Spawn Enemigo del estado (Spawn TPB)

Spawn Universe

by Todd McFarlane

Una entrega única del anti-héroe más famoso de los 80.

La guerra de Spawn contra el Cielo y el Infierno se traslada de los ardientes pozos de la perdición a los gélidos confines de una prisión de máxima seguridad. ¿Pero está Spawn cautivo o está justo donde quiere estar?

En las páginas de Enemigo del estado, Al Simmons, de nuevas e inesperadas formas, lleva la lucha a terreno del enemigo cuando decide dar caza a los asesinos responsables de la muerte de su esposa.

Del creador de SPAWN, Todd McFarlane (Spawn, Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk), y el consagrado ilustrador Jason Shawn Alexander (Empty Zone).

Esta trama combina terror, intriga, acción y suspense para confeccionar la serie de Image que más tiempo lleva a la venta.

Genres: Comics

Kindle Edition

First published August 21, 2019

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

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

2022 Review
This works better working in context of the last 50+ issues. Of course, the idea of a trade is that you don't need to have read the last 5 trades before the current one to know what's happening. Spawn's got some kind of plan to take down all of the angels and demons stranded on Earth. That plan to let himself get arrested and thrown in prison. Spawn's power levels are all over the place. After returning from Hell, most of his power was stripped away. However, here, it seems to be all back and even stronger. I know Cyan helped him get some of it back a couple of trades ago but I didn't think to the levels here where he can basically do anything he wants.

2019 review
Well, we're 290 issues into Spawn and Todd McFarlane still can't write comics. This is SO boring. Spawn's got some kind of master plan to take revenge on the demons that are secretly running the world...or something to that effect. McFarlane's writing is hard to follow. And the guy could certainly use an editor. His narration drones on and on. I wasn't really a fan of Jason Shawn Alexander's art either. While it does inspire a horror mood, it's static and murky. I often can't tell what's happening. All the action is in between panels. I think part of the problem may be the coloring. The black and white art in the back was much clearer. Just to recap, 290 issues later, Spawn is still uninteresting.

Received an advance copy from Image and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm really enjoying this run of Spawn because it goes back to the very early days of the comic. We're seeing Spawn resurrect old enemies turned allies in Cygor, The Freak, The Curse, Overtkill and I think more are on the way. One thing that did strike me as odd was the plan Spawn used to get himself arrested in order to get into prison. I know why he did it, but the getting himself arrested was what threw me. I could see, say, Batman or the Punisher using that tactic, but with Spawn's powers did he really need to go that route? I'm guessing it's really all part of a deeper plan which we're slowly seeing come to fruition as the series moves along.

Overall a strong run with art that fits well.

[Bryce Kopp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spawn is one of those characters that I feel like you don’t really read for the story, you read it for the art. While I don’t think the art in this story is McFarlane or Capullo level, (or even in recent memory, John Boy Meyers) I still think it offers something and I enjoy a Spawn book every so often.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spawn has always been one of my favorites, and though I love McFarlane's artwork, Jason Shawn Alexander really brought to life how terrifying this universe can be. It's haunting, gruesome, very well written, and a real page-turner. Fans of Spawn should definitely check this one out.

[Ryan Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first contemporary Spawn trade I read and I absolutely loved it. This is Al Simmons at his best, having zero f*cks left to give and sparing no one. I really appreciated the grounded, realpolitik quality of the story. It really drives home the horror that someone like Spawn would evoke in the real world. This is clearly not an Earth that's used to costumed superhumans acting publicly (or at least, not anymore) and it shows in how the media and government officials (both human and not) react to Spawn's actions. Alexander's art is thoroughly nightmarish and I love his take on Spawn's rogues gallery, especially Overt-Kill and Cy-Gor.

[Theediscerning · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reasonably fun but still slightly ponderous, this graphic (about the gazillionth in the series) features Spawn wilfully getting arrested and put in a dark, violent dungeon of a prison. The overdone narration soon tells us why, and then we watch him labour over what would have been a simple operation if this book were in anyone else's hands. But Spawn will never do in fifty words what he can do in a hundred, and so we get no manner of moody scenes en route to the conclusion. Or at least the covers gallery. Yup, there's a lot more of this still to come. Two and a half stars.

[John_H92 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this as Spawn is my favourite comicbook character but the story is so bad and I wish Todd would hire an editor as the amount of mistakes is jarring. The art by Jason Alexander is still good but not as good as Dark Horror. Here's to hoping Vengeance will be better

[Nick · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art? Incredible. The writing? Not so much. I feel like this era of Spawn is plagued by a bunch of arcs that feel so interchangeable because it feels like it’s telling the same exact story over and over again.

[Rob Schamberger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jason Shawn Alexander is one of the best artists working today. Getting a book full of his art is ALWAYS a good thing.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Peter Glover · Rating 2 out of 5]

Started off awesome, great build, then it completely went stupid.

[Matheos G · Rating 4 out of 5]

another hellrideeeee!

[Volkan Levent Soylu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Covers were awesome. I think that was the best part.