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Spawn #41 (1996) Continuing on with our mid-90s SPAWN coverage, we pick up with the Spawn man about to be dissected by the goatee-having villain Curse up his precariously balanced castle. Curse, you see, wants to be come “Satan Two” and believes he can use Spawn’s necroplasm to get there. Sure, why not.Highlights include:Hell had some solid prospects back in 1996Cy-Gor snuffs out some potential SAStephen Hawking gets a package on that damned islandSpawn’s hand goes full ADDAMS FAMILYCurse opts to do some paperworkA breakdown of the oft-overlooked SPAWN: THE MOVIE soundtrackAlso, Jen and…
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Worst Collection Ever
Shawn Marek & Jen Stansfield · Arts & Books · English
WORST COLLECTION EVER is a comic book podcast where Jen and Shawn poke fun at their own collection of random comic books with loads of crass sincerity and scattershot nostalgia. None of the books in the collection offer anything close to quality or financial worth but our love for all of it is as re
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