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- First printed image of Spawn in a circulated publication, a comic book solicitation catalog
- 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 the outer sleeve of a VHS tape titled "Stan Lee Presents: The Comic Book Greats" (December 1991), although Spawn was not named or discussed in the video
- *value unknown
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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
- According to spawnworld.com, 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 #15 (mailing date: February 3, 1992)
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- Incorrectly cited as the first published image of Spawn in an advertisement
- According to spawnworld.com, the same advertisement appeared in multiple comics that went on-sale in April 1992: Evil Ernie #5, 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
- *Character Search "Spawn" for more information on early appearances
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- Cover appearance and interior images of Spawn
- Back cover appearance of Spawn
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- 1st appearance of Spawn
- 1st appearance of Sam & Twitch
- 1st appearance of Malebolgia
- Pin-up of Pitt
- Sellers typically attach a ratio to Spawn Newsstands such as 1:25 meaning there is 1 Newsstand copy for every 25 Direct copies, but there is no way to validate the accuracy of these numbers
- [February 2021 - Todd McFarlane is launching the Spawn Universe in June beginning with a one-shot that will lead into 4 new titles: King Spawn, The Gunslinger, Scorched and more]
- ⭐NEWSD: 9.8 sold for $975
- ⭐DIRECT: 9.8 sold for $215
- 🌟DIFFER: $760 (353%)
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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
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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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- 1st appearance of Daniel Llanso as Spawn, born 400 years in the future, post-Armageddon
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- 1st cover appearance of Wings of Redemption Spawn, Al Simmons touched by both darkness and light
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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
- 📈 +700% increase in copies sold over previous week after Image announced a Spawn Universe expansion of titles with an emphasis on character introductions
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- 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
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- 1st appearance and origin of Mandarin Spawn, originally a fan-favorite McFarlane Toy that crossed-over into comics
- Copies ordered by retailers: 24,518
- ✅ Which Spawns will rise to the top? That is the question after Todd McFarlane announced an expansion of the Spawn Universe beginning in June
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- 1st appearance of 'Gunslinger' Spawn, a friend of Al Simmons' great-grandfather in the 19th century
- Inspired by 'The Man in Black' from the Stephen King 'Dark Tower' series
- Spawn is misspelled along the spine on all copies
- Copies ordered by retailers: 22,649
- 📈 +174% increase in copies sold over previous week after Image announced a Spawn Universe expansion with an upcoming title featuring Gunslinger
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- Death of Al Simmons
- 1st appearance of Jim Downing, becomes Spawn
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- Collaborative series by Image founding fathers bringing all their characters into one story
- Cover connects to a series of five other covers to produce one overall picture
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- 1st full appearance of Omega Spawn
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- Anniversary issue
- Origin of Omega Spawn
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- Origin of Spawn's costume, the K-7 Leetha
- Copies ordered by retailers: 15,701
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- Origin of Spawn's costume, the K-7 Leetha, concludes
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- 1st cameo appearance of Ninja Spawn, originally a McFarlane Toy (2006) that crossed-over into comics
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