Todd McFarlane's hobby of drawing began at an early age, and he created the character Spawn when he was 16, spending "countless hours" perfecting the appearance of each … See more

Origin
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Albert Francis "Al" Simmons is the second oldest of three siblings. His father, Bernard Simmons, is a traveling salesman, and his mother, Esther Simmons, is a devil worshipper. Al Simmons … See more

Dispute with Neil Gaiman
In 1993, McFarlane contracted Neil Gaiman to write Spawn #9. While doing so, Gaiman introduced the characters Cogliostro, Angela, and Medieval Spawn. All three characters were designed and co-created by See more

Television
• Spawn made his animated debut in the HBO animated series Todd McFarlane's Spawn in which Spawn is voiced by Keith David. The series won two Emmys (one in 1998 and another in 1999) and two Golden Reel Awards See more

Violator (1994)
A three-issue miniseries written by Alan Moore with art by Bart Sears. The series focused on the conflict between Violator/Clown and … See more

Many issues of Spawn have been gathered together in various trade paperbacks collections since the mid-nineties. The original … See more

Spin-off trade paperback collections
Several Spawn-related mini-series has been collected in trade paperback editions.
• Angela (later retitled Spawn: Angela's Hunt) – collects Neil Gaiman's Angela issues 1–3 and the … See more