Spawn #137

Spawn #137 wraps up the "A Thousand Clowns" arc with a cover by Greg Capullo and Danny Miki that crackles with infernal energy — Spawn looms atop a rooftop ledge, his red cape billowing and chains coiling around him as jagged green lightning tears across a stormy night sky, while a pack of snarling red demons swarms at his feet. It's a composition that balances raw menace with an almost theatrical grandeur, exactly the kind of image Capullo brings out in this character. With the interior handled by Angel Medina and an all-star inking crew including Danny Miki, and the story from Todd McFarlane and Brian Holguin, this 2004 issue delivers a satisfying close to one of the year's more ambitious Spawn storylines.