The Most Memorable and NOTORIOUS Spawn Comic by Todd McFarlane!

[@danelsen1278]

Ahh, Spawn #5, not only the most infamous, but also the most elusive back in 1993! There is no back issue I remember trying to track down more vividly than Spawn 5! My friends jumped on Spawn right when it first came out, and after reading their copy of the first 5 issues, I had to get them all! I managed to pick up all the issues from 1-10 fairly easily, and started buying it monthly when #11 came out, but that summer of 1993, in between 7th and 8th grade, as my family went on various vacations around the west coast, I made my mom stop at every comic shop in every town we went through! Needless to say, she got a bit frustrated and couldn’t understand why I needed THIS particular issue so badly! Well, of course I wasn’t going to divulge the contents of said issue to her, just told her I HAD to collect every issue. Countless comic book stores from Santa Barbara up to Crater Lake I searched….And finally in some small town in the neighboring state of Oregon, I finally secured my gory prize! Although my family photos mostly burned up in my moms house in the “camp fire” in Paradise, CA in November 2018, I think I still managed to save a copy of the photo of me holding that comic outside the store I bought it from, with the biggest smile a kid could muster! And just like you guys, once Todd stopped doing the art, my interest quickly diminished, and I stopped collecting them around #39. But that first year was so good, and #’s 4 and 5 were especially violent and awesome.

[@jorel80]

Neat! We must be around the same age, i was buying Spawn off the newsstand in middle school and got the first 10 issues EXCEPT NO. 5! Still kicking myself for that!

[@aaronsasson5148]

This is Todd's best work as a writer. It's a story that you can read once as a kid and it sticks with you forever.

[@Sketchcraft]

Gotta say, I really like/prefer that darker, gritter paper from the first 8 issues. The glossy stock Oliff pushed for on issue 09 an beyond never lived up to it.

[@jorel80]

when i was 12 ('92) i got into comics and started buying spawn off the newsstand from issue #1. This was the only one of the first 10 that i missed and i''m still kicking myself. I still have 1-4 and 6-11 in NM

[@mostlydregs]

Just like that, in the dying moments of 2021 Jimmy casually throws out the best last comment of Cartoonist Kayfabe history

[@florianneumann9441]

I loved this issue - the guy is so horrific - i scream you scream we all scream for ice cream... stuck in my head - forever

[@raydillon]

Iconic. I was probably 12 when I saw this and I was really new to comics, but was a big Stephen King and horror novel/movie fan. This issue solidified everything for me as a comic fan and creator. Superheroes AND horror?! Huge impact. I still remember feeling scared of Billy Kincaid and I wanted him stopped while I was reading this. So seeing that ending blew me away. That image is absolutely burned in my brain. And I totally appreciated your reference to it in Red Room, Ed!!

[@DanielHuman1996]

90's comics were fantastic, raw skill leveraged by technology (Amiga? Macintosh?) I love the artwork, lettering, and panel design is super slick! Spawn was definitely Rated R!

[@hoxton_hummingbird]

When I was a child i always wanted the spawn comics from the store because they had so great colours. Especially spawns eyes and cape!

[@flaviodeluxe]

My first Spawn comic!

[@NonNutritiveArt]

Thanks for posting this, guys! Spawn #5 & #8 are some of my go-tos to introduce friends who may not necessarily be into comics. How 'bout a follow up video of Spawn #8, fellas? Love the channel-keep it up. 🤘🏼

[@keiferdallison5740]

I love the note at the bottom of the letters page. "ATTENTION: I will not be appearing at Atomic Comics in Phoenix! The owner is lying." I need to know more.

[@DoktorRockszo]

A few issues after this one the owner of Atomic Comix wrote in to protest the call out. Apparently he was in the habit of announcing comic creators for signing appearances before actually booking them. Todd, naturally, wasn't on board with this, particularly since if a deal couldn't be worked out, the comic shop owner would make it sound like the creator cancelled and Todd had never missed a scheduled appearance. And, y'know, it is just a generally dickish way for the shop owner to do business.

[@sogoma7797]

The cartoonishness melds so well with the gritty darkness

[@FreekKing27]

I read this in my Highschool Sophomore Health Class. Read a lot of Spawn that year thanks to getting My Uncle's Longboxes full of Comics

[@the999th]

23:28 That iconic image is taken straight from the first Hellraiser movie.

[@MrDaoJones]

This was the first Spawn I ever saw/read! I think I was 12 at the time. It definitely stuck with me. I knew this video was going to be about this issue before I clicked. Good stuff.

[@chrisdaugherty8265]

Man, I hadn’t looked at this issue since the 90s! Thanks for the trip through memory lane. That Football one liner at the end was great. Happy New Year guys, keep up the good work.

[@funkyweapon1981]

The very issue that made me have to sneak Spawn comics into the house like how some kids used to sneak porno mags! I did that with porno mags, too, but that's another story.

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@StruggleoftheOutsider I used a box for one of my board games. I think it was the box for Battle Masters.

[@JSan-ek2np]

You guys are hilarious! Blessings to you and your families in the New Year!

[@MrDccrimmi]

When spawn confronts Kincaid the first time, the skin tight 3 tiddy sweater is reminiscent of Sandman's (Spiderman not Gaiman)

[@jeremytaylor5092]

You guys shoul review the lat 2 spawn issues30 and 301

[@tomteacher5885]

Messed up. Calls to my mind yellow bastard

[@DJJunkfoodJay]

I learned about a murkin during a Howard Stern interview with Juliette Lewis. Lol.

[@orlandoalessandrini2505]

This comic is epic, and this particular issue is indeed memorable.

[@destro47]

Kincaid's return in King Spawn was great

[@LukeKorolowiczArt]

seeing the left continue to turn up the volume on it's desire to try and normalize child sex abuse much to my rage, the ending of this issue makes me smile

[@vicentgalvan70]

I remember this traumatizing me when I was 10. Good times.

[@bullyvonwilson4545]

You guys always do spawn justice💯 keep it up more spawn ! and looking forward to the next run of RED ROOM and collecting all of the Incredible Hulk Variant covers And literally just got off the phone with my local comic book store to secure my trade paperback of RED ROOM 💯💀🖤🤘🏻

[@alexavani6165]

SWEET. Days of future past is awesome too

[@sogoma7797]

You getting to meet Twitch's family later on in the series

[@trencher7]

I think it is supposed to be the girls hair. Same pink bow.

[@Sage-cw2hy]

Damn. I read a few issues of spawn years ago and decided to start collecting origins. Well it led me down a rabbit hole to collect the entire readable collection. I did forget this issue. I just started re reading it a week ago. When i got to the part were he was glueing fingers on the wall it got hard to read. I dont know how i forgot this issue but i did and it is definatly a fucked up issue. I still havent read past origins 2. I decided i had to collect everything before starting to read. After i realized there were no collected editions for 123- 149 it took me a few years to catch up. I now have every readable comic as well as king spawn and gunslinger and have yet to still read past origins #2. Let's just say im taking my sweet ass time.

[@santiagoporroprofe2745]

Extremely funny. Great video.

[@MOVIESNCOMICS]

The issue I still can’t find 😂

[@vishalsarmalia1172]

What about watchmen #12? I think you forgot to complete it.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Be here at Midnight and report back.

[@vishalsarmalia1172]

@@CartoonistKayfabe I'm from India. So your midnight might be the next day for me. lol But I'll wait.... don't want anything left behind.

[@jandestiny626]

omg... anyone else wince as the comic goes from possible 9.9 to 9.3 before your very eyes?