Todd McFarlane's Spawn Universe Expands With New She-Spawn Series

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Todd McFarlane Productions person announced a marque caller miniseries successful the Spawn Universe, She-Spawn, written by Gail Simone (Uncanny X-Men, Birds of Prey), and illustrated by Ig Guara (Batman: Arkham Knight, Teen Titans). The mini-series volition dwell of 5 issues, with the archetypal 1 releasing connected May 6.

She-Spawn volition absorption connected Jessica Priest, who has been a pb successful Image Comics' The Scorched comic bid for adjacent to 50 issues, which features Spawn, Gunslinger, Redeemer, Medieval Spawn, and She-Spawn. Priest has an assassin and superhero background, and the miniseries volition gully from her past arsenic a full alternatively than from a standalone lawsuit – thing that volition assistance springiness a deeper presumption of her character, according to Todd McFarlane Productions.

In a property merchandise sent to IGN, Todd McFarlane promised fans they won't beryllium disappointed and addressed Simone's originative abilities with storytelling.

“Writer Gail Simone has been connected my (and thousands of different folk’s) radar for rather immoderate time. I’ve admired her taking galore antithetic heroes and characters into worlds that consciousness similar I’ve met that property before. So, to present person the accidental to get her to bring that endowment to the Spawn Universe was an accidental I wasn’t going to walk up. Her enthusiasm for her communicative of the Jessica Priest quality on with her advocating for the creator skills of the fantastic Ig Guara made this a originative squad I americium anxiously awaiting to spot myself arsenic a comic publication fan."

Simone shared however she got the accidental for penning the bid saying, “It’s a thrill to beryllium chosen specifically by 1 of the iconic founders of Image to make successful his playground. Apparently, he’d work a DC publication I’d done and was impressed by the dialogue, which was incredibly gratifying. The adjacent happening I know, I was having hour-long conversations with Todd McFarlane – not conscionable astir She-Spawn, but astir his passionateness for storytelling and character. Each 1 felt similar a masterclass. He asked a batch astir my process, with genuine and heartfelt curiosity, and it was 1 of the nicest and astir collaborative introductions I’ve ever had with a publisher. I’m arrogant to get to constitute portion of the Spawn Universe, and grateful to Todd and his squad for making this transportation happen. I besides privation to springiness recognition to Erica Schultz, writer of the Incredible Rat City Spawn bid for helping maine pave the way for She-Spawn."

She-Spawn Comic Preview Gallery

Going into specifics astir She-Spawn arsenic a character, Simone added, “I emotion her. I spot her arsenic 1 of the fewer supernatural badasses who drives a pick-up motortruck and has a household compartment successful the woods. She goes up against a spiritual sect to prevention a child, making her a atrocious idiosyncratic warring for thing good, with stakes she couldn’t perchance imagine. Ig Guara did meticulous, gorgeous work, with typically beauteous classical Image coloring by Robert Nugent. It conscionable looks stunning. It’s a communicative with no-seat loop and the engines connected precocious – violent, a small kind, a small mean, astir an exploration of the state and a character’s soul.”

She-Spawn contented #1 volition beryllium disposable to acquisition successful comic shops and digitally connected May 6, with variant covers by Francesco Mattina and Brett Booth. The afloat screen options that volition beryllium disposable are below:

She-Spawn #1 CVR A by Ig Guara
She-Spawn #1 CVR B by Francesco Mattina
She-Spawn #1 CVR C Blank Sketch
She-Spawn #1 CVR D by Brett Booth
She-Spawn #1 CVR E Virgin B&W Variant by Brett Booth

Jessie Wade is Associate Director of Editorial Programming astatine IGN. You tin find her playing cozy games connected her Switch oregon watching the latest phantasy and play shows, arsenic good arsenic getting mislaid successful mode excessively galore books and comics.

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