Todd McFarlane brings his original 1977 Spawn design to comics

Nearly 50 years after creating the character as a teenager, McFarlane teams with Mark Spears for a three-issue miniseries built around his earliest Spawn concept art.

Todd McFarlane is going back to the well that spawned Spawn in a new three-issue miniseries with Mark Spears. Image Comics will release Spawn 77, which will be co-written by McFarlane and Spears, with Spears providing fully painted interior art.

The series takes its name from 1977, the year a budding 16-year-old McFarlane first sketched the character design that would eventually evolve into Spawn. Spawn 77 marks the first official comic appearance of that original design, though the story itself introduces a new character and narrative rooted in Spawn mythology rather than adapting McFarlane’s teenage concept directly.

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Todd McFarlane has even more plans for expanding the Spawn Universe

The ‘New U’ titles will tackle different genres, including science fiction, true crime, fantasy and more.

Hey it’s Todd McFarlane Day — happy birthday to the creator of Spawn!

That seems like the perfect day to talk about McFarlane’s plan for growing the Spawn universe, as the shared universe he announced back in 2021 will expand with several “New U” titles this year, starting with Sam & Twitch Case Files next week.

Here’s the rundown …

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