The legend returns!
What I thought
Jonboy’s art rocked my socks off from start to finish. I’m assuming the “god” which shows up here is the mother of “Satan” and “god” who used Wanda and Terry Fitzgerald’s twins as their vessels way back in Spawn history. Taking the form of a dog was…..interesting. I enjoyed the reintegration of Al Simmonsinto the titular role of the Spawn series.
There are more soft reboots in this book than I can keep up with. First Wanda lost the kid she and Al would have had because he was physically abusing her. Mammon took the kid which went on to become Morena. Now he and Wanda had a son which also didn’t go full term? Oh Jesus! This is becoming the weird unheard of adventures of Charles Xavier all over again. It didn’t help my love of his character and it sure as hell isn’t doing anything for me as a fan of Spawn. The visuals were the main seller for me because despite Wanda dying it just felt hollow and emotionless which is sad when you consider how long the character existed as the emotional center of all things Al Simmons.
Overall: I’m happy Al is back because now at least I can be interested in Spawn as a franchise once more. With a movie reboot on the way and the character still so much of a pop culture icon thanks to his first movie, 90’s sales, HBO series and as Todd McFarlane states he now has the highest numbered book on the stands. It’s a good time to get back into Spawn. Resurrection has great production values and casts Al Simmons back on Earth with an all new foe and status quo. We give Spawn Resurrection 3.5/5 stars
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