Spawn: Origins Book 5: Origins Collection

I'll speak a little about the stories in the issue first, though for many of you I imagine you're looking to Amazon to see whether it's worth upgrading your singles or trades to this hardcover edition. If that's what you're after head straight for the last two paragraphs. This edition collects issues #51-62 and in case this review ends up on the page for the paperback edition, that is not what's being reviewed. The issues in this volume continue to take the series in a relatively interesting direction but there's still a lot of stalling. Spawn's biggest problem was always that just when you thought Todd was about to make progress, he'd spend another issue detailing Al's confusion, sitting about in the alleys being lectured by Cogliostro. While there's an element of that in this collection, there's enough progress to raise hopes for the next collection (which is teased with a last-page cliffhanger that's certain to entice those on the fence). Elsewhere, the Cy-Gor buildup from the previous volume resolves in a single-issue showdown whose consequences seem to be forgotten about by the time the book ends, but not before Spawn has a chance to get back from hell with a brand new face. He also has run-ins with Angela and Savage Dragon while forming an uneasy alliance with Terry, who's now aware his dead best friend's come back to life. Like I'll say about pretty much every volume, the scripts are a chore but the cheese is endearing and the artwork is phenomenal. If you've enjoyed any of the other volumes you'll enjoy this. If you're curious about this edition in particular, it's the same size as Marvel's oversized line (such as their Omnibus series). The artwork is printed on the book which doesn't come with a dust jacket and features a matte white with the image of Spawn battling Clown in gloss. The book has a sewn binding, though it's glued to the spine so it can't be laid flat. In terms of extras, there's snippets from interviews with Todd that act as a foreward and afterward as well as being interspersed between issues, and about 30 pages of extras which comprise original pencilled and inked pages, older trade covers and the Capullo covers for the two paperback Origins Collections. The spine for this volume is perfectly synchronous with those of the preceding and following books with only the numbering and the colour of the skull and text changed: for this collection, it is in yellow. All in all, it's a beautiful book and to date the nicest mass-produced version of these mid-run stories. The Spawn Collection books that were in publication a few years ago were better value in that they contained twenty issues apiece and cost less, but these volumes are gorgeous, uniform and for the first time for Spawn collections, tastefully executed. Well worth the upgrade or for a first time buy. This is a better volume than the last and it gets better still from here onwards, so it's worth having on merit as well as for a complete set or just to look at. ALTERNATIVES ____________ You can also get these stories in two smaller paperbacks with the same trade dress - Spawn Origins Volume 9 and Spawn Origins Volume 10 . Issues #34-#54 are available in an older and much thicker edition as Spawn Collection Volume 3 and #55-75 are in Spawn Collection Volume 4 , both of which have come down in price considerably since these newer white editions hit the racks. ***As ever, I keep an eye on the comments section, so if you'd like to know anything about the book please ask below.***

Me gusto que me rindo mucha atencion y fueron muy puntuañes en su trabajo, les volveria a comprar a ellos.

Ich werde an dieser Stelle nicht den Inhalt des Buches bewerten, da diese doch sehr stark Geschmacksache ist. Die Verarbeitung des Buches finde ich sehr gut. Da es nicht zu viele Seiten hat, kann man er gut in der Hand halten und lesen, was abnderen Dicken Comicbänden immer wieder schwieirig ist. Alle Bücher der Spawn Origins books sind da einfach handlich und praktisch. Die Bindung finde ich ebenfalls gut. Sie keinem meiner Bände Probleme gemacht. Die Bilder wirken manchmal etwas vergrößert, was glaube ich durch das vergrößerte Format kommt. Dies störte mich nicht, viel mir aber auf. Der Einband ist schön Dick und durch das Weiß sieht man Druckstellen und Kratzer, die sich im Alltag einstellen nicht so schnell. Auch wirkt er auf mich recht widerstandsfähig. Ich habe die Bücher immer wieder mit zur Nachschicht genommen und sie habe darunter nicht gelitten. Interessant erscheint mir auch, das sie in Folie eingepackt sind, wenn sei geliefert werden. Dadurch kann auch Amazon die Bücher gut versenden, ohne das sie beschädigt ankommen, weil sie dann eine extra Rutschschutzschicht haben. Dadurch leiden sie beim Transport nicht, wenn sie in zu großen Paketen versendet werden in denen sie sich bewegen können.

Purchased this book to avoid reading the huge trade paper backs. Great product, love the series. This particular book (Book 5) is labeled as holding 38-50. It actually has 51-62. Not a huge deal, just be aware. The book itself is very solid. Absolutely love the cover art. Great alternative to bending the spine of the previously release paperback collections.

Glad these books are on Amazon! This is a good way to collect the series.

Must have for any collector. Beautifuly done artwork and story. Nice hardcover for it to last. The end of the book has the soft cover drawings so you won't miss out on the really cool ones on the soft cover versions.