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Malebolgia

Malebolgia

44 appearances Β· Copper/Modern Age Β· 1992–2010 Β· 2 key issues
Who is Malebolgia?

Malebolgia is one of Hell's most powerful demon lords, ruling a vast domain in the eighth level of Hell. He struck a deal with soldier Al Simmons, transforming him into the hellspawn warrior Spawn in exchange for Simmons's soul and service as a soldier in his demonic army.

From the very first page of Spawn #1 in 1992, Malebolgia announced that Image Comics had something genuinely dark and ambitious on its hands β€” a villain whose shadow stretches across the entire mythology of one of the Modern Age's most iconic series. This infernal figure has haunted the pages of Spawn, Curse of the Spawn, and even Bloodwulf across nearly two decades, accumulating 44 catalog appearances and a pair of collector-significant key issues that speak to just how central he is to the universe Todd McFarlane built. Sharing the stage with Spawn himself, Al Simmons, Wanda Blake, and the Fitzgerald family, Malebolgia sits at the dark heart of a world where the stakes are nothing less than cosmic. For anyone serious about the Image era or the Spawn mythos, this is a character you simply cannot look past.

Spawn
#1
β˜… First appearance
Spawn #1
May 1992

Trivia

  • Malebolgia cemented himself as one of the most recognizable early Image villains not by trading blows issue after issue, but by operating as a shadowy power broker whose influence loomed far larger than his actual page time β€” a masterclass in menace through absence.youtube.com

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1992–2005

Spawn #3 β˜… 1992
Spawn #3
Spawn #17 1994
Spawn #17
Glory #1 1995
Glory #1
MaxiMage #4 1996
MaxiMage #4
Curse of the Spawn #16 1998
Curse of the Spawn #16
Spawn #100 2000
Spawn #100
Spawn #102 2001
Spawn #102
Hellspawn #15 2003
Hellspawn #15
Spawn #150 2005
Spawn #150

Appearances

Spawn Figure (1994)
#1
Violator Figure (1994)
#1
Violator (1994)
#2
Angela (1994)
#2
Extreme Sacrifice Epilogue (1995)
#2
Glory (1995)
#1
Bloodwulf (1995)
#2
MaxiMage (1995)
#4
Glory / Angela: Angels in Hell (1996)
#1
Spawn Bible (1996)
#1
Shattered Image (1996)
#4
Curse of the Spawn (1996)
Spawn: The Undead (1999)
#8
Spawn: The Dark Ages (1999)
#20
Hellspawn (2000)
#15
Image Comics Summer Special (2004)
#1
Image Firsts: Spawn (2010)
#1