Spawn #16

Spawn (Single Issues) #16

by Grant Morrison (Writer), Greg Capullo (Illustrator), Dan Panosian (Illustrator)

CIA chief Jason Wynn gave Al Simmons to Malebolgia in exchange for the fearsome substance Psychoplasm. Meanwhile, Heaven is worried is because Spawn has defeated Angela, and they decided to create a soldier to avenge this loss. In a supreme stroke of irony, Wynn is selected, and receives the Elemental Fire of Heaven, transforming him into the Redeemer. The soldier of light returns to Earth determined to destroy Spawn once and for all.

Genres: Comics, Horror

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 10, 1993

About the author

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.

In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 3 out of 5]

(B+) 78% | Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #15-20 can be found here: Spawn Origins Collection, Volume 3.

[Nicolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grant Morrison's story and dialogue made this comic more readable than I expected, but I still glossed over the heaven-speak.

Capullo's first Spawn work was a level up from his previous work on X-Force, his line art was helped by the glossy paper and computer coloring.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

We find out that Jason Wynn sold Al Simmons out for a hellish substance called psychoplasm. Jason has plans for this that will become clear in the next few issues.
Heavens top dogs are reeling from Angela's defeat at the hands of Spawn and decide to create a soldier to do battle. Ironically they pick Jason Wynn and he is subjected to Elemental Fire to create as fearsome a foe as possible. It's not without some satisfaction that this process is extremely painful for Wynn and I didn't feel any sympathy for him.
He is then sent back to Earth to engage with Spawn and take him out.
A little more of why the agency got rid of Al Simmons and to be honest I cheered when the Elemental Fire ritual was suggested to be excruciatingly painful. I don't see how Wynn can recover from this and I don't think he really deserves to.

[Erica Locke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I definitely wasn't expecting that

[JACOB WEEKS · Rating 5 out of 5]

The birth of anti spawn , awesome issue

[Andrew Alvis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well that was an unexpected ending...

[Egghead · Rating 4 out of 5]

grant does alan moore
corpse twist but adds a goofy
new villain for spawn