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CATALOG RECORD

Curse of the Spawn #5

Image · Series began 1996 · December 1996

Dates

Cover date
December 1996
On sale
1996
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition (original)

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

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  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

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Story arc: Blood and Sutures

This is part 1 of 2. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Curse of the Spawn #5
  2. Curse of the Spawn #8

Creators

pencils: Dwayne Turnerinks: Danny Mikicolors: Todd Broeker, Mark Nicholasscript: Alan McElroy, Terry Fitzgeraldletters: Tom Orzechowski

Stories

  • Suture · 22 pages

    John Mawbley goes on a killing spree in a diner. At the same time four cops rape and try to kill an unconscious woman.

  • HBO Animation Step One: Writing Spawn · 2 pages

Publisher’s description

OverviewJohn Mawbley is a serial killer certain he is cleansing society of its evil. When Gretchen Culver happens upon the carnage of Mawbley's crowd killing, she runs into traffic and is critically injured. She regains consciousness while being raped by the police and ambulance attendants, where she is beaten unconsciousness again. They deliver her to another serial killer for disposal. Meanwhile Sam and Twitch help their former police officers investigate still another murder case. When Twitch begins to question their career change, they land the missing persons case of Culver.

Characters

Sam BurkeTwitchGretchen CulverDetective BraydeOfficer DekeDetective EdlandSergeant Doug HallidayOfficer Kenny OsborneDetective Ray SparksJohn MawbleyOfficer Michelli

Reprinted in

The Best of Curse of the Spawn (2006)

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