Spawn-Batman [Direct]
([Spring] 1994)

Image, 1994 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
3.95 USD; 5.35 CAD
Pages
60
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics
Brand
Image
Editing
?
Color
color cover, color interior
Dimensions
standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding
squarebound
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Cover has small circle Spawn 'face' logo and Batman 'Bat' logo.

This is the Image portion of the Spawn Batman crossover.
This issue has variants:
Awards

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman; Spawn / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Colors
Kiko Taganashi (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Spawn
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[Spawn Batman] (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman; Spawn / comic story / 52 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited)
Pencils
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Colors
Steve Oliff (credited); Olyoptics (credited) (computer colors)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A cold night. A dark night. An unforgiving wind.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Spawn; Martha Wayne (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Dr. Margaret Love [Nadia Vladova] (death); Chuck (cyborg head); Louis Bacchus (cyborg head); Gorky (death); Mick
Synopsis
Batman travels to New York City where he is duped by a twisted humanitarian into battling Spawn.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story claims to be a "companion piece" to Batman: The Dark Knight (DC, 1986 series) and is not part of regular DC continuity.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


[Pin-Up] (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman; Spawn / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Greg Capullo (signed as GC)
Inks
Greg Capullo (signed as GC)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Spawn
Reprints

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

Batman; Spawn / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane); Frank Miller
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane); Frank Miller
Colors
AYB ? (signed)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Spawn
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Todd draws Spawn and Frank draws Batman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Todd McFarlane (signed as TODD M-FARLANE); Frank Miller (signed as Frank Miller)
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Colors
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In memory of Jack Kirby
Characters
Jack Kirby (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Dedication of the book to Jack Kirby. Includes photograph of Kirby.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Colors
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Frank Miller is the author of The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Elektra Lives Again, Give Me Liberty, Hard Boiled, and Sin City.
Genre
biography
Characters
Frank Miller (photograph); Todd McFarlane (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Short biographical paragraphs and photographs of Frank Miller and Todd McFarlane on the back cover of this issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman; Spawn
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [Spawn Batman]
    Batman; Spawn
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [Pin-Up]
    Batman; Spawn
  6. 5. [Pin-Up]
    Batman; Spawn
  7. 6. ["In memory of Jack Kirby"]
  8. 7. ["Frank Miller is the author of The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Elektra Lives Again, Give Me Liberty, Hard Boiled, and Sin City."]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ken Austin
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Jim Van Dore