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Special 25th Anniversary Edition of ‘Spawn’ Issue #1 On the Way
In the summer of 1992, famed comic book artist Todd McFarlane shook up the industry when he unleashed his very own comic creation SPAWN to the world.
Yes, it’s been 25 years since McFarlane introduced us to Spawn, and Image Comics is celebrating the Hellspawn’s silver anniversary with a “Director’s Cut” edition of the long-running comic series’ very first issue. The reprinted issue with be jam-packed with bonus content including the comic’s original artboards, commentary from McFarlane on each page, and even never-before-seen art.
The inaugural issue of SPAWN began the saga of Al Simmons who was once the U.S. government’s greatest soldier and most effective assassin. Mercilessly executed by his own men, Simmons was resurrected from the ashes of his own grave in a flawed agreement with the powers of darkness, he was reborn as a creature from the depths of Hell. Now Al Simmons is locked on Earth fighting the evil that is locked with him. Unable to save the love of his life, Wanda, he makes it his mission to save her daughter, Cyan.
This special anniversary edition hits comic stores on Wednesday, May 17th, and will have a retail price of $4.99. You can check out the three cover variations below, showcasing art from McFarlane, Ashley Wood, and Clayton Crain!
Spawn is currently on issue #275, keeping pace to become the longest running independent comic ever when it reaches issue #301.
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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