Curse of the Spawn #1 (Raw VF/NM) - Image Comics 1996 Key Issue (1st Appearance of Daniel Poole / Future Spawn)

Add a major 90s Spawn universe key issue and series debut to your e-commerce inventory with Curse of the Spawn #1, published by Image Comics in 1996! Created under Todd McFarlane's iconic Todd McFarlane Productions banner, written by Alan McElroy (Spawn live-action movie writer), featuring interior artwork and cover illustration signed in-art (YOUNG / MIKI / T. Bedard) by Dwayne Turner, Danny Miki, and Tom S. Wood.

The upper trade dress features the gold serif title CURSE OF THE above the bold, gold-and-white metallic gradient title logo SPAWN with a flaming skull emblem embedded inside the letter 'P'. The top left corner displays "No. 1", while the bottom left holds the official Image Comics logo emblem set against a textured organic border frame.

The iconic premiere cover artwork—crafted by Dwayne Turner and inked by Danny Miki—presents a haunting portrait of the futuristic Hellspawn with glowing yellow-green eyes, skin resembling charred and decayed flesh, and long clawed fingers rising out of a murky blood pool littered with skulls.

In this premiere issue, Alan McElroy and Dwayne Turner launch the flagship spin-off anthology series of the Spawn mythos, introducing Daniel Poole (the Hellspawn of 2039 AD). Combining cyberpunk aesthetics, bio-organic horror, and dark apocalyptic action, this #1 issue remains a crucial key collectible in the Todd McFarlane / Image Comics universe.

This unslabbed raw comic issue is in top-tier collectible condition (estimated VF/NM 9.0 or better), featuring clean edges, sharp corners, a flat spine, and rich color saturation—making it an absolute necessity for Todd McFarlane collectors, 90s Image Comics completionists, Dwayne Turner art fans, and key issue collectors.