Well, in a desire to get more timely and clickbaity content on this weblog (the scenes of Herbie meeting Queen Elizabeth didn't seem to cut it. I thought I had a surefire viral hit there)...
I wonder how much the just solicited BATMAN/SPAWN comic from DC was originally done for the SPAWN/BATMAN comic that Image Comics was supposed to publish back in 2006? Can't find the cover, unfortunately (if anyone has a print copy of Previews from back then...) [got it], here's the description:
SPAWN/BATMAN: INNER DEMONSstory TODD MCFARLANEart TODD MCFARLANE & GREG CAPULLOcovers TODD MCFARLANE56 PAGES FC DECEMBER 28, 2006$5.99It’s been over a decade since their first meeting. The Dark Knight and the even darker one. But this time is perhaps the most dangerous meeting of all. A battle for our heroes’ very souls and sanity. Sure Batman knows how to fight The Joker, Spawn and The Clown, but what if Spawn had to deal with Batman’s legendary nemesis? And for that matter, is Batman really capable of fighting a TRUE DEMON from hell? Two great heroes must face each other’s greatest villains! Get ready for drama, mayhem and madness like you’ve never seen before from comics master TODD MCFARLANE!
BATMAN/SPAWN #1Written by TODD McFARLANEArt and cover by GREG CAPULLO[variant covers endless list redacted][ratio covers endless list redacted]$6.99 US | 48 pages | Prestige | One-shot (all covers are card stock)ON SALE 12/13/22
Two dark heroes, cursed by tragedy, find their paths again crossing…but not by choice! What sinister foe is at work, pitting the Dark Knight against the Hellspawn? From the shadows of Gotham City to New York City, this epic event is the blockbuster you've been waiting almost two decades for!
Well, one dollar higher, which isn't that bad, less than 1% annualized inflation. Slightly fewer pages, which might be a blessing (probably would have been filler/ad pages, and I think Image counts the covers while DC doesn't). McFarlane not explicitly involved in the art. Also not doing the main cover, but that may have been moved to one of the many variant/ratio/custom/limited/reprint covers we'll no doubt see. The first time they explicitly mention the Joker and the Clown as the villains, which is still a possibility with the new one, except that DC these days is never shy about telling you when the Joker is appearing some place.
Now what we need is for Image to publish a new SPAWN/BATMAN, written by the whole current Batman team, let's say Tom King, Chip Zdarsky, Ram V and James Tynion, drawn by, oh, let's give it to Mikel Janin, I like his stuff. Is Klaus Janson still inking? Anyway, the story, given Tom King's involvement, will undoubtedly involve Spawn realizing he's been suffering from PTSD all these years...
(Batman created by Bill Finger with... damn, always forget his name. Kob Brane?)
(Spawn created by Todd McFarlane, I guess, unless he ripped off some co-creator, although many of his supporting characters co-created by Neil Gaiman. Probably not appearing in this book, though, since Gaiman won them in a lawsuit and sold/gave them to either Marvel or the CBLDF. That's not really relevant, I just like to bring it up. Miracleman's coming back, too...)
Here's some other ridiculous art I found from the unpublished book:
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