Spawn #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeA heavily armed, skull-emblazoned mercenary dominates this January 1993 Image cover, draped in chains and bandoliers while wielding massive automatic weapons wreathed in crackling orange flame — with Spawn himself looming in the upper corner, his cape and white mask cutting a sharp silhouette against the darkness. Todd McFarlane's cover pencils and inks deliver the kinetic, heavily detailed linework that made this series such a striking presence on 1993 shelves. "Payback (Part Two)" promises exactly the kind of escalating tension the cover telegraphs, and with coloring by Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude, and Olyoptics, every glint of firelight and shadow hits with real punch.
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- Story title: 'Payback, Part Two' — the second half of a two-issue arc begun in Spawn #6.
- Second appearance and first destruction of Overt-Kill (Nicholas Rocca), the cybernetic mob enforcer; his first appearance was in Spawn #6.
- Second appearance of mob boss Antonio 'Tony Twist' Twistelli, whose first appearance was also in Spawn #6.
- Tony Twist was named after real-life NHL enforcer Tony Twist (St. Louis Blues / Quebec Nordiques); McFarlane publicly acknowledged this in letters pages and interviews, which ultimately formed the basis of a multi-year right-of-publicity lawsuit that settled out of court.
- Final issue of the series written and drawn solely by Todd McFarlane; from issue #8 onward, McFarlane invited prestigious guest writers including Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Dave Sim, and Frank Miller.
- The issue is dedicated to Rob Liefeld, credited as co-creator of Overkill.
- Full creative credits: Writer/Penciler/Inker — Todd McFarlane; Colorists — Steve Oliff and Ruben Rude; Letterer/Editor — Tom Orzechowski.
- Reprinted in Spawn Origins Collection Volume 2 (July 2009), which collects issues #7, 8, and 11–14.
- Overt-Kill later appeared in the 1997 HBO adult animated series Todd McFarlane's Spawn, as well as in multiple Spawn video games including Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Video Game, Spawn: The Eternal, and Spawn: In The Demon's Hand.
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Reprinted in Spawn #4 (1995), Spawn #2 (1996), Spawn #4/1997 (1997), Spawn TPB #2 (1997), Spawn #4 (1997), As 10 Primeiras Edições de Spawn #[nn] (1997), Spawn: Averno #[nn] (1999), Spawn #33 (2000), Споун #3 (2001), Spawn - Origem #2 (2008), Spawn Origins Collection #1 (2010), Spawn: Edición Integral #1 (2010), Spawn Origins Collection #2
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