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Spawn: New Beginnings #2
Spawn: New Beginnings, Volume 2
Jim Downing's re-birth as the newest Hellspawn continues! No one is safe from the 'Curse of the Spawn, ' as the darkness surrounding Jim's life begins to spread, pulling Twitch and Detective Rowand deeper into a shadowy world of intrigue and horror. A crash course on the origins of Jim's new powers and the man known as Al Simmons leads to a violent confrontation with the one person Jim thought he could trust -- Clown!
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152 pages, Paperback
First published March 27, 2012
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About the author
Todd McFarlane
1,870 books444 followersTodd McFarlane is a Canadian comic book artist, writer, toy manufacturer/designer, and media entrepreneur who is best known as the creator of the epic occult fantasy series Spawn.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s. Spawn was one of America's most popular heroes in the 1990's and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties.
In recent years, McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio.
In September, 2006, it was announced that McFarlane will be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by Curt Schilling.
McFarlane used to be co-owner of National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers but sold his shares to Daryl Katz. He's also a high-profile collector of history-making baseballs.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s. Spawn was one of America's most popular heroes in the 1990's and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties.
In recent years, McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio.
In September, 2006, it was announced that McFarlane will be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by Curt Schilling.
McFarlane used to be co-owner of National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers but sold his shares to Daryl Katz. He's also a high-profile collector of history-making baseballs.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
January 26, 2020
The second volume was a little better than the first one explanations-wise. However, Spawn basically did not use any of his powers and the majority of the volume was just exposition dialogues. Therefore, the score stays the same and, as for myself, I won't try to look for the third volume.
November 8, 2023
Six issues of exposition dumps. If you like your comics to be about people sitting around talking in shadowy corners, this is the book for you. After 200 issues of this stuff, it just feels like more of the same, just with someone else as Spawn. Oh, and less whining about Wanda at least.
April 14, 2020
Love the character of Jim Downing. A different take on a legendary character!
April 9, 2014
I realized I went on and on in my last review about Spawn but seriously every time I got an issue I kept remembering I had to cancel it because I was tired of wasting my money. It was kind of like a ketchup stain on a white shirt.
Jim Downing and Co. continue their farcical adventure and once again I find myself bored to tears. Reading these new issues of Spawn is like watching an episode of those supernatural romance shows that seem to be so popular. The surprising thing is that this series could be a great spoof of those shows or if it straightened it's plot out it could actually be decent even enjoyable but no, so onwards with stupid twists and slow plot. It takes at least three issues of no action at all to build up an action sequence which results in a couple of panels of boring fight sequences. I'm surprised people still follow this series.
I do not like the art in this book and while it's not the worst art I've seen it's nothing special and I find myself pitying Krudanski who probably gets a script praying for an action sequence to be in it only to find himself drawing characters talking. Another thing is why is every location dark? The colors are drained out of this book even when Jim is in the sun I don't get the sense the characters are outside. Spawn is simply a miserable read I checked the website and McFarlance and Krudanski are still writing and drawing respectively so I don't think the quality of this book has changed.
Jim Downing and Co. continue their farcical adventure and once again I find myself bored to tears. Reading these new issues of Spawn is like watching an episode of those supernatural romance shows that seem to be so popular. The surprising thing is that this series could be a great spoof of those shows or if it straightened it's plot out it could actually be decent even enjoyable but no, so onwards with stupid twists and slow plot. It takes at least three issues of no action at all to build up an action sequence which results in a couple of panels of boring fight sequences. I'm surprised people still follow this series.
I do not like the art in this book and while it's not the worst art I've seen it's nothing special and I find myself pitying Krudanski who probably gets a script praying for an action sequence to be in it only to find himself drawing characters talking. Another thing is why is every location dark? The colors are drained out of this book even when Jim is in the sun I don't get the sense the characters are outside. Spawn is simply a miserable read I checked the website and McFarlance and Krudanski are still writing and drawing respectively so I don't think the quality of this book has changed.
February 1, 2013
"This new series keeps getting better as Jim Downing slowly pieces the mystery to his Spawn curse. With absolutely great art and gripping story line, I can no longer wait for the next volume. Excellent."
August 21, 2015
All the s#!t hit the fan.
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