I like the name. You should write it
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This wasnāt the major announcement I expected to happen during ComicsPro.
Any chance he brings Haunt into the mix?
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I would love to see Haunt return
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Spawn #319 is apparently the prelude, jumping on point, or at any rate an issue of āseed plantingā:
(W) Todd McFarlane (A) Carlo Barberi (CA) Bjorn Barends
This is where it all starts, folks! This month in the pages of SPAWN #319 we plant the āseedā that will grow into the new SPAWNāS UNIVERSE: #1 (also available this month)!
Yes, the publishing world of SPAWN is officially expanding! And this is the jumping-on point for new readers! New threats, new allies, and more importantly new titles!
In Shops: Jun 23, 2021
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I donāt think Haunt can return. I think McFarlane lost a lawsuit with Marvel about that character.
Maybe notā¦I canāt find anything on it. 
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Haunt is/was I think co-created by Robert Kirkman if Iām not mistaken. The whole Marvel thing was likely the Gaiman lawsuit where he won Angela and few other characters cause Todd tried to F him in the rights to Miracleman that he didnāt even properly own himself.
Always read the fine print ladies and gentlemen when it comes to copyright ownership before you go try and go using it in bargaining with othersā¦ 
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The Gaiman/McFarlane Angela lawsuit is actually a fascinating case taught in Copyright law classes and deals with the issue of what constitutes āauthorship.ā Seeing as a comic book is a collaborative effort between writers and artists, who truly owns the character? This is a particularly thorny issue in creator-owned comics, not so much in work for hire over at Marvel and DC where your copyright ownership (if any) is assigned to the corporation.
When I graduated law school I gave the first appearance of Angela to my copyright professor.
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Hahaā¦ this made me sort of snicker a little insideā¦
From WashingtonPost:
As for the duration of the case, Gaiman tells us: āIt took a ridiculous amount of time.ā
Gaiman notes that he hasnāt seen McFarlane since the settlement.
āBut every time I would run into Todd in a courtroom,ā Gaiman says, āhe looked a little more sad.ā
We need a Sad McFarlane meme nowā¦
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Yeah, that looks more like resting bittch faceā¦ āResting Todd Faceā??
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He actually smiles like 99.45% of the time.
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No. Iām misremembering something else. Iām fully aware of the Gaiman/Angela thing.
I thought I read somewhere once that Haunt was too similiar to the Symbiotes, or something like that, and the book was ultimately cancelled after the lawsuit was lost. But, like I said, I canāt find anything on it. I think Iām mashing real and fake memories together. Puff puff pass, jcLuā¦
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I think so tooā¦ cause there is absolutely nothing on Haunt and Marvel.
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Sometimes these things have a way of being quietly resolved without court filings. If so, weād never see the end of that story.
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and 5 years laterā¦
" Misery by Todd McFarlane and Syzmon Kudranski. Misery is coming. The series will focus on Cyan, the daughter of Wanda and Terry Fitzgerald, all grown up with powers where she can affect peopleās emotions and pain with just a touch, and make them feel othersā pain. Though she also feels it at the same time."
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And 5 years from now weāll probably get the same news yet againā¦ haha
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About
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Spawn '77 #1
" Nearly fifty years after creating the original SPAWN design as a teenager, Todd McFarlane is bringing that original vision to the page for the first time in SPAWN ā77 , a new three-issue SPAWN UNIVERSE mini-series co-written by McFarlane and Mark Spears (Mark Spears Monsters ), with Spears providing fully painted interior artwork for the series in his SPAWN UNIVERSE interior debut. Long before SPAWN #1 launched in 1992, before the record-breaking comic series, toys, animation, and expanded SPAWN UNIVERSE , there was a character concept created in 1977 when Todd was in high school, that would eventually inspire one of comicsā most recognizable creations."
" SPAWN ā77 takes its name from the year McFarlane first created the original SPAWN design at sixteen. The three-issue series marks the official comic book appearance of that design, giving fans their first opportunity to see the earliest incarnation of SPAWN brought to life on the page. Developed by McFarlane and Spears, the series introduces a completely new character and story rooted in the mythology of Hellspawns , exploring the dangers that come with knowing too much."
SPAWN ā77 #1 arrives in comic book shops in September 2026. The oversized 64-page debut issue will be available for $6.99 . Additional details, including final order cutoff information and additional cover reveals, will be announced in the coming months.
- Cover A by Mark Spears - Lunar Code:
- Cover B by Mark Spears and Todd McFarlane - Lunar Code:
- Cover C original 1977 update variant by Todd McFarlane - Lunar Code:
- Cover D by Emma Rios - Lunar Code:
- Cover E Blank Sketch - Lunar Code:
- Cover F 1:25 copy incentive retro logo variant by Todd McFarlane - Lunar Code:
- Cover G 1:50 copy incentive variant by Todd McFarlane - Lunar Code:
- Cover H 1:100 copy incentive original 1977 variant by Todd McFarlane - Lunar Code:
- Cover I 1:250 copy incentive foil variant by Todd McFarlane, with McFarlane signature - Lunar Code:
- Cover J 1:500 copy incentive foil variant by Mark Spears and Todd McFarlane, with Spears and McFarlane signature - Lunar Code:
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