Muna 1997, hunhu yakasikwa naCanada cartoonist Todd McFarlane akazopedzisira asvetuka kubva pabepa kuenda pachiratidziri, mune imwe bhaisikopo risingabudirire rakaitirwa vateveri chete.
Zvino, McFarlane pachake anotanga kununura gamba rakasviba nefirimu idzva rakazvimiririra kubva kune iro rakagadzirwa neNew Line. Iko kufarira kwemusiki wayo kuri muchokwadi chekuti, kubvira pakuonekwa kwayo muna 1992, iyo Spawn comic yakachengetedza imwe nhanho yekutengesa, iyo inogona kuwedzerwa neicho chitsva chiitiko mu cinema.
Iyo comic yakaberekwa kubva muruoko rwe Image Comics, muparidzi uyo McFarlane akatanga, uye nanhasi uno unoramba uchitsikiswa nekuvhura saga nyowani. Kubata kweye comic kwakatendera munyori wayo kunyora chinyorwa chitsva chemufirimu, chine nyaya iyo "Zvave mumusoro mangu kwekupedzisira makore manomwe kana masere", McFarlane akareurura. Chinangwa ndechekuti "Kwete pfupiso kana kuenderera, asi nyaya nyowani uye yakazvimirira, yakanangana nevateereri vakuru" akawedzera.
Ndinovimba mhedzisiro yacho iri nani kwazvo kupfuura iyo 1997 firimu yezita rimwe chete, nyeredzi Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo naMartin Sheen.