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Wizard ⋅ 1991
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Interior advertisement of "Stan Lee Presents: The Comic Book Greats" a VHS with Spawn on the outer sleeve (December 1991)

Styx Publications ⋅ 1992
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Interior illustration of Spawn in a comic book solicitation catalog and first time the name Spawn is seen in print

Mailing date: February 3, 1992

According to spawnworld.com, only one other image of Spawn is known to exist prior to the mailing of Up 'N Coming #15 and it was in an ad for "Stan Lee Presents: The Comic Book Greats" a VHS with Spawn on the outer sleeve (December 1991), though Spawn was not named or discussed in the video

Value unknown

Comic Shop News ⋅ 1992
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Interior article on the Image publishing company with a cover picture of Spawn #1

Dated February 12, 1992

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First printed images of Spawn in a U.S. publication, Mailing date: February 5, 1992

Front page advertisement of Spawn, preceded all comic book advertisements in Malibu comic books that were published between March/April 1992

Interior black and white, textless cover art for Spawn #1

Only two other images of Spawn are known to exist prior to the mailing of Comics Buyer's Guide #953: the sleeve of a VHS tape titled "Stan Lee Presents: The Comic Book Greats" and a comic book solicitation magazine, Up N' Coming #1, Mailing date: February 3, 1992

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Diamond ⋅ 1992
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$120
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$450

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First published images of Spawn in full color

Interior pin-up advertisement for Spawn #1 in full color

McFarlane reveals details about Spawn in an interior article

Malibu ⋅ 1992
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First printed image of Spawn in an actual comic book (advertisement)

One of two comics published in March 1992 that included the advertisement, the other being Robotech II: The Sentinels #13

Earlier images of Spawn have been printed in various catalogs and fanzines

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First printed image of Spawn in a comic book (advertisement)

One of two comics published in March 1992 that included the advertisement, the other being Torg #2

Earlier images of Spawn have been printed in various catalogs and fanzines among other publications

Adventure Publications ⋅ 1992
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⚠ Misconception: incorrectly cited as the first published image of Spawn in an advertisement

The same advertisement appeared in multiple comics that went on-sale in April 1992: Re-Animator #2, Rocket Ranger #3, Rust #1, The Southern Squadron: Freedom of Information #4, Torg #3

In March 1992, one month prior to Rust #1, Spawn advertisements were printed in two comic books: Robotech II The Sentinels #13 and Torg #2

Prior to the publication of Robotech II #13 and Torg #2, Spawn appeared in numerous catalogs and fanzines

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Interior black and white advertisement for Spawn, released in April, prior to Spawn #1 but after other comics that contained promotional Spawn ads

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Interior black and white advertisement for Spawn, released in April, prior to Spawn #1 but after other comics that contained promotional Spawn ads

Malibu ⋅ 1992
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Interior black and white advertisement for Spawn, released in April, prior to Spawn #1 but after other comics that contained promotional Spawn ads

Variant ⋅ Adventure Publications ⋅ 1992
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Variant cover with gold foil

Advertisement of Todd McFarlane's Spawn

Limited to 10,000 copies

Malibu ⋅ 1992
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$500

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Cover appearance and interior images of Spawn

Back cover appearance of Spawn

Eternity ⋅ 1992
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Conclusion of limited series that introduced Lady Death and Evil Ernie

Interior black and white advertisement for Spawn, released prior to Spawn #1 but after other comics that contained promotional Spawn ads

Error ⋅ Malibu ⋅ 1992
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$190
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$2.8k

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Error edition, green-colored Spawn on back cover - tap cover and swipe to view

Image ⋅ 1992
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1st appearance of Spawn

1st appearance of Sam & Twitch

1st appearance of Malebolgia

1st cameo appearance of Jason Wynn

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Pin-up of Pitt

Comic Shop News ⋅ 1992
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Early cover appearance of Spawn

Comic Shop News is a free publication, printed on newsprint paper, given away at comic book stores

Wizard ⋅ 1992
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Cover art by Todd McFarlane

Polybagged with a Spawn trading card

Parody Press ⋅ 1992
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Parody of Spawn

Image ⋅ 1993
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Death of Al Simmons, in a flashback

Origin of Spawn, where it is discovered that Chapel was his murderer

1st full appearance of Jason Wynn, previously appeared in multiple cameos

Hardcover ⋅ Image ⋅ 1993
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$1.4k

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Unreleased 200-page hardcover collection of Spawn #1 - #12

Distributed to employees, family and friends of the McFarlane company

There are eight similar hardcover editions that collect up to issue #96, Curse of Spawn #1- #29 and a mini-series collection which will be added when there is sales data

Calliope Comics ⋅ 1993
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$35

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Cover art by Greg Capullo

Image ⋅ 1993
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Jason Wynn becomes Anti-Spawn aka the Redeemer, in final panel

1st appearance of Major Vale

First artwork on the Spawn title by Greg Capullo

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Batman/Spawn crossover distributed by Image, created by Todd McFarlane and Frank Miller

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Batman/Spawn crossover distributed by DC, the second crossover of the characters

Promo ⋅ Todd Toys ⋅ 1995
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12-page promotional comic book, distributed with the Spawn board game by Pressman

Interior story titled Dead End featuring Spawn, Violator and Overtkill with four additional pages of game instructions

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1st appearance of Cut Throat, a pirate version of Spawn

16-page retailer incentive delivered with orders of Spawn #32 (1995)

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Revealed that Spawn's suit is named K7-Leetha

1:25 ⋅ Image ⋅ 1995
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Variant cover art by Brad Gorby

1st cover appearance of Cut Throat, the pirate Spawn

16-page retailer incentive delivered with orders of Spawn #32 (1995)

Infinity Verlag ⋅ 1995
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German reprint of Spawn #36 and #37

Distributed with the Director's Cut of Spawn on VHS

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1st appearance of Daniel Llanso as Spawn, born 400 years in the future, post-Armageddon

Image ⋅ 1996
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1st appearance of the Commando Spawn suit, equipped with artillery to preserve Spawn's powers

International ⋅ Infinity Verlag ⋅ 1997
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52-page German reprint of Spawn #1 and #2

1:50 ⋅ Image ⋅ 1997
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$650

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Reprint of Spawn #1 in black and white

Comic shops qualified to receive one copy of this variant for every 50 copies purchased of Spawn #65

Promo ⋅ Image ⋅ 1998
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BET (Black Entertainment Television) exclusive giveaway to promote the Spawn film

Reprint of the Spawn Bible (1996)

As of February 2024 there exist only three copies of this exclusive in 9.8

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1st appearance of Hatchet, the zombie Hellspawn

Image ⋅ 1998
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$65

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One-shot that features character biographies from Spawn and Eclipse, a defunct publisher whose properties were purchased by McFarlane in 1996

Cover art by Todd McFarlane

Image ⋅ 1998
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1st cover appearance of Wings of Redemption Spawn, Al Simmons touched by both darkness and light

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Official crossover appearance by Image characters: Spawn, Maxx, Savage Dragon, Shadowhawk and others

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2000
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Variant cover art by Greg Capullo

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2000
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Variant cover art by Alex Ross

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2000
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Variant cover art by Frank Miller

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2000
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Variant cover art by Mike Mignola

Image ⋅ 2001
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1st full appearance of Mike Moran in the Spawn Universe, the alter ego of Miracleman

1st appearance of Raven Spawn, a Malebolgia Death Knight

Image ⋅ 2002
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1st team appearance of a Hellspawn Army

1st cameo appearance of Gunslinger Spawn, first full appearance occurred 6 years later

Cameo appearance of an unknown She-Spawn and a few other distinctly different characters that could be developed at some point in the future

Copies ordered by retailers: 45,953

Image ⋅ 2004
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1st cover appearance of She-Spawn in the U.S.

Image ⋅ 2005
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1st appearance of Disciple, the final and weakest of twelve heavenly warriors

1st appearance of The Man of Miracles, a powerful being responsible for creating God and Satan in the Spawn mythos

The Man of Miracles was meant to be Miracleman until a lawsuit rescinded McFarlane's ownership of the character

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2005
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$35

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Variant cover art by Phillip Tan

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2005
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$70

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2005
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$90

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Variant cover art by Todd McFarlane

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