Summary

Spawnhas had many incarnations throughout the quality ’s farseeing , epical history . Now , the futurity of the enfranchisement has become absolved , as Image Comics ' upcomingRat Cityseries uncover a newfangled , cyberpunk looping of the Hellspawn : Peter Cairn , an X - soldier , amputee and inheritor to Al Simmons ' anti - grand bequest , fighting for endurance in “ a post - war future . ”

Rat City#1 – written by Erica Schultz , with fine art by Zé Carlos – will officially debut Peter Cairn , the Hellspawn of the future , who descend his demonic powers from the nanites in his prosthetic leg , as a effect of receiving rake from none other than Greco-Roman Spawn , Al Simmons .

The collection for the first issue of the series states that , “ Al had no clue that the effects , " of his blood contribution , " would gurgle across not just outer space , but fourth dimension as well . ”

SPAWN WITH A BIG GROSS EYE

Spawn is a serial root in supernatural horror , and the artwork on many of the covers makes that abundantly clear . Here ’s the 10 most spine tingling !

The Future Of The Spawn Franchise Is Now, As “Rat City” Breaks New Ground

The Spawn universe has turn well in the last few age . In summation to the mainSpawntitle , there are currently three other Spawn serial publication run : Gunslinger Spawn , King SpawnandThe Scorched . The classicSpawnbook has already kick downstairs records with its three - hundred issue running play – and is now rapidly come near the three - hundred and fifty mug – proving that Todd McFarlane ’s signature tune character is still democratic after thirty year of uninterrupted publication . add up to that a recent mellow - profile crossover between Spawn and Batman , and the Hellspawn is showing no sign of stopping any metre soon .

Rat Citypromises to be an interesting portmanteau of hi - technical school sci - fi and supernatural repugnance , give the book its own singular identity in theSpawn - rhyme . Peter Cairn promises to be an challenging protagonist as well , with his prosthetic legs provide a alone connection to Al Simmons . Considering that Cairn draws hisHellspawn powersfrom the nanites in his prosthetics , it will be interesting to see how his powers process in relation to Simmons ’ supernatural - base abilities . How Cairn adapts to being Spawn , and how he fits into the largerSpawnuniverse , are the exciting questions at the offset ofRat City .

Rat City Is A Sci-Fi Take On Spawn From An All-Star Creative Team

With the otherSpawnbooks cover different genres , Rat Citywill fit into the futuristic sci - fi area rather nicely . It certainly has an exciting originative squad at the helm . Erica Schultz has constitute herself as a writer on titles such asHallow ’s Eve , The mortal Bouquetand the recentDaredevil : Gang War , while Zé Carlos has wowed fans with his employment onCaptain America , Spider - Manand the otherSpawntitles . All of this add together up to a can’t - missSpawnseries whenRat Citymakes its entry later this yr .

Rat City#1will be uncommitted April 10 , 2024 from Image Comics .

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Featured Image: cropped cover of Image’s Rat City #1, featuring the new cyberpunk Spawn

Ze Carlos concept art for the new futuristic version of Spawn

Image of Spawn from his first issue’s cover