Spawn: The Movie

Spawn: The Movie #graphic novelization

by Alan McElroy, Todd McFarlane

A graphic novel adaptation of the smash movie, SPAWN, that tells the complete story of Al Simmons' transformation into Spawn, and his battles with Jason Wynn, the Violator, and the forces of Hell. Also features scenes and dialogue cut from the high grossing New Line Cinema motion picture.

Genres: Comics

48 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Alan B. McElroy is an American writer of film, television, comic books, and video games. He is best known for his collaborations with Todd McFarlane on the Spawn franchise, and for penning horror films such as Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Wrong Turn.

Reviews

[Brandon Storm · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spawn: The Comic: The Movie: The Comic. About as good as you'd expect a comic tie-in to a subpar movie to be, only a little worse. Takes an already erratic film and condenses it into an even more random story with plot points and dialogue hammered into place. Should you have never seen the movie, I doubt you would understand 90% of this book. The saving grace is the art and some of the dialogue from The Clown. Although oftentimes this dialogue was shoe-horned in with no understanding of what made it work in the movie, which does not translate onto the page.

All in all, don't read it. If you're a huge Spawn fan (which I am) read it only to ruin your own day.