Spawn No. 9

Spawn #9 Date: March 1993 Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $1.95 2013 Price Range: $1.00 - $7.00 Stats: 24 color pages plus Jim Lee poster, Image info, letters page, fan art and house ads Writer: Neil Gaiman Artist: Todd McFarlane Colors: Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude and Olyoptics Notable Notes: 1st appearances of Angela, Cogliostro and Medieval Spawn! Who Owns The Rights To Angela? In case you didn't know, there have been some big fights over who owns the rights to the character Angela: Neil Gaiman or Todd McFarlane. (Answer: they both own half now.) Anyway, when I heard that Angela was going to be appearing in an upcoming Marvel comic it got me thinking about this issue - so I dug it out and had a read. It was actually quite good, and probably my favorite issue of Spawn! Synopsis: This issue begins in the middle ages, with a weeping woman on a dirt road. As a noble knight approaches (who is actually a young Hellspawn!) she explains that an ogre attacked her and has carried off her…