Hellspawn #16

by Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith (Artist)

The Featuring the same core character as the long-running Spawn comic book, Hellspawn mires the protagonist in a dark, foreboding world of grime and dirty secrets. While Spawn highlights a battle between the dark and the light, Hellspawn is struggling mightily to keep the blackness at bay. This book is the stripped-down ugly essence of Todd McFarlane's Hell-born creation. This "Hellworld" Part 4, the Conclusion-The heart of man is the place the Devil's I feel sometimes a hell within myself. All of Hellworld will stagger at the power of a Hellspawn out of control! What was illusion is now terrifyingly indisputable and the she-demon seducer Hel will come face to face with Spawn on his own terms. The lies are put aside and Spawn will confront the inhabitants of a thousands pits of Hell to rescue one innocent girl whose life he put in jeopardy. This will be the Hellspawn's finest hour ... or his last.

24 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 16, 2003

About the author

STEVE NILES is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence, and was recently named by Fangoria magazine as one of it's "13 rising talents who promise to keep us terrified for the next 25 years."

Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.

Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea.

--from the author's website

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5*