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2!! Spawn
3[[folder:Al Simmons/Spawn I/King Spawn]]
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7The protagonist of the comic. Al Simmons used to be a black ops soldier and CIA assassin working for [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jason Wynn]], until he got executed for asking too many questions. Due to his life of murder, he was sent to {{Hell}}, where Malebolgia offered him a DealWithTheDevil so he could go back to Earth and see his wife Wanda again. He agreed, but ended up tricked: Malebolgia brought him back five years after his death, resulting in his wife having already married his best friend and ending up with a daughter.
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9Also, rather than being merely brought back to life, Simmons was revived as a charred corpse and turned into a "Hellspawn," a HumanoidAbomination with a demonic costume symbiotically bonded to him and dark magic powers. Al is initially lost and confused by the situation, but gradually tries to use his powers for good, resulting in Malebolgia sending a demon, the Violator, to form him into a proper general for his army.
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11* NinetiesAntiHero: One of the most obvious examples, though he gradually gets better as the story goes.
12* AbusiveParents: Al's parents, specifically his mother, were this. In fact, it was his mother that helped mold him into the brutal psychopath he would later become in life due to her infatuation with Mammon. He himself is one, considering he actually tried to kill his daughter, Morana, while in the womb. Retconned out in Spawn: Resurrection; Al had a son, not a daughter, and never harmed him. This was a lie implanted in his head to trick him into committing suicide.
13* AdaptationalJerkass: Zig-zagged in the animated series. He's much less of a protector to the homeless than he is in the comics and is more apathetic to the plight of innocents and also [[spoiler:played a BedTrick on Wanda by assuming the appearance of Terry]], but he's also clearly that much more tormented by his existence as a Hellspawn.
14* AllEncompassingMantle: His cloak often completely envelops his whole body except for his head.
15* AllForNothing: During Brian Holguin's run. After finally defeating both Heaven and Hell and closing their influence on mankind, Spawn attempts to use his new powers to make himself human and resume his life with Wanda. Then the Mother of All Creation shows him the truth: He was abusive to Wanda to the point of making her miscarry and she initially celebrated his death. In other words, she would have never taken him back no matter what. This news breaks him and he tries to kill himself. Spawn Resurrection retconned this with showing they had a loving relationship. However, her subsequent death ended any hope of them reuniting.
16* AntiHero: He usually isn't above using drastic methods such as gruesomely killing or scarring criminals. Still, [[AssholeVictim most of them have it coming]].
17* AscendedDemon: Simmons briefly acquired power transcending that of {{God}} and {{Satan}} in order to stop the Apocalypse. It [[StatusQuoIsGod wasn't permanent]], though.
18* TheAtoner: He wants to make up for the evils he committed in his life.
19* BadassCape: Not only does it look awesome, it lets Spawn fly and the tattered hem serves as CombatTentacles. However, it's a little ''too'' awesome for computer animation, which is why he doesn't always wear it in the movie. And why it's turned into an ax in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur II]]''.
20* BadassNormal: He was already a formidable fighter as a human, and retained his skills as a Hellspawn.
21* BadPowersGoodPeople: Granted, Spawn is more an AntiHero than a straight nice guy, but he is still a good guy who use powers that would perfectly fit any series' BigBad.
22* BaritoneOfStrength: In the HBO series he has a deep and menacing voice, courtesy of Creator/KeithDavid.
23* BedTrick: He uses his shroud's power to take the form of Terry in order to see Wanda and ends up sleeping with her.
24* BeenThereShapedHistory: A rare-inversion before his death, Al became aware of the plans for 9/11 and was convinced he was the only one who could stop it. This was actually his reasoning for forcing Wanda to miscarry. As a result of his death, 9/11 happened. Spawn Resurrection retconned his abuse towards Wanda so it is unknown if this is still cannon.
25* BigBrotherInstinct: Stabbed a drug dealer to death for molesting his younger brother at the age of 19; this incident was something of a StartOfDarkness for him.
26* {{BFS}}: Following his comeback, God gives him a massive sword with a rectangular, scalloped blade. He later uses it to trap God and Satan in Hell.
27* BigGood: Becomes this as the story goes on albeit a dark example.
28* BloodKnight: Despite his at times melancholy and remorseful nature, Spawn is always eager to take the fight to the forces of Hell and Heaven alike.
29* BodyHorror: The reason he wears a mask? He was burnt to death and then sent back to his body after it had been decaying for five years. Under the costume, he looks exactly like the rotting corpse he is. Also, some of his powers can have this effect.
30* BroughtDownToBadass: After [[spoiler:blowing up K7-Leetha to kill the Clown and Godsend, Spawn is so badly weakened that he reverts to his original appearance]].
31* BroughtDownToNormal:
32** Twice for brief periods following [[spoiler:Cogliostro's betrayal and Armageddon]], he was returned to life in his original human form. The first time, he eventually got his Hellspawn powers back with [[HotWitch Nyx]]'s help, and the second he willingly discarded his humanity and became Spawn again.
33** The Satan Wars arc ends with [[spoiler:Al having his humanity restored and turning his symbiote into a necroplasm nuke to defeat Satan, only holding on to a couple of its chain links. He realizes that he can eventually regrow his costume from this - and has to to face a new wave of supernatural enemies - but has to make do with an arsenal of high-power weapons and a new Deadpool-esque costume]].
34* CastFromLifespan: [[PowerAtAPrice His powers have a price]]. After X uses, he goes straight back to Hell. He compensates this by using various Earth weapons in order to keep as much energy as possible in store.
35* ChainPain: Spawn's costume is adorned with chains that basically function as CombatTentacles.
36* TheChessmaster: Following ''Spawn: Resurrection'', he starts manipulating both Heaven's and Hell's forces -- with it being noted that they're falling right into the trap he's carefully plotted.
37* CloakOfDefense: Spawn can manipulate his cape for offense and defense. [[https://imgur.com/a/UELEgKL He once used it as a shield against Overtkill's laser.]]
38* CoolSword:
39** In ''Spawn: Resurrection'', Spawn is given a divine blade called the Sword of the Spirit by God, which he uses to seal Heaven and Hell away from Earth.
40** In ''Spawn'' #305, [[spoiler:Spawn takes Medieval Spawn's demonic sword for himself]].
41* TheCowl: A sinister-yet-heroic figure who hides in the shadows and uses lethal force to fight crime.
42* CrucifiedHeroShot: When he was trapped in Limbo following his suicide, he was crucified and chained to the cross by his own suit.
43* TheCynic: He has a real love/hate relationship with humanity, trying to be their protector, but is still bitter and misanthropic.
44* DarkIsNotEvil: He's an undead assassin who has a soul charged full of enough BlackMagic to qualify him as a walking weapon of mass destruction and who wears a creepy-looking costume that is actually a soul-sucking demon which has grafted itself to him. However, he doesn't really want to hurt anyone (though he won't hesitate to do so if he has to), fiercely protects those who he cares about, and he came back from the dead because of his love for his wife.
45* DatingCatwoman: At some point, he ends up developing a relationship with Angela, who is an angel...and not just any angel, but an angel specifically charged with terminating new Hellspawn. [[spoiler:The same can be seen in the animated series, only there he has a brief relationship with Jade, another angelic bounty hunter that was after him.]]
46* DealWithTheDevil: Probably the best known example of this in comics besides ComicBook/GhostRider.
47* DoomMagnet: ''Hell yes''. It's like writers are always trying to find new ways to make his already crappy life suck even more. In the animated series, Cogliostro even states that evil people are drawn to his presence.
48* DomesticAbuse: Ironically, he subjected Wanda to this when he was alive, venting the frustration of his flagging job performance on her, and his last act towards her before he was killed was deliberately causing her to miscarry their unborn daughter when he learned she was pregnant. His subconscious guilt over this is the real reason he came back looking like a corpse, and when he remembers everything, he has a HeroicBSOD. This was retconned in ''Spawn: Resurrection'', where God shows Spawn images of what really happened when he and Wanda had a son, but not a daughter and loved them genuinely. The above was a lie implanted in Spawn's head by Satan's forces to manipulate him into suicide.
49* DrivenToSuicide: Ultimately Al kills himself, [[spoiler:but a part of his soul seemingly came back as [[OneWingedAngel Omega Spawn]].]]
50* ElementalPowers: Given to him by [[GaiasVengeance Greenworld]].
51* EmpoweredBadassNormal: After he got turned into a Hellspawn.
52* EnergyAbsorption: He can feeds off "evil" energy from both bad people and "dark" animals such as cats, bats, rats, snakes, worms...
53* FaustianRebellion: Initially subverted, as Malebolgia to ensured the deal would make it impossible for Spawn to do ''anything'' that would not end up helping Hell. Then Spawn overthrew him. It's complicated...
54* FacialHorror: Al suffered sereve, disfiguring burns all over his body, including his face.
55* FlyingBrick: Spawn can levitate and fly, and while he isn't invincible he can heal almost any wound.
56* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Green ones due to the necroplasm comprising his body.
57* GoodIsNotNice: Spawn does mean to do good, and doesn't really have villainous goals, but that doesn't stop him from murdering, maiming or mutilating people to accomplish his goals.
58* GrandTheftMe: Issue #249 implies [[spoiler:he's done this to Jim Downing]].
59* GuestFighter: Becomes one for both [[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur II]] on the Xbox and VideoGame/MortalKombat11.
60* HealingFactor: He can regenerate from just about anything, though it [[CastFromLifespan costs him necroplasm]].
61* HeartbrokenBadass: Big time. His grief over dying and not coming back home to his wife was so strong he made a DealWithTheDevil to get back to her. Then it turns out, in short order, he still looks like a rotten, burned corpse under his creepy costume, he can disguise himself as a living person but ''not'' as his original self, and his wife has moved on by forming a new, happy relationship with his former best friend and they even have an adorable little girl together, the child Al could never give her. And he's too inherently noble to do something like kill even his former best friend, so he has to just watch them from the shadows while they live a normal life.
62* HeroWithBadPublicity: Kinda to be expected considering [[HorrifyingHero what]] [[NinetiesAntiHero he]] [[DarkIsNotEvil is]]. It usually is bad already, but it got worse after Sankser messed things up even more.
63* TheHero:Albeit a much darker example than most.
64* HesBack: Al Simmons [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11114/111147959/4188831-spawnres-promo-adf61.jpg returns as Spawn]] in the [[ContinuityReboot #250 anniversary issue]] after [[spoiler:getting a pep talk from God]].
65* HorrifyingHero: The costume's creepy enough ''before'' you find out it's alive and feeds on souls, he looks like the walking decayed corpse he is underneath it, he uses BlackMagic, and his typical approach to committing good deeds is gunning people down or ripping them apart with CombatTentacles.
66* HumanoidAbomination: He's a symbiotic mesh of an undead corpse (Al Simmons himself) and a soul-devouring demon (his costume), all fueled by enough innate BlackMagic to qualify him as a living [=WMD=].
67* HybridMonster: Spawn is part demon and part vampire, courtesy of Bludd. This means that [[WeakenedByTheLight he is weakened by bright light]], especially sunlight.
68* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He consistently tells himself this when confronted about the sins of his past. In fact, much of the story plot involves him owning up and being accountable for all the terrible things he has done in his life.
69* ImYourWorstNightmare: His response to Chapel in the animated series when asked who he is? "Your worst fucking nightmare."
70* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is cold, gruff, and brooding, but ultimately all he wants is to protect his family.
71* KickTheSonOfABitch: Considering that pretty much all of his victims had it coming, this should be guaranteed. One of the most notable instances of this trope in play is what he does to Jason Wynn: he kills a pair of his men, then presses him on Clown's location. After that? He trashes Wynn's "insurance" that prevents anyone from killing him on account of the fact that it would bring TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, effectively leaving him to die.
72* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Malebolgia erased most of Al's memories before sending him back as a Hellspawn, leaving only his love for Wanda and his military training intact. Based on this, Spawn wound up deluding himself into thinking he and Wanda had been happy together but unable to have children, [[spoiler:and when he [[DomesticAbuse finds out]] [[ConvenientMiscarriage the truth]], it completely [[HeroicBSOD crushes him]].]]
73* LoveMakesYouEvil: The whole reason for him becoming a Hellspawn. Later subverted, as love for his wife and a few other people gradually becomes the reason he manages to preserve some of his humanity and even actively seek to reclaim it.
74* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: One of the reasons Al is so incredibly powerful, even for a Hellspawn, is because he had the Legion of Lost Souls (6000-or-so people who died at roughly the same time he did) sealed inside him by the Mother Of Existence. He learned to summon them as Hellspawn to give him an assist when he needed it, but most of them were ultimately killed, and he released the rest.
75* MercyKill: In the animated series, he reluctantly does this to [[spoiler:Jade, as per her request. She's hunted by Heaven as a traitor, heavily wounded, tired of fighting for centuries and wants to die as a warrior and go to the Elysium Fields, instead of being hunted endlessly and sent to Hell. The only way Jade's wish can be granted would be to die in battle with a Hellspawn.]]
76* MessianicArchetype: In the Armageddon arc. Through his death and suffering, he became a PhysicalGod. He even quotes Jesus as God and Satan burn him alive.
77* MilitarySuperhero: Despite having superpowers up the wazoo, Simmons preferred to rely on his military training and guns. Lots and lots of guns.
78* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: After his comeback in #250, Al is depicted with a conspicuously ComicBook/{{Venom}}-ish mouth full of fangs, complete with a long, prehensile tongue.
79* MysticalHighCollar: His cape has one. It was ''meant'' to be a HighCollarOfDoom, but he decided not to become a villain.
80* {{Necromancer}}: After the entity indwelling Cyan restores his powers, Spawn discovers he's able to control the dead and uses it to assemble an army out of his vanquished foes.
81* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Spawn refuses to hurt innocent people and will protect them.
82* NighInvulnerable: He can only be killed by a holy weapon forged in Heaven, if he has used all his energy, or in certain spots called Dead Zones.
83* OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce: As Spawn gets stronger, consecrated weapons and dead zones proved ineffective in killing him. He blows his own head off and gets better, and can touch holy weapons without fear of dying.
84* PapaWolf: Cyan might not be his actual daughter, but if something happens to her, you can be sure he will hunt down those responsible and ensure they pay. As a matter of fact, he is most likely to have such a reaction toward any child close to him.
85* PhysicalGod: For a brief time, Spawn was [[AscendedDemon empowered]] by the Man of Miracles in order to stop the Apocalypse, and sealed [[SealedEvilInADuel Satan and God]] in an alternate universe so they could solve their differences without killing everyone.
86* PowersDoTheFighting: Spawn is often more than content to simply stand in one spot and let his cloak and chains do the fighting.
87* {{Protectorate}}: After he chases the Mafia and other sundry criminal elements out of [[WretchedHive Rat City]], the homeless people there start calling him "The Guardian". He is also very protective of his ex-wife and her family.
88* RedIsHeroic: His cape is red, as was part of his costume initially, and he's a hero by choice, despite getting his powers from a demon lord.
89* ResurrectedForAJob: Malebolgia sends him back to harvest souls for Hell's army.
90* ScaryBlackMan: Well, formerly, since his skin color is no longer visible due to his burnt face.
91* SerialKillerKiller: During his tenure as the guardian of Rat City, Spawn played this role.
92* TheSociopath: In life, Al was utterly ruthless, bloodthirsty, and completely without morals, with Terry and Wanda barely functioning as his {{Morality Chain}}s. After falling into Hell, Al had a HeelRealization, which was why he made the deal with Malebolgia in order to see Wanda again.
93* SociopathicHero: As Spawn, despite being a better person than he was in his past life, Al is still not against using pretty violent and ruthless methods.
94* SpikesOfVillainy: Quite ironic if you consider he is actually a good guy.
95* SuperpowerLottery: A ''very'' large one; if not for the CastFromLifespan aspect, he would probably be unstoppable.
96* SuperStrength: He can pick up and toss humans like rag dolls.
97* SuperheroPackingHeat: Despite his huge list of superpowers, Spawn often resorts to guns first, which makes sense as Al was a commando and assassin.
98* SupermanSubstitute: As of the recent Spawn Universe Titles he has becomes this.
99* TheSymbiote: His suit is a demon named Leetha of the 7th House of K, which grants him his ability to fly and to [[CombatTentacles use his cloak and chains as weapons]]. All Hellspawn have one, and it's implied there's several types (Clown mentions that a "K-type" costume feeds on souls when Al worries if his suit is behind the blood-drinking murders, which implies there ''are'' variants that feed on blood).
100* TheTeamBenefactor : For The Scorched.
101* {{Teleportation}}: He can teleport at will.
102* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can take on human form for brief periods of time and can also transform his cloak into various objects, such as a battle-axe.
103* UnholyNuke: When fighting Satan to rescue Wanda's soul, Spawn detonates his symbiote in a nuke-level explosion. [[spoiler:When confronting the Clown and Godsend, he repeats this -- creating an explosion so powerful it dwarfs the planet]].
104* VigilanteMan: Whenever crime tries to invade Rat City, Al stamps it out, though he usually has to get a WhatTheHellHero speech from Cogliostro first in the HBO series.
105* WeaksauceWeakness: Him running out of necroplasm, decapitation by a consecrated weapon and [[PowerNullifier Dead Zones]] are the only means of killing him.
106* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Twitch comes to him, petitioning his help on a rash of murders, suicides, and accidents in an apartment building. Spawn is tired and depressed after [[spoiler:discovering that he killed his and Wanda's child]], and as such, refuses to do anything more to help humanity. A few pages later, he confronts Jason Wynn to find out where Clown is, and shows up in the next issue to send him back to Hell.
107* {{Yandere}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] some times and played straight at others. When he first found out his wife married someone else and got a daughter when he was dead, not only did Al make no attempt to eliminate her husband, being lucid enough to know this would only make things worse, but he also becomes extremely protective toward them, especially his wife's daughter. That said, there have been moments where he has been convinced that Terry and his wife betrayed him, only to be stopped by Cyan. Ultimately he grows out of this on his own.
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110[[folder:Jim Downing/Spawn II]]
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113An amnesiac man that awakens the exact day Al Simmons committed suicide. Tormented and vengeful, he struggles to find the truth about his past and his mysterious connection with Al Simmons, while fending off all the forces trying to control him.
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115* BackFromTheDead: Was the last remaining member of the Legion of Lost Souls inside Al Simmons [[spoiler:at the time of Al's suicide]]. Again, some time after Jim's HeroicSacrifice, when Al restores his soul to his comatose body in issue #292.
116* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Is Caucasian with blond hair, whereas Al was African-American and bald. [[spoiler:Is also famous, while Al tried to stay in secrecy in the alleys. And most importantly, is a FallenAngel to Al's AscendedDemon.]]
117* ConvenientComa: Comes out of one the exact second Al Simmons kills himself. Following Al making a comeback, he's left stuck in another one. [[spoiler:Losing one's soul tends to do that.]]
118* DeclarationOfProtection: To [[HospitalHottie Sara]], his LoveInterest.
119* DraggedOffToHell: Jim faces off with K7-Leetha [[spoiler:while standing in the Dead Zone and goads her into biting off his arm. She gets dragged down to Hell, but manages to drag him with her]].
120* EarlyBirdCameo: Al took on his appearance when he tried to assume human form way back in issue 2.
121* EnemyMine: With the Violator against Malebolgia [[spoiler:after learning he and the Clown were one-and-the-same]].
122* FallenAngel: One of his possible backstories, [[spoiler:which turns out to be a partial truth. However, see Multiple Choice Past]].
123* FamedInStory: Becomes famous overnight after he resurrects someone on camera.
124* HeroicHost: For a given value of heroic...
125* IChooseToStay: While the other members of the Legion departed to their own special afterlife, Jim chose to remain inside of Al.
126* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Had no memory of his past after waking up.
127* LegacyCharacter: Takes up the mantle ([[BadassCape literally]]) of Spawn [[spoiler:after Al dies]].
128* LightEmUp: [[spoiler:Once he regains his angel powers.]]
129* LivingMacGuffin: His unique status of being the only Hellspawn ''not'' to be born via a DealWithTheDevil means that Violator, Malebolgia, Bludd, and Heaven are all after him.
130* MadScientist: [[spoiler:In his former life as Director Kramer.]]
131* MoralityPet: Really loved his wife as [[spoiler:Kramer, and also loves Sara. Wynn's murder of his wife is what drove him to betray Wynn.]]
132* MultipleChoicePast: Crime lord Carlos Nortego ID'd him as an ex-partner of Jason Wynn's called Kramer who had been left comatose after turning himself into a SuperSoldier, but he has the fingerprints of 10 deceased criminals [[spoiler:and has been ID'd by an angel and Malebolgia as a fallen angel]].
133** [[spoiler: The truth is, he really was a former scientist working under Jason Wynn. He was trying to develop SuperSoldiers by experimenting on over 47 different men, usually with fatal results. Wynn eventually had him killed, and his soul bounced from Heaven to Hell before being stuck on Earth once Al died.]]
134* PowerOfTheVoid: Can open portals to a dimension of endless darkness at will.
135* PuppeteerParasite: K7-Leetha takes over if Jim is knocked unconscious and happily {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s anything that gets in her way, be it Omega Spawn or [[spoiler:Malebolgia himself]].
136* RememberTheNewGuy: Wanda Blake recognized him, as Al had accidentally taken on his appearance at one point.
137* SealedBadassInACan: [[spoiler:Is implied to currently back inside the Leetha suit.]]
138* SpikesOfVillainy: As a means of differentiating him from Al early on, he eschews the BadassCape for a carapace of spines.
139* SuperpowerLottery: Gets the same deal as Al did, [[spoiler:with the added bonus of being able to use his powers in Dead Zones due to being a fallen angel. On top of that, when separated from his costume he regains his angelic powers]].
140* TheSymbiote: Ends up bonded to K7-Leetha [[spoiler:after Al's death]].
141* TheBusCameBack: He's alive again, apparently part of Al's new plan against the forces of Hell and Heaven...
142* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A whole lotta bad stuff happens when he wakes up.
143** [[spoiler:He's also indirectly responsible for Overkill, Tremor, and a lot of other things that Al had to deal with.]]
144* UnwittingPawn: Clown learned from his failure with Al and tricked Jim into thinking he was a good guy and that the Violator was someone else. It worked for a while, but Jim found out eventually and was ''pissed''. [[spoiler:He is also one to K7-Leetha, who intends to use him to kill God and take over the universe.]]
145* WingedHumanoid: Grows a pair of [[spoiler:angelic wings after learning of his true past, but Leetha morphs them into [[GoodWingsEvilWings demonic wings]].]]
146* YouAreNumberSix: Was initially called Patient 47. [[spoiler:If Wynn is telling the truth, that was supposed to be Al.]]
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149[[folder:K7-Leetha]]
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151Leetha of the 7th House of K was the Hellspawn symbiote that was bonded to Al Simmons' soul by Malebolgia. Manifesting a voluminous cloak and chains, Leetha is capable of acting independently of her host and feeds off his necroplasm.
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153* AdaptiveArmor: During Spawn's first fight with the Redeemer, Leetha underwent a metamorphosis that became Spawn's iconic look, with the the red portions of her costume form becoming black and the cloak she manifested becoming tattered. She later underwent an out-of-control metamorphosis after Al was taken to Heaven to participate in Angela's trial. The leadup to ''Spawn'' #300 reveals that K7-Leetha has been continually adapting and evolving over the course of the series, and now both Heaven and Hell are interested in acquiring her.
154* CapeWings: The reason Spawn can use his cloak to fly is because it is actually Leetha's wings.
155* CombatTentacles: How her chains and the hem of her cloak are used.
156* ChainPain: She's [[ChainedByFashion covered in chains]] that she can [[VariableLengthChain extend at will]] and use as CombatTentacles.
157* ClingyCostume: Played with. [[spoiler:Leetha's intended host was actually Simmons' daughter Morana, and Leetha abandons Al for her when the opportunity presents itself.]]
158* TheCorruption: All those people Jim healed? [[spoiler:Leetha infected them with bits of herself so that she could hold them hostage and drain their souls.]]
159* DoNotGoGentle: Leetha knows Simmons is coming back, and tries to take over (and failing that kill) Downing before he can do so. [[spoiler:She fails and is subjugated.]]
160* EmotionEater: Can feed off of evil energy.
161* EnemyWithout: After Downing learns [[spoiler:Leetha has contaminated his loved ones in order to hold them hostage against him, he lets her take over Bludd and duke it out with him in a battle for supremacy]].
162* EvilAllAlong: Leetha's intended host was never Al Simmons, but his miscarried daughter Morana, and the symbiote had made a deal with Mammon to insure this long before being bonded to Al. Then ressurrction retcons this with it being made of Al’s victims instead.
163* {{Expy}}: Leetha is essentially the demonic doppelgänger of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} a certain other black-and-white symbiote]] that Todd [=McFarlane=] had a hand in developing. More recent depictions of Spawn have made that even ''more'' blatant by outright calling Leetha a symbiote and giving Spawn [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily fanged jaws]] and a [[OverlyLongTongue super-long tongue]].
164* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: K7-Leetha had made a deal with Mammon long before bonding to Simmons, [[spoiler:and ultimately deserted him for Morana, his stillborn daughter - but ends up being bonded to Jim Downing after Al's suicide. She intended to use him to take over the world, but fails.]]
165* HumanoidAbomination: Even without a host, Leetha can assume a humanoid form or appear as a grotesque mass of darkness and tendrils.
166* ManipulativeBastard: Used Al to become more powerful [[spoiler:for when she bonded to Morana, and intends to use Jim Downing to TakeOverTheWorld.]]
167* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: When she separates from Spawn or takes over she manifests a mouth full of pointy teeth.
168* MultipleChoicePast: It boasts to Downing that it is an ancient entity who's had multiple hosts over the centuries... and then less than five issues later it was {{retcon}}ned to being made by Malebolgia and the Violator out of the souls of the innocent people Al Simmons had killed while a soldier and CIA agent. The leadup to ''Spawn'' #300 reveals that the truth is a little bit of both -- K7-Leetha and the other Hellspawn symbiotes were made by Malebolgia and the Violator out of the Necroplasmic essence of the first Hellspawn.
169* OneWingedAngel:
170** When brought into Heaven, she transforms into "Combat Mode", forcing Spawn to assume human form to avoid unwanted hostility.
171** When fighting Jim Downing, it manifests as a massive amorphous creature.
172* PuppeteerParasite: Takes over Nyx briefly [[spoiler:before jumping to Morana, and later takes over Jim Downing to fight Omega Spawn and Malebolgia.]] Then Goes back to Al and it’s origins got retconned.
173* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: It's unknown how old Leetha is, but she's been around a lot longer than was previously suspected, and has had a multitude of hosts prior to Al Simmons.
174* TheStarscream: Betrays Spawn on a semi-regular basis, [[spoiler:and later tells Malebolgia her intent is to destroy him, TakeOverTheWorld, and [[KillTheGod kill God]].]]
175* TheSymbiote: A standard-issue K-125 Unit neural parasite bred in the 4th level of Hell.
176* ThroatLight: [[SicklyGreenGlow Lime green]], the color of necroplasm.
177* UnwittingPawn: Downing tells Leetha he let her take over him and that he's fooled her all along.
178* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Can morph her cloak into anything she or Al desires, and can [[{{Glamour}} disguise Al's ruined visage as a human]].
179* YourSoulIsMine: How she sustains herself when she's not leeching off her host's necroplasm or ambient evil energy.
180
181[[/folder]]
182
183!!Supporting Characters
184
185[[folder:Sam Burke and Twitch Williams]]
186[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-samtwitch_01_cover_6408.jpg]]
187
188Two cops whose beat includes the area where Spawn comes to dwell after being sent back to Earth. They gradually come into contact with the hellspawn and became wary, distant allies.
189----
190* BadassBookworm: Twitch is both a formidably smart investigator able to solve enigmas easily and an excellent marksman who could defeat ''[[{{Cyborg}} Overtkill]]'' by shooting him in the right place.
191* BadassNormal: Both of them.
192* BigEater: Sam constantly sends Twitch out to fetch food that is either greasy, sugary, or both.
193* BrainsAndBrawn: Twitch and Sam, respectively.
194* BreakoutCharacter: They started out as minor characters from Spawn, then ended up with their own comic.
195* CommonalityConnection: In the animated series Twitch develops one with journalist Lisa Wu, both complimenting the other one on their intelligence.
196* CreepyMonotone: Twitch in the animated series.
197* DeadpanSnarker: Twitch is especially renowned for his dry wit.
198* DonutMessWithACop: Sam sure loves his pastries.
199* FriendOnTheForce: Eventually come to play this role for Al and later Jim as well.
200* FatAndSkinny: Sam's fat, Twitch is skinny.
201* FatBastard: Subverted with Sam, who looks and acts like one, but is actually one of the cleanest cops on the force.
202* ImprobableAimingSkills: Twitch, ironically.
203* IronicNickname: Twitch. Because he ''never'' does. Ever.
204* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sam; he is brutish, aggressive and tends to use foul language, but he is one of the few honest cops where he works, and his aggressiveness tends more toward bad guys.
205* LeaveBehindAPistol: They give this option to their chief in the animated series [[spoiler:after they discover he's been working for Wynn and was the one who shot Twitch.]]
206* RedOniBlueOni: Guess who for each one.
207* ThoseTwoGuys: Are the best of friends and partners, but constantly snark at each other.
208* TokenGoodCop: They are helpful and honest cops, despite being surrounded by bleakness and corruption that doesn't stop at the door to their own precinct.
209* UglyGuyHotWife: Mrs. Williams is, in Sams' words, the 8th wonder of the world with curves like a racetrack. Which is a pretty accurate description.
210[[/folder]]
211
212[[folder:Cogliostro/Sinn]]
213[[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spawn_cogliostro_3144.jpg]]
214
215An enigmatic homeless man who appoints himself something of a mentor figure to the confused, uncomprehending new Hellspawn. It then turns out he's actually a hellspawn who quit the armies of Hell himself.
216----
217* AllPowerfulBystander: Old Cog usually just pops up long enough to scold Spawn for his callousness and issue cryptic advice before vanishing, [[spoiler:but it's later revealed that he was one of the original Hellspawn]].
218* BigBad: [[spoiler:After becoming Sinn: he had become a contender for this role in the series]].
219* CoolOldGuy: Is positively ''ancient'', but still has a few tricks up his sleeves.
220* EvilAllAlong: Betrays Al to take over Malebolgia's circle of Hell.
221* FaceHeelTurn: After Spawn defeated Malebolgia, Cog reveals himself to be Cain, kicks Spawn out of Hell, and turns him back into a human.
222* HesBack: Reappears to inform Sam and Twitch about Al Simmons' return.
223* JuliusBeethovenDaVinci: He was originally Cain, the first human murderer, but he took on many guises since then. He was the characters known as Malcus, Merlin, and Faustus written and told about in stories and myths.
224* TheMentor: Plays this role to Al by teaching him stuff.
225* NameOfCain: He used to be the original Cain.
226* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:He's killed by Gunslinger Spawn this way. He Got Better]].
227* WhatTheHellHero: Gives these a lot to Spawn in the animated series, whenever the latter indulges in MurderIsTheBestSolution. Also when Spawn uses a BedTrick on his ex-wife Wanda, not only because she was tricked but [[spoiler:because this accidentally got her pregnant from a hellspawn, which will endanger her due to a prophecy that the child of a hellspawn and a human woman would play a crucial part in Armageddon. This places her right in the middle of the war between Heaven and Hell.]]
228[[/folder]]
229
230[[folder:Angela]]
231[[quoteright:238:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/89447-13251-angela_2216.jpg]]
232
233An angel tasked by Heaven with slaying hellspawn, especially during their vulnerable period on Earth for the first time.
234----
235* ActionGirl: Big time. She's an angelic warrior who's been hunting Hellspawn for centuries.
236* AdaptedOut: Appears only once in the animated series before being replaced by another angel bounty hunter named Jade, who largely fills the same role.
237* BloodKnight: In her brief appearance in the animated series, she lures two gangsters who made lewd comments and later threatened her into an alley and gleefully curb-stomps them. She's also pissed off at not being allowed to hunt the latest Spawn.
238* BountyHunter: She's an assassin sent from Heaven to kill Hellspawns.
239* CanonImmigrant: To Marvel's 616 universe. It was initially ambiguous as to whether the Angela that debuted in Marvel Comics is the same one in ''Spawn'', as she says she was involuntarily pulled into the Marvel Universe from her own and very few details of her home dimension were given. It's ultimately revealed that Marvel's incarnation of Angela is [[spoiler:not only Asgardian but Thor's long-lost half-sister]], making her a completely different character from Image's incarnation.
240* CategoryTraitor: When she failed to kill Spawn she was put on trial for treason.
241* ChainmailBikini: A metal bra and panties are all the armor she needs to hunt demons.
242* DatingCatwoman: She developed a romance with Spawn after he saved her.
243* DefectorFromDecadence: Flees from Heaven after being framed for treason and becomes Spawn's lover after he saves her.
244* DominoMask: Her mask covers her eyes and leaves the rest of her face exposed.
245* FieryRedhead: Is fierce and temperamental.
246* HeroicSacrifice: How she finally helped Spawn to defeat Malebolgia.
247* MeaningfulName: The angel girl is named ''Angela''.
248* MercurysWings: On her circlet that she wears in battle.
249* OurAngelsAreDifferent: A {{stripperiffic}} bounty hunter who kills Hellspawn for a living.
250* Really700YearsOld: She's been doing her job for hundreds of years.
251* RescueRomance: Falls in love with Simmons after he saves her life.
252* {{Stripperiffic}}: Even [[WordOfGod Neil Gaiman]] himself has questioned the practicality of Angela's dress code.
253[[/folder]]
254
255[[folder:Wanda Blake]]
256[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/04-wanda_3297.png]]
257
258Al Simmons' wife prior to the series, it is love of her that motivates him to barter with Malebolgia, becoming a Hellspawn in exchange for being allowed to see her again.
259----
260* BreakTheCutie / GoMadFromTheRevelation: The full understanding that her twin children were actually God and Satan, the fact her ex-husband came back as a Hellspawn, and the coming apocalypse caused her to crack and eventually try to kill herself. She was stopped by Al but it is clear her mental state is in tatters.
261* CrusadingLawyer: In the animated series, she's the only one who questions her client's guilt as the child killer and proves he was framed. Not only that, Wanda goes ahead and pokes around secret government files to find the real murderer, even after her friend warns her this will get her hurt.
262* DroppedABridgeOnHer: ''Spawn: Resurrection'' reveals [[spoiler:she was murdered two days before Al's comeback during a riot, when the Violator threw a molotov cocktail into her car]].
263* HappilyMarried: To Terry. It's cruelly subverted with Al, however: he ''thinks'' they were this, but this is because Malebolgia removed parts of his memory; he was actually an abusive husband who frequently beat her. Retconned and perhaps double subverted in ''Resurrection'' when said abuse was a false memory implanted in his head, with Al having loved and never hurt her.
264* KilledOffForReal: WordOfGod says that [[http://mcfarlane.com/blog/yes-wanda-blake-is-dead-no-shes-not-coming-back/?fbclid=IwAR059d2oUAgwVRYx5Q1wKU4eeiLd3BfGVDXRvQ2CkF7qcJg0YHGjMec7H8o Wanda's most recent death]] is her final one and that she will not be resurrected any further. However, her soul has passed onto Heaven and she's apparently at peace, making hers at least a somewhat happy ending.
265* MoralityPet: To Spawn, though she doesn't seem to be aware of it. Nevertheless, his love for Wanda is the first and main reason Al managed to preserve a shred of his humanity.
266[[/folder]]
267
268[[folder:Terry Fitzgerald]]
269
270Al Simmons' best friend prior to the series who married Wanda soon after Al had died. He is the father of Cyan and an ever-suffering figure due to Al's influence in his life.
271----
272* BadassBookworm: He maybe a pencil pusher but he knows how to fend for himself.
273* ButtMonkey: A rather non-comedic example. A lot of terrible things that happen to him are the result Al's own actions (e.g. stealing weapons from a warehouse only he and Al had access to, killing Mafia goons, and etc.) or just some supernatural force screwing with his life to get to Al.
274* DoggedNiceGuy: He's a benevolent enough man who tries to be a good father and husband, but Wanda's lingering and long-lasting love for Al in addition to the danger he generally brings to Terry and his family continuously puts him on edge of breakdown.
275[[/folder]]
276
277[[folder:Cyan Fitzgerald/Misery]]
278
279Wanda and Terry's daughter. She was born sometime after Al's death.
280----
281* ActionGirl: Her future self in the Spawn[=/=]ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm crossover was the new Zealoth.
282* CheerfulChild: Is one of the few people not afraid of Al's monstrous form.
283* ChildrenAreInnocent: Her often-naive innocence is one of the reasons she serves as Spawn's MoralityPet.
284* DemonicPossession: As a teenager she is indwelled by a powerful and enigmatic entity with mysterious designs for Spawn.
285* FutureBadass: Teaches [[spoiler:Nyx a spell to help Spawn defeat her demonically empowered half-sister Morana.]]
286* MoralityPet: To Spawn, keeping him from turning against his family.
287* SuperpoweredAlterEgo: The drugs she's been taking have activated an as-of-yet unnamed supernatural presence within her.
288* SuperEmpowering: Cyan restores Al's powers after his battle with Satan leaves him a shadow of his former self.
289* TroubledChild: Following Wanda's death, Cyan started doing drugs and cutting her wrists, which landed her in a treatment center for troubled youth. Terry also slips her oxycontin.
290[[/folder]]
291
292[[folder:Granny Blake]]
293
294Wanda's religious mother and Cyan's grandmother. She acts as Spawn's spiritual guide and confidante in times of doubt and stress.
295----
296* BreakTheBeliever: She goes through this when she is raptured to Heaven. God chews her out for believing him to be kind and compassionate and heaven as a paradise before turning her into one of his Angel soldiers. She recites the Psalm 23 of the Bible in fruitless defiance before she is turned completely.
297* TheFundamentalist: Probably the most benevolent version seen but she is still adamant about her faith. [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers She was absolutely livid at Al for telling her the God she believed in was a lie and went on a diatribe about how her faith in God is the only thing that gives her hope in good and the prospect she may be reunited with all her dead loved ones.]]
298* {{Mammy}}: Old? Check. Motherly and Caring? Check. African American? Check.
299* MoralityChain: She acts as this to Al Simmons during his time as a Hellspawn and acts as a confidante to him in times of distress.
300* NayTheist: She becomes this post-Armageddon. After being resurrected, she stated she believes there is a God as per her beliefs, and denies that the God that chewed her out was the real one, but an "evil child thing".
301* ObnoxiousInLaws: Averted. She is sympathetic to her ex-son-in-law Al and still [[RousseauWasRight believes that he has a shred of goodness in him]].
302[[/folder]]
303
304[[folder:Medieval Spawn I[=/=]Sir John of York]]
305A Hellspawn who was active in the late medieval period. Once Sir John of York, he was killed by King Henry's bodyguards and was sent to Hell, where he struck a deal with Malebolgia to become a Hellspawn.
306----
307* AlternateSelf: The 2018 ''Medieval Spawn and ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'' comic features a new {{BFS}}-wielding Medieval Spawn, King Valon, who is completely unrelated to Sir John of York -- who also encountered and fought alongside a host of the Witchblade in 1996's ''Medieval Spawn/Witchblade'' crossover.
308* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:He's sent forward into the present day in the 2018 ''Medieval Spawn and Witchblade'' crossover, and is freed of the Hellspawn curse, effectively becoming human again.]]
309* MonsterKnight: Medieval Spawn is a Hellspawn who was a knight. Despite being a demonic HumanoidAbomination, he allied with the Witchblade against the Darkness.
310* PrecursorHeroes: He was one of Al Simmons' predecessors as a heroic Hellspawn, but despite doing good deeds he was hunted down and slain by Angela.
311* NiceGuy: In the 2018 ''Medieval Spawn and Witchblade'' crossover, he might just be the kindest Hellspawn who ever existed and proves to be nothing short of a BenevolentBoss. [[spoiler:Though he does have a DarkAndTroubledPast, where he was manipulated into killing his best friend.]]
312* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Despite performing acts of goodness in the hopes he could repent for his sins, he was hunted down and slain by Angela.
313[[/folder]]
314
315[[folder:Nyx[=/=]She-Spawn I/Scion]]
316[[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spawn171_9507.jpg]]
317
318A Wiccan girl who helped Al Simmons regain his Hellspawn powers and fell in love with him.
319----
320* BackForTheDead: She's reintroduced in ''Spawn'' #298 and [[spoiler:killed off-panel by Cogliostro in ''Spawn'' #300, though her death paves the way for Jessica Priest to become the new She-Spawn]].[[spoiler:She comes back as Scion of the Greenworld, and as of Spawn # 350, the Queen of Hell.]]
321* BreakoutCharacter: Her appearance as She-Spawn is incredibly popular.
322* BroughtDownToNormal: Has her magic stolen by Mammon following her returning K7-Leetha to Spawn. He later returns her powers after deciding he doesn't need them. [[spoiler:''Spawn'' #304 reveals she wasn't quite normal and unknowingly retained a piece of Spawn's symbiote, which was passed on the Jessica Priest]].
323* TheBusCameBack: She disappeared from the comics after the battle with Mammon, but made a brief cameo appearance as She-Spawn in ''Spawn'' #296 and returned in full in ''Spawn'' #298 -- having been in hiding from the forces of Hell while working with Spawn's other allies to assist him from the shadows.
324* DemonicPossession: Is taken over by Zera, Queen of the Seraphim, and later by K7-Leetha.
325* EleventhHourSuperpower: Learns a spell from [[spoiler:the adult Cyan that lets her seal Mammon and Morana.]]
326* FlamingHair: As She-Spawn, she has hair made of flames.
327* HotWitch: Is a Wiccan possessing potent supernatural powers, and is quite attractive.
328* MoralityPet: Serves as one to Spawn [[spoiler: following Cogliostro's betrayal.]]
329* MoreThanMindControl: Mammon manipulates Nyx into willfully betraying Spawn by showing her friend Thea's suffering in Hell.
330* MostCommonSuperpower: While [[HiddenBuxom her day-to-day attire belies this]], DependingOnTheArtist as She-Spawn she can be quite busty.
331* SecondLove: Became Spawn's lover for a time while helping him regain his powers.
332* SinisterScythe: Her weapon of choice as She-Spawn is a large, oddly-shaped kusarigama.
333* TheSymbiote: She "borrowed" K7-Leetha with Mammon's help to go spelunking in Hell looking for her friend Thea's soul.
334%%* ThanatosGambit: It's indicated in ''Spawn'' #300 that she arranged her own death in order for Jessica Priest to become the new She-Spawn.
335* WelcomeBackTraitor: Expected Spawn to execute her for betraying him, but he [[PetTheDog dismissed her actions as trivial compared to his own]].
336[[/folder]]
337
338
339[[folder:Jessica Priest[=/=]She-Spawn II]]
340
341Jessica Priest was the one who killed Al Simmons. She is now the second she-spawn.
342
343----
344* AxCrazy: Massively so, even more than Al at his worst. She killed her parents as a five year old and joyfully roasted marshamallows afterwards. Even after several subsequent years receiving shock therapy in a mental hospital, she went on another killing spree and killed her entire school as a teenager after being released. Later retconned after becoming She-Spawn where she had become more heroic.
345* CanonImmigrant: She was created for ''Film/Spawn1997'' to replace Chapel from ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' as the killer of Al, then imported to the comics to replace Chapel canonically after Creator/RobLiefeld was kicked out of Image.
346* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Originally, she was presented as a psychopathic murderer with no redeeming qualities. In the lead-up to her transformation into the second She-Spawn, Jessica is suddenly very caring about others. She's close with Nyx, and her relationship with Al Simmons is weirdly friendly given that she killed him. Among the Scorched, Jessica is the ''most heroic'' of them, going out of her way to help civilians while the other Spawns are focused on their personal mission.
347* TheLeader: The Field leader of the Scorched.
348* NumberTwo: Is this for Al.
349* OnlySaneMan: Once she returns to the books proper, she serves as this. She calls out Al for not caring about the casualties in his war against Heaven and Hell, and is the one to rein in Gunslinger Spawn when he gets all Jack Bauer. She's also the Spawn who is nicest to non-powered people, and will usually be pleasant to other Spawns unless they give her reason not to be.
350* {{Retcon}}: She replaced Chapel as Al’s killer. Her home life also was retconned, as she was originally established as having killed her parents as a child. However, in a later story, it turns out that Jessica's mother is alive and well and knows all about what she does, and is taking care of Jessica's daughter. About the ''only'' thing she has in common with her original incarnation is that she ''did'' still kill Al.
351* SelfMadeOrphan: Her first foray into killing began with her parents, whom she poured lighter fluid on and set on fire along with her childhood home at the age of five. This was later retconned away around the time they decided to make her She-Spawn.
352* WonderWomanWannabe: As of the Spawn Universe recent titles.
353[[/folder]]
354
355[[folder:Lisa Wu / Jade]]
356[[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lisa_wu_jade_4770.jpg]]
357
358First introduced in the animated series, Lisa Wu is a journalist interested in investigating Jason Wynn's dirty dealings and finding out who's behind the alley murders. She's also revealed to be a hunter for Heaven under the name Jade and as such obliged to track down and kill new Hellspawn.
359----
360* ActionGirl: Takes Angela's place in the animated series, and was the one who killed Genghis Khan, among numerous other Hellspawn.
361* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Subverted. She's both a proficient fighter and Asian, but her fighting skills are most probably due to having been a bounty hunter for centuries.
362* ArtEvolution: When she first appears in season two, she's given an average appearance with a more geeky, almost teenage look, with a round face and snub nose. She also has a more casual dress code as a reporter, wearing a T-shirt under her usual suit. In contrast, in Season 3 where her role is expanded, she has a more detailed and attractive face, with a straight nose and high cheekbones. She's also given several {{Fanservice}} scenes and her usual modest suit is made to look more elegant by keeping the coat buttoned up and having her wear a shirt underneath.
363%% * BountyHunter: For Heaven's forces.
364%% * BoyishShortHair: She sports this when she's Lisa Wu.
365* CanonForeigner: She was created for the show.
366* CategoryTraitor: Heaven doesn't care if the current Spawn is capable of redemption, they just want him dead. [[spoiler:Jade's disagreement with this brands her as a traitor in their eyes.]]
367* CommonalityConnection: She and Twitch develop a mutual respect for their analytical skills and intelligence. They even swap information about Al Simmons and Jason Wynn in order to finish their respective jobs.
368* ContractOnTheHitman: Jade gets a bounty placed on her head by Heaven for [[spoiler:defying her orders to kill Spawn.]]
369%% * CoolSword: Carries two.
370%% * CreepyMonotone: Almost always talks this way.
371* CurbStompBattle: Saves Spawn with little effort from a group of men armed with guns using only her swords.
372* DefectorFromDecadence: After sparing Spawn she has no desire to continue fighting for Heaven, as she sees they're also flawed and indiscriminate in their zeal.
373* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In the end [[spoiler:Jade begs Spawn to kill her and dies in his arms]].
374* DualWielding: Her preferred weapons are two identical slightly curved swords.
375%% * EmotionlessGirl: She starts off as one.
376* AGoodWayToDie: Asks Spawn to give her one when Heaven sends bounty hunters after her, [[spoiler:as being killed by a Hellspawn would redeem her in the eyes of Heaven and possibly send her to the Elysium Fields, while being killed by Heaven's hunters as a traitor would banish her soul to Hell. Spawn reluctantly complies and stabs her, saving her soul.]]
377* InLoveWithTheMark: Jade falls for [[spoiler:Spawn after seeing there's good in him and he's capable of sacrificing himself for the ones he loves.]]
378* IntrepidReporter: As Lisa Wu.
379* LadyOfWar: She's elegant but knows how to handle herself in a fight.
380* LickedByTheDog: Lisa seems like a cold and calculating individual, and obviously interested in Spawn for some purpose... But when Cyan calls her a pretty lady and hugs her, with Lisa returning the gesture with a warm smile, it's obvious she's not going to be one of the villains.
381* MoralityPet: Becomes one to Spawn later on, as she's one of the few people outside his family he seems to care about. She also urges him to defy his Hellspawn nature and become a better person.
382* NavelDeepNeckline: Her battle outfit has a plunging v-neckline that reaches her navel. As Lisa Wu, she actually dresses quite modestly.
383* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Jade is not explicitly called an angel, but it's implied her nature is the same as Angela's.
384* OutWithABang: Is shown in a flashback to have killed Genghis Khan by pretending to be his lover and loyal follower to get close enough... then decapitating him during sex.
385* PowerGlows: When she first reveals herself as Heaven's bounty hunter in front of Cogliostro, she glows a faint green and the burst of energy from her body throws him on the ground. Ironically, her eyes can sometimes be seen to glow with a green light, like Spawn's.
386* PowerTattoo: Jade has several large green dragon tattoos on her body. Those on her arms seem to move and morph into handwraps.
387* PurelyAestheticGlasses: As Lisa Wu. The glasses don't seem to serve any actual purpose as she ditches them when on the hunt.
388* RavenHairIvorySkin: She has black hair and pale skin.
389* Really700YearsOld: Like any other angel hunter in the series.
390* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight:[[spoiler:Jade chooses to defy Heaven because for the first time in her life she sees a Hellspawn who has preserved some good in him, and thus she feels it's wrong to kill someone with the potential to defy Hell and his own inner demons.]]
391* SecretIdentity: Jade lives under the name Lisa Wu, a journalist, when she's not hunting Hellspawn.
392* SympathyForTheDevil: What prompts her to save Spawn and spare his life.
393* TemporaryLoveInterest: Her sympathy for Spawn ultimately causes her to [[spoiler:develop feelings for him and save his life. It appears mutual, but doesn't last since she becomes a traitor to Heaven and hunted by her own kind.]]
394* ToBeLawfulOrGood: As she learns more and more about Al Simmons and his current actions as Spawn, she starts to develop sympathy for him, which conflicts with her duty as a Hellspawn hunter.
395* UnderestimatingBadassery: Happens often when she's concerned, which is why Cogliostro warns Spawn about it.
396* WorthyOpponent: When Jade first meets Spawn face to face he is heavily injured by a vampire and at her mercy. Instead of finishing him off, she decides to let him recover, so he has a fighting chance later.
397[[/folder]]
398
399[[folder:Man of Miracles / Mother of Creation]]
400
401
402* CanonImmigrant: He's supposed to be the same person as Marvel Comics' Miracleman, who Neil Gaiman co-created. Gaiman filed a lawsuit, and Marvel eventually undercut Todd by purchasing the character from its original creator. Despite this, the Mother of Creation makes a brief appearance in ''Spawn'' #287 as Cogliostro and the Redeemer recap Spawn's history.
403* GreaterScopeParagon
404* JesusWasWayCool: She incarnated herself as the big JC to try and get humanity to lighten up.
405* NatureSpirit: It is the deity known as Gaia, and is the master of Greenworld.
406* NoGender: It has appeared in both male and female form, and has no true gender.
407* TopGod: She was the mother of God and Satan, and chose Spawn to stop the war between her children.
408[[/folder]]
409
410[[folder:Mike]]
411
412* ArchangelMichael: When Spawn confronts him over his identity, Mike reveals himself to be the Archangel Michael, stripped of his divine powers.
413* TakeThat: While reading Todd [=McFarlane's=] autobiography, he derides the idea of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan a superhero with spider-powers]] as a stupid, ridiculous concept.
414[[/folder]]
415
416[[folder:Gunslinger Spawn]]
417 A Hellspawn cowboy
418----
419* BatmanParody: Todd calls him the Batman of the Spawn’s universe
420* BreakOutCharacter: One of the most popular hellspawns even later got his own series
421* TheGunslinger: Well obviosly.
422[[/folder]]
423
424[[folder:Monoltih]]
425A large alien hellspawn
426----
427* TheBigGuy: One of the largest characters in the series
428[[/folder]]
429
430[[folder:Haunt]]
431A fusion between two brothers
432----
433* HeroOfAnotherStory: Of his own series {{ComicBook/Haunt}}.
434
435[[/folder]]
436
437[[folder:Sergei Medvedev/Soul Crusher 2]]
438The second soul crusher who killed the orginal real name Sergei Medvedev.
439----
440* LegacyCharacter: To The Original Soul Crusher.
441
442[[/folder]]
443
444[[folder:Eddie Frank/Redeemer III/Reaper]]
445A young man who became the third Redeemer and later the Reaper
446----
447* TheGrimReaper: He takes this as his new Identity
448* LegacyCharacter: was the third Redeemer.
449
450[[/folder]]
451
452[[folder:Marc Rosen/Medieval Spawn II]]
453A young reporter who became the host of Medieval Spawn
454----
455* HeroicHost:To Medieval Spawn
456[[/folder]]
457
458!! Villains
459
460[[folder:Jason Wynn / Redeemer I/Disruptor]]
461[[quoteright:246:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wynn_8339.jpg]]
462
463Al's former boss, and the one responsible for his death and transformation in a Hellspawn. Also heavily involved in Jim Downing's past work as Director Kramer.
464----
465* {{Acrofatic}}: He has a noticeable gut, but he has quick reflexes and is still an accomplished martial artist.
466* AxCrazy: Seriously, behind all the charm lies a sadistic psychopath, and he only gets worse under the Redeemer mantle.
467* BadassNormal: As a human, he had no powers of his own, but is still proficient in martial arts.
468* BeardOfEvil: He has a goatee and chinstrap beard that accentuate his malicious appearance.
469* BackFromTheDead: As Disruptor.
470* BadBoss: Put it this way: Anything and anybody that isn't useful to him is cast aside or killed, employees are no exception.
471* ControlFreak: Wynn hates not having anything or anyone under his control one way or another and will work to ensure he gets whatever he needs to make that happen if he deems them as a threat.
472* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Ran the USSC and a number of black market operations until he was toppled by Spawn. [[spoiler:Loses it all permanently thanks to Jim Downing.]]
473* DeadMansSwitch: Wynn has what's known as an Executive Discretionary Directive which he uses to keep Spawn from killing him off at will. The directive is that once he dies he has orders in place to have anyone he deemed an enemy to be executed which includes Terry Fitzgerald and his family if Spawn managed to kill him.
474* DealWithTheDevil: Later issues reveal he actually traded Al's soul to Malebolgia [[spoiler:in exchange for psychoplasm, a piece of Hell itself.]]
475* DemonicPossession: Is possessed by Violator for a short while.
476* DemotedToDragon: Under Violator's possession and when acting as the Redeemer.
477* DiabolicalMastermind: Is a cunning and sadistic individual who arranged Al's death [[spoiler: in exchange for a piece of Hell on Earth.]]
478* DirtyCoward: Moreso in the comic than the cartoon, absolutely refuses to get involved in anything physical unless he has an overwhelming advantage.
479* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As the Redeemer, which allowed him to completely flatten Spawn in their first fight. He was turned back to normal eventually. He would later become Disruptor with Powered Armor.
480* EvenEvilHasStandards: As much as a despicable man he is, and he'll even threaten other people's children if it suits him, he seems to have a hatred for senseless child killers like Billy Kincaid, and can't understand why his Father is going so far to defend him.
481* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:According to Wynn, he was once an earnest government employee who wanted to keep his country safe, but got involved with the supernatural when agents from Heaven tried to use him to secure portals from Heaven using American resources and lies against the Soviet Union before building them a supersoldier against the forces of Hell. His malicious egocentrism and desire for control are the result of finding out Heaven and Hell were both controlling and corrupting the souls of mankind and wanted to secure a power base for himself for protection.]]
482* GoodCounterpart: He was the Redeemer/Anti-Spawn for a short time.
483* HatedByAll: He is utterly despised by anyone who knows him personally. The only reason he hasn't been assassinated yet is because he has gathered incriminating evidence on various governments and organizations throughout his career, preventing him from being terminated and providing him with a bargaining chip to regain his authority if lost. [[spoiler: However, Spawn later found and destroyed Wynn's collection of evidence, leaving Wynn without the safety net that he had built for himself as protection against all those who want him dead. While he rebuilds his power base, he is ultimately strangled to death by Jim Downing, one of his former employees.]]
484* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: He's quite one of the most evil of all Spawn's enemies. And he's not a demon.
485* KarmicDeath: Spends his entire career as a villain trying to get a Hellspawn to kill him as part of a deal he made with Hell. He gets his wish, but [[spoiler:Jim Downing makes a point of killing Wynn as a human so that Wynn gets ''nothing.'']]
486* KickTheDog: Feeds a puppy to a tank of piranhas in the AnimatedAdaptation while calmly chatting on the phone.
487* DevilishHairHorns: His hair horns accentuates his evilness.
488* LackOfEmpathy: Wynn views his employees as disposable assets, as Al found out the hard way. [[spoiler:Jim was in no better condition.]]
489* ManipulativeBastard: Cunningly manipulates everyone around him while weeding out everyone who could prove to be a liability.
490* ObviouslyEvil: He has DevilishHairHorns and is frequently [[DarkIsEvil shrouded in darkness]] in the comics and the animated series. The movie ends up exaggerating this trope even further by giving him an [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking ashtray]] on his desk with a tarantula crawling around in it and pictures of nuclear explosions on either side of him.
491* PoweredArmor: As Disruptor.
492* SerialKiller: In one arc, he murdered women who resembled Wanda under Clown's urging.
493* SkinToneSclerae: In the AnimatedAdaptation, possibly as a RedRightHand to hint to viewers that he's actively aligned with Malebolgia.
494* TheSociopath: Wynn is greedy, ruthless, sadistic, and not above torturing and killing people he thinks pose a threat to his enterprise.
495* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler:He became one of these after finding out about the war between Heaven and Hell and geared his existence towards fulfilling a cushy reward in Hell since nothing else apparently mattered.]]
496* SlasherSmile: Can pull off a particularly twisted one.
497* SuperpowerLottery: As the Redeemer. He has similar powers to Spawn, except he doesn't have the CastFromLifeSpan weakness because his energy has an unlimited supply. On the downside, being such a bastard means [[GoodHurtsEvil his power source puts him in constant pain]].
498* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Basically his shtick: if he can't use it anymore, he disposes of it. [[spoiler:Eventually bites him in the ass thanks to both Simmons and Downing not ''staying dead.'']]
499[[/folder]]
500
501[[folder:Redeemer II,III,IV]]
502[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redeemer1.JPG]]
503Spawn's heavenbound counterpart chosen as Heaven's answer to the Hellspawn to become a righteous being infused with heavenly matter to smite the forces of Hell and protect the members of Heaven's Flock.
504There have been two other versions after Jason Wynn that were chosen after Wynn proved to be an unsuitable candidate:
5051. Phil Timper (II)
5062. Eddie Frank (III)
507----
508* AntiVillain:
509** The second and fourth Redeemers work for a corrupt Heaven but are blatantly shown in each incarnation save the first to be an honorable servant who tries to protect the innocent from Hell's forces.
510** The third, Eddie Frank, was an innocent boy who was manipulated into trying to kill Spawn by Mammon. Upon realizing his deception, Eddie literally goes to hell to save Spawn's life.
511* {{BFS}}: The two final Redeemers are given large golden swords that can destroy corrupt souls.
512* TheBusCameBack: After a years long absence after being defeated by Al, The Redeemer shows up again several times during Downing's era and resurfaces again after Al returns. Also applies to Eddie Frank as issue #298 reveals that he's still the host of The Redeemer.
513* {{Foil}}: While the Heaven he acts under is as corrupt as the forces of Hell, he is shown to be much more honorable and polite to others than Spawn and more willing to protect innocent people. His costume and powers are similar yet diametrically opposite to Spawn's.
514* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Eddie Frank goes through this depending on how much the suit takes control of him. As of 300 Eddie Frank is now the Repear while a new Redeemer shows up siding with the Scorched.
515* HeroAntagonist: The second and Fourth Redeemers are hardly evil and are mostly up against demons like Spawn.
516* IAmTheNoun: The third Redeemer often did this: "I am the Light that drives out the Darkness!", "I am the Sword the slays the Infernal Dragon!"
517* ImplacableMan: The Redeemer is this for Spawn to act as an effective countermeasure.
518* KnightInShiningArmor: Comes off as this while speaking of slaying the Infernal Dragon aka Spawn. The third Redeemer even wears golden armor and has gilded wings.
519* KnightTemplar: The second one in particular basically Heaven's walking version of this as their soldier and pawn against Spawn.
520* LargeHam: The Third Redeemer.
521* LightIsGood: As good as a noble villain can be when working for a corrupt Heaven. He later sides with the Scorched.
522* ObliviouslyEvil: Has no idea the Heaven and the Angels he works under are as corrupt as the forces of Hell.
523* PetTheDog: Often does this towards innocents and allies. He gave Nyx the courage to find her friend's soul in Hell and accompanied her to make sure she was safe then swore to protect her for rescuing him from Hell after Spawn left him behind, and later gave Jim Downing's girlfriend Sara a crucifix and a prayer before leaving despite being sent to kill her because he discovered she was a Christian.
524* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: The Redeemer (besides the first, Jason) is always shown as courteous and downright chivalrous to others in comparison to the crass and acerbic Spawn.
525* SuperpowerLottery: The Redeemer has similar powers to Spawn, except he doesn't have the Cast From Life Span weakness because his energy has an unlimited supply. Unique to him: are EyeBeams, [[DishingOutDirt the ability to control earth]], a BladeBelowTheShoulder and a FlamingSword
526* UnstoppableRage: Much like their demonic counterparts, the Redeemers carry the same limitless rage inside their souls, however the core of their anger is that of light rather than darkness.
527* WingedHumanoid: The third incarnation of the Redeemer is given angelic wings. [[spoiler:These are actually a critical weakness. Rip them off, and the Redeemer's powers are destroyed.]]
528[[/folder]]
529
530[[folder:Malebolgia]]
531
532[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Malebolgia_3852.jpg]]
533
534The Demon Lord that Al made a deal with in order to become a Hellspawn.
535----
536* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: All of his former servants abandon him [[spoiler:after his death and resurrection. Nobody cares that he was dead either, constantly mocking his memory.]]
537* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He rules over other demons because he's powerful, not because any of them have any sort of loyalty to him.
538* BackFromTheDead: After his apparent death, Malebolgia [[spoiler:possessed the Freak, and reveals himself to the Clown after Jim Downing becomes Spawn.]]
539* BigBad:The First one of the franchise and he comes back during the Downing era as one of the major villains.
540* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Hijacked the Freak's body at one point.]]
541* DemonlordsAndArchdevils: Ruled the Eighth Circle of Hell for 70,000 years before being deposed by Spawn.
542* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Ordinarily, Hellspawn cannot wield holy weapons.]]
543* EldritchAbomination: Seriously, just look at the picture.
544* EvilOverlord: Is the ruler of the 8th Ring of Hell.
545* EvilSoundsDeep: In the movie he has a deep voice. Also in the video game Spawn:Armageddon.
546* FatBastard: Aside from being one of the worst demons in Hell, he has a notable beer gut.
547* TheGhost: In the cartoon.
548* GreaterScopeVillain: In the both the HBO series and the film. In the former, despite his role in the series, he's never actually seen or heard. In the latter, he mostly stays in the background while Clown acts as the DragonInChief.
549* HeroKiller: Killed Angela.
550* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: In the HBO series he is never fully seen.
551* KarmicDeath: Is decapitated by the very man he's been tormenting and manipulating for so long, with a sword from an angel Malebolgia had just seconds ago murdered.
552* LargeAndInCharge: He's a demon lord, and gigantic.
553* ManipulativeBastard: Especially in the HBO series, where he sent Simmons back to [[spoiler: fulfill a prophecy that required a Hellspawn to impregnate a human.]]
554* MeaningfulName: He's named after the Malebolge, which is the 8th Circle of Hell in ''Literature/TheDivineComedy.'' And he's the ruler of this circle in the Spawn Mythos.
555* MemoryGambit: He left Al Simmons with only the happy memories of his wife and his military training, and even planted false memories, in order to confuse and disorient him. It worked perfectly.
556* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Like most of the true demons, Malebolgia has a maw full of pointy fangs.
557* RealityWarper: In his own circle of hell, and to some extent on Earth. One reason Cogliostro and Al didn't dare attack him directly for so long was trying to find a way around this. [[spoiler:Turns out it's useless against someone wielding holy weaponry.]]
558* OrcusOnHisThrone: Mostly sits in his circle of hell and doesn't act much himself unless directly threatened. He doesn't need to get and do much since things mostly go the way he wants them to.
559* OurDemonsAreDifferent: A horrific reality warping EldritchAbomination with control over a supernatural substance called necroplasm.
560* RedEyesTakeWarning: Like most other demons.
561* {{Satan}}: Subverted; he appears to be this initially, but it eventually turns out he wasn't; Satan also exists in the Spawn universe as a separate character.
562* SelfMadeOrphan: Killed his creator, Leviathan, and imprisoned his essence.
563* XanatosGambit: The way his deal with Spawn was; if Spawn uses his power to do evil, it favors Hell's cause on Earth; if he uses them to do good, his killed enemies' souls are sent to Hell and as such swells the Demon army; and if he does nothing with them, he will eventually turn less and less human until he goes back to Hell, thus becoming more suitable as a general for Hell's army.
564* UnseenEvil: In the cartoon, he goes unseen except in [[TheCorrupter the deeds he drives humans to commit]].
565[[/folder]]
566
567[[folder:Clown / The Violator]]
568
569[[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/viol8r_8664.jpg]]
570[[caption-width-right:215:[[labelnote:As The Violator]][[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_violator_2117.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]
571
572A demon sent to Earth's surface to act as guide to the newest Hellspawn. Needless to say, they don't see eye-to-eye and become bitter rivals.
573----
574* {{Archenemy}}: Although Spawn has an extensive rogues gallery, Clown is arguably his personal nemesis. He’s been around since the beginning of the series and is one of the most frequently recurring villains, in addition to there being a lot of bad blood between him and Spawn.
575* AxCrazy: Violator is a brutal, sadistic demon who feels Malebolgia should use pure demons instead of the half-human Hellspawn.
576* BadHabits: [[spoiler:Disguises himself as an unhinged priest on a rampage in the animated series.]]
577* BeenThereShapedHistory: His job is to groom and prepare the Hellspawn for service in Satan's army, something he did in medieval times, where he was mythologized as "the first dragon".
578* BewareTheSillyOnes: The Violator is not a demon to be taken lightly: he has shown many times that he is more than a match for a young Hellspawn.
579* BlackEyesOfCrazy: In the less-stylized comics, the Clown has been drawn with black sclera and red irises.
580* BloodKnight: He ''loves'' fighting and killing, and constantly tries to pick fights with Spawn whenever he can.
581* BreathWeapon: Can breathe fire as the Violator.
582* ButtMonkey: He was this as Clown initially.
583* CasanovaWannabe: Is extremely lecherous, especially towards Wanda, though this may just be a ploy to piss Spawn off.
584* TheCorrupter: His job is to provoke Spawn to violence and evil. He also serves as this to the residents of an apartment building in one arc.
585* CreepyMonotone: As the Violater in the HBO series, he speaks via telepathy in a menacing whisper and only changes his inflection maybe once or twice.
586* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Initially appears to be a wisecracking MonsterClown providing [[DeadBabyComedy Dead Baby]] [[PluckyComicRelief Comic Relief]], but once he reveals his true form he easily {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s Spawn.
587* DeadpanSnarker: Constantly sneers at Spawn's efforts to protect his loved ones in an attempt to steer him towards evil.
588* TheDragon: To Malebolgia, [[spoiler: and later to Mammon.]]
589* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:Once Malebolgia and Mammon out of the picture, he tries to strike out on his own.]]
590* DragonInChief: In the animated series, and the film with Malebolgia as the GreaterScopeVillain.
591* DragonTheirFeet: In the comic.
592* DemonicPossession: Possesses Jason Wynn for a brief period of time, and later a man hiding in the apartment vents. Somehow, he returns to his old form eventually.
593* DrillSergeantNasty: He is here to turn Spawn into a future general for Hell's army, and he is willing to endanger his family and friends for this purpose.
594* DrivenByEnvy: The source of his antagonism with Hellspawn in general. He absolutely despised how Malebolgia chose humans like Spawn and the other hellspawns to lead his armies to overtake Heaven instead of indigenous residents of Hell like himself because he viewed them as more intelligent and cunning warriors. Therefore, he tries to prove to Malebolgia at every opportunity that he and his kind are superior to the Hellspawns until he is given the status and respect he feels he deserves.
595* EnemyMine: He agrees to help Simmons in exchange for a donation of power.
596* EvilMentor: To Spawn, sort of. Or rather he's ''supposed'' to be, but Spawn rarely listens to him. [[spoiler:Violator also has his own plans...]]
597* EvilerThanThou: Survives a fight with Omega Spawn, the strongest Hellspawn who could crush armies of Hellspawn armies with ease and once endangered the Imageverse.
598* EyeScream: Downing's beatdown left him missing his right eye, though he later regenerated it.
599* ExactWords: Malebolgia forbade Violator from killing Al. [[spoiler: Possessing an army of innocent people and controlling them to torture Al almost to death is fair game.]]
600* FantasticRacism: He [[PunyEarthlings views humanity as weak]] and as such looks down on Hellspawn as inferiors. However, Malebogia forbids him from killing them. But can do anything else to them...
601* FatBastard: In his Clown form; as the Violator, he's [[LeanAndMean rail-thin]].
602* FauxAffablyEvil: His cheerful demeanor accentuates his utter sadism.
603* ForTheEvulz: Calling him a sick sadist would be a compliment.
604* FourFingeredHands: As can be seen in his image, though every human in the series has five fingers. This is a subtle indication of the fact he's a demon in disguise.
605* {{Gonk}}: His Clown form is morbidly obese and quite unpleasant to look at.
606* GlamourFailure: He has the wrong number of fingers and blood-red eyes in human form, which is a pretty clear warning he's not really human.
607* HealingFactor: He can regenerate lost limbs such as fingers, but not his head.
608* TheHeavy:The Most prominent villain in the franchise.
609* HeroKiller: Killed Wanda Blake since Spawn: Resurrection.
610* HulkingOut: As of Spawn 300 Violator is now hulking mass of muscle.
611* IWasQuiteALooker: In the HBO series he remarks that his [[MonsterClown current human form]] is due to him displeasing Malebolgia.
612* IfYouTauntHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: His role is not to kill the Hellspawn, but to weaken him and cause them to waste his powers stopping Violator from wreaking havoc.
613* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's already disgustingly unpleasant and cruel. When he occasionally shows a willingness to reason with Spawn, it's because he just wants to make him suffer later.
614* LargeHam: When played by John Leguizamo.
615* LeanAndMean: Following Spawn rewriting reality, Violator returns with a new, skinny MonsterClown disguise, though he eventually returns to his old one.
616** His true form, starting out at least, was primarily drawn as being ''impossibly'' rail-thin in many areas, as if he was merely skin draped over bone with no muscle beneath.
617* LegacyCharacter: After his ascendancy he transforms a weaker demon into a duplicate of his original Clown form and sends him to be killed by Spawn; [[spoiler:revealing the deception in ''Spawn'' #300, as well as that he was the one who killed Wanda Blake.]]
618* LiteralsplitPersonality: As of Gunslinger Spawn Spawn's nuke caused him to spilt into his clown and Violator forms into two the former kept his mind while the latter is a mindless berserker.
619* LooksLikeOrlok: While in the body of Barney Saunders, he has a pair of ratlike fangs and claws.
620* ManipulativeBastard: The Clown was tasked with corrupting Spawn and he'll use any means necessary to do so.
621* MonsterClown: In his human disguise, he resembles an obese balding clown with four-fingered hands and glowing red eyes.
622* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: As the Violator he has a broad upper jaw and a narrow lower jaw, both lined with fangs.
623* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: '''''THE VIOLATOR.'''''
624* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Violator is a supremely strong, fast, and resilient demon with various powers, including shape/size shifting, super-hearing, breathing underwater, regeneration, telepathy, possession of others, fire breath (hot enough to one-shot a Hellspawn), energy blasts, teleportation, and necromancy.
625* NighInvulnerability: It is stated that he is incapable of experiencing pain. Bullets, fire, and energy blasts don't faze him at all. Rather, it "tickles" him.
626* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The fat ridiculous clown who serves as Spawn's personal ButtMonkey? Turns out he is a big badass demon who can handle him in a fight.
627** Only gets worse in a later arc when he makes his own funhouse: [[spoiler:by creating an army of brainwashed humans and forcing them to murder each other for fun, and then setting the survivors on Spawn.]]
628* OmnicidalManiac: In the movie, anyway.
629-->'''Clown:''' Destroy the cosmos, ask questions later!
630* OneWingedAngel: Rips out of his "human" form to reveal his true form.
631* OurDemonsAreDifferent: His human form is an obese, grotesque clown, while his true form is a hideous horned creature with a gaping maw.
632* PracticallyJoker: Spawn's Joker equivalent, with his MonsterClown AxCrazy characterization. At one point Clown even disguises himself as a doctor named "Joseph C. Kerr."
633* PrecisionFStrike: In the animated series, after he first shows his true form to Spawn.
634--> '''Violator:''' Consider this a friendly reminder: GET WITH THE FUCKING PROGRAM.
635* PunchClockVillain: His hands are tied by his role, since he cannot kill a Spawn without an order from his superiors.
636* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: An 800-year old demon from the 8th sphere of Hell. He's the eldest of the 5 Phlebiac brothers.
637* RedEyesTakeWarning: In both forms he has glowing red eyes.
638* {{Sadist}}: Clown thoroughly enjoys the suffering and death he leaves in his wake, as well as pushing others to commit horrific acts of evil.
639* ShapeshifterModeLock:
640** Malebolgia does give him this as a punishment for trying to kill Spawn in an early issue. Malebolgia still needed Al alive... for the moment.
641** Downing supposedly left him stuck in his Clown form and CoveredWithScars, and he agrees to help Simmons in exchange for having his ability to transform restored. Once Al leaves, he reveals he already has enough power to do so.
642* SlasherSmile: Both as the Clown and as the Violator.
643* TheStarscream: After Jim Downing becomes Spawn, [[spoiler:Violator decides to usurp his deceased master Malebolgia's place. By ''Spawn'' #300 he succeeds, becoming the commander of the demons on Earth.]]
644* SuperSupremacist: Violator views humanity as weak and asserts that demons should lead the armies of Hell, not Spawn. Much of his terrestrial activities, sanctioned or not, are aimed at proving his superiority to his boss, Malebolgia. Although Violator has shapeshifting powers and can take any appearence he'd like, he uses the Clown shape because he sees humans as pathetic and disgusting, like him.
645* {{Telepathy}}: In his Violator form, he speaks to Spawn this way in most appearances besides the comic as of the animated series. Partly justified, since speech would be difficult with his disproportionately long lower jaw. Though the end of season one shows that he ''can'' actually talk conventionally. It's possible that he just does it to torment Spawn, since it apparently physically hurts him.
646* TombstoneTeeth: In his humanoid form of The Clown, the demonic Violator is often drawn with these as an indicator that he's a) not human, and b) evil -- whenever he's not just drawn with straight-up fangs.
647* TookALevelInBadass: It's revealed in ''Spawn'' #300 that [[spoiler:he was the one who killed Wanda Blake, and recieved a significant boost in power after doing so]].
648* TricksterMentor: Possibly the sickest deconstruction of this trope ever. He mentors Spawn into fulfilling his true potential as a Hellspawn and accepting his inner demons, but he does so with the purpose of making Spawn into a true loyal minion of Hell and goes about trying to make Spawn as miserable as possible by attacking his loved ones and bystanders alike to make that happen. As well as for his own sick amusement.
649* VillainHasAPoint: He's a psychotic and all around unpleasant demon, but even Spawn said that he was right that the victims of his influence in the apartment had to live with the responsibility for their actions, regardless of whether Clown pushed them to give in to their depravity.
650* VillainProtagonist: Of his own mini series.
651* WickedCultured: In spite of his slovenly appearance, he evidently reads - or ''knew'' - Shakespeare.
652[[/folder]]
653
654[[folder:Tony Twist]]
655[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2213923-tony_twist_7119.jpg]]
656
657One of the earlier criminals that Spawn interferes with, a Mafia boss who comes off the worse when he picks a fight with Spawn.
658----
659* BullyingADragon: He ends up trying to take down Spawn after mistakenly/actually believing him to be responsible for the murder of his followers (it was actually Clown's work in the comics, while Spawn did kill them in the AnimatedAdaptation). Predictably, attacking a HumanoidAbomination who just wanted to be alone had bad results on his organisation...
660* TheDon: Runs the Italian side of the underworld.
661* FatBastard: He rivals Kincaid in this area.
662* HairTriggerTemper: Is prone to frequent and violent tantrums.
663* SinisterShades: Frequently seen with shades.
664* SirSwearsALot: Especially in the animated adaptation.
665* StarterVillain: In the animated adaptation.
666* {{Tuckerization}}: He's named after a hockey player, who sued Todd [=McFarlane=] for it and won.
667[[/folder]]
668
669[[folder:Overtkill]]
670
671* AxCrazy: Is a cyborg assassin who enjoys killing.
672* TheBrute
673* {{Cyborg}}: Is a cybernetically enhanced assassin with a number of weapons.
674* DeathByAdaptation: Unlike his comic book counterpart, the animated version doesn't survive beyond his second confrontation with Spawn.
675* LightningBruiser: Is fast enough to provide Spawn with a challenge.
676* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: His animated counterpart used a homophobic term to disparage Al's outfit when they first met.
677* PsychoForHire: Was an assassin hired by Tony Twist to kill Spawn.
678* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Spawn recovers his corpse from a corrupt prison's secret laboratory, and reanimates him to serve as a minion alongside Cy-Gor and the Freak.
679* WeCanRebuildHim: How he became what he is now. In the comic, this is also used several times to bring him back to life after his various defeats. This is averted in the animated adaptation, where Spawn kills him for real the first time he puts him in pieces.[[note]]It's implied the Italian mafia does have the resources to rebuild him, and Twist is prepared to use his own to make sure he can be, but the mafia makes it ''[[ShootTheMessenger very]]'' clear that they don't think Overtkill is worth it.[[/note]]
680[[/folder]]
681
682[[folder:Billy Kincaid]]
683[[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billy_kincaid_1636.jpg]]
684[[caption-width-right:239:[[labelnote:As a Hellspawn]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billykincaid_081_1563.jpg]][[/labelnote]]
685
686The psychotic son of a doting senator, his father uses his influence to cover up the fact Billy is an implicitly pedophiliac serial killer, who uses his guise as an icecream truck driver to scope out and snatch up his victims.
687----
688* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the comic, he was just as revolting in personality as he was in appearance, using politeness only to lure lure children into his grasp. The animated series portrays him as more childish and clearly not all there mentally.
689* AxCrazy: He's an insane SerialKiller of children who takes sickening joy in his crimes.
690* AssholeVictim: The guy is a child killer. No one will blame [[spoiler:Spawn for killing him gruesomely]].
691* BadHumorTruck: Uses his cover as an ice cream vendor to abduct children.
692* BackFromTheDead: Upon his death, [[spoiler:he descends to Malebolgia's part of Hell and is made into a Hellspawn himself.]]
693* BastardBastard: In the AnimatedAdaptation, at least, he's illegitimate, which is part of the reason his father wants to cover up his atrocities; to try and atone for not marrying his mother.
694* ButtMonkey: He's been on the receiving end of a lot of humiliating, violent, and often anticlimactic deaths in almost every single arc he's appeared in. [[AssholeVictim Not to say he doesn't deserve every single one]].
695* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Spawn stabbed him to death with a ice cream scoopers and popcicle sticks, then left his bloody corpse in Sam and Twitch's office [[IronicEcho with a message echoing his Ironic Nursery Tune]].
696* DemonicPossession: After losing his status as a Hellspawn, he becomes ''Diabolus Interium'', forcing victims to become psychotic murderers and claiming their souls when they die.
697* EvilCounterpart: As a Hellspawn, he becomes this to Al.
698* FatBastard: Repulsively obese, and a sadistic monster who enjoys kidnapping, raping, torturing and murdering children, doing things like "finger painting" (by cutting fingers off of his victims and gluing them to a wall) or scalping them to wear their hair as wigs.
699* FauxAffablyEvil: He uses an ice cream truck to lure in his child victims, and he acts this way toward Christopher in the Armageddon arc, offering him free action figures while getting his shiv to kill him.
700* HateSink: Kincaid just might be the most absolutely revolting of Spawn's recurring enemies. He's really nothing more than just a child molesting serial killer and has none of the Violator's cool traits and LaughablyEvil demeanor or even the otherwise cowardly Mammon's suaveness and cunning.
701* IronicEcho: After murdering him Spawn leaves his corpse to the police with a message echoing his song: "Boys screamed and girls screamed. So I made him scream, scream and scream..."
702* IronicNurseryTune: "You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream."
703* KarmicDeath: He returns during the Armageddon arc to serve as an obstacle to Christopher — a child who was one of the 6,000 souls inside Spawn — who he lures to the funhouse to torture and kill him. [[spoiler:Christopher mutilates him with his cape.]]
704* LaserGuidedKarma: His [[spoiler: first]] demise at the hands of Spawn is the ultimate culmination of his depravity, and later when [[spoiler: being made a Hellspawn himself, he gets violated by the suit while it bonds to him before he gets decapitated by Spawn.]] Can't get more karmic than that.
705* PsychopathicManchild: At least he is in the animated series, where he's shocked at someone swearing and [[spoiler:asks the Clown for ice cream just before he's shot.]] This is decidedly averted in the comics, though.
706* SerialKiller: He lures children into his ice cream truck where he brutally tortures and kills them.
707* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; Spawn does spares him in the animated adaptation, [[spoiler:but he is still killed a few seconds later by a very pissed off Clown.]]
708* TheSymbiote: After his death [[spoiler:he bonds to a Hellspawn symbiote named K3-Myrlu, which practically rapes him while doing so. Then Al kills him ''again'', and he is separated from the symbiote.]]
709* WouldHurtAChild: And he makes a ''hobby'' of this.
710* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Clown pulls this on him in the comics.
711[[/folder]]
712
713[[folder:Zera]]
714
715[[quoteright:298:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2000781-zera_5076.jpg]]
716* AxCrazy: To the point where even ''Heaven'' feared her.
717* TheBeastmaster: Her bloodlust manifests as a white-furred humanoid monster that breaths holy fire and obeys her every command.
718* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: Is the queen of the seraphs.
719* CompleteImmortality: What she supposedly possesses, as she survives disembowelment and decapitation at the hands of Spawn. However, she is KilledOffForReal when her head is eaten by demonic dogs.
720* DemonicPossession: Possesses Nyx in order to kill Spawn.
721* TheDragon: To God, and even ''He'' is leery of her.
722* KilledOffForReal: When her head is eaten by demonic dogs.
723* KnightTemplar: Is utterly devoted to destroying Hell and its minions, regardless of whether said minions are actually evil.
724* LightIsNotGood: Is an utterly insane angel with enough power to tear [[AscendedDemon God-Mode]] Spawn in half.
725* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Was in total agreement with anything God decided, even her own imprisonment.
726* OffWithHerHead: How Spawn defeats her.
727* SealedEvilInACan: Even God deemed her too insane to be allowed to roam free.
728* SycophanticServant: To God, even supporting His decision to imprison her.
729[[/folder]]
730
731[[folder:Mammon]]
732[[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mammon_7707.png]]
733
734* BigBad:The Second one in the series.
735* TheChessmaster: He is the mastermind behind ''all'' the events that led Al Simmons to become Spawn, having steered him towards evil since childhood. [[spoiler:Is heavily implied to be the demon Wynn made a deal with to start all of this.]]
736* DemotedToDragon: When Satan returns, he is immediately demoted and reduced to begging for his life. Satan was NOT happy about Mammon's mistakes in his absence. Happens again in King Spawn.
737* DirtyCoward: Will run if faced with something resembling a fair fight and never gets his hands dirty even if he can't avoid it; preferring to hide behind pawns like Morana.
738* DragonAscendant: Took over the management of Hell in Satan's absence.
739* FauxAffablyEvil: For all his charming behavior, he's still a demon and a corrupter who wants nothing more than supreme power for himself.
740* KickTheDog: Does it any turn that he can. One such example is when he senselessly crushed a waitress' spirit by telling her of the bleak future in store for her.
741* KnightOfCerebus: As soon as he shows up, the comic gets ''even darker.'' From Clown's near-takeover of New York by way of TheVirus to Armageddon being triggered prematurely to Spawn discovering a horrible truth about his life as Al Simmons...
742* {{Mammon}}: A humanoid demon who dresses in high-class businessman attire. The theme of Greed is more subtle than in other depictions; instead, Mammon's main goal is to be the supreme ruler of Hell as well as take the Throne of Creation for himself so that he can also have control over Heaven.
743* ManipulativeBastard: He is even better at this than Malebolgia or Wynn.
744* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Prides himself in his affluence, and is the embodiment of [[SevenDeadlySins Greed]].
745* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: He assumes the name '''Malefick''' when he meets Al's mother and her children. Not that "Mammon" isn't an example of this trope, but you can't get much more [[ObviouslyEvil blatantly evil]] than a surname that literally ''means'' having a malicious influence.
746* NavelDeepNeckline Her She-Spawn suit has a plunging neckline that goes past her navel.
747* NonActionBigBad: Though not because he is weak; he just doesn't like to get his hands dirty if he can avoid it.
748* TheOldGods: Is the last of the Forgotten Ones, a group of ancient and extremely powerful fallen angels who were cast out of Heaven eons ago for refusing to fight the angels who rebelled against God despite being on God's side.
749* SealedEvilInACan: Is sealed away by [[spoiler:Nyx with the help of Cyan]].
750* WickedCultured: As the incarnation of avarice, he takes the appearance of a man in an expensive suit. Comes back in King spawn.
751[[/folder]]
752
753[[folder:Satan]]
754
755* BadBoss: Gouges out the eyes of one of his footsoldiers in the Armageddon arc just for telling him that Spawn wiped out his armies.
756* BarbieDollAnatomy: Pre-retcon, he noticeably has nothing in his groin area. He shares this trait with his brother.
757* BigRedDevil: Both pre and post retcon, Satan is depicted as a crimson-skinned horned abomination capable of growing even bigger.
758* CardCarryingVillain: He spells it out pretty clearly at the end of the Armageddon arc.
759-->'''Satan:''' If I didn't give them free will there would be no UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, no UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, no war, no genocide... no '''''HELLSPAWN!'''''
760* CompleteImmortality: Pre-''Resurrection'', he can't be destroyed by any means, so he's sealed away alongside God in a parallel universe for all eternity. Though he's destroyed in ''Resurrection'' by Spawn's makeshift nuke.
761* DivineInfernalFamily: Before the retcon in ''Resurrection'' he and God were warring brothers, though post-''Resurrection'' it no longer applies.
762* EnemyMine: Forms one with God after his Hellspawn are all sent back to Hell ... by Spawn. It lasts until after the two of them destroy him.
763* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: He's really no better than God and was just as much to blame for their ancient feud, using humans as cannon fodder for Armageddon. Retconned as of ''Resurrection'', where he's the BigBad to God's BigGood.
764* GodOfEvil: He is God's twin brother and equal in power pre-retcon.
765* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the entire ''Spawn'' franchise. Malebolgia himself answers to him.
766* HostageForMacGuffin: He abducts Wanda's soul and offers it to Spawn in exchange for K7-Leetha, which he wants for himself. Simmons, knowing it's a trap, refuses.
767* HulkingOut: When Spawn pisses him off, he bulks up and grows in size even more.
768%%* {{Kaiju}}
769* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: For a few moments, after the destruction of Spawn, he begins to show guilt for the destruction he and God wrought, until God turns on him and [[NeverMyFault blames him for their war in the first place]].
770* {{Satan}}: Well, who else would he be?
771* SealedEvilInACan: Spawn banishes him and God to a parallel universe pre-retcon.
772* SpeakIllOfTheDead: When Spawn asks if Satan remembers what happened to Malebolgia,[[note]]Who's actually still around.[[/note]] Satan sneers that the demon-lord was weak and pathetic.
773[[/folder]]
774
775[[folder:God]]
776* BarbieDollAnatomy: Pre-retcon, he noticeably has nothing in his groin area. He shares this trait with his brother.
777* CompleteImmortality: Pre-''Resurrection'', he can't be destroyed by any means, so he's sealed away alongside Satan in a parallel universe for all eternity.
778* DeadpanSnarker: When She appears before a crucified Al Simmons in Limbo, She snarks that She [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} tried crucifixion once]] and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
779* DemiurgeArchetype: God from Pre-''Resurrection'' Spawn is actually a spawn of the Mother of Creation, the true god, and wages petty war against the equally-evil Satan, causing all the strife and misery in the series for the sake of power and so that all of creation would worship him. However, Post-Resurrection God is more benevolent.
780* DirtyOldMan: Pre-''Resurrection'', it's mentioned many of the top tier angels appear as scantily clad supermodels is because God personally made them that way to suit his lecherous tastes.
781* DivineInfernalFamily: Pre-''Resurrection'' he is Satan's brother. Post-''Resurrection'' the two are no longer related.
782* EnemyMine: In the Armageddon arc, he forms one with Satan after Spawn incapacitates Zera. It lasts until after the two destroy him.
783* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: In ''Resurrection'', She appears before Al Simmons in the form of a collie he had when he was a child.
784* GenderFlip: God is originally referred to with male pronouns, but post-''Resurrection'' is referred to with female pronouns.
785* GodIsEvil: Pre-''Resurrection'', God was portrayed as being just as bad as Satan. This is retconned following ''Spawn'' #250, though Spawn still hates her.
786* GodIsGood: Post-''Resurrection'', she is retconned into being a good guy/gal.
787* GodsHandsAreTied: What She tells Al Simmons in ''Resurrection'', that She wants to intervene, but can't.
788* GreaterScopeParagon: post-resurrection
789* GreaterScopeVillain: Pre-Resurrection
790* KnightTemplar: Pre-''Resurrection'', this is the reason why He was portrayed as an antagonist. As seen in the Celestine mini-series, God even made it so that his angels who were zealously loyal and killed for him would end up in Hell after they died because the deaths they caused in His name are still deemed as murders and murderers were decreed to go to Hell when they die.
791* LittleMissAlmighty: Mike refers to God using feminine pronouns, though Spawn refers to God as an androgyne.
792* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Subverted. After killing Spawn, him and Satan begin to regret their annihilation of all humanity ... but then he turns and blames his brother for giving humans free will and starting their war in the first place.
793* {{Narrator}}: Following the reboot, God narrates Spawn's ToHellAndBack adventure to save Wanda.
794* NeverMyFault: After all of humanity is wiped out, God angrily blames it all on Satan for giving them free will in the first place.
795* NotQuiteTheAlmighty: Pre-''Resurrection'', He wasn't the true TopGod, but Him and Satan were the sons of the real TopGod in the Man Of Miracles.
796* OtherMeAnnoysMe: Pre-''Resurrection'', he hates how he's depicted in the Bible as a kind and compassionate being.
797* {{Retcon}}: ''Resurrection'' brings Him - or rather [[LittleMissAlmighty Her]] - back and retcons the whole "God is the Man of Miracles' child and Satan's twin brother" stuff.
798* SealedEvilInACan: Spawn banishes Him and Satan to a parallel universe. ''Resurrection'' retcons all this, along with the Man of Miracles being God's progenitor and Jesus.
799[[/folder]]
800
801[[folder:Bruce Stinson / Chapel]]
802[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-yb08var_v2_bronze2crop_9815.jpg]]
803See the {{Characters/YoungbloodImageComics}} character page.
804[[/folder]]
805
806[[folder:John Sansker / Jean de St Clair]]
807
808* BadassBoast:
809--> I'm not Bela Lugosi, I'm Heartless John, and I'm a vampire's vampire. I gargle with holy water and pick my teeth with crucifixes. In the Sudan, I once endured an hour of noon heat...
810* TheBadGuyWins: Not only does he pull a KarmaHoudini at the end of ''Blood Feud'', but he technically succeeds in destroying pretty much anything around Spawn, turning everyone against him, from his homeless friends to his CIA contacts. The only thing he failed was his attempt to kill Spawn, and he doesn't seems to care much.
811* HunterOfMonsters: He hunts mostly supernatural beings such as [[HunterOfHisOwnKind vampires]] and werewolves.
812* KnightOfCerebus: In an already dark comic, he provides one of the darkest periods in Spawn's unlife, single-handedly ruining his reputation.
813* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His pseudonym is a corruption of a nickname given to him, "Jean Sans-Coeur", meaning "Heartless John".
814* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He stands apart from other vampires, being much stronger than the average of his species. He resists things such as religious symbols and can even stand sunlight (he mentions having survived daylight in the Soudan). [[SmugSuper This plays a large part in his personality]].
815* SmugSuper: Is prideful about his superiority over other vampires.
816* SnakePeople: He can transform into a snake-like monster.
817* TheSocialDarwinist: His speeches to Spawn sound a lot like this.
818* TomatoInTheMirror: He turns out to be a vampire himself.
819[[/folder]]
820
821
822[[folder:Morana]]
823
824* ActuallyNotAVampire: In most of her appearances, she wears a black cloak, has a pair of fangs and red eyes, and needs to drink blood. But it's revealed that she's somehow ''not'' a vampire, or a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vrykolakas,]] who are later introduced. One panel suggests that she had a demon placed inside her by Mammon, which caused her transformation. Furthermore, she cures herself of her condition by bathing in the blood of virgins.
825* AntagonisticOffspring: to Al.Later retconned thanks to ressurrction and king spawn makes them unrelated.
826* BlackCloak: Wears one in most of her appearances, keeping her identity hidden.
827* BloodBath: More like "blood shower." She strings a few White Light followers up by their feet and beheads them, then showers herself in their blood, turning her human.
828* CombatTentacles: Uses some thorny-looking ones as a Hellspawn.
829* ConvenientMiscarriage: Was killed by Al while still in Wanda's womb.
830* DarkIsEvil: She dresses in a BlackCloak and has her face enshrouded in shadow, and is a sadistic, vampiric being in service to Mammon.
831* TheDragon: To Mammon, who raised her to hate her father.
832* DragonInChief: Is far more of a fighter than her master and when she goes down, they both do.
833* EvilCounterpart:Both to her father and Nyx.
834* EvilIsBigger: Once she dons the K-7 Leetha symbiote, she grows to an immense height, which she uses to her advantage to crush the Legion.
835* FreudianExcuse: Al nearly killed her while Wanda was pregnant with her, but when it turned out that she survived, she was led to believe — likely by Mammon — that her parents "threw her away like trash".
836* HeroicLineage: Well, more like "Villainous Lineage." Mammon had been manipulating her parents' bloodlines to have countless Hellspawn as her ancestors.
837* [[IHateYouVampireDad I Hate You, Hellspawn Dad]]: Hates her father for nearly killing her before she was even born, and was raised by Mammon as the perfect Hellspawn.
838* ManipulativeBitch: Offers a suicidal vrykolakas a chance to die in exchange for biting Spawn. At the end, the vrykolakas is trapped in a permanent GroundhogDayLoop, being forced to relive the events leading to the loop over and over again.
839* MeaningfulName: She was named after the Slavic goddess of death.
840* SealedEvilInACan: Is sealed away by Nyx.
841* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her version of the She-Spawn suit is noticeably more revealing than Nyx's.
842* TheSymbiote: K-7 Leetha ditches Al to bond with Morana. Of course didn’t last
843* TragicVillain: "Killed" by her own father while she was still in the womb, then raised by Mammon as a vampiric creature with the intention of becoming the perfect Hellspawn? Yeah, pretty tragic. The. Her origin got retconned.
844* WalkingSpoiler: Is Spawn's miscarried daughter and the final antagonist he faces before committing suicide. Of course didn’t last and Morana’s origins got retconned.
845[[/folder]]
846
847[[folder:Bludd]]
848A vampire with an interest in Jim Downing.
849----
850* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In his human guise of Matthew Ramus, Bludd controlled a multinational conglomerate called the Ramus Corporation.
851* EnemyMine: In his efforts to take K7-Leetha for himself, he has allied with both demons and angels.
852* MeatPuppet: He's turned into one by K7-Leetha when she ditches Jim Downing to fight him.
853[[/folder]]
854
855[[folder:Omega Spawn]]
856
857* DeadPersonImpersonation: Claimed to be the part of Al Simmons' soul that embodied all his evil.
858* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Mammon gave him enough power to rival Malebolgia.
859* EnemyWithout: Was initially stated to be what was left of Al Simmons after his suicide.
860* EvilIsBigger
861* EvilCounterpart: to regular spawn
862* GalacticConqueror: omega the conqueror took over planets
863* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: He had a massive mouth lined with fangs.
864* OneWingedAngel: Omega Spawn was initially stated to be the piece of Al Simmons' soul that embodied all that was evil in him and had descended into Hell after his suicide, attaining power equal to Malebolgia's.
865[[/folder]]
866
867[[folder:Godsend]]
868A sadistic archangel warrior wearing a living costume similar to a Hellspawn symbiote.
869----
870* CombatTentacles: His outfit's stole functions similarly to Spawn's chains and cape.
871* EnemyMine: When he first appears before Spawn he extends the offer of a temporary alliance to destroy Hell before fighting each other. After Spawn rejects this, he [[spoiler:forms an alliance with Cogliostro and the Clown]].
872* HeroKiller: He is an angelic warrior who has a reputation for killing Hellspawn, and also [[spoiler:claims to have killed Angela and her allies. He's also implied to have killed Nyx]].
873* InTheHood: His symbiote manifests a translucent blue hood that changes shape depending on his mood.
874* LightIsNotGood: He's an angel, but he's very much an antagonist.
875* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: He has a cheekless mouth with [[TombstoneTeeth dozens of identical teeth]], contributing to his unnerving appearance. When he's enraged they turn into [[FangsAreEvil fangs]].
876* RazorWings: He can extend his wings and slash things with his feathers.
877* SinisterScythe: When confronting Spawn for the final time, he wields a scythe.
878* TheSymbiote: Godsend's outfit is pretty much an angelic version of Spawn's symbiote, sporting a translucent blue hood that changes shape depending on his mood and a stole wrapped around his arms that he uses in much the same manner that Spawn uses his cape and chains.
879* WingedHumanoid: As an archangel, he has four white avian wings.
880[[/folder]]
881
882[[folder:Plague Spawn]]
883The first Hellspawn, an entity formed when the demon-lord called the Serpent and the angelic Deceiver allied to claim the skulls of their commanders, the Black Angel and White Demon, and merged them together. After his death, his power was harnessed by Malebolgia and the Violator to create the Hellspawn symbiotes. He was called Plague Spawn.
884----
885* AncientEvil: The original Hellspawn was a supernatural warlord who existed at the time of the first Armageddon, thousands -- possibly millions of years ago.
886* AxCrazy: More deranged that the other hellspawns
887* BornOfHeavenAndHell: The original Hellspawn was created when the demonic Serpent and the angelic Deceiver merged the skulls of the Black Angel and White Demon, creating an entity that possessed the powers of both.
888* DoubleWeapon: The original Hellspawn is shown wielding a double-bladed battleaxe in Issue #291.
889* HerosEvilPredecessor: The original Hellspawn was a warlord and tyrant who presided over Hell until he died.Expect not as he was sealed away
890* HumanoidAbomination: A fusion between a dark angel and a light demon, the Hellspawn proved more powerful than both Heaven and Hell's forces combined.
891* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: He wore the fused skulls of the Black Angel and White Demon as a mask.
892* PsychoProtoType: Plague was this for the Hellspawns due to him he more deranged and uncontrollable.
893* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Has red eyes and Red stripes as well as being more eviler than regular spawn.
894* SpikesOfVillainy: He has spikes on his back.
895* WingedHumanoid: He had a pair of black angelic wings, evocative of a FallenAngel. later retconned to have spikes instead as Plague Spawn
896[[/folder]]
897
898[[folder:Ab & Zab]]
899Abadon and Zabraxas, a pair of lesser demons known as "openers" ordered by Malebolgia to summon the dark god Urizen to trigger Armageddon. After Urizen is defeated and Malebolgia slain, Ab and Zab spend their time as reluctant servants to Spawn and occasionally performing random acts of chaos.
900----
901* EvilDuo: Ab is the partier of the two, while Zab is a bit more pessimistic and reserved.
902* PunchClockHero: They're only in service to Spawn for their own self-preservation and go around corrupting and murdering people and sometimes opening portals to Hell when they have free time.
903* PunchClockVillain: Initially serve as this to Malebolgia. They aren't all that interested in kickstarting Armageddon, although it's subverted when they start doing horrific things in their spare time.
904* RedRightHand: Easily identifiable as evil with their facial tattoos.
905* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They haven't been seen since the ''Tale of Three Brothers'' arc.
906[[/folder]]
907
908[[folder:The Curse]]
909A Relious Zealot who turned himself into a cyborg
910----
911* TheFundamentalist: He's a fervent religious zealot, prone to self-mutilation to prove his worth to God. He's also determined to kill Spawn when he discovers that he's a creature from Hell.
912* InTheHood
913* KnightTemplar
914* MadScientist
915[[/folder]]
916
917[[folder:Heep]]
918
919[[/folder]]
920
921[[folder:Belial]]
922
923[[/folder]]
924
925[[folder:Bingo]]
926
927[[/folder]]
928
929[[folder:Cy-Gor]]
930
931[[/folder]]
932
933[[folder:Decay]]
934
935[[/folder]]
936
937[[folder:Gabrielle]]
938
939[[/folder]]
940
941[[folder:Hellion]]
942
943[[/folder]]
944
945[[folder:King Spider]]
946
947[[/folder]]
948
949[[folder:The Freak]]
950A Man named Bryan Kulizbrci who went mad after his wife left him.
951----
952* AxCrazy- Freak really lives up to his name that's for sure.
953* DemonicPossession:Was Possessed by Malebolgia during the Downing saga.
954* TheUndead: His current State.
955* WildCard
956
957[[/folder]]
958
959[[folder:Soul Crusher 1]]
960
961[[/folder]]
962
963[[folder:Dark Redeemer/Forsaken]]
964The First Redeemer
965----
966* EvilCounterpart: To The current Redeemer
967* PsychoPrototype
968* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He is Abel the brother of Cain aka Cogliostro now Sinn after he died and went to heaven]]
969
970[[/folder]]
971
972[[folder:Cataclysm]]
973The New Leader of Hell and replacement of the Hellspawns
974----
975* ActionDad:Father of Avaron and many other sons
976* FromNobodyToNightmare:From A lowlily Solider in hell to becoming their new ruler.
977* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
978
979[[/folder]]
980
981[[folder:Urizen]]
982An ancient god that existed before heaven and hell
983----
984* TheBusCameBack: Returns in the Scorched comics.
985* EvilIsBigger: Urizen is one of the largest villains in the series.
986* EldritchAbomination: Existed before Heaven and hell
987* PhysicalGod: Strong enough that both Heaven and Hell consider him a threat.
988* TimeAbyss: Said to be Eons old
989[[/folder]]
990
991[[folder:Margaret Love]]
992A russian spy who later teams up with necro Cop
993----
994* BreakoutVillain: Went from being a one shot villain to becoming a recurring foe for Scorched.
995* UnholyMatrimony: With Necro Cop.
996
997[[/folder]]
998
999[[folder: Necro Cop]]
1000A robotic Hellspawn created from Spawn's cape and later teams up with Margaret love.
1001----
1002* BreakOutVillain: A former One shot villain now a recurring foe for the Scorched.
1003* UnholyMatrimony: With Margaret love.
1004
1005[[/folder]]
1006
1007[[folder:Mandarin Spawn]]
1008an ancient Hellspawn from China.
1009----
1010* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Was reborn as a hellspawn to get back at his Tormentors.
1011
1012[[/folder]]
1013
1014[[folder:Rapture]]
1015A zealot scientist from Heaven who took over Heaven and leads the Purifiers.
1016----
1017* KnightTemplar
1018* MadScientist
1019* TyrantTakesTheHelm
1020
1021[[/folder]]
1022
1023[[folder:Black Azazel]]
1024A Fallen angel who lost one of his wings.
1025----
1026* FallenAngel
1027
1028[[/folder]]
1029
1030[[folder:Dakota]]
1031The daughter of Violator
1032----
1033* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: She is the Daughter of Violator who thankfully did not take after his looks.
1034
1035[[/folder]]
1036
1037[[folder:Tiffany]]
1038A bounty hunter from heaven sent to kill spawn
1039----
1040* DarkActionGirl
1041
1042[[/folder]]
1043
1044[[folder:Jericho]]
1045
1046[[/folder]]
1047
1048[[folder:Tremor]]
1049A cyborg who used to work for the mafia.
1050----
1051* TheBrute: Was this for the mafia before going rogue.
1052* SuperPrototype: For Overtkill.
1053
1054[[/folder]]
1055
1056[[folder:Behemoth]]
1057A large monster born to bring ruin.
1058----
1059* BloodKnight
1060* TheBrute
1061
1062[[/folder]]
1063
1064[[folder:Gaia]]
1065The Ruler of Greenworld
1066----
1067* EldritchAbomination
1068* GaiasVengeance
1069* GreaterScopeVillain
1070
1071[[/folder]]
1072
1073[[folder:Raven Spawn]]
1074One of Malebolgia's deathknights
1075----
1076* DarkIsEvil-One of the antagonistic hellspawns
1077
1078[[/folder]]
1079
1080[[folder:Nightmare Spawn]]
1081An ancient Hellspawn who travels between the real world and the dream world
1082----
1083* DarkisEvil
1084* WingedHumanoid
1085[[/folder]]
1086
1087[[folder: Cadiclus]]
1088
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