On paper, the recent shake-up of the Spawn franchise sounded great. The idea was that Todd McFarlane would turn over this long-running franchise to a new creative team who would take it in a new, fresh direction. Unfortunately, while the series benefits from a new coat of paint, in many ways it still reads like the same wordy, overwrought comic it was before.
Spawn #250 wrapped up McFarlane's previous solo storyline, while the recent Spawn: resurrection one-shot debuted the new team of writer Paul Jenkins and artist Jonboy Meyers and laid the groundwork for Spawn's new status quo. In a nutshell, Al Simmons is alive and has once again taken up the mantle of Spawn. He's now driven by a new mission of revenge and the need to avenge the death of his ex-wife, one more pawn in the neverending war between Heaven and Hell.
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Spawn #250 wrapped up McFarlane's previous solo storyline, while the recent Spawn: resurrection one-shot debuted the new team of writer Paul Jenkins and artist Jonboy Meyers and laid the groundwork for Spawn's new status quo. In a nutshell, Al Simmons is alive and has once again taken up the mantle of Spawn. He's now driven by a new mission of revenge and the need to avenge the death of his ex-wife, one more pawn in the neverending war between Heaven and Hell.
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