Spawn: Origins Volume 2 Paperback – November 15, 2011

I'm a huge fan of comics. I mostly read Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and JLA for these 3 years that I've been reading, and it wasn't until earlier this year I heard about Spawn when he was rumored to be in Mortal Kombat X (still holding out for that to happen). I was captivated and started watching the TV series and then started buying these trades. Vol.1 was cool, but moved slowly, although that's to be expected because they needed a lot of explanation and story. But Vol.2? This is where it's at. First off, this trade collects 7 issues instead of 6, so that's a nice bonus. On the downside, it doesn't collect issue 10. I know that Todd McFarlane has some beef with Dave Sim or whatever, but it sucks that for a Spawn Origins COLLECTION it doesn't COLLECT one of the issues. So now I have to buy it online, but I don't like reading single issues, so I guess I'll forever be missing issues 10.But given what this book does have, it makes up for that. Issues 7 is the second part of Spawn's fight with Overt-Kill, and it's awesome. Issue 8 is written by the great Alan Moore, and is about Billy Kincaid and his experience in Hell after being killed by Spawn. Interesting stuff goes on. Issue 9 is written by Neil Gaiman and introduces us to Angela. She fights Spawn and, well, I'll bring this up later. Issue 11 is written by Frank Miller and is about a gang war going on in the alley. Spawn fights 'me, and there's plenty of action. Issues 12 is where we (and Spawn) get more info on how Spawn died and who killed him. SPOILERZZZ IT'S CHAPEL FROM ROB LIEFELD'S CRAPPY YOUNGBLOOD SERIES! Issue 13 is freaking awesome, because it's where Spawn confronts Chapel and they fight each other. I won't say what he does to him, because it's just too good to ruin. Issue 14 is the first part of a story where the Violator fought the Medieval Spawn, and there isn't much to say about it.What makes these issues so awesome is all the action that goes on. This is what comics should be! Not the Justice League wondering what's going on and taking 3 or 4 issues to solve the problem, or Batman spending 6 issues to find out who's committing a crime and stopping them, or whatever the hell is going on with Superman nowadays. We pay money to see heroes beat the crap out of bad guys, not for a deep, intellectual story about flying men in tights, let's not kid ourselves here.As for the art, it's good in most places, but Todd makes some annoying continuity errors in places, like forgetting to draw a pouch on Spawn's thigh and drawing it in the next panel. He also stops drawing the detail in Spawn's costume in different places. If you design a complex costume for a character, you have no one but yourself to blame when you have to keep drawing it. Also, Spawn's fight with Angela would be cool, if I could tell what the SHlT is going on. A mortal comic sin is made when an action sequence is separated by the pages, and that's exactly what happens here. If your panel is going to overlap pages, rework the layout of your page, simple as that.All in all. Spawn Origins Vol.2 is the SHlT, and TOTALLY worth your money. Any issues I have with it are more than made up for by the good in this book. Buy it.

Spawn has been around forever. I'm 39 and never read any of the comics and I'm so glad I decided to read them. The story, the artwork, the characters, EVERYTHING is fantastically done. I don't like how sometimes it's a little quick to bounce from one thing to another sometimes but that's nothing in the grand scheme of things cause when it happens it works. Just great and can't wait to keep reading

Always loved the art of Spawn and this volume easily reminded me why. Was one of the first series to grab my attention as a young lad, and I am glad to have had the time to experience it again. Remember this book contains issues 1-9 and 11-14 there will be no issue 10 in this book. Action starts immediately in this volume but that does not mean it lacks substance. In fact this volume is essential as it goes further into detail about why Simmons...Goes through what he does in the first volume. Can't stand spoilers so I won't include them. Essential reading for a classic spawn fan, fantastic art and some lovely scenes of mayhem. Fully recommend this volume.

As some of you might already know, this is not a complete volume. It's missing issue #10. That may or may not be a deal breaker for you. For me, issue #10 was cool, but not necessary for future issues in my opinion. Issue #10 sent a message about the industry that is an even more fitting me$$age today, and is definitely something I recommend reading - but don't let its exclusion deter you from picking this up.

I think this is the best collection to showcase the amazing world building and lore of McFarlane’s Spawn, with a little help from Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, of course.Despite the unnecessary length of the text and word balloons, the artwork and the cartoon 90’s style drawings are wonderful, so I have to give McFarlane credit for it, during the prime of his career during that time.

I am a Spawn fan, I have most of his comics and I am just gravitated towards the story and drawings. Since I have almost all of the comics, I get very nervous to open them up and read them. My nervousness got to the point where I am buying the volumes so I don't have to pic up my individual comics and risk hurting them. I do not regret getting the Spawn volumes. Hands down, these are great books. What I found great about them were the glossy pages, having multiple comics in one book, and especially that fact that I don't have to handle with care like I do with my comics. For Spawn fans, I recommend buying the volumes. As for people new to Spawn, buy the 1st volume for only 11 bucks and it gives you a great view to whether you will like the character or not. Highly recommend.

The issues contained in this trade are a prime example of the explosive story telling and artistic flair that took comic books in a great new direction in the 1990's. This trade is missing issues 9 and 10. Issue 9 introduces characters which will come back into the story but are not introduced properly or with relevance and would merely confuse a newcomer to Spawn trying to focus on the origin story of the "hero". Issue 10 is a comics industry dialogue about the advantages of properties being "creator owned". You get to spend a lot of time in this volume with the characters Det. Sam Burke and his partner Twitch. Two of the most interesting characters in the Spawn universe. I highly recommend every volume of the Spawn Origins series, and can't imagine picking up the first volume and not buying all of them.

So all of your card-stock supported, plastic wrapped copies of spawn are hidden away/stored but you want to revisit the beginnings of Al Simmons and are unsure what to do? Buy this little book and treat it nice and dirty! ;-) If you know the story and your comic books are put away, as mine are, go ahead, spend the 10 bucks or so and enjoy this little comic collection.