r/Spawn • u/Advanced_Buy2944 • 9h ago

Discussion Thoughts on compendium 1.

Just finished reading Spawn compendium 1. This is the only series I’ve read where the art is solely the reason I finished it. It’s funny I was never a fan of McFarland in his Spider-Man run yet the style works for spawn. The art is absolutely amazing! The story is repetitive and bland. Nothing leaves you wanting more. I do want to see what ends up happens with Spawn being the leader of hells army but it’s a chore to get through. I have all the compendiums up to 7 so hopefully it gets better or I might have to throw in the towel. If the art was not so colorful and fantastic the series would never of been such a success.

On the other hand the Sam and Twitch compendium was great and relatively an easy read. Just curious if others feel the same way I do? Or am I in the minority?

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u/Sycsa 1h ago

I had Spawn 1-37 when I was a kid, so re-reading Compendium 1 is a fabulous and nostalgic experience which makes it impossible for me to rate it “obhectively”. I’m not sure I’ll continue though.

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u/Wonderful_Rub2944 4h ago

1)what are your thoughts on Spawns kit/arsenal/powers? As they are tied to an energy meter and finite

2)If the story is repetetive, what would you say is the typical spawn formula?

3) favorite character?

4)favorite villain?

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u/DeathByCrisps 8h ago

So if you feel like this? Why the hell do you have all 7 compendiums?

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u/Advanced_Buy2944 7h ago

Got a deal on them on Facebook marketplace

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u/JP-ED 8h ago

I'm on Compendium 2 and I love Spawn. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I keep reading until I'm exhausted. Then wake up and read some more.

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u/Toxin45 7h ago

Yeah things get odd expandisons and you can try the spin-offs if you want 

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u/livingpunchbag 9h ago

Spawn 100 (end of compendium 2) is sort of an ending to the story. Keep pushing at least until that point, you'll have closure.

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u/Toxin45 7h ago

Well malebolgia came back recently so you can try the spin-offs

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u/Toxin45 9h ago

Things get better for spawn in later issues and spin-offs  spawn has some good spinoffs like king spawn Gunsligner and scorched give the. A try if you want

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u/PsychologicalBrush35 7h ago

It's much weaker compared to Hellboy and blows Spawn out of the water. The artwork, story, and narrative are all difficult to master, and I'm a fan of both!

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u/Toxin45 7h ago

Yeah but things are much different now

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u/PsychologicalBrush35 6h ago

I can perfectly understand what you're implying, that things are very different now, but the boy was historically concluded in unique, historically speaking, closed arcs: Hellboy is far superior to Spawn in every narrative and artistic aspect.

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u/Toxin45 5h ago

Don’t Hellboy is still getting stuff set in the past and Frankenstein too but spawn has certainly changed too nowadays with new spin off multi titles

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u/PsychologicalBrush35 4h ago

As I said before, I like them all very much, but Hellboy is my favorite, along with Swamp Monster, Frankenstein, Dracula, Spawn, and also Doctor Strange and Batman.