Complete Spawn Reading Order

[KalebYoung]

LASTED UPDATED: November 14th, 2014
This is a complete reading order I've put together over the course of the last year, and will continue to update it as time passes. It has taken a long time because I had to read every single issue of Spawn and all the related titles. I did my very very best putting only the most story essential titles in. This is NOT a chronological order of the series. This is an order that presents the characters, themes, and story in the most coherent fashion. Many of the issues that chronologically come first would spoil some of the biggest secrets in the series, plus for new readers many of the terminology and themes would not make sense without the proper introduction through the main series. I've also added notes to clarify to those familiar to these titles on why I placed them the way I did.

I have read ALL THESE ISSUES and have concluded this list is the most complete order on the internet as of now. I looked for other reading orders and couldn't find any coherent ones. Many of them had several issues out of order or introduced things I hadn't read about in the main book so I didn't understand the reference. It frustrates me when I read something out of order and spoil all of the previous surprises that would've been fun to read. So here I give you my reading order for one of the greatest super heroes of all time, SPAWN!

Spawn #001, Questions, Part 1
Spawn #002, Questions, Part 2
Spawn #003, Questions, Part 3
Spawn #004, Questions, Part 4
Spawn #005, Justice
Spawn #006, Payback, Part 1
Spawn #007, Payback, Part 2
Curse of the Spawn #23, Overt-Resurrection
Curse of the Spawn #24, Overt-Hell
Spawn #008, In Heaven
Spawn #009, Angela
Spawn #010, Crossing Over
Spawn #011, Home
Spawn #012, Flashback, Part 1
Spawn #013, Flashback, Part 2
Spawn #014, Myths, Part 1
Spawn #015, Myths, Part 2
Spawn #016, Reflections, Part 1
Spawn #017, Reflections, Part 2
Spawn #018, Reflections, Part 3
Spawn #019, Showtime, Part 1
Spawn #020, Showtime, Part 2
Spawn/Batman (Image) (A.K.A. The Red Scare)
Spawn #021, The Hunt, Part 1
Spawn #022, The Hunt, Part 2
Spawn #023, The Hunt, Part 3
Spawn #024, The Hunt, Part 4
Violator #1, The World, Part 1 (note: happens the same time and 'The Hunt' arc)
Violator #2, The World, Part 2 (note: happens the same time and 'The Hunt' arc)
Violator #3, The World, Part 3 (note: happens the same time and 'The Hunt' arc)
Spawn, Fan Edition #1, The Sword of Hell, Blood of the Innocent
Spawn, Fan Edition #2, Hell's Bargain
Spawn, Fan Edition #3, No Mercy Upon the Wicked
Spawn #025, Tremors
Spawn #026, The Dark
Youngblood #7, #8, and #10: The Death of Chapel (note: this is arc leads directly into Spawn #27)
Spawn #027, Cursed
Spawn #028, Protector
Angela #1
Angela #2
Angela #3
Spawn #029, Father
Spawn #030, The Clan
Spawn #031, The Homecoming
Spawn #032, Appearances (Blood Feud: Preludes and Nocturnes) (note: included a prelude to Blood Feud)
Spawn: Blood Feud #1
Spawn: Blood Feud #2
Spawn: Blood Feud #3
Spawn: Blood Feud #4
Spawn #033, Shadows
Spawn #034, Ripples
Spawn #035, Set Up, Part 1
Spawn #036, Set Up, Part 2
Spawn #037, The Freak
Spawn #038, Mindgames
Spawn #039, Noel
Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #1 (note: this series belongs more in the Witchblade series, IMO)
Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #2 (note: this series belongs more in the Witchblade series, IMO)
Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #3 (note: this series belongs more in the Witchblade series, IMO)
Spawn/WildC.A.T.s #1, Devil Day, Part 1
Spawn/WildC.A.T.s #2, Devil Day, Part 2
Spawn/WildC.A.T.s #3, Devil Day, Part 3
Spawn/WildC.A.T.s #4, Devil Day, Part 4
Spawn #040, Fugitives, Part 1
Spawn #041, Fugitives, Part 2
Spawn #042, Fanboy
Spawn #043, Evil
Spawn #044, Avenger
Spawn #045, Warriors
Spawn #046, Revenge
Spawn #047, Twisted
Spawn #048, The System
Spawn #049, Helter Skelter
Spawn #050, Choices
Spawn #051, Freefall
Spawn #052, Messiah
Spawn #053, The Reckoning
Spawn #054, Reconciliation
Spawn #055, Sabotage
Spawn, The Impaler #1 (note: Contradicts established facts)
Spawn, The Impaler #2 (note: Contradicts established facts)
Spawn, The Impaler #3 (note: Refers to Al, but it contradicts established facts)
Spawn #056, Kahn
Spawn #057, The Beast
Spawn #058, Orphans
Spawn #059, Vanished
Spawn #060, Dwarfed
Spawn #061, Sanctuary
Cy-Gor #1, Fire in Mind, Part 1 (note: I only recommend reading this series if you like this character)
Cy-Gor #2, Fire in Mind, Part 2
Cy-Gor #3, Needles and Pins
Cy-Gor #4, Exquisite Corpse
Cy-Gor #5, Then One Foggy Christmas Eve
Cy-Gor #6, Terra Plane
Shattered Image #1-4 (note: this mini-series crossover is NOT story essential. Entirely ignorable.)
Mars Attacks Image #1-4 (note: this mini-series crossover is NOT story essential. Entirely ignorable.)
Curse of the Spawn #05, Suture
Curse of the Spawn #06, Blood and Rain
Curse of the Spawn #07, Tombs
Curse of the Spawn #08, Carnival of Souls
Curse of the Spawn #09, Limbo
Curse of the Spawn #10, A Fall of Doves
Spawn #062, Return
Curse of the Spawn #11, Cataclysm
Spawn #063, Identity
Spawn #064, Checkmate
Spawn #065, The Past
Spawn #066, Demons
Curse of the Spawn #12, Codename Priest
Curse of the Spawn #13, Heart of Darkness
Curse of the Spawn #14, Apocalypse When
Curse of the Spawn #15, Sympathy for an Angel, Part 1
Curse of the Spawn #16, Sympathy for an Angel, Part 2
Curse of the Spawn #17, Twist of Fate
Curse of the Spawn #18, Gunshot
Curse of the Spawn #19, Curse the Curse
Curse of the Spawn #01, Dark Future
Curse of the Spawn #02, Blood Lust
Curse of the Spawn #03, Corpse Candles
Curse of the Spawn #04, Damnation War
Spawn, Blood & Salvation
Altered Image #1-3 (note: this mini-series crossover is NOT story essential. Entirely ignorable.)
Spawn #067, Homeland
Spawn #068, Intersection
Spawn #069, Freaky
Spawn #070, Darkness
Spawn #071, Apparitions
Spawn #072, Bloodless
Spawn #073, The Heap
Spawn #074, The Void
Spawn #075, Sacred Ground
Spawn #076, Farewell Dance
Spawn #077, Relics
Spawn #078, Bloodstains
Spawn #079, Exterminator
Spawn #080, The Cleansing
Spawn #081, The Devil Inside, Part 1
Spawn #082, The Devil Inside, Part 2
Spawn #083, The Conqueror
Spawn #084, The Waiting
Spawn #085, Endgame
Spawn #086, Abdication
Spawn #087, Folklore
Curse of the Spawn #22, Deadland
Curse of the Spawn #25, Heart of Hell
Curse of the Spawn #26, Brother's Keeper
Curse of the Spawn #27, Ghosts
Curse of the Spawn #28, Bleed
Curse of the Spawn #29, Last Rites
Sam and Twitch #01, Udaku, Part 1
Sam and Twitch #02, Udaku, Part 2
Sam and Twitch #03, Udaku, Part 3
Sam and Twitch #04, Udaku, Part 4
Sam and Twitch #05, Udaku, Part 5
Sam and Twitch #06, Udaku, Part 6
Sam and Twitch #07, Udaku, Part 7
Sam and Twitch #08, Udaku, Part 8
Spawn, The Undead #1, A Face in the Crowd
Spawn, The Undead #2, The Door to Nowhere
Spawn, The Undead #3, My Soul to Keep
Spawn, The Undead #4, Song Sung Bloo
Spawn, The Undead #5, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Part 1
Spawn, The Undead #6, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Part 2
Spawn, The Undead #7, Up the Down Stairs
Spawn, The Undead #8, A Day in the Life
Spawn, The Undead #9, Waiting for Sparky
Spawn, Blood & Shadows
Curse of the Spawn #20, Dark Myth
Curse of the Spawn #21, Chaos Cometh
Spawn, The Dark Ages #01, Devil's Knight
Spawn, The Dark Ages #02, Forsaken
Spawn, The Dark Ages #03, Onward
Spawn, The Dark Ages #04, Death and Glory
Spawn, The Dark Ages #05, Crimson Shadows
Spawn, The Dark Ages #06, Benediction
Spawn, The Dark Ages #07, Providence
Spawn, The Dark Ages #08, Acts of Contrition
Spawn #088, Seasons of Change
Spawn #089, The Devil You Know
Spawn #090, Three Uses of the Knife
Spawn #091, Black Cat Bones, Part 1
Spawn #092, Black Cat Bones, Part 2
Sam and Twitch #09, One Really Bad Day
Sam and Twitch #10, Witchcraft, Part 1
Sam and Twitch #11, Witchcraft, Part 2
Sam and Twitch #12, Witchcraft, Part 3
Sam and Twitch #13, Witchcraft, Part 4
Spawn #093, The Devil's Banquet
Spawn #094, The Children's Hour
Spawn #095, Cracks in the Foundation
Spawn #096, Rules of Engagement
Spawn #097, Heaven's Folly
Spawn #098, The Trouble with Angels
Spawn #099, The Edge of Darkness
Spawn #100, Milestone
Spawn #101, Aftermath
Sam and Twitch #14, Dumb Laws and Eggs
Sam and Twitch #15, Bounty Hunter Wars, Part 1
Sam and Twitch #16, Bounty Hunter Wars, Part 2
Sam and Twitch #17, Bounty Hunter Wars, Part 3
Sam and Twitch #18, Bounty Hunter Wars, Part 4
Sam and Twitch #19, Bounty Hunter Wars, Part 5
Spawn, The Dark Ages #09, The Child's Crusade, Prologue, A Merry Round of Cheer
Spawn, The Dark Ages #10, The Child's Crusade, Part 1, A Questing Tale
Spawn, The Dark Ages #11, The Child's Crusade, Part 2, The Ghost on the Hill
Spawn, The Dark Ages #12, The Child's Crusade, Part 3, The Faithful
Spawn, The Dark Ages #13, The Child's Crusade, Part 4, Sacrifices
Spawn, The Dark Ages #14, The Child's Crusade, Part 5
Spawn, Simony
Spawn #102, Cautionary Tales, Part 1, The Speed of Night
Spawn #103, Cautionary Tales, Part 2, Remains
Spawn #104, Cautionary Tales, Part 3, A Town Called Malice
Spawn #105, Retribution Overdrive, Part 1
Spawn #106, Retribution Overdrive, Part 2
Sam and Twitch #20, The John Doe Affair, Part 1
Sam and Twitch #21, The John Doe Affair, Part 2
Sam and Twitch #22, The John Doe Affair, Part 3
Sam and Twitch #23, The John Doe Affair, Part 4
Sam and Twitch #24, The John Doe Affair, Part 5
Sam and Twitch #25, The John Doe Affair, Part 6
Sam and Twitch #26, The John Doe Affair, Part 7
Hellspawn #01, The Clown, Part 1
Hellspawn #02, The Clown, Part 2
Hellspawn #03, Hate Me
Hellspawn #04, Hate You
Hellspawn #05, Selling Fear
Hellspawn #06, The Big Leagues
Hellspawn #07, Shed
Hellspawn #08, The Suicide Gate
Hellspawn #09, Chains
Hellspawn #10, Clash
Hellspawn #11, Conflict of Interest
Hellspawn #12, Call Her Hel
Hellspawn #13, Hellworld, Part 1
Hellspawn #14, Hellworld, Part 2
Hellspawn #15, Hellworld, Part 3
Hellspawn #16, Hellworld, Part 4 (note: the ending contradicts main series, but is still considered canon)
Spawn, The Dark Ages #15, Dark Days Coming
Spawn, The Dark Ages #16, Heart of the Hellspawn
Spawn, The Dark Ages #17, The Circle and the Worm
Spawn, The Dark Ages #18, Crucified
Spawn, The Dark Ages #19, Like Any Other Man
Spawn, The Dark Ages #20, Voices in the Dark
Spawn, The Dark Ages #21, Sins of the Hellspawn
Spawn, The Dark Ages #22, The Seeding
Spawn, The Dark Ages #23, The Beast
Spawn, The Dark Ages #24, Bleed Pagan Bleed
Spawn, The Dark Ages #25, Plague of Man
Spawn, The Dark Ages #26, Lesion
Spawn, The Dark Ages #27, Bubonic Nights
Spawn, The Dark Ages #28, The End
Spawn #107, The Kingdom, Part 1
Spawn #108, The Kingdom, Part 2
Spawn #109, The Kingdom, Part 3
Spawn #110, The Kingdom, Part 4
Spawn #111, The Kingdom, Part 5
Spawn #112, The Kingdom, Part 6
Spawn #113, The Kingdom, Part 7
Spawn #114, The Bridge, Part 1
Spawn #115, The Bridge, Part 2
Spawn #116, Consequences
Spawn #117, A Season in Hell, Part 1
Spawn #118, A Season in Hell, Part 2
Spawn #119, A Season in Hell, Part 3
Spawn #120, A Season in Hell, Part 4
Spawn #121, Salvation Road, Part 1
Spawn #122, Salvation Road, Part 2
Spawn #123, Salvation Road, Part 3
Spawn #124, Salvation Road, Part 4
Spawn #125, Wake Up Dreaming, Part 1
Spawn #126, Wake Up Dreaming, Part 2
Spawn #127, Wake Up Dreaming, Part 3
Spawn #128, Wake Up Dreaming, Part 4
Spawn #129, Wake Up Dreaming, Part 5
Spawn #130, Seven and a Half Ghosts, Part 1
Spawn #131, Seven and a Half Ghosts, Part 2
Spawn #132, Pratfall
Spawn, Architects of Fear (note: this is the best place that I could fit this one-shot into)
Spawn #133, The Gentleman Caller
Spawn #134, A Thousand Clowns, Part 1
Spawn #135, A Thousand Clowns, Part 2
Spawn #136, A Thousand Clowns, Part 3
Spawn #137, A Thousand Clowns, Part 4
Spawn #138, A Thousand Clowns, Part 5
Spawn #139, Hellbound, Part 1
Spawn #140, Hellbound, Part 2
Spawn #141, Hellbound, Part 3
Spawn #142, Devil To Pay, Part 1
Spawn #143, Devil To Pay, Part 2
Spawn #144, Devil To Pay, Part 3
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #01, Have You Seen Me, Part 1
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #02, Have You Seen Me, Part 2
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #03, Have You Seen Me, Part 3
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #04, Have You Seen Me, Part 4
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #05, Have You Seen Me, Part 5
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #06, Have You Seen Me, Part 6
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #07, Skeletons, Part 1
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #08, Skeletons, Part 2
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #09, Skeletons, Part 3
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #10, Skeletons, Part 4
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #11, Skeletons, Part 5
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #12, Skeletons, Part 6
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #13, Cops & Robbers
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #14, Ancient Chinese Secret Huh, Part 1
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #15, Ancient Chinese Secret Huh, Part 2
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #16, Ancient Chinese Secret Huh, Part 3
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #17, Ancient Chinese Secret Huh, Part 4
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #18, Ancient Chinese Secret Huh, Part 5
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #19, Ancient Chinese Secret Huh, Part 6
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #20, Fathers & Daughters, Part 1
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #21, Fathers & Daughters, Part 2
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #22, Fathers & Daughters, Part 3
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #23, Fathers & Daughters, Part 4
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #24, Fathers & Daughters, Part 5
Case Files, Sam and Twitch #25, Fathers & Daughters, Part 6
Spawn #145, Destination Anywhere, Part 1
Spawn #146, Destination Anywhere, Part 2
Spawn #147, Howl
Spawn #148, Random Patterns, Part 1
Spawn #149, Random Patterns, Part 2
Spawn #150, Thamuz, Part 1
Spawn #151, Thamuz, Part 2
Spawn #152, Thamuz, Part 3
Spawn #153, Thamuz, Part 4
Spawn #154, Armageddon, Part 1
Spawn #155, Armageddon, Part 2
Spawn #156, Armageddon, Part 3
Spawn #157, Armageddon, Part 4
Spawn #158, Armageddon, Part 5
Spawn #159, Armageddon, Part 6
Spawn #160, Armageddon, Part 7
Spawn #161, Armageddon, Part 8
Spawn #162, Armageddon, Part 9
Spawn #163, Armageddon, Part 10
Spawn #164, Home Coming
Spawn #165, Mandarin Spawn
Spawn #166, The Voice-Hearers, Part 1, Skin Deep
Spawn #167, The Voice-Hearers, Part 2, The Peanut Butter Lady
Spawn #168, The Voice-Hearers, Part 3, Laughter in the Dark
Spawn #169, Voodoo Child
Spawn #170, A Tale of Three Brothers, Part 1, Hellhouse
Spawn #171, A Tale of Three Brothers, Part 2, Remembrance
Spawn #172, A Tale of Three Brothers, Part 3, Past Sins
Spawn #173, A Tale of Three Brothers, Part 4, Secrets and Lies
Spawn #174, Gunslinger Spawn, Part 1
Spawn #175, Gunslinger Spawn, Part 2
Spawn #176, The Monster in the Bubble, Part 1
Spawn #177, The Monster in the Bubble, Part 2
Spawn #178, Dead Man Walking
Spawn #179, War Spawn
Spawn #180, (Untitled) (suggested title: Beginning of The End)
Spawn #181, The Best of Times
Spawn #182, Bad Blood
Spawn #183, Transformations
Spawn #184, The End
Spawn #185, Endgame, Part 1
Spawn #186, Endgame, Part 2
Spawn #187, Endgame, Part 3
Spawn #188, Endgame, Part 4
Spawn #189, Endgame, Part 5
Spawn #190, Endgame, Part 6
Spawn #191, Endgame, Part 7
Spawn #192, Endgame, Part 8
Spawn #193, Endgame, Part 9
Spawn #194, Endgame, Part 10
Spawn #195, Endgame, Part 11
Spawn #196, Endgame Conclusion
Image United #0-6 (canceled after #3) (note: this event is referenced in #200, but is retconned out.)
Sam and Twitch, The Writer #1
Sam and Twitch, The Writer #2
Sam and Twitch, The Writer #3
Sam and Twitch, The Writer #4
Haunt #1
Haunt #2
Haunt #3
Haunt #4
Haunt #5
Spawn #197, (Untitled) (suggested title: The Redeemer's Return)
Spawn #198, (Untitled) (suggested title: The Last Patient)
Spawn #199, (Untitled) (suggested title: Shadow from the Past)
Spawn #200, (Untitled) (suggested title: Alpha and Omega)
Haunt #6
Haunt #7
Haunt #8
Haunt #9
Haunt #10
Haunt #11
Haunt #12
Spawn #201, New Beginnings, Part 1
Spawn #202, New Beginnings, Part 2
Spawn #203, New Beginnings, Part 3
Spawn #204, New Beginnings, Part 4
Spawn #205, New Beginnings, Part 5
Spawn #206, New Beginnings, Part 6
Spawn #207, Q & A, Part 1
Spawn #208, Q & A, Part 2
Spawn #209, Q & A, Part 3
Spawn #210, Q & A, Part 4
Haunt #13
Haunt #14
Haunt #15
Haunt #16
Haunt #17
Haunt #18
Spawn #211, Violation of Trust, Part 1
Spawn #212, Violation of Trust, Part 2
Spawn #213, The Gathering Storm, Part 1
Spawn #214, The Gathering Storm, Part 2
Spawn #215, The Gathering Storm, Part 3
Spawn #216, The Gathering Storm, Part 4
Spawn #217, The Gathering Storm, Part 5
Spawn #218, The Gathering Storm Conclusion
Spawn #219, Eye of the Storm
Haunt #19, Headwires On Fire
Haunt #20, A Conspiracy
Haunt #21, The Glorious Orgy
Haunt #22, Backflash 1979
Haunt #23, Return Trip
Haunt #24, Kick-Ash!
Spawn #220, Origin of the Species, Part 1
Spawn #221, Origin of the Species, Part 2
Spawn #222, Origin of the Species, Part 3
Spawn #223, Origin of the Species, Part 4
Spawn #224, Origin of the Species, Part 5
Haunt #25, Insecticided
Haunt #26, Mind Worms
Haunt #27, Get Happy!
Haunt #28, While You Were Beaten!
Spawn #225, De-Programmed, Part 1
Spawn #226, De-Programmed, Part 2
Spawn #227, De-Programmed, Part 3
Spawn #228, Collateral Damage
Spawn #229, Celebrity Savior, Part 1
Spawn #230, Celebrity Savior, Part 2
Spawn #231, Celebrity Savior, Part 3
Spawn #232, Celebrity Savior, Part 4
Spawn #233, Celebrity Savior, Part 5
Spawn #234, Celebrity Savior, Part 6
Spawn #235, Bluddlines
Spawn #236, Consequences
Spawn #237, (Untitled) (my suggested title is: The Dead Zone, Part 1)
Spawn #238, (Untitled) (my suggested title is: The Dead Zone, Part 2)
Spawn #239, (Untitled) (my suggested title is: The Dead Zone, Part 3)
Spawn #240, (Untitled) (my suggested title is: The Dead Zone, Part 4)
Spawn #241, (Untitled) (my suggested title is: The Dead Zone, Part 5)
Spawn #242, (Untitled) (my suggested title is: The Dead Zone, Part 6)
Spawn #243, (Untitled) (note: I actually got my question printed and answered in the back of this one!!!)
Spawn #244, (Untitled)
Spawn #245, (Untitled)
Spawn #246, (Untitled)
Spawn #247, (Untitled)
Spawn #248, (Untitled)
Spawn #249, (Untitled)
Spawn #250, (Untitled)
Spawn: Resurrection
Spawn #251, (Untitled)
(Ongoing...)

SPIN-OFFS (and non-canon) (I suggest reading between Spawn #165 and Spawn #166.)
Spawn, Godslayer
Spawn, Godslayer #1, The Winter King, Part 1
Spawn, Godslayer #2, The Winter King, Part 2
Spawn, Godslayer #3, The Winter King, Part 3
Spawn, Godslayer #4, The Winter King, Part 4
Spawn, Godslayer #5, Dromo's Tale
Spawn, Godslayer #6, Return to Endra-La, Part 1
Spawn, Godslayer #7, Return to Endra-La, Part 2
Spawn, Godslayer #8, Return to Endra-La, Part 3

Aria-Angela, Heavenly Creatures, Part 1
Aria-Angela, Heavenly Creatures, Part 2
Angela, Ocean of Evil, Vessel of the Doomed (not really canon, placed between #31 and #32)

Shadows of Spawn, Vol. 1
Shadows of Spawn, Vol. 2
Shadows of Spawn, Vol. 3

The Adventures of Spawn #1, Director's Cut
The Adventures of Spawn #2, The Awakening War Conclusion
The Adventures of Spawn online bonus content

Spawn, Bible (best read after Spawn #60)
Spawn, The Movie (based off the 1996 Spawn movie) (best read after #61)
Spawn, Book of the Dead (best read after Spawn #184)
Batman/Spawn: War Devil (DC) (fits more into Batman's series than Spawn's)
Spawn/Batman, Inner Demons (canceled, 3 images were released in 2006)

Spawn, Toys #1, Spawn
Spawn, Toys #2, Clown/Violator
Spawn, Toys #3, Overtkill
Spawn, Toys #4, Medieval Spawn
Spawn, Toys #5, Tremor
Spawn, Toys #6, Spawnmobile
Spawn, Toys #7, Monster Rig
Spawn, Toys #8, Spawn Ally

Spawn is also featured in many other Image comics in brief one panel cameos and as an acting guest appearance. None of them really effect the main Spawn story, with the exception of Youngblood #8 and #10, which bring the Chapel subplot to a close.

[Trent]

great work Kaleb!

[KalebYoung]

Thanks Trent!
This has been a year in the making. Had to read every issue.
The Impaler fits into the main timeline somehow, since the Impaler makes a reference to Spawn and Clown, but it's said over and over in the main series that only one hellspawn can exist on earth at a time. The most perfect example is when Lord Covenant was still alive and the hellspawn Yagher could not manifest, trapped inside a gelatinous shell until the current hellspawn dies.

Another part that I'm a little conflicted over is the continuity of the 16 issue Hellspawn series. The ending of it deviates from the main series continuity, making it a kind of alternate ending to the whole series. Despite this, in recent issues of the main series (#) Hel makes a reappearance as if those "alternate ending" events did take place.

Any help on these 2 points?

[Trent]

Well, there are no concrete rules I don't think. Both in terms of which books fall into continuity, or which storyline "rules" will be followed.

For instance, in terms of storyline rules, you are correct that Yagher Dean claimed he was to be the next hellspawn but couldn't form due to Covenenant still being on Earth. But then how would you explain Al and Cog? Perhaps Yagher Dean wasn't a hellspawn at all, it was a lie? Was Lord Nakadai a spawn? if so, how did Al put him to rest? ...who knows.

As for which books fall into continuity, I think its at least somewhat up to the reader to decide. I know the writers on Spawn have stated that (at various times) certain books are NOT in continuity ( such as Cy-Gor, Spawn the Impaler and Hellspawn). One writer claimed that he considered only the main series in continuity and that sometimes even that contradicted itself.

Personally, I choose to look at it as though the main series is all in continuity, the spin-offs are sometimes in, sometimes out, and the crossovers and such are not in continuity. That makes the most sense to me, but others might look at it differently.

[stickywater]

Dude, I created an account here just to say THANK YOU FOR THIS. I just recently started to get into the Spawn comic books and I have been looking for something exactly like this for awhile now. It is especially helpful when it comes to the mini series and where they fit into the story. You have no idea how helpful this is to me.

Also, while I'm here. I have the first 9 of the hardcover origins collections and 2 of the new beginnings paperbacks, but I haven't seen any kind of collections in between. So do collections exist between issues 112 and 200 or am I missing something? I'd rather not buy all of the comic books individually,but I will if I have to.

Thanks everyone!

[KalebYoung]

No you are not missing anything.
You see, over the years certain story arcs have become more popular than others and got tpb treatments before others. There have been several attempts before the Origins collections to collect all the Spawn issues together.

But they failed, went out of print, didn't generate enough money to continue. But because superheroes have re-entered the pop culture there is new demand for comics. So with a market to sell to, McFarlane is reprinting previous issues of Spawn in tpb.

He has said that the intention is to bring it up to current day. So i wouldn't be surprised if they eventually caught up with the modern issues and continued to published tpb's as the individual issues come out.

I'm also really glad that my reading order has helped you. That's why i made it. It is annoying to me to read something and not know a reference a character makes. In this order I tried to put everything in a place that made sense so someone could start from the beginning and get all the references characters make.

[KalebYoung]

UPDATE: 7/7/14
In regards to if the 16 issue Hellspawn series is canon or not, I sent a message to Mr. McFarlane himself and he answered my question and printed it in the letters page of Spawn #243 in the third column. Basically, yes it is, even though the ending is a bit at odds with the main series. It's an easily overlooked retcon type thingy.

He actually said I was probably taking the chronology a little too seriously. xD lol I never thought of myself as obsessive or anything, but the Toddfather has spoken! So yeah.