THE COUNTDOWN TO SPAWN #200 BEGIN HERE! Spawn's biggest, most menacing villain to date joins the cast of rogue characters in this month's issue. Jim discovers he wasn't the only patient with secrets at St. Anthony's and finds answers to his true identity in the last place he ever expected.
Date Available: 07/28/2010
BONUS REVIEW by GARY OWENS
This installment has excellent pencils from Khary Randolph and a fun story from Todd McFarlane. Todd has grown as a writer; I agree he’s probably still too heavy on flashy fight scenes, but he’s gotten better on small nuances in characterizations. The story itself, which finds the new Spawn trying to understand the Spawn universe—including being hounded by media and villains alike--while trying to rediscover his forgotten past, offers engaging plotting, as each step logically goes to the next, which helped make it a pleasure to read, even if it is fairly clichéd. Todd’s inks on the cover are a bit heavy, but it’s better in the comic itself. And the credits are written in black over a dark green background. Honestly, my eyes hurt trying to read them, and it was frustrating. Still, minor complaining aside, I find it surprising to be talking about #200 for this character. Todd saw a market place others couldn’t get, and it’s great to see his work still around.
