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Spawn 		Comics • HBO • New Line Cinema
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“ You've been chasing the wrong thing. It wasn't the symbiote that gave me powers, that made me who I am. It never was! The costume didn't make me Spawn, because...I AM SPAWN! „
~ Spawn to Violator

“ This is my fate. This is what I've chosen to be. This world and its shadows belong to me. Now and forever, I am Spawn. „
~ Spawn

“ Go ahead! Change shapes! Grow and twist as much as you want! I'm not afraid! Not anymore! Because it's you who should be scared! Knowing what I can do to you! „
~ King Spawn to Satan
“ There's something in his soul, some design flaw that Malebolgia missed when he chose Simmons. And that flaw has now made him able to tap into the souls of all Spawns from the past, present and future! And the only thing that's keeping any of us alive, is that he doesn't know he has that ability yet. May your God help us all if he ever discovers that fact. Because if he can call up his own army against us, he wins. He wins everything! Even though we thought we'd grinded him down mentally... down to the point that he seemed defeated and didn't want anything to do with being Spawn anymore. But that wasn't what was happening to him. He wasn't quitting... he was planning! Because he made the one move I prayed he never would find and that was to finally focus on his mind. He didn't walk for days in purgatory because he was beaten-- though he wanted us to think that-- no, he was setting the stage. And we fell off his act. He didn't commit suicide when he blew his head off, he created chaos! We'd all been so focused on trying to kill him, that when he took himself out of the game, we didn't know what to do with ourselves. And just like what happened when Malebolgia was slaughtered, demons and angels alike began tripping over themselves trying to prove they should be the new 'master' of this unholy war. Simmons had set his trap and he must have laughed at how easily we all fell into it! „
~ Cogliostro talking about Al Simmons

“ Traitors and rebels... Demons and damned... Choose your sides.
The King of Hell has returned! 		„
~ Hell King Spawn

“ It's not what I am that should terrify you. It's what I'm becoming. „
~ Divine Spawn to Zera
“ This is not the first time Al Simmons has burned...
...Or the first time he has been reborn. 		„
~ Mother of Existence

“ I am creation.
I am everything that ever was or will be.
Take back what you destroyed. Make it whole again.
You have the will, Spawn.
You have the power.
If your desires are great enough, it will be so... 		„
~ Mother of Existence

Summary

Spawn was once a man named Al Simmons, a highly trained assassin and was considered the best. He was a well-known soldier who was at his most successful point when he saved the President from an attempted assassination. He was promoted to a higher level of the C.I.A. that dealt with the things the Government had kept a secret from the general public. However, Al soon realized that the Government wasn't always right and started questioning if they were truly correct in their actions. This caught the attention of people in high power.

Jason Wynn who had long since been his superior found out about this and knew that Al knew too much. So, he hired Chapel who was Al's friend and partner to kill him. In a blazing inferno, Al Simmons was murdered, and his soul was sent to Hell because he had knowingly killed innocents in his C.I.A. days.

Al made a deal to sell his soul to a Demonic Being known as "Malebolgia" to get to see his wife Wanda Fitzgerald once again. He was allowed to come back however he came back five years later as some kind of strange Hellspawn with no memory of what he had done. After remembering what he had done, he sought out his wife only to find she had moved on and married his best friend, Terry Fitzgerald, and even had a child named Cyan.

It was after this event that his demonic guide the Violator who appeared as a clown showed up. He revealed to Spawn the purpose of his life and fought him but had his battle interrupted by Malebolgia. Now realizing his purpose, he must fight to survive against both the forces of Heaven and Hell.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-B, likely 9-A, up to 8-B | 7-C, 6-C with Green Powers, up to 4-B, Low 2-C at peak | Low 2-C | Low 1-C | At least Low 1-C | At least 6-B, up to 4-B, Low 1-C at peak

Key: Pre-Metamorphosis | Post-Metamorphosis | Hell King Spawn | Divine Spawn | God Spawn | King Spawn

Name: Albert Francis Simmons, Spawn, The Sad Man, The Chosen One, Hellspawn, Lt. Colonel Al Simmons, Hell's Pawn, Snowman, Omega Spawn, Al Simmons

Origin: Spawn (Verse)

Age: At least 28,[Note 1] likely in his 30s - 40s

Gender: Male

Classification: Hellspawn; Former human; Vigilante; Former government agent; Assassin | Hell King | Divine Being

Powers and Abilities:

Resistance to the following:

Same as before but greater, including:

Resistance to the following:

Same as Post-Metamorphosis plus:

Same as Hell King Spawn minus Legion powers and abilities (no longer possesses 6,000 souls after eating the Forbidden Fruit[60]), plus:

Same as Divine Spawn, plus all the powers of the Mother of Existence due to fusing with it, including:

Same as Post-Metamorphosis, plus:

Resistance to the following:


Attack Potency: Wall level (Created an explosion; smashed a wooden door[3] which requires this much energy to do), likely Small Building level (Destroyed a speeding car with his body[8] which would make him this strong), up to City Block level (Can harm those[68] who can harm him[68]) | Town level (Far stronger than before; fought evenly with Urizen who was strong enough to destroy[69] buildings,[50] which would be this level), Island level with Green Powers (Summoned a massive tidal wave; created a giant forest[50] which should be this level), up to Solar System level (Fought[24] evenly[24] with Tiffany who is second only to Angela), Universe level+ at peak (Shook every creation such as all circles of Hell and reality with his war cry after killing Malebolgia who was said to have brought agony to "billions of worlds and dimensions"[70]) | Universe level+ (Holds absolute control over a universal realm of Hell,[59] which is infinite[57] in[71] size; can also create universes with his mind; every heartbeat increases his power a hundredfold[59]) | Low Complex Multiverse level (After eating the Forbidden Fruit given to him by the Mother, he became equal to God and Satan and stated that he can fight them for all eternity;[72] defeated the entire army of the Eighth Sphere of Hell[61] and destroyed the combined forces of Heaven and Hell, wiping out all life on Earth in the process[61]) | At least Low Complex Multiverse level (Became one with the Mother; remade the entire universe and sent God and Satan to a separate plane of existence[72]) | At least Country level (Unleashed an unholy nuke upon the Earth), up to Solar System level, Low Complex Multiverse level at peak (Far stronger than before; damaged Satan, who is superior to Malebolgia and equal to God, both physically[73] and with the Sword of the Spirit[73] which[74] is[74] God's word[74])

Speed: Subsonic travel speed (Can move as a "crimson blur"[68]) with Speed of Light teleportation speed (He can teleport at exactly the speed of light[11]) and FTL reactions/combat speed (Dodged Angela's light beams; blocked a laser with his cape) | Supersonic travel speed (Faster than before; can move with "inhuman swiftness";[75] stated to move faster than a speeding bullet;[53] can move so fast he sets the air on fire with friction[76]) with Speed of Light teleportation speed and FTL reactions, up to Massively FTL+ travel speed (Kept up with Tiffany in combat; comparable to Angela and other angels who can move 6.3 billion times faster than light), Immeasurable at peak (Moved so fast the concept of time was obliterated and no one knew how long his soul's transition took;[32] comparable to angels who can move through non-linear time, essentially going fast enough to travel through time itself[77]) | Immeasurable, Omnipresent within his realm (The 8th Sphere of Hell is an extension of himself[59]) | Immeasurable | Omnipresent | At least Supersonic travel speed with Speed of Light teleportation speed and FTL reactions, up to Massively FTL+ travel speed; Omnipresent at peak (Fought against Satan who's superior to Malebolgia who is everywhere at once), otherwise Immeasurable

Lifting Strength: Unknown, at least Class K (Should be comparable to Violator, who ripped off his brother's head along with his spine[78]) | Class M (Lifted Urizen's foot; threw a chunk of a building), up to Class Y (Wrestled[79] with[79] Malebolgia who can hold the Earth in his hand[80]) | At least Class Y (The 8th Sphere gives him limitless power[59] and strength[59] beyond his greatest imagining[59]) | Class Y | Unknown, at least Class Y, possibly higher (Comparable to The Mother) | Class Y

Striking Strength: Wall level, likely Small Building level, up to City Block level | Town level, up to Solar System level, Universe level+ at peak | Universe level+ | Low Complex Multiverse level | At least Low Complex Multiverse level | At least Country level, up to Solar System level, Low Complex Multiverse level at peak

Durability: Wall level (Withstood an explosion), likely Small Building level (Should compare to his attack potency), up to City Block level (Took in a beating[81] from Overt-Kill[81] who's strong enough to destroy a tank that could wipe out two city blocks.[81] Took in a blast[82] from Angela[82]) | Town level (Able to withstand explosions; took[49] in blows from Urizen), up to Solar System level, Universe level+ at peak | Universe level+ | Low Complex Multiverse level | At least Low Complex Multiverse level | At least Country level, up to Solar System level, Low Complex Multiverse level at peak

Stamina: Superhuman (Can continue to fight without his heart[83]) | Superhuman (Able to take in massive amounts[84] of punishment[85] while rendered powerless[86] in the Dead Zone) | Infinite (Comparable to Malebolgia who's omnipotent in the 8th Sphere;[87] survived the climates of Hell for years,[88] which has "a million and one flavors of pain";[88] the 8th Sphere of Hell feeds and comforts him,[88] giving him strength beyond his greatest imagining with every blow he endures strengthening his steel to resolve[88]) | Infinite (Superior to before) | Infinite | Superhuman

Range: Hundreds of Meters through Magic, Energy Attacks, Chains & Firearms | Hundreds of Meters through Magic, Energy Attacks, Chains & Firearms; Planetary through Greenworld Powers; Universal+ at peak | Universal+ | Low Complex Multiversal | At least Low Complex Multiversal | Hundreds of Meters through Magic, Energy Attacks, Chains & Firearms; Low Complex Multiversal at peak

Standard Equipment: K7-Leetha, Cape, Chains, Various Firearms

  • Optional Equipment: Sword of the Spirit
  • Can Create/Summon: Bats

Intelligence:

Genius (Despite his brutal and intimidating appearance, Al's most dangerous asset is possibly his cunning mind, as it's aided him in and out of his military career and life as Spawn. He's tricked everyone from the start, including God, Satan, and entire armies of Heaven and Hell, and every move that he's done was on purpose, even when he chose Jim Downing to be the second Spawn to carry out his plans. Being a noted well-experienced street fighter with mastery over thirteen forms of martial arts throughout his life and career, all including Judo, Jujitsu, Karate, Kung-Fu, Jeet Kune Do, Aikido, Taekwondo, Boxing, Brazilian Jujitsu, Hapkido, Muay Thai, Ninjutsu and American Karate, and possessing decades of military training (shown when he used such skill to outmaneuver the much stronger Tremor[16] and baiting Cygor into attacking him by acting wounded[89]), it's no doubt that Spawn is a master of hand-to-hand combat. With a peak physical condition as a regular human (being so where he could avoid gunfire from several soldiers[13] as a human), something he still retains after his death, he's an exceptionally talented acrobat and athlete and in his early years showed great potential in someday becoming an Olympic athlete. As an intelligent man with a high interest in travel, Spawn can fluently speak ten languages including Japanese, Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, Arabic, Persian, and Russian. His tactical knowledge is also shown to be quite impressive, being able to trick Redeemer with a dummy,[90] find an explosive before it was set off,[43] and lead a possessed by killer Billy Kincaid to the "Dead Zone"[91] where his powers were useless. Not only that, but he's also shown to be very keen and quick to pick up on his surroundings, evident when he could locate a tracking chip inside Cygor,[92] identify a gun by sound,[1] and notice that the size of a crate of grenades was unusual.[93] On top of it all, he's also extremely skilled in stealth, being able to infiltrate a highly guarded military base[93] and make his way through hundreds of soldiers[22] and over his time as Spawn, Al has learned to control his suit to the fullest extent[94])

Omniscient

Genius, quite possibly Nigh-Omniscient (Might be comparable to the likes of God and Satan)

Weaknesses: Spawn has a limited power supply of necroplasm and each time he uses his powers, his counter drains; this causes him to primarily rely on his costume's natural abilities in fights. He is weak to holy weapons and decapitation and if his suit is damaged enough, it can go wild and be unable to discern friend from foe.[95] His body still needs oxygen to breathe even with it composed of necroplasm,[96] and while he can teleport, it's proven to be painful for him.[80] | Same as before, but no longer weak to holy weapons and decapitation. Spawn has no power in the Greenworld and all of his past haunts him, slowing him in combat, and he must abide by the laws there rather than those of Earth or Hell. In the Dead Zone, Spawn is rendered mortal and powerless and can easily die. | Unknown | None notable | None notable | Same as Post-Metamorphosis but is no longer weak to the Dead Zones as they all have been sealed; his necromancy only lasts for a short duration and is limited to a 200 ft radius.

Feats:

Note:

  • This profile DOES NOT include a key for Omega Spawn, as the storyline for the events of Image United where Al Simmons was reborn as Omega Spawn was never finished and is considered to possibly be non-canon.
  • Please do not attempt to scale Spawn to other Image Comics characters such as Savage Dragon; Erik Larsen mentioned a few times how these characters aren't canon to each other.
    • Also, please refrain from scaling Spawn to any characters from Marvel or DC, such as Superman or Spider-Man who appeared as cameos in issue 10 of the Spawn series; while instances such as this are canon to the Spawn continuity, they are not canon to the other verses in question and thus cannot be used to cross-scale.

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Losses:

Inconclusive:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Spawn Vol 1 #11 (June, 1993)
  2. ↑ Spawn: Blood Feud Vol 1 #1 (June, 1995)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Spawn Vol 1 #18 (February, 1994)
  4. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #30 (April, 1995)
  5. ↑ Angela Vol 1 #3 (February, 1995)
  6. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #3 (August, 1992)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Spawn Vol 1 #9 (March, 1993)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Spawn Vol 1 #24 (September, 1994)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Spawn Vol 1 #4 (September, 1992)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Spawn Vol 1 #31 (May, 1995)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Spawn Vol 1 #7 (January, 1993)
  12. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #27 (January, 1995)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Spawn Vol 1 #19 (March, 1994)
  14. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #15 (November, 1993)
  15. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #2 (June, 1992)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Spawn Vol 1 #25 (October, 1994)
  17. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #20 (November, 1994)
  18. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #1 (May, 1992)
  19. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #8 (February, 1993)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Violator Vol 1 #3 (July, 1994)
  21. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #93 (March, 2000)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Spawn Vol 1 #64 (August, 1997)
  23. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #164 (January, 2007)
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Spawn Vol 1 #45 (March, 1996)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Spawn Vol 1 #160 (September, 2006)
  26. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #70 (February, 1998)
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Spawn Vol 1 #130 (November, 2003)
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Spawn Vol #44 (March, 1996)
  29. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #115 (December, 2001)
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Spawn Vol 1 #113 (October, 2001)
  31. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #86 (August, 1999)
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Spawn Vol 1 #50 (June, 1996)
  33. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #41 (January, 1996)
  34. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #168 (June, 2007)
  35. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #60 (April, 1997)
  36. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #104 (February, 2001)
  37. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #131 (December, 2003)
  38. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #82 (April, 1999)
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Spawn Vol 1 #75 (August, 1998)
  40. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #116 (January, 2002)
  41. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #80 (February, 1999)
  42. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #105 (February, 2001)
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Spawn Vol 1 #106 (March, 2001)
  44. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #109 (June, 2001)
  45. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #170 (August, 2007)
  46. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #108 (May, 2001)
  47. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #79 (January, 1999)
  48. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #111 (August, 2001)
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Spawn Vol 1 #99 (September, 2000)
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 Spawn Vol 1 #98 (August, 2000)
  51. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #152 (December, 2005)
  52. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #153 (January, 2006)
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 Spawn Vol 1 #157 (June, 2006)
  54. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #62 (June, 1997)
  55. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #40 (January, 1996)
  56. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #96 (June, 2000)
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 Spawn Vol 1 #53 (September, 1996)
  58. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #89 (November, 1999)
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.6 59.7 Spawn Vol 1 #119 (August, 2002)
  60. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #161 (October, 2006)
  61. ↑ 61.0 61.1 61.2 Spawn Vol 1 #162 (December, 2006)
  62. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #158 (July, 2006)
  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 Spawn Vol 1 #159 (August, 2006)
  64. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #292 (December, 2018)
  65. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #295 (March, 2019)
  66. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #255 (August, 2015)
  67. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #284 (March, 2018)
  68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 Spawn Vol 1 #23 (August, 1994)
  69. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #97 (July, 2000)
  70. ↑ Curse of the Spawn Vol 1 #10 (June, 1997)
  71. ↑ Spawn: The Undead Vol 1 #6 (November, 1999)
  72. ↑ 72.0 72.1 Spawn Vol 1 #163 (December, 2006)
  73. ↑ 73.0 73.1 Spawn Vol 1 #261 (February, 2016)
  74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 74.2 Spawn: Resurrection Vol 1 (March, 2015)
  75. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #54 (October, 1996)
  76. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #42 (February, 1996)
  77. ↑ Curse of the Spawn Vol 1 #15 (December, 1997)
  78. ↑ Violator Vol 1 #3, (July 1994)
  79. ↑ 79.0 79.1 Spawn Vol 1 #100 (November, 2000)
  80. ↑ 80.0 80.1 Spawn Vol 1 #17 (January, 1994)
  81. ↑ 81.0 81.1 81.2 Spawn Vol 1 #6 (November, 1992)
  82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 Spawn Vol 1 #9 (March, 1993)
  83. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #3 (August, 1992)
  84. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #67 (November, 1997)
  85. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #135 (May, 2004)
  86. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #69 (January, 1998)
  87. ↑ Glory & Angela: Angels in Hell Vol 1 #1 (April, 1996)
  88. ↑ 88.0 88.1 88.2 88.3 Spawn Vol 1 #119 (August, 2002)
  89. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #57 (January, 1997)
  90. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #143 (February, 2005)
  91. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #85 (July, 1999)
  92. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #58 (February, 1997)
  93. ↑ 93.0 93.1 Spawn Vol 1 #55 (November, 1996)
  94. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #128 (September, 2003)
  95. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #31 (May 1995)
  96. ↑ Spawn Vol 1 #33 (July, 1995)

Notes/Explanations

  1. ↑ Most Spawn trading cards made by Wildstorm and similar manufacturers state Albert Simmons is 28 years old.

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