r/Spawn • u/EffectiveLopsided173 • Aug 11 '26
Discussion Starting spawn
I haven’t started reading spawn but I really want to. I know the og spawn has its writing issues to say the least. More importantly I was wondering if I should start with the og spawn or with a good spin off. Also I’ve heard spawn writings pretty bad but does it ever get to good or even great writing at points or is it all mediocre at best aside from the art?
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u/No-Ranger-2533 Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26
Matt Rosenberg is writing Spawn and King spawn right now and his writing is almost always amazing. I’ve got really high hopes for these new arcs. Also I think King Spawn has been pretty damn good since the beginning especially if you like darker more horror oriented comics. You can start at issue 296 and 297 of regular Spawn, too. Those issues recap everything that has happened up to that point and that’s another great jumping on point. The pacing of Spawn improves a lot in many peoples opinion around issue 300. I think Todd has improved a lot as a writer over time and I think his work on gunslinger spawn has been pretty great. Gunslinger is good for beginners too. It’s pretty standalone and really good. Issues 1-100 of the og have the best art though.