Spawn: Endgame Collection TP [Paperback]

Spawn: Endgame #1-2

by Todd McFarlane

Witness the demise of Al Simmons and follow the chain of events that are set in motion in the wake of his death. Spawn: Endgame features the return of award-winning Spawn creator, Todd McFarlane, to his flagship title. Joining him is the all-star team of artist Whilce Portacio (WetWorks, Batman Confidential) and writer Brian Holguin (Spawn: Godslayer), with guest artists Greg Capullo (Spawn, The Creech) and Rob Liefeld (Youngblood). This volume collects the entire 12 issues (Spawn #185-196) of the sold-out, monumental Spawn: Endgame story arc.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

Paperback

First published January 25, 2011

About the author

Todd 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.

Reviews

[Bret Praxmarer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have started rereading the Spawn books as they do a good job straddling the line between horror comics and superhero comics. This is a fun starting point as it introduces a new story line and characters. It is dark and gritty. It has elements of mystery, horror and superheroes as well as dabbling in the theological supernatural. It was a lot of fun.

[Judah Radd · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ehhhh not great. Kind of boring

[Joe Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first time delving into the Spawn universe and I realize that it was a mistake to start with this one. It was an origin story , but there seemed to be a lot of characters and powers and conflicts that were already established which weren't really explained.
That being said, I did really like this comic. It was interesting and full of gory action. It did seem odd to have someone getting their brains splattered all over a brick wall in one panel and then having the F word censored in the next but hey, who cares?
This book certainly piqued my interest in the Spawn series and I would like to go back and read some of the predecessors and then read this one again.

[Wombo Combo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This could have been great. The premise of Endgame is, as McFarlane makes clear in the introduction, to make Spawn a more adult, smarter, and mature comic and to not focus on the superhero aspect of it so much, much like Bendis and Maleev's absolutely phenomenal Daredevil run. Really, I think the biggest problem this book suffers from is that it's not as smart as it'd hopes to be. I like it and I like this direction for Spawn, but it's a pale imitation of Daredevil. There are moments of greatness, like in the early issues when characters are trying to figure out what's going on, but as it progresses, it seems to lean more into the superhero stuff and doesn't quite feel as interesting as it wants to be. Also, the art is pretty great early on, but gets worse and more sloppy as it goes on.
In short, I like what McFarlane was aiming for, but I don't think it comes together so much. It's not as deep as it wants to be.

[Oscar López Santos · Rating 1 out of 5]

Muy muy muy aburrido.

Encontré esta historia de Spawn, sin ningún contexto, sólo viendo el título de la colección me animó a leerlo pensando que encontraría un ENDGAME brutal, con mucha acción y mucha adrenalina impregnada en las páginas de esta novela gráfica.

Sin embargo me encontré frente a uno de los Orígenes de Spawn... Lo cual fue un poco lamentable al principio, pero después dije, se irá revelando poco a poco más información y será más comprensible y terminará con una mega batalla del nuevo Spawn.... Pues no.

Fue una completa decepción. Entiendo que ha de ser canónico e imprescindible para la historia general de Spawn... Pero es demasiado aburrido éste origen...

[Josh · Rating 1 out of 5]

How do two people who have been in the business for at least twenty years by this point make a comic that looks and reads this amateur hour?

[Jay Rox · Rating 2 out of 5]

this starts of very interesting with a new protagonist taking over the mantel of Spawn but it soon turns from a koo horror suspense type story into a detective type then its all down hill from there it turns in to a steaming pile of shit. the art on the action scenes are very underwhelming they could of been so mush more dynamic & the writing is very repetitive. very dialogue heavy they often repeat the same thing in the same panel & sometimes in the same speech bubble witch is so unnecessary. the story itself was just a bunch of people goin around asking the same question's trew the whole book . don't read it unless you hate youre self or youre a completionist. I give this a - 3.5/10

[Geoff Sebesta · Rating 1 out of 5]

for some reason I tried to read this. Bluh. The few good things don't make up for the rest of it.

[MFCOMMAND · Rating 3 out of 5]

SOOOOOOOOOOOO....
They kill off Al Simmons & replace him with a white guy? The fuck kind of bait & switch whitewashing bullshit is this?

[Brian Fagan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the beginning of what is the best run on the Spawn series.