reading from 300 onwards it's alright. I think gunslinger spawn is much better for new readers. It's more focused story.
Not going to lie though batman spawn 2022 issue inspired me to read spawn.
Spawn is great except when it’s not. I’ve read every issue as it came out since 1992 and I can attest to the book having amazing highs and deep lows. However, I would argue that when it’s not great its still better than a lot of other comics being put out at that time. My favorite run is issue 32 until the end of Greg Capullo’s run around issue 100. The reason there are so many #1 copies is because it sold millions when it was printed and people saved them. They were not over printed. They actually sold most of them to customers, so that’s a weird criticism. McFarlane prints variant covers now but he didn’t used to. The first variant covers he ever did were for issue 100. I will agree with you that Spawn’s world wasn’t completely fleshed out by issue 15 but I would challenge you to find a comic universe that springs fully formed. Superman didn’t get most of his identifiable qualities until the late golden age and into the silver age. I would encourage you to keep reading as Spawn’s mythos and McFarlane’s writing start to improve over a relatively quick time period.
Great feedback. Yea… I’m baffled by the “too many copies of #1 printed” criticism. lol… like yea guy - that’s called satisfying demand … or umm… “success”
For me, Spawn has a decent amount of potential: a mercenary who is the pawn to both Heaven and Hell without him knowing it yet while looking for his wife. Sadly, Todd McFarlane, while great as a penciller, is abysmal as a writer, keeping Spawn, both as a character and comic book, from reaching his narrative potential. The best Spawn comics, while very, very few, are those not written my McFarlane, mainly David Hine's run, which could've brought a closure to Spawn's struggle between Heaven and Hell. The HBO cartoon, however, is amazing, easily, the best Spawn has ever had for a while.
The artstyle is amazing and details put into it but the story is not cohesive and well written but people forget this is a product of it's time
well said
Yeah definitely something that was a huge thing for it’s time. I like to think that this opened up the gates for mainstream to be a little grittier. It was and still is an Indy comic, however, it don’t sell like an Indy. Image brought a huge step up in the comic game back then. I loved Spawn, and still do, mostly for the popcorn read that it is. No denying the artwork is stellar. I get why people can’t get into it. Everyone should give it a chance though.
I love spawn but I can see the flaws in the series
Ya love it or ya hate it, I truly believe that
I remember one reviewer once said that Quenten Tarantino spent his entire life in video stores watching action flicks, cut off from any meaningful contact with the real world. The movies that he makes seems to be attempting to mimic that pop culture without having anything else. In other words, all style and no substance.
I think the same thing can be said about Todd McFarlane. He wanted to imitate the best selling comic books of his adolescent years but didn't have any real plot to propel them with.
With regards specifically to the comic book Spawn, this wasted failure could have been a masterpiece. It could have been a great commentary on the meaning of morality and ethics as a demon tries to figure out what it takes to be an angel. The thing that ultimately ruined it is McFarlane's belief, shared by many atheists, that the Judeo Christian God is beyond good and evil.
Interesting takes bro... i actually just bought Gunslinger Spawn issues 1 and 2, love them! Super funny, and good art. Gotta get the rest now.
Same here bought up to number 5 it’s a great read and art is beautiful
You know what I find very disturbing, how we continue to belittle a comic book that is so unique you’ll never see this in history again of comic books, Todd McFarlane is an incredible Artist and let things be to continuously rehash whether the writing is good or not then let’s watch you write a book and create some art-keep it real or do not keep it peace out!
A really great documentary about early Todd McFarlane is an old TechTv/G4 show called “ The Devil You Know: Inside the mind of Todd McFarlane”…highly recommend it. Might still be on CZcams.
He is legitimately a crazy person. I’m going to look that up
As they say, everyone's got an opinion...in the end, it all boils down to whose opinion really matters.
You are reviewing a character and a complete serie based on 15 issues from 25 years ago. It's like giving an opinion about x-men and the avengers based on the 12 issues of secret wars, which was the most boring yet overrated comic in marvel history. Not all comics age well.
I just read secret wars and my review comes out next week
i think the character spawn is cool and i really like him but the stories he's in are dumb more often than not
Love everything spawn but that's just me
great profile name lmao lol
You need to stop bashing Todd McFarlane!
Hello, i was just curious to your response for a question i have. When you did this video you were talking about the first 15 issues from today's perspective. But I am more interested in knowing what you think of the last 15 issues. Comics from 1992 you said aren't very good by today's standard. But what is your opinion on the comics from 2020-2023 or the more recent comics. I think that would be very interesting to see what you think of it today for what it is now.
That would be interesting would you like to send me those issues to review?
I just checked my site and a near mint #1 is only selling for $46, I always thought the movie was crap...but the HBO series was on point, I loved that show.
Yea it’s not a great investment. It’s awesome if you pull it out of a dollar bin.
Other issues are more valuable- like the Angela mini series and some low print numbers
The reason the movie failed so badly
Was because the movie tried to tell the first 40 issues of Spawn
Into one movie.
And they left out about 80% of what happened.
Ummmmm maybe the most underrated ever.
Ya love it or ya hate it
Read issues 1-100, Skip issues 101-296 and one is better off, 196-has been better brainstormed and is storydriven as Spawn can be.
The HBO series was amazing. The movie was horrible.
I never understood the popularity of this character the writing is consistently horrible .
I caught spawn from the begining. It was good. Spawn wasnt stand alone their were side stories since the beginning which made the story more complex. You had the violator mini the angela mini the midevil spawn mini batman cross over and more. So yeah it was great.
Hahah...I agree, the characters look like SPIDERMAN X DEADPOOL X PUNISHER X DOOMSDAY X GHOST RIDER X DOCTOR STRANGE BATMAN X VENOM...X-Force(90's) was better, and i heard T.McFarlane said if your work were full of TONER every page was better like every page were rich of BLACKS&SHADOWS that's why it made upto 300+ issues...Hahah
I love spawn.... Always have. Always will. You want an overrated series, well I can name quite a few from marvel, but I won't because I'm not here to piss people off or start a back and forth with fans. I just feel I need to defend one of many few comic characters that actually speak to me!
Just realized I have the first run of 1997. Worth anything?
I am not sure check key collector or comics price guide
@@Stickygoose Will do. Thanks.
If a book takes 300 issues to get good its not good to begin with
If you like heavy metal music and Spawn you should definitely listen to Iced Earth’s the Dark Saga. It’s an amazing experience
I don’t have nostalgia for it and I think it’s awesome so idk what you’re on about lmao. As far as the art goes idk if it’s me but I can follow the art pretty well. Now if you wanna talk about a comic that’s overrated and with cluttered art One Piece definitely takes the cake in that.
Yep. It wasn't significant since the 1990s. 30 plus years later, I have read enough online reviews, and I have seen a few and far between regarding Spawn. Nothing impactful. No great storylines. Overall... Yawn. A fad character. McFarlane did great art, and those 1990s stories were good, but now near 300 issues... has it progressed? Nope. It just wasn't Faustian enough. Not Dante's Inferno enough. Other writers are better. McFarlane is an artist, not much of a writer. He isn't Byrne or Starlin or other writers/artists of great fame. Cruise control for 2 decades. Yes, a product of the 1990s only. 😴
Overated? Absolutley not! Im 45 so spawn came out i think my 9th grade year.
Also, I got back into spawn partially b/c there's no woke crap & only way it can creep in is if todd let's it happen.
Is It worth to collect these Spawn comics?
First off collect what you love. If you like spawn it’s definitely worth it
@@Stickygoose i'm completely agree with you!!
Must not know how valuable some of the keys are or low print issues
It starts off pretty damn weak with a few highlight chapters. But it definitely got better after a while
For me at least
That’s what I hear but how long does that take?
@@Stickygoose guess it depends on who you’re talking to. For me it’s around I think where they get a bit more into the heaven and hell aspects of the spawn universe. Don’t remember which chapters specifically. But if you’re not feeling it so far, then I don’t really recommend it.
I checked out a few issues , didn’t like it.
Then again I didn’t like Donny cates Venom much either or Tom king run on Batman .
Tom king seems like the most depressed man in comics
The movie was good minus the outdated CGI
don't watch the movie- watch the cartoon - that came out- followed the story and much better
I’m new to the comic book world and owned one comic book when I was a kid and it was Spawn. Played his game on SNES then saw his movie. This guy was the shit compared to Marvel and DC hero’s. Anyways I’m 32 now and decided to build this collection up. Starting with Newsstand Edition and only gonna start with the first 12 issues. LETS GOO!!!
Newsstands are tough to find and pricey. That will be a nice collection
NO WONDER THE MOVIE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIN PLOT TO UPHOLD BECAUSE THERE'RE NO SOLID STORY LINE TO OFFER...Heheh, I never like this stupid character for the first time i heard this NEW KID ON THE BLOC.
I was more of a Gen13 fan as a teen. You know why.
I talked about that in my most recent video
the reason you don't get it is because you are close minded that's why
I think I’m too stupid to understand the complexity
Bringing out your true review. 👍
Always!
We can call it 'overrated' after I sell my 10, 9.8s of issue 1 😂
Hahaha youre waiting on that live action reboot aren’t ya?
@@Stickygoose :-) That's if it ever comes out.
Of course looking at anything back in 90s from year 2022 many are so cringey, including comics. Those shit titles from Image way back was so so bad with titles like The Pact, Wildcats, Youngblood. Hahahahah i bought them all and threw them all away in the garbage recently.
I did a live sale recently where I essentially gave away stacks of those books
@@Stickygoose all the money wasted buy those "HOT" books hahahahha..
The woke stuff in comics now is infinitely more cringey today.
@@fleezelight yeah ive heard . lots of diversity and strange swaps etc....
@@bderek85 Unfortunate, but plenty of comics between 80s and 2010s to read. Hopefully when all this woke stuff blows over comics might gain some sort of traction again.
Yes
This made me lol
I love spawn lol. For real. He's a cool dude. I just wish Al Simmons was Mexican so it could truly explode my mind! I guess I am a Mexican spawn in my own mind
Unwatchable hahaha
Too whiney. Haters gon hate.
Thanks for watching little nicky