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ComicBook.com can exclusively reveal the cover for Batman/Spawn: The Deluxe Edition. Not only will this special edition contain the recent crossover from Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo, but it’ll also include the original ’90s crossovers between the characters: Spawn/Batman from Frank Miller and Todd McFarlane and Batman/Spawn: War Devil #1 by legendary Batman writers and artists Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, and Klaus Janson. Batman/Spawn: The Deluxe Edition will include Greg Capullo’s pencils for Batman/Spawn #1, Klaus Janson’s inks from Batman/Spawn: War Devil, a collection of retailer cover variants, and much more.
“We had the first one Frank Miller and I did, that did pretty well. Then years later we announced another one that I was going to do and Greg Capullo was going to draw,” McFarlane previously told ComicBook.com in 2017 about another Batman & Spawn crossover. “Then Greg ends up being the pre-eminent Batman artist of the last few years, so we were sort of ahead of the curb. Maybe we’ll resurrect that when the time’s right. I think that both of the characters visually fit with each other, and I think that there’s enough character differences that it’s not just the same guy in a different suit. The story I pitched them was about how all the opposites — character flaws if you will. Hopefully someday I can find an opening there to do that myself.”
Batman/Spawn released a slew of variant covers from legendary artists like Jim Lee, Chief Creative Officer & Publisher of DC. “It was 100% challenging because the two characters do share a lot of visual similarities and they are both driven by a core need to exact justice, so the mission was – how can I compare and contrast in a single cover who these characters are?” Lee told IGN about drawing the two comic book heroes together. “So, with Spawn, I went with a slimmer, more athletic build where the cape was a living extension of this powers. And with Batman, I chose a squared-off, thicker, old-school boxer physique. Hunched over with coiled muscles, this Batman reacts with lightning speed to any threat and his cape is more of a camouflage element-a way for Batman to blend into the deepest of shadows.”
Batman/Spawn: The Deluxe Edition goes on sale April 4th. Let us know your thoughts on the cover and the one-shot in the comments.
