Missy Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Does anybody still read Spawn? I tried to get into it three times -- collecting 18 - 30-ish, around issue 60, and then again with 100. I even went so far as to buy all of the back issues, and read most of them (up to 75) but I never saw its appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drubot Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Long before, I was a die hard Spawn freak. But now, I read Spawn once in a while, and if there's nothing else to read at the moment. The last time I read, I forgot the issue number but it had Spawn and Sam Twitch trying to save Twitch's son from a demonic house(?). It was pretty recent I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 I was an enormous Spawn fan when the series first started. My first issue was #5, which still sticks out in my mind as a highlight of McFarlane's career, both in art and in storytelling. I bought it religiously until issue 90-something, and then realized how god-awful it had become. I won't even think about it any more. drq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Does he have that life meter any more? You know, they one that only had 9999 ticks before he went back to Hell? If not, what happened to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 They discontinued it after, I believe, issue 25. The storyline explanation was that he visited hell and recharged indefinitely, but I think McFarlane just got too lazy to keep up with it. drq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Lame! That was such a great device to limit his use of power and the length of the comic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 I too used to read it religously and for its time was pretty extordinary. However as you have all mentioned, Todd got a bit lazy. I think it had something to do with how woefull the movie was. Which is weird because MJW as Spawn was really good. The rest of the cast just sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 The comic couldn't hold a candle to the HBO Spawn cartoon, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 i used to readthe comic until they introduced cy-gor, the robot gorilla, that's the point at which the comic went downhill and never looked back. Such a shame as the comic had potential to be better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Cy-Gor was introduced pretty early on too, wasn't he? Don't you hate it when a comic book has so much potential but blows it by producing schlock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 yeah, cy-gor came out pretty early, but i still think that is when the comic took a nose dive. When it started it had plenty of potential, interesting story elements; i.e. his power counter, but then macfarlane got lazy or something, and the comic just isn't as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay7926 Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 A heads up for Spawn fans--according to information on the Savage Dragon message board, Spawn has been canceled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 A heads up for Spawn fans--according to information on the Savage Dragon message board, Spawn has been canceled. No fucking way!!! Are they rebooting it, or is it done for good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 I just checked on this, and it's not cancelled. The seven issues that are late have been "cancelled" so they can be resolicited starting this month. This will put the book back on track heading towards it's 150th issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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