Cover: Todd McFarlane

Spawn #3

Aug 1992 · Image · 1.95 USD; 2.35 CAD

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“Questions (Part Three)”

About this Issue

Spawn #3 locks in the emotional spine of the entire series — the moment Al Simmons finally tracks down his ex-wife Wanda Blake and discovers she has married his former best friend Terry Fitzgerald and is raising a daughter, Cyan, with him. That domestic gut-punch transforms what could have been a straightforward superhero revenge book into a genuinely tragic character study, establishing the human stakes that would drive the Spawn mythology for decades. The issue also delivers the first on-panel reveal of the Clown's true demonic form to Spawn himself, cementing the Violator as the series' central supernatural antagonist. Terry and Cyan Fitzgerald, introduced here, went on to become pivotal figures in the Spawn universe — Cyan eventually earned her own spin-off series as an adult heroine.

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writer, artist, inker Todd McFarlane · colorist Steve Oliff · colorist Reuben Rude · colorist Olyoptics · letterer Tom Orzechowski · cover Todd McFarlane

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History

Published August 1992 as the third installment of the 'Questions' arc, issue #3 was written, penciled, inked, and cover-drawn entirely by Todd McFarlane — an all-in creative ownership that was the founding ethos of Image Comics, the publisher McFarlane co-launched earlier that same year. Coloring was handled by Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude, and Kiko Taganashi, with lettering by Tom Orzechowski and editing by Wanda Kolomyjec. McFarlane drew on deeply personal references for his characters: Bleeding Cool confirmed that the character of Wanda was named after McFarlane's own wife, and Cyan was named after his daughter — lending the story's domestic heartbreak an autobiographical resonance that distinguishes it from its creator-owned contemporaries.

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Published August 1, 1992 by Image Comics; story titled 'Questions, Part Three,' the third chapter of the opening four-part arc.
First appearance of Terry Fitzgerald (Al Simmons's former best friend, who married Wanda Blake after Al's death) and Cyan Fitzgerald (their young daughter), both of whom became major long-running characters in the Spawn universe.
First full appearance of Wanda Blake, who had a cameo in Spawn #1; this issue is where she is seen and named in full for the first time.
Second appearance of both Malebolgia and the Violator/Clown (both debuted in earlier issues); this issue is notable as the first time the Clown transforms into his full demonic Violator form directly in front of Spawn.
The Violator rips out Spawn's heart in the climactic battle — a pivotal early demonstration that Spawn's Necroplasm-fueled body is not bound by normal human biology, as he regenerates and rises.
Entirely written, penciled, inked, and cover-illustrated by Todd McFarlane, with colors by Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude, and Kiko Taganashi, and letters by Tom Orzechowski.
The characters of Wanda and Cyan were named by McFarlane after his real-life wife and daughter, respectively.
Reprinted in Spawn: Origins, Vol. 1 (collecting Spawn #1–6), available in multiple trade paperback, hardcover, and deluxe edition formats from Image Comics.