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As part of his 1992 Comic Book Greats VHS series — which featured (deep breath) such luminaries as Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Will Eisner, the Romitas, Sergio Aragones, and Jack Davis and Harvey Kurtzman — Smiling Stan Lee asked Rob "X-Force" Liefeld and Todd "Spawn" McFarlane to invent a superhero in a hot second. More »
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In 1992, Neil Gaiman created Medieval Spawn and Angela, a warrior angel, for Todd McFarlane's up-and-coming Spawn comic. Years later, the characters "Dark Ages Spawn" and "Tiffany and Domina" debuted in Spawn. McFarlane must now pay Gaiman for these derivatives. More »
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Spawn creator and toy mogul Todd McFarlane is writing a sequel to 1997's Spawn. Unlike the first film, Spawn 2 is shaping up to be lower budget indie affair. Does this mean no John Leguizamo as a demonic clown? More »
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Can casting Leonardo DiCaprio in an updated version of Spawn make fans forget the sucky 1997 movie? Creator Todd McFarlane believes it can. More »
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With the success of Star Trek, The Dark Knight and even Casino Royale, movie audiences have shown that they're perfectly happy with a good reboot. So how will they feel about Spawn starting all over? More »
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We've told you that Sony is looking at spinning out Spider-Man's evil twin Venom into his own movie. ButTodd McFarlane - co-creator of the Spider-villain - thinks they can improve on that dude from That 70s Show hamming it up for the camera. More »
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The original Miracleman comic has been out of print for years and become famous for the legal battles surrounding its copyright. At one point, Sandman and American Gods writer Neil Gaiman took the creator of Spawn to court in order to regain copyright that he may never have owned in the first place. But who could've guessed that the place you're most likely to see Miracleman - arguably the series that made Alan Moore's career - would be in an Australian theater? More »
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Click to viewWith The Dark Knight set to follow Hancock, Wanted, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man into the theaters and hearts of cinemagoers worldwide, it seems that this really is the summer of movie superheroes. But what about Will Smith's earlier attempt to be a superhero and all the other superhero also-rans that didn't quite make it onto film? Under the jump, we look at five superhero movies that we're relieved didn't make it to a first day of shooting. More »
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Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. More »
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