Todd McFarlane's Spawn was an animated television series which aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999. It was based on the popular comic series of the same name from Image Comics. The show was nominated for and won an Emmy in 1999 for Outstanding Animation Program (longer than one hour). The series is expected to return shortly in 2007. Keith David was to have reprised his role as Simmons.^{[citation needed]} Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Spawn (real name Al Simmons) is a fictional character in Image Comics comic book of the same name. ... Image Comics Logo Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Cast

• Keith David - Spawn
• Richard Dysart - Cogliostro
• Micheal Nicolosi - Clown
• Dominique Jennings - Wanda Blake
• Victor Love - Terry Fitzgerald/Bobby
• Kath Soucie - Cyan/Additional Voices
• James Keane - Tony Twist/Sam Burke
• Micheal McShane - Max "Twitch" Williams/Gareb
• John Rafter Lee - Jason Wynn
• Denise Poirier - Merrick/Bounty Hunter
• Ronny Cox - Senator Scott McMillan/Billy Kincaid
• Victor Brandt - Chief Banks
• Ming-Na - Jade/Lisa Wu
• Ruben-Santiago Hudsen - Jess Chapel

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Plot overview

The series centered around the story of an African-American ex-serviceman who fought in the Vietnam war as a commando named Al Simmons. He was betrayed and killed by a man whom he believed to be his close friend (the man, Chapel, burned him alive with a flamethrower). Upon his death, Simmons vowed revenge on Chapel and hoped that he would one day return to his beloved wife Wanda. Languages Predominantly American English Religions Predominantly Christianity and Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Spawn (real name Al Simmons) is a fictional character in Image Comics comic book of the same name. ...

In order to accomplish his vow, he makes a pact with the devil (referred to in the series as Malebolgia). The pact was a simple one: Simmons would become a general in Malebolgia's army (known as the "Hellspawn" or "Spawn" for short) in return for the ability to walk the earth once again in order to see Wanda. Simmons was tricked however and his body was not returned to him. Simmons had instead been given a different body which was a festering, pungently cadavourous, maggot-ridden walking corpse that had a massive living red cape attached to it. The head of this new body had been rotten for some time and was in an advanced state of decay, which led to Simmons donning a mask in order to cover its grotesque appearance. Malebolgia is the name of a fictional demon in the Spawn universe. ...

Upon his return to "life", Spawn seeks out Wanda, who had apparently got over the grief of having lost Al and married another man, Al's best friend Terry Fitzgerald with whom she seemingly had a daughter with. Terry, a respectable man, works for a man named Jason Wynn. Wynn is a black-market arms dealer, amongst other things (such as the head of certain government organisations, one of which that dispatched Al and his team to Vietnam), and is revealed to be the man responsible for ordering the death of Al Simmons due to a disagreement the two had between each other. Jason's actions would also prove dangerous to the lives of Terry, Wanda and their daughter as well. Terry Fitzgerald is a fictional character in the comic book Spawn. ... Jason Wynn Jason Wynn is one of the primary villains from the Todd McFarlane comic series Spawn. ...

Al, realising that he is no longer the man in Wanda's life, swears to protect her and her new family.

The series depicts Spawn nesting in the dark alley ways, killing any who invade his newfound territory. Rejecting these actions as unworthy of Spawn's time and power, Malebolgia then dispatches another of his minions (a demonic creature known as Violator that assumes the form of an obese clown) to try and sway Spawn into committing acts of violence and savagery in the name of Hell. Violator is the true form of the Clown, an antagonist in Todd McFarlanes Spawn comic series. ...

Spawn struggles to fight the lure of evil as well as seeking to escape being hunted by not only the forces of Hell but also must defend himself from assailants from Heaven, who have a need to destroy the Hellspawn in order to cripple the forces of Hell so they do not gain an edge in the escalating war between the two spiritual hosts. As the war intensifies the line between the forces of good and evil become increasingly blurry. Spawn finds help along the way in the form of a disheveled old man named Cogliostro who was once a Hellspawn that overcame the demonic powers resting within, amongst a number of other characters. Cogliostro (Cog, initially rendered Cagliostro) is a supporting character in Todd McFarlanes Spawn comic series. ...

List of Episodes

Season 1 (1997)

Season 2 (1998)

Season 3 (1999)

See also

• Spawn (film)
• Spawn (comics)

Spawn is a movie adaptation of Todd McFarlanes creator-owned Image comic book of the same name. ... Spawn (real name Al Simmons) is a fictional character in Image Comics comic book of the same name. ...

External links

• Spawn (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database
• Spawn.com
• Spawn @ Toon Zone
• Spawn at TV.com