Spawn #184

Where to start? OK I will start with the obivous – David and Brian you two guys will be missed. Brian’s art was not always my thing but it started really coming around with the bubble boy story arc and I have been happy with it for the most part. David’s writing has always had a purpose and a direction and that is one of the things that has kept Spawn in my top books each month. I have read all 184 issues since day one and this run has been as fun of a ride as any point in the Spawn lore. You guys are great and I hope we bump into you both in the Spawn Universe again.

Now on to the issue. I pretty much figured that the old lady was Cyan (though I am not sure why her name wasn’t Cyan Fitzgerald when she signed the last page). As for Mammon and Morana being put into a “binding spell” by Nyx to restrain them I get that was done so they aren’t dead and could return but that is one of the threads in this story I was ready to see severed. I was ready for Mammon to die and consider his legacy a part of the past 34 issues. I feel like Morana was the Darth Maul of this book. A really cool character that had so much potential but fell due to nothing more than timing.

I am botherred that it was Nyx who ended up really being the hero in this book and Al just went off into an empty desert of skulls to walk. I wanted to see Al come out guns blazing and be the effen badass that ended the world. I wanted this run to go down with a blaze of glory and didn’t get that at all.

Legion could have been a whole story until themselves from this issue. I appreciated that specific members of Legion were mentioned and I found it interesting that Christopher was specifically pointed out to go away to a better place. I was just hoping for more to come from that fight scenes. I think the art missed a great opportunity with this section of the book. This was the chance to the one of the greatest fights in Spawn history and it didn’t deliver.

The issue was good. It was not one of H2’s best by any means but endings are tough and they never really come across the way we all want. The expectations can never live up to the hype. I look forward to reading the past 4 or 5 issues in one sitting to take in a full appreciate on the story that Hine and Haberlin delivered to us readers.

So Mammon and Morana are bound in the middle of nowhere. Wanda, Cyan, and Nyx have left to go off on their own. Al heading off to be alone again. We are starting with a clean slate as we enter into the ENDGAME. Who does Al face now? What are his next challenges? What happens to Spawn? I guess that is why we buy the issues. I am looking forward to three weeks from now when we get that book in our hands to see what is next.

Thanks again to David Hine (and I personally appreciate the shout out in your good bye letter in the back – you are the man). Thanks Brian for bringing a darker feel to the character that was always known for pushing the edge when it came to art and for suggesting to Todd that David get a chance on this book. Finally thanks to Todd for trusting your baby with these two guys. I honestly hope that you think the book and character of Spawn is better of now then it was the day you let them play in your sandbox.