Spawn #1 · 1992
A new legend rises.
Todd McFarlane’s Spawn twists through an enormous red cape above the rooftops. Follow the pose and billowing silhouette through its cover descendants.
The origin pointSpawn #1 · Todd McFarlane (pencils and inks); Ken Steacy (colors)
The original cover
Spawn #1
Todd McFarlane’s Spawn twists through an enormous red cape above the rooftops. Follow the pose and billowing silhouette through its cover descendants.
This catalog follows the original cover’s composition across published comics and announced editions. Trade dress, virgin, foil and sketch treatments are described in edition notes. Connecting sets identify their participating issues and panels.
Verified records have source support for the exact cover and target. Partial records retain attribution or edition gaps. Reprints, interior-scene homages, different targets and unresolved references are listed separately below.
Native 1051×1600 exact first-print front-cover scan. Full original title, price box, all green energy, signatures and outer artwork retained. Edge-to-edge image, no exterior white mat/background. No crop, enlargement, sharpening or recoloring. Publisher 700×1077, Fandom 585×900 and Comic Vine 655×1013 masters were smaller; Comicking 2067×3129 scan has skewed exterior white scanner margins, so cleaner straight-on native 1051×1600 was chosen. Spawn sweeps diagonally across red fractured masonry, foreshortened right hand and curling green necroplasmic energy in the foreground. Full original printed title, issue box and signatures preserved.
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Research & releases · Reviewed October 22, 2026
New editions and open questions
No independently confirmed new exact Spawn #1 homage scheduled after October 22, 2026 was located. Fireborn #2 (May 2026) is published; SIKTC #50 (October 2026) exact variant remains a research reference. The December 2026 Spawn Origins box set and later Spawn issues are upcoming products but not automatically new Spawn #1 homage artworks.
Undisclosed print quantities, ambiguous credits and conflicting edition dates remain identified as unknown. This catalog can grow as publishers, artists and collectors provide new evidence.
Reprints, interior-scene homages and references (4)
- Spawn: Origins Collection Vol. 1 TP Not numbered
Exact Origins 2009 cover reuses the Spawn 1 interior pull-out poster, rather than homaging Spawn #1 front cover. GCD original issue poster reprints names 2009 collection. Preserved as reference, not new homage artwork.
Research source ↗ - Something Is Killing the Children #50
Specific October 9 2026 resale listing describes Zonno Spawn homage blind-bag NYCC variant; published issue review corroborates Zonno among variant artists. Exact cover image, glow finish and convention allocation not independently authenticated. Retained research reference until artwork can be inspected; not silently presented as confirmed gallery item.
Research source ↗ - Orbit: Birth of a Slasher #1
Exact resale listings establish Jason-themed Spawnhomage foil/virgin set. Original source gives generic Jason Comics without documented creator; do not conflate Martin Zavala Heroes Con cover or Greg Horn variants with this NYCC artwork. Retained research reference until exact artwork/artist verified.
Research source ↗ - Spawn '77 #1
Publisher confirms September 9 2026 and Cover F 1:25 retro logo. Visually inspected: crouching figure insidecircle with repeating 77 s directly homages Amazing Spider-Man 300, NOT Spawn 1. Retained as reference to correct source false-positive.
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Research changes and source notes
- CL-SPAWN1-0001: Cover homage
Parody released weeks after the original. Composition confirmed from the galko PDF thumbnail.
- CL-SPAWN1-0002: Cover homage
GCD exact cover credits and October 17 1994 on-sale confirmed. January 1995 is printed cover date, not on-sale year. #1000 is the sixth issue of the fictional-era parody series.
- CL-SPAWN1-0003: Reference / related edition
Exact Origins 2009 cover reuses the Spawn 1 interior pull-out poster, rather than homaging Spawn #1 front cover. GCD original issue poster reprints names 2009 collection. Preserved as reference, not new homage artwork.
- CL-SPAWN1-0004: Cover homage
Single source (galko). Composition confirmed from the galko PDF thumbnail.
- CL-SPAWN1-0005: Cover homage
Image 25 th-anniversary tribute program.
- CL-SPAWN1-0006: Cover homage
Crain restaging of #1 on the anniversary reprint. Single source (galko).
- CL-SPAWN1-0007: Cover homage
Consolidated 2 versions. Composition confirmed from the galko PDF thumbnail.
- CL-SPAWN1-0008: Cover homage
Marat Mychaels cover credit established by exact Spawn World foil edition record. Standard/foil/metal treatments share artwork, grouped rather than counted separately. January 2019 documented; no exact day.
- CL-SPAWN1-0009: Cover homage
Exact Spawn World cover inventory labels this #1, January 2020 and 55 Kickstarter copies, contradicting supplied LCG #2/October 9. Preserved stable ID/ownership; corrected to edition inventory and retain conflict as Partial. Cover logo itself shows 1. Albert Delacruz cover artist.
- CL-SPAWN1-0010: Cover homage
Exact cover and Game Stop exclusive sticker reviewed. John Lam attribution retained from source list; independent creator/retailer archive not located, so remains Partial.
- CL-SPAWN1-0011: Cover homage
Mature title. Single source (galko). Composition confirmed from the galko PDF thumbnail.
- CL-SPAWN1-0012: Cover homage
Joe Benitez Spawn homage exact cover image is styled SANGRE with a Spawn-like logo, but supplied LCG/GCD index locates the edition under The Monster of the Ministry of Hell #1. Treat as indexed 2021 edition; this prominent cover-logo/index mismatch remains documented pending creator catalog cross-check. Do not infer that Sangre is an additional distinct artwork.
- CL-SPAWN1-0013: Cover homage
GCD cover-specific Sean Hill pencils/inks/colors and Spawn #1 homage verified. Kickstarter fulfillment announced for October 24 2022; actual arrival varied. Removes January 1 placeholder.
- CL-SPAWN1-0014: Cover homage
Exact KLC Press Ryan Stegman variant visually reviewed. Same Spawn 1 composition but distinct drawn art; not to be confused with issue 4 other Spawn variant. Credit assistants/colorists not independently established.
- CL-SPAWN1-0015: Cover homage
Exact cover visually inspected: Gunk with Halloween jack-o-lantern imagery. Supplied October 1 date may be month placeholder; retain month only. Independent cover artist attribution not located; not borrowed from unverified social username.
- CL-SPAWN1-0016: Cover homage
Variant name says 'Homage'. Composition confirmed from the galko PDF thumbnail.
- CL-SPAWN1-0017: Cover homage
Image 30 th-anniversary tribute program. Composition confirmed from the galko PDF thumbnail.
- CL-SPAWN1-0018: Cover homage
LCG exact edition confirms 400 copies; GCD explicitly indexes Spawn 1 homage and Puppeteer Lee painting. November 15 is baseissue date, convention distribution December 2023.
- CL-SPAWN1-0019: Cover homage
Exact Cover B artwork located; November 20 2024 publisher-distributor release. Holofoil flip/metal same-art finishes grouped, no unverifiable reseller print-count assertions.
- CL-SPAWN1-0020: Cover homage
Exact Nakayama artwork appears in February 24 2023 convention cover guide and artist-post reference. Original public listing advertises 2023; no false January 25 exclusive-day precision. Trade/virgin treatments grouped; source artwork file is virgin, no title deliberately added.
- CL-SPAWN1-0021: Reference / related edition
Specific October 9 2026 resale listing describes Zonno Spawn homage blind-bag NYCC variant; published issue review corroborates Zonno among variant artists. Exact cover image, glow finish and convention allocation not independently authenticated. Retained research reference until artwork can be inspected; not silently presented as confirmed gallery item.
- CL-SPAWN1-0022: Reference / related edition
Exact resale listings establish Jason-themed Spawnhomage foil/virgin set. Original source gives generic Jason Comics without documented creator; do not conflate Martin Zavala Heroes Con cover or Greg Horn variants with this NYCC artwork. Retained research reference until exact artwork/artist verified.
- CL-SPAWN1-0023: Reference / related edition
Publisher confirms September 9 2026 and Cover F 1:25 retro logo. Visually inspected: crouching figure insidecircle with repeating 77 s directly homages Amazing Spider-Man 300, NOT Spawn 1. Retained as reference to correct source false-positive.
- CL-SPAWN1-0024: Cover homage
Publisher confirms artist and May 27 2026. Cover B directly reworks Spawn 1 with green energy and projecting hand. Virgin/foil same-art treatments grouped; dragon inenergy also visible but unnamed.
- CL-SPAWN1-0025: Cover homage
Exact CGC-indexed Spawn #1 coverhomage by Marat Mychaels. Cover edition listing reports 500 copies; exact Kickstarter shipping day not documented. Standard edition on-sale is not automatically exclusive date.
- CL-SPAWN1-0026: Cover homage
Missing self-homage: GCD explicitly confirms the Spawn #1 target; publisher dates it June 1996. Publisher image is a later digital-edition master carrying DIGITAL EDITION instead of the original price box. Full artwork retained without cropping, enlargement or recoloring. Native 477×734 master limitation documented.
- SpawnOriginsCollectionVol1(2009): Not added
Reused interior poster, retainedsource rowreference.
- Spawn77#1CoverF: Not added
Verified ASM 300 target, retainedsource rowreference.
- DoYouPoohSpawn1cover variants: Not added
Documented Spawn #1 coverparodyexists; exactstandardartwork scan andindividualeditionmetadata notobtained inthispass, follow-up candidate rather than invented gallery entry.
- DoYouPoohSpawn/Batmancovervariants: Not added
Spawn World 2024 inventory confirmsfamily; exactindividualeditionsource andimage required before adding.
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