Ngo-1997, umlingisi idalwe ngumdwebi wekhathuni waseCanada u-Todd McFarlane ekugcineni wagxumela ephepheni waya esikrinini, kufilimu engaphumelelanga eyenzelwe abalandeli kuphela.
Manje, UMcFarlane ngokwakhe uzimisele ngokuhlenga iqhawe elimnyama ngefilimu entsha ezimele kuleyo ekhiqizwe yiNew Line. Intshisekelo yomdali wayo isekutheni, kusukela yavela ngo-1992, i-Spawn comic igcine izinga elithile lokuthengisa, okungandiswa nge-adventure entsha ebhayisikobho.
Ikhomikhi yazalwa esandleni sika I-Image Comics, umshicileli owasungulwa nguMcFarlane, futhi nanamuhla isaqhubeka nokushicilelwa nokuvula amasaga amasha. Ukuba semthethweni kwekhomikhi kuvumele umbhali wayo ukuthi abhale a iskripthi esisha se-movie, esinendaba ethi "Bekulokhu kusekhanda lami iminyaka eyi-7 noma engu-8 edlule", Kuvuma uMcFarlane. Inhloso ukuthi "Hhayi isifinyezo noma ukuqhubeka, kodwa indaba entsha nezimele, ehloselwe izethameli zabantu abadala" wanezela.
Sethemba ukuthi imiphumela ingcono kakhulu kunefilimu yango-1997 enegama elifanayo, edlalwa uMichael Jai White, uJohn Leguizamo noMartin Sheen.