Spawn #53
(September 1996)

Image, 1992 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics
Brand
Image
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Tom Orzechowski (credited) (copy editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spawn / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Greg Capullo (signed as Capullo)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane)
Colors
Brian Haberlin (signed as Brian)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wanda Blake; Malebolgia; Spawn [Al Simmons]
Reprints

Image Comics Presents: (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Dedicated to: Michele Capullo. Includes a Spawn #52 summary.

The Reckoning (Table of Contents: 2)

Spawn / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Pencils
Greg Capullo (credited)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (credited); Danny Miki (credited)
Colors
Brian Haberlin (credited); Dan Kemp (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The abyss. A harsh blackness so dense no light has ever intruded here.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wanda Blake (illusion); Terry Fitzgerald; Billy Kincaid (illusion); Malebolgia; Spawn [Al Simmons]
Synopsis
Spawn has it out with Malebolgia in Hell. As he promises to leave Wanda alone, Spawn renews his servitude to Malebolgia. Spawn is returned to Earth to harvest more souls for his boss. Wakes up from a dream which tells him that Spawn is his old pal, Al Simmons.
Reprints

blah, blah, blah 48 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Image Info / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Spawning Ground / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Todd McFarlane
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Blake Gentry, Howard Diamond, Jr., Kerrie L. Sterner for James Sterner, Matt Pierson.

[Pin-Up] (Table of Contents: 5)

Spawn / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
David Bluestein (signed as Bluestein)
Inks
David Bluestein (signed as Bluestein)
Colors
David Bluestein (signed as Bluestein)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spawn [Al Simmons]

[Pin-Up] (Table of Contents: 6)

Cy-Gor / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eric Treadaway (signed as TREADAWAY)
Inks
Eric Treadaway (signed as TREADAWAY)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Cy-Gor

END CAP [15] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Endcap / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spawn
  2. 1. Image Comics Presents:
  3. 2. The Reckoning
    Spawn
  4. 3. blah, blah, blah 48
    Image Info
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Spawning Ground
  6. 5. [Pin-Up]
    Spawn
  7. 6. [Pin-Up]
    Cy-Gor
  8. 7. END CAP [15]
    Endcap
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