Spawn Kills Everyone: The Complete Collection Volume 1

Spawn Kills Everyone #0-4

by Todd McFarlane, J.J. Kirby (Artist), Will Robson (Artist)

SPAWN creator TODD McFARLANE presents an irreverent, action-packed, tongue-in-cheek new adventure unlike anything you've seen before. Collecting the sold-out SPAWN KILLS EVERYONE one-shot and the hit sequel miniseries SPAWN KILLS EVERYONE TOO for the very first time, this parody adventure pits Spawn against, well... everyone!

Collects SPAWN KILLS EVERYONE! (ONE-SHOT), SPAWN KILLS EVERYONE TOO #1-4

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Ebooks

136 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 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

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I recently took a trip to Georgia for a girl’s weekend with my college friends when I saw a comic bookstore named Mountain Man Comics, so I slipped away from them so I could properly geek out in peace. While browsing, I came upon this humorously titled graphic novel and I spontaneously purchased it for my library, thinking the patrons (and I!) would like it.

In 2016 there was a Spawn one-shot comic that spoofed the villain by having him portrayed as a potbellied child attending a comic-con and then going on a killing spree. Wanting a movie deal like the Marvel or DC heroes, he struts around killing anyone he views as a threat, although they in actuality are cosplayers. There is a tongue-in-cheek moment when he meets Todd McFarlane, his creator, but McFarlane is dispatched quickly. This storyline reminded me incredibly of Skottie Young’s 2017 FCBD I Hate Image comic, but Young managed his narrative and art better, as this story just seemed crass. Nevertheless, this was a popular story, with several printings to account for the demand.

So two years later, a second story about baby Spawn was issued with another artist. The story remains the same, Spawn wishes to kill everyone but this time he is able to create little minions to help him- turd babies! Yes, he creates evil little babies on the toilet! Do I even need to share much more about the narrative than that? There actually are some clever moments in this story, especially about how he kills Captain America and the Hulk. Often the names of the heroes are not mentioned and their costumes are a bit different to get away with using copyrighted heroes from other companies in an Image publication. At the end of this story, Spawn goes to bed happy that his kill count was so high, and is so very proud of his little turds.

Artist JJ Kirby established the chibi style of Spawn with exaggerated child-like features in the first story. His anime-inspired art was darker, with cluttered panels and a black border. The second artist, Will Robson, had cleaner-looking art with a better panel flow. Plus, he got to draw the adorable (but insidious) turd babies! Both artists had fun with the story, and obviously, that’s what attracted me to pick up this graphic novel.

Overall, this was a disappointing read. The humor was too crude, with too much gore. I didn’t expect finesse in a story like this, but I still felt let down. Perhaps I should have spent more time looking at it before I purchased it, as I guess my humor is slightly more mature than a teenaged boy…

This review can also be found on my blog: https://graphicnovelty2.com/2019/12/2...

[Sam Quixote · Rating 1 out of 5]

(Hap tip to the brilliant Jayson for creating the too-good-for-this-rubbish banner above)

I had a bad idea recently and decided to check out Todd McFarlane’s “classic” Spider-Man: Torment - turned out it was as crummy as I’d heard (though I enjoyed the nostalgic artwork)!

I also realised it was the first actual Todd McFarlane comic I’d read and then had another bad idea: what if I read another one, but this time of McFarlane’s signature own creation, Spawn? I put it to my group of fellow mentally ill weirdos comics readers and that became the Buddy Todd-y Read for October: to read any Spawn comic aka Spawnoween!

Torment was a ‘90s comic and early on in the Todd’s career, so I thought given that I know early ‘90s Todd couldn’t write, maybe it’d be better to sample something modern-day Todd had written - maybe in the intervening three decades he’s learned a thing or two and gotten better? So I selected Spawn Kills Everyone from 2019 and, you’ve guessed it already, he hasn’t gotten better - he still stinks as a writer and Spawn remains a largely unread comic for the simple reason that it be awful!

Todd is trying to ape Marvel’s success at “Character Kills…” comics, like the bestseller that was Deadpools Kills the Marvel Universe, with his Spawn Kills Everyone book, which is also what made me pick up this comic - perhaps a playful Todd would be more palatable?

What I wasn’t prepared for was Todd attempting comedy - wow. It. Is. Painful.

Spawn here is in chibi form for no reason - possibly because a baby version of Spawn is “funnier”, in the same way that Elmer Fudd was “funny” cos he looked and sounded like an overgrown baby even though he was supposed to be a grown man? And also Spawn’s targets are Marvel, DC and other pop culture characters because there aren’t enough Spawn characters in his own universe that are well-known enough to make this a comic with potentially broad appeal.

So the flawed conceit of the Spawn Bores Everyone one-shot is that baby Spawn isn’t in movies because of the competition and the way he gets Spawn 2 made is if he kills the superhero actors, who he thinks are the superheroes themselves (hoho), and that will somehow push him to the front of the queue. Except you can’t kill characters if there are acknowledged actors playing them in movies. You’re just killing disposable actors that can be replaced - so right off the bat, it makes no sense.

Todd introduces Spawn on the toilet because that’s hilarious apparently and then Spawn doesn’t understand cosplayers at comic-con, which is the other side-splitter.

Then we’re onto the Spawn Bores Everyone Too miniseries which has a new flawed conceit: if Spawn kills the superhero characters - who, this time around, are the actual characters and not actors - then he will get a movie. Even though in the previous one-shot he knows actors are playing the characters and killing the characters won’t stop actors from pretending to be the characters - so… more stupidity.

And also more toilet humour! Baby Spawn eats too much junk food and ends up on the toilet where he gives birth to hundreds of tiny baby Spawns even though he’s a baby and a dude (I assume - shows how little I know the character)?! What an idiotic development.

Baby Spawn apparently goes on a killing spree of superheroes every year and the previous year he racked up scores, if not hundreds, of kills - yet somehow it made no difference because tons of superheroes, all of them recognisable, are still around, so I guess he targeting the ones nobody knew about (like the taller, muscle-bound version of himself)? It’s just more poorly thought-out nonsense from the Todd.

So his turd babies (as he refers to them) help him to kill famous characters, all done in rib-tickling Todd style (Cap can’t handle being in a Canadian flag outfit and dies from shock! Hulk dies from tight pants!) and the clown character from Spawn (I don’t its name, nor care) does a Thanos/Infinity Gauntlet parody for no reason which ends in literal diarrhoea. You’re gonna be needing oxygen with this comic guys, it’s too funny.

Shockingly none of this garbage lands Spawn a movie deal. Also the joke’s on Todd - the superhero movie bubble has burst post-pandemic with nearly every one tanking HARD at the box office so it’ll be even longer before we see another Spawn movie. Ha!

Ready for my conclusion: Spawn is bad. Todd is a bad writer.

I know. It’s a bit like conceptually knowing that being shot hurts but not knowing how bad and deciding to shoot yourself in the foot in the name of “science” - I knew Spawn was going to suck because Todd is such an inept writer but I didn’t know how bad. And now I do! He is waayyy down there.

Ok. Never doing that again! Let’s all go back to not reading Spawn, forget Spawnoween was ever a thing, and try to read some actual good comics this holiday season!

[Cat · Rating 1 out of 5]

It hurts me to do this but this was just bad. So bad I didn't finish.

Soilers ahead (to warn you about what you'll be wasting money on.

First of all I LOVE Spawn and Todd McFarlane, alright? I really, really wanted to love this.

The first issue is a child Spawn cosplayer killing a bunch of other cosplayers. It was bad.

Then you get to Spawn Kills Everyone 2 and it's worse. He poops out a bunch of potato shaped Spawn babies and the little potatoes go and kill a ton of characters without any battles or fights, sometimes not showing them killing a character at all, they're just on a list of characters they've killed. Horrible jokes. Bad writing. Just bad.

[Tejas Illuri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I see a lot of comments talking about the humor is too crude/gory, but I think thats the fun part of this one shot. It's definitely not for all people, but if you have a certain sense of humor, its hilarious. Only thing is during Part too, it gets a little funky on the pacing and I had trouble comprehending a couple pages. Honestly really really good though.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

I get this is for fans and i have never read a spawn book (yet). This was like family guy tackling mass murder of other comics. Lots of little references a little chuckle on occasion but not much of a plot.

[Bryson Grenfell · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like 2 1/2
Very “meh”

[Domenico Auriemma · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stelle per il meme e la scena di capitan canada ahah

[Dylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very funny stuff a great break from the usual darkness of the spawn series. Nice to see the author's have some fun with the characters and different IPs

[Casey Wiggins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

[Daniel Bergin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is Spawn You're Mom can reaf

Very very cute, I hope we get more at some point. Very Toyetic, and it isn't afraid to get political

[Neyebur · Rating 1 out of 5]

Este cómic parece escrito por un adolescente que cree que es demasiado mayor para leer cómics de superhéroes, que él puede crear un héroe no infantil como los demás, y lo va a demostrar matando a todos los otros mientras se burla con chistes obvios o de caca culo pis. Creo que muestra la "madurez" de Todd Mcfarlane.
¿Puede ser este el final de los cómics de cosas pequeñas y o bonitas matando y las masacres de superhéroes? Y menos Minions Spawn.
Este cómic hace que "I hate Image" mejore en mi escala.