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Cover of Curse of the Spawn #12
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CATALOG RECORD

Curse of the Spawn #12

Image · Series began 1996 · September 1997

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Jessica Priest (Curse of the Spawn) — first appearance, also in flashback as child

Dates

Cover date
September 1997
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #12 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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Creators

pencils: Brent Ashe, Dwayne Turnerinks: Brent Ashe, Chance Wolf, Danny Mikicolors: Brent Ashe, Todd Broeker, Mark Nicholasscript: Alan McElroy, Terry Fitzgerald, Todd McFarlaneletters: Tom Orzechowski

Stories

  • Codename: Priest · 22 pages

    Jessica Priest is sent into the jungle to obtain the biological weapon Heat-16 and destroy the lab where it was made. Her team is wiped out and she is captured by Liz Arno and Keven Bergregor.

Publisher’s description

Jessica Priest's sociopathic personality is revealed in a flashback to her childhood, her living arrangements and demonstration of her abilities as a government assassin. Socially, Wynn gives Priest an assignment -- to recover a biogenetic weapon coded Heat-16 from a lab in Brazil. The mission turns deadly and Priest eliminates the security force, is captured and shot by the fraternal scientists, Liz Arno and Kevin Bergregor. The life of the woman who killed Al Simmons, the man who first became Spawn. She started nasty and became much, much worse.

Characters

Jason WynnJessica PriestJessica Andersen-ChinObersmithLiz ArnoKevin BergregorZacks

Reprinted in

The Best of Curse of the Spawn (2006)

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