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Suture

Suture

6 appearances · Copper/Modern Age · 1997–1999
Who is Suture?

Suture is a horror villain inhabiting the dark, gothic world of the Curse of the Spawn spin-off series, operating within the same grim supernatural underworld as characters like Gretchen Culver and Detective Ray Sparks.

Emerging from the darkest corners of Image Comics' Spawn universe in 1997, Suture is a creature of the modern horror era — born in the pages of Curse of the Spawn #6 under the hands of creators Alan McElroy and Dwayne Turner. This sinister figure carved out a niche in one of the most atmospheric spin-off titles of the '90s, sharing those grim, shadow-drenched pages with the likes of Gretchen Culver, Sam Burke, and Detective Ray Sparks. With only a handful of appearances across a short but intense publication window, Suture is precisely the kind of cult discovery that rewards deep-diving collectors who want something genuinely unsettling from the Spawn mythology's outer edges.

Identity

Real name. Gretchen Culver

★ First appearance
Curse of the Spawn #5
Dec 1996

Top series

Covers through the years — 1997–1999

Curse of the Spawn #6 1997
Curse of the Spawn #6
Curse of the Spawn #27 1998
Curse of the Spawn #27
Curse of the Spawn #28 1999
Curse of the Spawn #28

Appearances

Curse of the Spawn (1996)