History Characters / Spawn

* HeroKiller: He is an angelic warrior who has a reputation for killing Hellspawn, and also [[spoiler:claims to have killed Angela and her allies. He's also implied to have killed Nyx]].

A Relious Zealot who turned himself into a cyborg

* KnightTemplar
* MadScientist

An ancient god that existed before heaven and hell

* EldritchAbomination: Existed before Heaven and hell

* UnholyMatrimony: With Margaret love.

Jessica Priest was the one who killed Al Simmons. She is now the second she-spawn.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Considering that pretty much all of his victims had it coming, this should be guaranteed. One of the most notable instances of this trope in play is what he does to Jason Wynn: he kills a pair of his men, then presses him on Clown's location. After that? He trashes Wynn's "insurance" that prevents anyone from killing him on account of the fact that it would bring TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, effectively leaving him to die.

* TheGrimReaper: He takes this as his new Identity
* LegacyCharacter: was the third Redeemer.

* HeroicHost:To Medieval Spawn

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He is Abel the brother of Cain aka Cogliostro now Sinn after he died and went to heaven]]

* BackForTheDead: She's reintroduced in ''Spawn'' #298 and [[spoiler:killed off-panel by Cogliostro in ''Spawn'' #300, though her death paves the way for Jessica Priest to become the new She-Spawn]].[[spoiler:She comes back as Scion of the Greenworld.]]

* AllForNothing: During Brian Holguin's run. After finally defeating both Heaven and Hell and closing their influence of manking. Spawn attempts to use his new powers to make himself human and resume his life with Wanda. Then the Mother of All Creation shows him the truth. He was abusive to Wanda to the point of making her miscarry and she initally celebrated his death. In otherwards she would have never taken him back no matter what. This news breaks him and he tries to kill himself. Spawn Resurection retconned this with showing they had a loving relationship. However, her subsequent death ended any hope of them reuniting.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He rules over other demons because he's powerful, not because any of them have any sort of loyalty to him.

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[[folder:Jason Wynn / Redeemer I/Disruptor]]
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Al's former boss, and the one responsible for his death and transformation in a Hellspawn. Also heavily involved in Jim Downing's past work as Director Kramer.

* {{Acrofatic}}: He has a noticeable gut, but he has quick reflexes and is still an accomplished martial artist.
* AxCrazy: Seriously, behind all the charm lies a sadistic psychopath, and he only gets worse under the Redeemer mantle.
* BadassNormal: As a human, he had no powers of his own, but is still proficient in martial arts.
* BeardOfEvil: He has a goatee and chinstrap beard that accentuate his malicious appearance.
* BackFromTheDead: As Disruptor.
* BadBoss: Put it this way: Anything and anybody that isn't useful to him is cast aside or killed, employees are no exception.
* ControlFreak: Wynn hates not having anything or anyone under his control one way or another and will work to ensure he gets whatever he needs to make that happen if he deems them as a threat.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Ran the USSC and a number of black market operations until he was toppled by Spawn. [[spoiler:Loses it all permanently thanks to Jim Downing.]]
* DeadMansSwitch: Wynn has what's known as an Executive Discretionary Directive which he uses to keep Spawn from killing him off at will. The directive is that once he dies he has orders in place to have anyone he deemed an enemy to be executed which includes Terry Fitzgerald and his family if Spawn managed to kill him.
* DealWithTheDevil: Later issues reveal he actually traded Al's soul to Malebolgia [[spoiler:in exchange for psychoplasm, a piece of Hell itself.]]
* DemonicPossession: Is possessed by Violator for a short while.
* DemotedToDragon: Under Violator's possession and when acting as the Redeemer.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Is a cunning and sadistic individual who arranged Al's death [[spoiler: in exchange for a piece of Hell on Earth.]]
* DirtyCoward: Moreso in the comic than the cartoon, absolutely refuses to get involved in anything physical unless he has an overwhelming advantage.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As the Redeemer, which allowed him to completely flatten Spawn in their first fight. He was turned back to normal eventually. He would later become Disruptor with Powered Armor.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As much as a despicable man he is, and he'll even threaten other people's children if it suits him, he seems to have a hatred for senseless child killers like Billy Kincaid, and can't understand why his Father is going so far to defend him.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:According to Wynn, he was once an earnest government employee who wanted to keep his country safe, but got involved with the supernatural when agents from Heaven tried to use him to secure portals from Heaven using American resources and lies against the Soviet Union before building them a supersoldier against the forces of Hell. His malicious egocentrism and desire for control are the result of finding out Heaven and Hell were both controlling and corrupting the souls of mankind and wanted to secure a power base for himself for protection.]]
* GoodCounterpart: He was the Redeemer/Anti-Spawn for a short time.
* HatedByAll: He is utterly despised by anyone who knows him personally. The only reason he hasn't been assassinated yet is because he has gathered incriminating evidence on various governments and organizations throughout his career, preventing him from being terminated and providing him with a bargaining chip to regain his authority if lost. [[spoiler: However, Spawn later found and destroyed Wynn's collection of evidence, leaving Wynn without the safety net that he had built for himself as protection against all those who want him dead. While he rebuilds his power base, he is ultimately strangled to death by Jim Downing, one of his former employees.]]
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: He's quite one of the most evil of all Spawn's enemies. And he's not a demon.
* KarmicDeath: Spends his entire career as a villain trying to get a Hellspawn to kill him as part of a deal he made with Hell. He gets his wish, but [[spoiler:Jim Downing makes a point of killing Wynn as a human so that Wynn gets ''nothing.'']]
* KickTheDog: Feeds a puppy to a tank of piranhas in the AnimatedAdaptation while calmly chatting on the phone.
* DevilishHairHorns: His hair horns accentuates his evilness.
* LackOfEmpathy: Wynn views his employees as disposable assets, as Al found out the hard way. [[spoiler:Jim was in no better condition.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Cunningly manipulates everyone around him while weeding out everyone who could prove to be a liability.
* ObviouslyEvil: He has DevilishHairHorns and is frequently [[DarkIsEvil shrouded in darkness]] in the comics and the animated series. The movie ends up exaggerating this trope even further by giving him an [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking ashtray]] on his desk with a tarantula crawling around in it and pictures of nuclear explosions on either side of him.
* PoweredArmor: As Disruptor.
* SerialKiller: In one arc, he murdered women who resembled Wanda under Clown's urging.
* SkinToneSclerae: In the AnimatedAdaptation, possibly as a RedRightHand to hint to viewers that he's actively aligned with Malebolgia.
* TheSociopath: Wynn is greedy, ruthless, sadistic, and not above torturing and killing people he thinks pose a threat to his enterprise.
* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler:He became one of these after finding out about the war between Heaven and Hell and geared his existence towards fulfilling a cushy reward in Hell since nothing else apparently mattered.]]
* SlasherSmile: Can pull off a particularly twisted one.
* SuperpowerLottery: As the Redeemer. He has similar powers to Spawn, except he doesn't have the CastFromLifeSpan weakness because his energy has an unlimited supply. On the downside, being such a bastard means [[GoodHurtsEvil his power source puts him in constant pain]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Basically his shtick: if he can't use it anymore, he disposes of it. [[spoiler:Eventually bites him in the ass thanks to both Simmons and Downing not ''staying dead.'']]

[[folder:Redeemer II,III,IV]]
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Spawn's heavenbound counterpart chosen as Heaven's answer to the Hellspawn to become a righteous being infused with heavenly matter to smite the forces of Hell and protect the members of Heaven's Flock.
There have been two other versions after Jason Wynn that were chosen after Wynn proved to be an unsuitable candidate:
1. Phil Timper (II)
2. Eddie Frank (III)

* AntiVillain:
** The second and fourth Redeemers work for a corrupt Heaven but are blatantly shown in each incarnation save the first to be an honorable servant who tries to protect the innocent from Hell's forces.
** The third, Eddie Frank, was an innocent boy who was manipulated into trying to kill Spawn by Mammon. Upon realizing his deception, Eddie literally goes to hell to save Spawn's life.
* {{BFS}}: The two final Redeemers are given large golden swords that can destroy corrupt souls.
* TheBusCameBack: After a years long absence after being defeated by Al, The Redeemer shows up again several times during Downing's era and resurfaces again after Al returns. Also applies to Eddie Frank as issue #298 reveals that he's still the host of The Redeemer.
* {{Foil}}: While the Heaven he acts under is as corrupt as the forces of Hell, he is shown to be much more honorable and polite to others than Spawn and more willing to protect innocent people. His costume and powers are similar yet diametrically opposite to Spawn's.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Eddie Frank goes through this depending on how much the suit takes control of him. As of 300 Eddie Frank is now the Repear while a new Redeemer shows up siding with the Scorched.
* HeroAntagonist: The second and Fourth Redeemers are hardly evil and are mostly up against demons like Spawn.
* IAmTheNoun: The third Redeemer often did this: "I am the Light that drives out the Darkness!", "I am the Sword the slays the Infernal Dragon!"
* ImplacableMan: The Redeemer is this for Spawn to act as an effective countermeasure.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Comes off as this while speaking of slaying the Infernal Dragon aka Spawn. The third Redeemer even wears golden armor and has gilded wings.
* KnightTemplar: The second one in particular basically Heaven's walking version of this as their soldier and pawn against Spawn.
* LargeHam: The Third Redeemer.
* LightIsGood: As good as a noble villain can be when working for a corrupt Heaven. He later sides with the Scorched.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Has no idea the Heaven and the Angels he works under are as corrupt as the forces of Hell.
* PetTheDog: Often does this towards innocents and allies. He gave Nyx the courage to find her friend's soul in Hell and accompanied her to make sure she was safe then swore to protect her for rescuing him from Hell after Spawn left him behind, and later gave Jim Downing's girlfriend Sara a crucifix and a prayer before leaving despite being sent to kill her because he discovered she was a Christian.
* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: The Redeemer (besides the first, Jason) is always shown as courteous and downright chivalrous to others in comparison to the crass and acerbic Spawn.
* SuperpowerLottery: The Redeemer has similar powers to Spawn, except he doesn't have the Cast From Life Span weakness because his energy has an unlimited supply. Unique to him: are EyeBeams, [[DishingOutDirt the ability to control earth]], a BladeBelowTheShoulder and a FlamingSword
* UnstoppableRage: Much like their demonic counterparts, the Redeemers carry the same limitless rage inside their souls, however the core of their anger is that of light rather than darkness.
* WingedHumanoid: The third incarnation of the Redeemer is given angelic wings. [[spoiler:These are actually a critical weakness. Rip them off, and the Redeemer's powers are destroyed.]]

[[folder:Malebolgia]]

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The Demon Lord that Al made a deal with in order to become a Hellspawn.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: All of his former servants abandon him [[spoiler:after his death and resurrection. Nobody cares that he was dead either, constantly mocking his memory.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He rules over other demons because he's powerful, not because any of them have any sort of loyalty to him.
* BackFromTheDead: After his apparent death, Malebolgia [[spoiler:possessed the Freak, and reveals himself to the Clown after Jim Downing becomes Spawn.]]
* BigBad:The First one of the franchise and he comes back during the Downing era as one of the major villains.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Hijacked the Freak's body at one point.]]
* DemonlordsAndArchdevils: Ruled the Eighth Circle of Hell for 70,000 years before being deposed by Spawn.
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Ordinarily, Hellspawn cannot wield holy weapons.]]
* EldritchAbomination: Seriously, just look at the picture.
* EvilOverlord: Is the ruler of the 8th Ring of Hell.
* EvilSoundsDeep: In the movie he has a deep voice. Also in the video game Spawn:Armageddon.
* FatBastard: Aside from being one of the worst demons in Hell, he has a notable beer gut.
* TheGhost: In the cartoon.
* GreaterScopeVillain: In the both the HBO series and the film. In the former, despite his role in the series, he's never actually seen or heard. In the latter, he mostly stays in the background while Clown acts as the DragonInChief.
* HeroKiller: Killed Angela.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: In the HBO series he is never fully seen.
* KarmicDeath: Is decapitated by the very man he's been tormenting and manipulating for so long, with a sword from an angel Malebolgia had just seconds ago murdered.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's a demon lord, and gigantic.
* ManipulativeBastard: Especially in the HBO series, where he sent Simmons back to [[spoiler: fulfill a prophecy that required a Hellspawn to impregnate a human.]]
* MeaningfulName: He's named after the Malebolge, which is the 8th Circle of Hell in ''Literature/TheDivineComedy.'' And he's the ruler of this circle in the Spawn Mythos.
* MemoryGambit: He left Al Simmons with only the happy memories of his wife and his military training, and even planted false memories, in order to confuse and disorient him. It worked perfectly.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Like most of the true demons, Malebolgia has a maw full of pointy fangs.
* RealityWarper: In his own circle of hell, and to some extent on Earth. One reason Cogliostro and Al didn't dare attack him directly for so long was trying to find a way around this. [[spoiler:Turns out it's useless against someone wielding holy weaponry.]]
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Mostly sits in his circle of hell and doesn't act much himself unless directly threatened. He doesn't need to get and do much since things mostly go the way he wants them to.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: A horrific reality warping EldritchAbomination with control over a supernatural substance called necroplasm.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Like most other demons.
* {{Satan}}: Subverted; he appears to be this initially, but it eventually turns out he wasn't; Satan also exists in the Spawn universe as a separate character.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Killed his creator, Leviathan, and imprisoned his essence.
* XanatosGambit: The way his deal with Spawn was; if Spawn uses his power to do evil, it favors Hell's cause on Earth; if he uses them to do good, his killed enemies' souls are sent to Hell and as such swells the Demon army; and if he does nothing with them, he will eventually turn less and less human until he goes back to Hell, thus becoming more suitable as a general for Hell's army.
* UnseenEvil: In the cartoon, he goes unseen except in [[TheCorrupter the deeds he drives humans to commit]].

[[folder:Clown / The Violator]]

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A demon sent to Earth's surface to act as guide to the newest Hellspawn. Needless to say, they don't see eye-to-eye and become bitter rivals.

* {{Archenemy}}: Although Spawn has an extensive rogues gallery, Clown is arguably his personal nemesis. He’s been around since the beginning of the series and is one of the most frequently recurring villains, in addition to there being a lot of bad blood between him and Spawn.
* AxCrazy: Violator is a brutal, sadistic demon who feels Malebolgia should use pure demons instead of the half-human Hellspawn.
* BadHabits: [[spoiler:Disguises himself as an unhinged priest on a rampage in the animated series.]]
* BeenThereShapedHistory: His job is to groom and prepare the Hellspawn for service in Satan's army, something he did in medieval times, where he was mythologized as "the first dragon".
* BewareTheSillyOnes: The Violator is not a demon to be taken lightly: he has shown many times that he is more than a match for a young Hellspawn.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: In the less-stylized comics, the Clown has been drawn with black sclera and red irises.
* BloodKnight: He ''loves'' fighting and killing, and constantly tries to pick fights with Spawn whenever he can.
* BreathWeapon: Can breathe fire as the Violator.
* ButtMonkey: He was this as Clown initially.
* CasanovaWannabe: Is extremely lecherous, especially towards Wanda, though this may just be a ploy to piss Spawn off.
* TheCorrupter: His job is to provoke Spawn to violence and evil. He also serves as this to the residents of an apartment building in one arc.
* CreepyMonotone: As the Violater in the HBO series, he speaks via telepathy in a menacing whisper and only changes his inflection maybe once or twice.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Initially appears to be a wisecracking MonsterClown providing [[DeadBabyComedy Dead Baby]] [[PluckyComicRelief Comic Relief]], but once he reveals his true form he easily {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s Spawn.
* DeadpanSnarker: Constantly sneers at Spawn's efforts to protect his loved ones in an attempt to steer him towards evil.
* TheDragon: To Malebolgia, [[spoiler: and later to Mammon.]]
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:Once Malebolgia and Mammon out of the picture, he tries to strike out on his own.]]
* DragonInChief: In the animated series, and the film with Malebolgia as the GreaterScopeVillain.
* DragonTheirFeet: In the comic.
* DemonicPossession: Possesses Jason Wynn for a brief period of time, and later a man hiding in the apartment vents. Somehow, he returns to his old form eventually.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He is here to turn Spawn into a future general for Hell's army, and he is willing to endanger his family and friends for this purpose.
* DrivenByEnvy: The source of his antagonism with Hellspawn in general. He absolutely despised how Malebolgia chose humans like Spawn and the other hellspawns to lead his armies to overtake Heaven instead of indigenous residents of Hell like himself because he viewed them as more intelligent and cunning warriors. Therefore, he tries to prove to Malebolgia at every opportunity that he and his kind are superior to the Hellspawns until he is given the status and respect he feels he deserves.
* EnemyMine: He agrees to help Simmons in exchange for a donation of power.
* EvilMentor: To Spawn, sort of. Or rather he's ''supposed'' to be, but Spawn rarely listens to him. [[spoiler:Violator also has his own plans...]]
* EvilerThanThou: Survives a fight with Omega Spawn, the strongest Hellspawn who could crush armies of Hellspawn armies with ease and once endangered the Imageverse.
* EyeScream: Downing's beatdown left him missing his right eye, though he later regenerated it.
* ExactWords: Malebolgia forbade Violator from killing Al. [[spoiler: Possessing an army of innocent people and controlling them to torture Al almost to death is fair game.]]
* FantasticRacism: He [[PunyEarthlings views humanity as weak]] and as such looks down on Hellspawn as inferiors. However, Malebogia forbids him from killing them. But can do anything else to them...
* FatBastard: In his Clown form; as the Violator, he's [[LeanAndMean rail-thin]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: His cheerful demeanor accentuates his utter sadism.
* ForTheEvulz: Calling him a sick sadist would be a compliment.
* FourFingeredHands: As can be seen in his image, though every human in the series has five fingers. This is a subtle indication of the fact he's a demon in disguise.
* {{Gonk}}: His Clown form is morbidly obese and quite unpleasant to look at.
* GlamourFailure: He has the wrong number of fingers and blood-red eyes in human form, which is a pretty clear warning he's not really human.
* HealingFactor: He can regenerate lost limbs such as fingers, but not his head.
* TheHeavy:The Most prominent villain in the franchise.
* HeroKiller: Killed Wanda Blake since Spawn: Resurrection.
* HulkingOut: As of Spawn 300 Violator is now hulking mass of muscle.
* IWasQuiteALooker: In the HBO series he remarks that his [[MonsterClown current human form]] is due to him displeasing Malebolgia.
* IfYouTauntHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: His role is not to kill the Hellspawn, but to weaken him and cause them to waste his powers stopping Violator from wreaking havoc.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's already disgustingly unpleasant and cruel. When he occasionally shows a willingness to reason with Spawn, it's because he just wants to make him suffer later.
* LargeHam: When played by John Leguizamo.
* LeanAndMean: Following Spawn rewriting reality, Violator returns with a new, skinny MonsterClown disguise, though he eventually returns to his old one.
** His true form, starting out at least, was primarily drawn as being ''impossibly'' rail-thin in many areas, as if he was merely skin draped over bone with no muscle beneath.
* LegacyCharacter: After his ascendancy he transforms a weaker demon into a duplicate of his original Clown form and sends him to be killed by Spawn; [[spoiler:revealing the deception in ''Spawn'' #300, as well as that he was the one who killed Wanda Blake.]]
* LiteralsplitPersonality: As of Gunslinger Spawn Spawn's nuke caused him to spilt into his clown and Violator forms into two the former kept his mind while the latter is a mindless berserker.
* LooksLikeOrlok: While in the body of Barney Saunders, he has a pair of ratlike fangs and claws.
* ManipulativeBastard: The Clown was tasked with corrupting Spawn and he'll use any means necessary to do so.
* MonsterClown: In his human disguise, he resembles an obese balding clown with four-fingered hands and glowing red eyes.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: As the Violator he has a broad upper jaw and a narrow lower jaw, both lined with fangs.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: '''''THE VIOLATOR.'''''
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Violator is a supremely strong, fast, and resilient demon with various powers, including shape/size shifting, super-hearing, breathing underwater, regeneration, telepathy, possession of others, fire breath (hot enough to one-shot a Hellspawn), energy blasts, teleportation, and necromancy.
* NighInvulnerability: It is stated that he is incapable of experiencing pain. Bullets, fire, and energy blasts don't faze him at all. Rather, it "tickles" him.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The fat ridiculous clown who serves as Spawn's personal ButtMonkey? Turns out he is a big badass demon who can handle him in a fight.
** Only gets worse in a later arc when he makes his own funhouse: [[spoiler:by creating an army of brainwashed humans and forcing them to murder each other for fun, and then setting the survivors on Spawn.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: In the movie, anyway.
-->'''Clown:''' Destroy the cosmos, ask questions later!
* OneWingedAngel: Rips out of his "human" form to reveal his true form.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: His human form is an obese, grotesque clown, while his true form is a hideous horned creature with a gaping maw.
* PracticallyJoker: Spawn's Joker equivalent, with his MonsterClown AxCrazy characterization. At one point Clown even disguises himself as a doctor named "Joseph C. Kerr."
* PrecisionFStrike: In the animated series, after he first shows his true form to Spawn.
--> '''Violator:''' Consider this a friendly reminder: GET WITH THE FUCKING PROGRAM.
* PunchClockVillain: His hands are tied by his role, since he cannot kill a Spawn without an order from his superiors.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: An 800-year old demon from the 8th sphere of Hell. He's the eldest of the 5 Phlebiac brothers.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In both forms he has glowing red eyes.
* {{Sadist}}: Clown thoroughly enjoys the suffering and death he leaves in his wake, as well as pushing others to commit horrific acts of evil.
* ShapeshifterModeLock:
** Malebolgia does give him this as a punishment for trying to kill Spawn in an early issue. Malebolgia still needed Al alive... for the moment.
** Downing supposedly left him stuck in his Clown form and CoveredWithScars, and he agrees to help Simmons in exchange for having his ability to transform restored. Once Al leaves, he reveals he already has enough power to do so.
* SlasherSmile: Both as the Clown and as the Violator.
* TheStarscream: After Jim Downing becomes Spawn, [[spoiler:Violator decides to usurp his deceased master Malebolgia's place. By ''Spawn'' #300 he succeeds, becoming the commander of the demons on Earth.]]
* SuperSupremacist: Violator views humanity as weak and asserts that demons should lead the armies of Hell, not Spawn. Much of his terrestrial activities, sanctioned or not, are aimed at proving his superiority to his boss, Malebolgia. Although Violator has shapeshifting powers and can take any appearence he'd like, he uses the Clown shape because he sees humans as pathetic and disgusting, like him.
* {{Telepathy}}: In his Violator form, he speaks to Spawn this way in most appearances besides the comic as of the animated series. Partly justified, since speech would be difficult with his disproportionately long lower jaw. Though the end of season one shows that he ''can'' actually talk conventionally. It's possible that he just does it to torment Spawn, since it apparently physically hurts him.
* TombstoneTeeth: In his humanoid form of The Clown, the demonic Violator is often drawn with these as an indicator that he's a) not human, and b) evil -- whenever he's not just drawn with straight-up fangs.
* TookALevelInBadass: It's revealed in ''Spawn'' #300 that [[spoiler:he was the one who killed Wanda Blake, and recieved a significant boost in power after doing so]].
* TricksterMentor: Possibly the sickest deconstruction of this trope ever. He mentors Spawn into fulfilling his true potential as a Hellspawn and accepting his inner demons, but he does so with the purpose of making Spawn into a true loyal minion of Hell and goes about trying to make Spawn as miserable as possible by attacking his loved ones and bystanders alike to make that happen. As well as for his own sick amusement.
* VillainHasAPoint: He's a psychotic and all around unpleasant demon, but even Spawn said that he was right that the victims of his influence in the apartment had to live with the responsibility for their actions, regardless of whether Clown pushed them to give in to their depravity.
* VillainProtagonist: Of his own mini series.
* WickedCultured: In spite of his slovenly appearance, he evidently reads - or ''knew'' - Shakespeare.

[[folder:Tony Twist]]
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One of the earlier criminals that Spawn interferes with, a Mafia boss who comes off the worse when he picks a fight with Spawn.

* BullyingADragon: He ends up trying to take down Spawn after mistakenly/actually believing him to be responsible for the murder of his followers (it was actually Clown's work in the comics, while Spawn did kill them in the AnimatedAdaptation). Predictably, attacking a HumanoidAbomination who just wanted to be alone had bad results on his organisation...
* TheDon: Runs the Italian side of the underworld.
* FatBastard: He rivals Kincaid in this area.
* HairTriggerTemper: Is prone to frequent and violent tantrums.
* SinisterShades: Frequently seen with shades.
* SirSwearsALot: Especially in the animated adaptation.
* StarterVillain: In the animated adaptation.
* {{Tuckerization}}: He's named after a hockey player, who sued Todd [=McFarlane=] for it and won.

[[folder:Overtkill]]

* AxCrazy: Is a cyborg assassin who enjoys killing.
* TheBrute
* {{Cyborg}}: Is a cybernetically enhanced assassin with a number of weapons.
* DeathByAdaptation: Unlike his comic book counterpart, the animated version doesn't survive beyond his second confrontation with Spawn.
* LightningBruiser: Is fast enough to provide Spawn with a challenge.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: His animated counterpart used a homophobic term to disparage Al's outfit when they first met.
* PsychoForHire: Was an assassin hired by Tony Twist to kill Spawn.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Spawn recovers his corpse from a corrupt prison's secret laboratory, and reanimates him to serve as a minion alongside Cy-Gor and the Freak.
* WeCanRebuildHim: How he became what he is now. In the comic, this is also used several times to bring him back to life after his various defeats. This is averted in the animated adaptation, where Spawn kills him for real the first time he puts him in pieces.[[note]]It's implied the Italian mafia does have the resources to rebuild him, and Twist is prepared to use his own to make sure he can be, but the mafia makes it ''[[ShootTheMessenger very]]'' clear that they don't think Overtkill is worth it.[[/note]]

[[folder:Billy Kincaid]]
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The psychotic son of a doting senator, his father uses his influence to cover up the fact Billy is an implicitly pedophiliac serial killer, who uses his guise as an icecream truck driver to scope out and snatch up his victims.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the comic, he was just as revolting in personality as he was in appearance, using politeness only to lure lure children into his grasp. The animated series portrays him as more childish and clearly not all there mentally.
* AxCrazy: He's an insane SerialKiller of children who takes sickening joy in his crimes.
* AssholeVictim: The guy is a child killer. No one will blame [[spoiler:Spawn for killing him gruesomely]].
* BadHumorTruck: Uses his cover as an ice cream vendor to abduct children.
* BackFromTheDead: Upon his death, [[spoiler:he descends to Malebolgia's part of Hell and is made into a Hellspawn himself.]]
* BastardBastard: In the AnimatedAdaptation, at least, he's illegitimate, which is part of the reason his father wants to cover up his atrocities; to try and atone for not marrying his mother.
* ButtMonkey: He's been on the receiving end of a lot of humiliating, violent, and often anticlimactic deaths in almost every single arc he's appeared in. [[AssholeVictim Not to say he doesn't deserve every single one]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Spawn stabbed him to death with a ice cream scoopers and popcicle sticks, then left his bloody corpse in Sam and Twitch's office [[IronicEcho with a message echoing his Ironic Nursery Tune]].
* DemonicPossession: After losing his status as a Hellspawn, he becomes ''Diabolus Interium'', forcing victims to become psychotic murderers and claiming their souls when they die.
* EvilCounterpart: As a Hellspawn, he becomes this to Al.
* FatBastard: Repulsively obese, and a sadistic monster who enjoys kidnapping, raping, torturing and murdering children, doing things like "finger painting" (by cutting fingers off of his victims and gluing them to a wall) or scalping them to wear their hair as wigs.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He uses an ice cream truck to lure in his child victims, and he acts this way toward Christopher in the Armageddon arc, offering him free action figures while getting his shiv to kill him.
* HateSink: Kincaid just might be the most absolutely revolting of Spawn's recurring enemies. He's really nothing more than just a child molesting serial killer and has none of the Violator's cool traits and LaughablyEvil demeanor or even the otherwise cowardly Mammon's suaveness and cunning.
* IronicEcho: After murdering him Spawn leaves his corpse to the police with a message echoing his song: "Boys screamed and girls screamed. So I made him scream, scream and scream..."
* IronicNurseryTune: "You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream."
* KarmicDeath: He returns during the Armageddon arc to serve as an obstacle to Christopher — a child who was one of the 6,000 souls inside Spawn — who he lures to the funhouse to torture and kill him. [[spoiler:Christopher mutilates him with his cape.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: His [[spoiler: first]] demise at the hands of Spawn is the ultimate culmination of his depravity, and later when [[spoiler: being made a Hellspawn himself, he gets violated by the suit while it bonds to him before he gets decapitated by Spawn.]] Can't get more karmic than that.
* PsychopathicManchild: At least he is in the animated series, where he's shocked at someone swearing and [[spoiler:asks the Clown for ice cream just before he's shot.]] This is decidedly averted in the comics, though.
* SerialKiller: He lures children into his ice cream truck where he brutally tortures and kills them.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; Spawn does spares him in the animated adaptation, [[spoiler:but he is still killed a few seconds later by a very pissed off Clown.]]
* TheSymbiote: After his death [[spoiler:he bonds to a Hellspawn symbiote named K3-Myrlu, which practically rapes him while doing so. Then Al kills him ''again'', and he is separated from the symbiote.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: And he makes a ''hobby'' of this.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Clown pulls this on him in the comics.

[[folder:Zera]]

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* AxCrazy: To the point where even ''Heaven'' feared her.
* TheBeastmaster: Her bloodlust manifests as a white-furred humanoid monster that breaths holy fire and obeys her every command.
* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: Is the queen of the seraphs.
* CompleteImmortality: What she supposedly possesses, as she survives disembowelment and decapitation at the hands of Spawn. However, she is KilledOffForReal when her head is eaten by demonic dogs.
* DemonicPossession: Possesses Nyx in order to kill Spawn.
* TheDragon: To God, and even ''He'' is leery of her.
* KilledOffForReal: When her head is eaten by demonic dogs.
* KnightTemplar: Is utterly devoted to destroying Hell and its minions, regardless of whether said minions are actually evil.
* LightIsNotGood: Is an utterly insane angel with enough power to tear [[AscendedDemon God-Mode]] Spawn in half.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Was in total agreement with anything God decided, even her own imprisonment.
* OffWithHerHead: How Spawn defeats her.
* SealedEvilInACan: Even God deemed her too insane to be allowed to roam free.
* SycophanticServant: To God, even supporting His decision to imprison her.

[[folder:Mammon]]
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* BigBad:The Second one in the series.
* TheChessmaster: He is the mastermind behind ''all'' the events that led Al Simmons to become Spawn, having steered him towards evil since childhood. [[spoiler:Is heavily implied to be the demon Wynn made a deal with to start all of this.]]
* DemotedToDragon: When Satan returns, he is immediately demoted and reduced to begging for his life. Satan was NOT happy about Mammon's mistakes in his absence. Happens again in King Spawn.
* DirtyCoward: Will run if faced with something resembling a fair fight and never gets his hands dirty even if he can't avoid it; preferring to hide behind pawns like Morana.
* DragonAscendant: Took over the management of Hell in Satan's absence.
* FauxAffablyEvil: For all his charming behavior, he's still a demon and a corrupter who wants nothing more than supreme power for himself.
* KickTheDog: Does it any turn that he can. One such example is when he senselessly crushed a waitress' spirit by telling her of the bleak future in store for her.
* KnightOfCerebus: As soon as he shows up, the comic gets ''even darker.'' From Clown's near-takeover of New York by way of TheVirus to Armageddon being triggered prematurely to Spawn discovering a horrible truth about his life as Al Simmons...
* {{Mammon}}: A humanoid demon who dresses in high-class businessman attire. The theme of Greed is more subtle than in other depictions; instead, Mammon's main goal is to be the supreme ruler of Hell as well as take the Throne of Creation for himself so that he can also have control over Heaven.
* ManipulativeBastard: He is even better at this than Malebolgia or Wynn.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Prides himself in his affluence, and is the embodiment of [[SevenDeadlySins Greed]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: He assumes the name '''Malefick''' when he meets Al's mother and her children. Not that "Mammon" isn't an example of this trope, but you can't get much more [[ObviouslyEvil blatantly evil]] than a surname that literally ''means'' having a malicious influence.
* NavelDeepNeckline Her She-Spawn suit has a plunging neckline that goes past her navel.
* NonActionBigBad: Though not because he is weak; he just doesn't like to get his hands dirty if he can avoid it.
* TheOldGods: Is the last of the Forgotten Ones, a group of ancient and extremely powerful fallen angels who were cast out of Heaven eons ago for refusing to fight the angels who rebelled against God despite being on God's side.
* SealedEvilInACan: Is sealed away by [[spoiler:Nyx with the help of Cyan]].
* WickedCultured: As the incarnation of avarice, he takes the appearance of a man in an expensive suit. Comes back in King spawn.

[[folder:Satan]]

* BadBoss: Gouges out the eyes of one of his footsoldiers in the Armageddon arc just for telling him that Spawn wiped out his armies.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Pre-retcon, he noticeably has nothing in his groin area. He shares this trait with his brother.
* BigRedDevil: Both pre and post retcon, Satan is depicted as a crimson-skinned horned abomination capable of growing even bigger.
* CardCarryingVillain: He spells it out pretty clearly at the end of the Armageddon arc.
-->'''Satan:''' If I didn't give them free will there would be no UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, no UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, no war, no genocide... no '''''HELLSPAWN!'''''
* CompleteImmortality: Pre-''Resurrection'', he can't be destroyed by any means, so he's sealed away alongside God in a parallel universe for all eternity. Though he's destroyed in ''Resurrection'' by Spawn's makeshift nuke.
* DivineInfernalFamily: Before the retcon in ''Resurrection'' he and God were warring brothers, though post-''Resurrection'' it no longer applies.
* EnemyMine: Forms one with God after his Hellspawn are all sent back to Hell ... by Spawn. It lasts until after the two of them destroy him.
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: He's really no better than God and was just as much to blame for their ancient feud, using humans as cannon fodder for Armageddon. Retconned as of ''Resurrection'', where he's the BigBad to God's BigGood.
* GodOfEvil: He is God's twin brother and equal in power pre-retcon.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the entire ''Spawn'' franchise. Malebolgia himself answers to him.
* HostageForMacGuffin: He abducts Wanda's soul and offers it to Spawn in exchange for K7-Leetha, which he wants for himself. Simmons, knowing it's a trap, refuses.
* HulkingOut: When Spawn pisses him off, he bulks up and grows in size even more.
%%* {{Kaiju}}
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: For a few moments, after the destruction of Spawn, he begins to show guilt for the destruction he and God wrought, until God turns on him and [[NeverMyFault blames him for their war in the first place]].
* {{Satan}}: Well, who else would he be?
* SealedEvilInACan: Spawn banishes him and God to a parallel universe pre-retcon.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: When Spawn asks if Satan remembers what happened to Malebolgia,[[note]]Who's actually still around.[[/note]] Satan sneers that the demon-lord was weak and pathetic.

[[folder:God]]
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Pre-retcon, he noticeably has nothing in his groin area. He shares this trait with his brother.
* CompleteImmortality: Pre-''Resurrection'', he can't be destroyed by any means, so he's sealed away alongside Satan in a parallel universe for all eternity.
* DeadpanSnarker: When She appears before a crucified Al Simmons in Limbo, She snarks that She [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} tried crucifixion once]] and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
* DemiurgeArchetype: God from Pre-''Resurrection'' Spawn is actually a spawn of the Mother of Creation, the true god, and wages petty war against the equally-evil Satan, causing all the strife and misery in the series for the sake of power and so that all of creation would worship him. However, Post-Resurrection God is more benevolent.
* DirtyOldMan: Pre-''Resurrection'', it's mentioned many of the top tier angels appear as scantily clad supermodels is because God personally made them that way to suit his lecherous tastes.
* DivineInfernalFamily: Pre-''Resurrection'' he is Satan's brother. Post-''Resurrection'' the two are no longer related.
* EnemyMine: In the Armageddon arc, he forms one with Satan after Spawn incapacitates Zera. It lasts until after the two destroy him.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: In ''Resurrection'', She appears before Al Simmons in the form of a collie he had when he was a child.
* GenderFlip: God is originally referred to with male pronouns, but post-''Resurrection'' is referred to with female pronouns.
* GodIsEvil: Pre-''Resurrection'', God was portrayed as being just as bad as Satan. This is retconned following ''Spawn'' #250, though Spawn still hates her.
* GodIsGood: Post-''Resurrection'', she is retconned into being a good guy/gal.
* GodsHandsAreTied: What She tells Al Simmons in ''Resurrection'', that She wants to intervene, but can't.
* GreaterScopeParagon: post-resurrection
* GreaterScopeVillain: Pre-Resurrection
* KnightTemplar: Pre-''Resurrection'', this is the reason why He was portrayed as an antagonist. As seen in the Celestine mini-series, God even made it so that his angels who were zealously loyal and killed for him would end up in Hell after they died because the deaths they caused in His name are still deemed as murders and murderers were decreed to go to Hell when they die.
* LittleMissAlmighty: Mike refers to God using feminine pronouns, though Spawn refers to God as an androgyne.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Subverted. After killing Spawn, him and Satan begin to regret their annihilation of all humanity ... but then he turns and blames his brother for giving humans free will and starting their war in the first place.
* {{Narrator}}: Following the reboot, God narrates Spawn's ToHellAndBack adventure to save Wanda.
* NeverMyFault: After all of humanity is wiped out, God angrily blames it all on Satan for giving them free will in the first place.
* NotQuiteTheAlmighty: Pre-''Resurrection'', He wasn't the true TopGod, but Him and Satan were the sons of the real TopGod in the Man Of Miracles.
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: Pre-''Resurrection'', he hates how he's depicted in the Bible as a kind and compassionate being.
* {{Retcon}}: ''Resurrection'' brings Him - or rather [[LittleMissAlmighty Her]] - back and retcons the whole "God is the Man of Miracles' child and Satan's twin brother" stuff.
* SealedEvilInACan: Spawn banishes Him and Satan to a parallel universe. ''Resurrection'' retcons all this, along with the Man of Miracles being God's progenitor and Jesus.

[[folder:Bruce Stinson / Chapel]]
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See the {{Characters/YoungbloodImageComics}} character page.

[[folder:John Sansker / Jean de St Clair]]

* BadassBoast:
--> I'm not Bela Lugosi, I'm Heartless John, and I'm a vampire's vampire. I gargle with holy water and pick my teeth with crucifixes. In the Sudan, I once endured an hour of noon heat...
* TheBadGuyWins: Not only does he pull a KarmaHoudini at the end of ''Blood Feud'', but he technically succeeds in destroying pretty much anything around Spawn, turning everyone against him, from his homeless friends to his CIA contacts. The only thing he failed was his attempt to kill Spawn, and he doesn't seems to care much.
* HunterOfMonsters: He hunts mostly supernatural beings such as [[HunterOfHisOwnKind vampires]] and werewolves.
* KnightOfCerebus: In an already dark comic, he provides one of the darkest periods in Spawn's unlife, single-handedly ruining his reputation.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His pseudonym is a corruption of a nickname given to him, "Jean Sans-Coeur", meaning "Heartless John".
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He stands apart from other vampires, being much stronger than the average of his species. He resists things such as religious symbols and can even stand sunlight (he mentions having survived daylight in the Soudan). [[SmugSuper This plays a large part in his personality]].
* SmugSuper: Is prideful about his superiority over other vampires.
* SnakePeople: He can transform into a snake-like monster.
* TheSocialDarwinist: His speeches to Spawn sound a lot like this.
* TomatoInTheMirror: He turns out to be a vampire himself.

[[folder:Morana]]

* ActuallyNotAVampire: In most of her appearances, she wears a black cloak, has a pair of fangs and red eyes, and needs to drink blood. But it's revealed that she's somehow ''not'' a vampire, or a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vrykolakas,]] who are later introduced. One panel suggests that she had a demon placed inside her by Mammon, which caused her transformation. Furthermore, she cures herself of her condition by bathing in the blood of virgins.
* AntagonisticOffspring: to Al.Later retconned thanks to ressurrction and king spawn makes them unrelated.
* BlackCloak: Wears one in most of her appearances, keeping her identity hidden.
* BloodBath: More like "blood shower." She strings a few White Light followers up by their feet and beheads them, then showers herself in their blood, turning her human.
* CombatTentacles: Uses some thorny-looking ones as a Hellspawn.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Was killed by Al while still in Wanda's womb.
* DarkIsEvil: She dresses in a BlackCloak and has her face enshrouded in shadow, and is a sadistic, vampiric being in service to Mammon.
* TheDragon: To Mammon, who raised her to hate her father.
* DragonInChief: Is far more of a fighter than her master and when she goes down, they both do.
* EvilCounterpart:Both to her father and Nyx.
* EvilIsBigger: Once she dons the K-7 Leetha symbiote, she grows to an immense height, which she uses to her advantage to crush the Legion.
* FreudianExcuse: Al nearly killed her while Wanda was pregnant with her, but when it turned out that she survived, she was led to believe — likely by Mammon — that her parents "threw her away like trash".
* HeroicLineage: Well, more like "Villainous Lineage." Mammon had been manipulating her parents' bloodlines to have countless Hellspawn as her ancestors.
* [[IHateYouVampireDad I Hate You, Hellspawn Dad]]: Hates her father for nearly killing her before she was even born, and was raised by Mammon as the perfect Hellspawn.
* ManipulativeBitch: Offers a suicidal vrykolakas a chance to die in exchange for biting Spawn. At the end, the vrykolakas is trapped in a permanent GroundhogDayLoop, being forced to relive the events leading to the loop over and over again.
* MeaningfulName: She was named after the Slavic goddess of death.
* SealedEvilInACan: Is sealed away by Nyx.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her version of the She-Spawn suit is noticeably more revealing than Nyx's.
* TheSymbiote: K-7 Leetha ditches Al to bond with Morana. Of course didn’t last
* TragicVillain: "Killed" by her own father while she was still in the womb, then raised by Mammon as a vampiric creature with the intention of becoming the perfect Hellspawn? Yeah, pretty tragic. The. Her origin got retconned.
* WalkingSpoiler: Is Spawn's miscarried daughter and the final antagonist he faces before committing suicide. Of course didn’t last and Morana’s origins got retconned.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bludd]]
A vampire with an interest in Jim Downing.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In his human guise of Matthew Ramus, Bludd controlled a multinational conglomerate called the Ramus Corporation.
* EnemyMine: In his efforts to take K7-Leetha for himself, he has allied with both demons and angels.
* MeatPuppet: He's turned into one by K7-Leetha when she ditches Jim Downing to fight him.

[[folder:Omega Spawn]]

* DeadPersonImpersonation: Claimed to be the part of Al Simmons' soul that embodied all his evil.
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Mammon gave him enough power to rival Malebolgia.
* EnemyWithout: Was initially stated to be what was left of Al Simmons after his suicide.
* EvilIsBigger
* EvilCounterpart: to regular spawn
* GalacticConqueror: omega the conqueror took over planets
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: He had a massive mouth lined with fangs.
* OneWingedAngel: Omega Spawn was initially stated to be the piece of Al Simmons' soul that embodied all that was evil in him and had descended into Hell after his suicide, attaining power equal to Malebolgia's.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Godsend]]
A sadistic archangel warrior wearing a living costume similar to a Hellspawn symbiote.

* CombatTentacles: His outfit's stole functions similarly to Spawn's chains and cape.
* EnemyMine: When he first appears before Spawn he extends the offer of a temporary alliance to destroy Hell before fighting each other. After Spawn rejects this, he [[spoiler:forms an alliance with Cogliostro and the Clown]].
* HeroKiller: He is an angelic warrior who has a reputation for killing Hellspawn, and also [[spoiler:claims to have killed Angela and her allies. He's also implied to have killed Nyx]].
* InTheHood: His symbiote manifests a translucent blue hood that changes shape depending on his mood.
* LightIsNotGood: He's an angel, but he's very much an antagonist.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: He has a cheekless mouth with [[TombstoneTeeth dozens of identical teeth]], contributing to his unnerving appearance. When he's enraged they turn into [[FangsAreEvil fangs]].
* RazorWings: He can extend his wings and slash things with his feathers.
* SinisterScythe: When confronting Spawn for the final time, he wields a scythe.
* TheSymbiote: Godsend's outfit is pretty much an angelic version of Spawn's symbiote, sporting a translucent blue hood that changes shape depending on his mood and a stole wrapped around his arms that he uses in much the same manner that Spawn uses his cape and chains.
* WingedHumanoid: As an archangel, he has four white avian wings.

[[folder:Plague Spawn]]
The first Hellspawn, an entity formed when the demon-lord called the Serpent and the angelic Deceiver allied to claim the skulls of their commanders, the Black Angel and White Demon, and merged them together. After his death, his power was harnessed by Malebolgia and the Violator to create the Hellspawn symbiotes. He was called Plague Spawn.

* AncientEvil: The original Hellspawn was a supernatural warlord who existed at the time of the first Armageddon, thousands -- possibly millions of years ago.
* AxCrazy: More deranged that the other hellspawns
* BornOfHeavenAndHell: The original Hellspawn was created when the demonic Serpent and the angelic Deceiver merged the skulls of the Black Angel and White Demon, creating an entity that possessed the powers of both.
* DoubleWeapon: The original Hellspawn is shown wielding a double-bladed battleaxe in Issue #291.
* HerosEvilPredecessor: The original Hellspawn was a warlord and tyrant who presided over Hell until he died.Expect not as he was sealed away
* HumanoidAbomination: A fusion between a dark angel and a light demon, the Hellspawn proved more powerful than both Heaven and Hell's forces combined.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: He wore the fused skulls of the Black Angel and White Demon as a mask.
* PsychoProtoType: Plague was this for the Hellspawns due to him he more deranged and uncontrollable.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Has red eyes and Red stripes as well as being more eviler than regular spawn.
* SpikesOfVillainy: He has spikes on his back.
* WingedHumanoid: He had a pair of black angelic wings, evocative of a FallenAngel. later retconned to have spikes instead as Plague Spawn

[[folder:Ab & Zab]]
Abadon and Zabraxas, a pair of lesser demons known as "openers" ordered by Malebolgia to summon the dark god Urizen to trigger Armageddon. After Urizen is defeated and Malebolgia slain, Ab and Zab spend their time as reluctant servants to Spawn and occasionally performing random acts of chaos.

* EvilDuo: Ab is the partier of the two, while Zab is a bit more pessimistic and reserved.
* PunchClockHero: They're only in service to Spawn for their own self-preservation and go around corrupting and murdering people and sometimes opening portals to Hell when they have free time.
* PunchClockVillain: Initially serve as this to Malebolgia. They aren't all that interested in kickstarting Armageddon, although it's subverted when they start doing horrific things in their spare time.
* RedRightHand: Easily identifiable as evil with their facial tattoos.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They haven't been seen since the ''Tale of Three Brothers'' arc.

[[folder:The Curse]]
A Relious Zealot who turned himself into a cyborg
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* TheFundamentalist: He's a fervent religious zealot, prone to self-mutilation to prove his worth to God. He's also determined to kill Spawn when he discovers that he's a creature from Hell.
* InTheHood
* KnightTemplar
* MadScientist

[[folder:Heep]]

[[folder:Belial]]

[[folder:Bingo]]

[[folder:Cy-Gor]]

[[folder:Decay]]

[[folder:Gabrielle]]

[[folder:Hellion]]

[[folder:King Spider]]

[[folder:The Freak]]
A Man named Bryan Kulizbrci who went mad after his wife left him.
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* AxCrazy- Freak really lives up to his name that's for sure.
* DemonicPossession:Was Possessed by Malebolgia during the Downing saga.
* TheUndead: His current State.
* WildCard

[[folder:Soul Crusher 1]]

[[folder:Dark Redeemer/Forsaken]]
The First Redeemer
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* EvilCounterpart: To The current Redeemer
* PsychoPrototype
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He is Abel the brother of Cain aka Cogliostro now Sinn after he died and went to heaven]]

[[folder:Cataclysm]]
The New Leader of Hell and replacement of the Hellspawns
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* ActionDad:Father of Avaron and many other sons
* FromNobodyToNightmare:From A lowlily Solider in hell to becoming their new ruler.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver

[[folder:Urizen]]
An ancient god that existed before heaven and hell
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* TheBusCameBack: Returns in the Scorched comics.
* EvilIsBigger: Urizen is one of the largest villains in the series.
* EldritchAbomination: Existed before Heaven and hell
* PhysicalGod: Strong enough that both Heaven and Hell consider him a threat.
* TimeAbyss: Said to be Eons old

[[folder:Margaret Love]]
A russian spy who later teams up with necro Cop
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* BreakoutVillain: Went from being a one shot villain to becoming a recurring foe for Scorched.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Necro Cop.

[[folder: Necro Cop]]
A robotic Hellspawn created from Spawn's cape and later teams up with Margaret love.
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* BreakOutVillain: A former One shot villain now a recurring foe for the Scorched.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Margaret love.

[[folder:Mandarin Spawn]]
an ancient Hellspawn from China.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Was reborn as a hellspawn to get back at his Tormentors.

[[folder:Rapture]]
A zealot scientist from Heaven who took over Heaven and leads the Purifiers.
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* KnightTemplar
* MadScientist
* TyrantTakesTheHelm

[[folder:Black Azazel]]
A Fallen angel who lost one of his wings.
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* FallenAngel

[[folder:Dakota]]
The daughter of Violator
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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: She is the Daughter of Violator who thankfully did not take after his looks.

[[folder:Tiffany]]
A bounty hunter from heaven sent to kill spawn
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* DarkActionGirl

[[folder:Jericho]]

[[folder:Tremor]]
A cyborg who used to work for the mafia.
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* TheBrute: Was this for the mafia before going rogue.
* SuperPrototype: For Overtkill.

[[folder:Behemoth]]
A large monster born to bring ruin.
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* BloodKnight
* TheBrute

[[folder:Gaia]]
The Ruler of Greenworld
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* EldritchAbomination
* GaiasVengeance
* GreaterScopeVillain

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Raven Spawn]]
One of Malebolgia's deathknights
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* DarkIsEvil-One of the antagonistic hellspawns

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[[folder:Nightmare Spawn]]
An ancient Hellspawn who travels between the real world and the dream world
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* DarkisEvil
* WingedHumanoid
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[[folder:Simon Pure]]

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[[folder:Theus]]

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[[folder:Brimestone]]

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[[folder: Admonisher]]

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[[folder: Thamuz]]

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[[folder: The Discple]]

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[[folder: Cadiclus]]

* TheDragon: To Sinn

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[[folder: Sulture]]

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[[folder: Rafael]]

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[[folder: Chief Banks]]

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[[folder: Red-Sleeves]]

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[[folder: Tar Merrival]]

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[[folder: Hel]]

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[[folder: Sin-Devouers]]

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[[folder: Bateman Merrival]]

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[[folder:Brock Fennel]]

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[[folder: Mark of the Beast]]

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[[folder: Luciano Bartino]]

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[[folder:Solomon Pure]]

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[[folder:Planet Eaters]]
* EldritchAbomination

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[[folder:Major Vale]]

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[[folder:Ordeal]]

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[[folder:The Offering]]

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[[folder: Malcolm]]

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