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Reneé, a young runaway, has her bravery and pain tolerance tested in exchange for a place to stay in an abandoned house. Later, Mark, the master of the house, drugs her and begins a sacrificial ceremony when Spawn intervenes. And even though Mark demonstrates a hypnotic power over others he comes in contact with, he wants Spawn's powers. Mark makes Spawn an offer to exchange powers and lives.

Reneé was a young runaway who was searching for a place to stay when she found out about Mark's house. When her friend introduced her to him he was in the mall using his powers to get money with his gang, who called him The Gate-Keeper, and was looking for a new member. Since her friend Ricky had recently left she thought a spot might be open. When Reneé asked to join them he put her through an initiation. He placed a cigarette between their arms and told her if she flinched before it burnt out she would not be accepted. Reneé accepted but she moved before it burnt out and she was forced to leave as Mark taunted her for her "weakness". Meanwhile Spawn is confronted by a demon who possessed the body of a young boy. The demon threatens Spawn but he wals away and the boys mother calls out to him, with the demon now gone he tells her he was just looking at a poster. Coincidentally the poster was that of the Creech, one of Greg Capullo's comics. Meanwhile Mark performed a special ritual in which he ate a cockroach and sat inside of a pentagram. Later Mark left to a club which he used his powers to get into, once inside however he is assaulted. Instead of fighting him however Mark uses his powers to force the man into thinking there were worms coming out from his mouth and forced into a state of shock as he begged for help. As Mark walked around the club he finds Reneé attempting to get drugs and tells her that he now believes her strong enough to join and invites her to the house. Once there he gives Reneé a drug called Laudanum. Soon however the drug makes her want to puke and she runs into the next room where she finds Ricky's body sealed in a bag, then Mark captures Reneé. Soon Mark is performing yet another ritual to "attract someone". Then Spawn appears and attacks Mark throwing him into the room where Reneé is in. When Spawn tries to free her Mark binds him when he ignites a special pentagram sealing him with the elements, blood and Black Cat Bone. There he offers Spawn a deal.

Spawn (1992)

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Al Simmons, once the U.S. government's greatest soldier and most effective assassin, was mercilessly executed by his own men. Resurrected from the ashes of his own grave in a flawed agreement with the powers of darkness, Simmons is reborn as a creature from the depths of Hell. A Hellspawn. Now Spawn must choose between his life on Earth and his place on a throne in Hell.

Trade Paperbacks#01-05: Spawn Book 1: Beginnings#06-09 & 11: Spawn Book 2: Dark Discoveries#12-15: Spawn Book 3#16-20: Spawn Book 4#21-25: Spawn Book 5: Death & Rebirth#26-30: Spawn Book 6: Pathway to Judgement#31-34: Spawn Book 7: Deadman's Touch#35-38: Spawn Book 8: Betrayal of Blood#39-42: Spawn Book 9: Urban Jungle#43-47: Spawn Book 10: The Vengeance of the Dead#48-50: Spawn Book 11: Crossroads#51-54: Spawn Book 12: Immortality#150-155: Spawn: The Armageddon Collection Part 1#156-164: Spawn: The Armageddon Collection Part 2#150-164: Spawn: The Complete Armageddon Collection#166-169: Spawn: New Flesh Collection#170-175: Spawn: Neo Noir#185-190: Spawn: Endgame Volume 1#191-196: Spawn: Endgame Volume 2Spawn Resurrection (#251-255)

In 2009 the trades were redesigned and reformatted in the Origins Collection:

Spawn Origins vol. 1 (#01-06)Spawn Origins vol. 2 (#7-8, 11-14)Spawn Origins vol .3 (#15-20)Spawn Origins vol. 4 (#21-26)Spawn Origins vol. 5 (#27-32)Spawn Origins vol. 6 (#33-38)Spawn Origins vol. 7 (#39-44)Spawn Origins vol. 8 (#45-50)Spawn Origins vol. 9 (#51-56)Spawn Origins vol. 10 (#57-62)Spawn Origins vol. 11 (#63-68)Spawn Origins vol. 12 (#69-74)Spawn Origins vol. 13 (#75-80)Spawn Origins vol. 14 (#81-86)Spawn Origins vol. 15 (#87-92)Spawn Origins vol. 16 (#93-98)Spawn Origins vol. 17 (#99-104)Spawn Origins vol. 18 (#105-110)Spawn Origins vol. 19 (#111-116)Spawn Origins vol. 20 (#117-122)

Starting in 2010 hardcover Origins collections were also released, each hardcover edition collects an average of two of the Origins trade paperbacks.

Hardcover EditionSpawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 1 – collects issues #1–12Spawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 2 – collects issues #13–25Spawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 3 – collects issues #26–37Spawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 4 – collects issues #38–50Spawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 5 – collects issues #51–62Spawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 6 – collects issues #63–75Spawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 7 – collects issues #76–87Spawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 8 – collects issues #88–100Spawn Origins: (Hardcover Edition) Book 9 – collects issues #101–112

Deluxe Edition

Spawn Origins Collection: Deluxe Edition Volume 1 – collects issues #1–25Spawn Origins Collection: Deluxe Edition Volume 2 – collects issues #26–50Spawn Origins Collection: Deluxe Edition Volume 3 – collects issues #51–75Spawn Origins Collection: Deluxe Edition Volume 4 – collects issues #76–100

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