Spawn #122-#124

Plot: Todd McFarlane & Brian Holguin
Story: Brian Holguin
Pencils: Angel Medina
Inks: Danny Miki, Victor Olazaba, Allen Martinez,
Crime Lab Studios

Published by Image Comics
http://www.imagescomics.com / http://www.spawn.com

It never ends: Al Simmons grave has been desecrated, his body exhumed. Al's former wife Wanda and her husband, Al's best friend Terry talk to police about the confusing situation, just the latest in their lives since Al has died. Meanwhile across town a young witch named Nyx experiences visions, Detectives Sam and Twitch are once again drawn into the web left by Al Simmons and a man walks through the park, hungry, alone and with no memory of who he is or where he came from. Just that he's free.

Events however quickly escalate as Nyx finds the man wandering alone in the park. He is the one in her visions and what she needs to do to help him, may just destroy the man he is. The United States Government wants to know why Al Simmons body is missing and they call upon the one man who may know, Jason Wynn, held without trial all these years. Under the guidance of a demonic presence from the past he begins to claw his way back into power.

Such are the events of Salvation Road, the current arc in Spawn by the creative team of Todd McFarlane, Brian Holguin and Angel Medina. Even though it has been two or three years since I've picked up an issue of Spawn, reading the middle issues of this arc was liked I hadn't missed a beat. This is the prefect time to jump onto Spawn if you haven't read it in a while.

It's nice to se that Todd still has a hand in his creation. For better or worse, depending on whom you ask, Todd still finds the time to steer his baby in the direction he wants. Brian Holguin is right there with him to craft the tales. While not being very familiar with his other past work, Brian writes a very good story. Easy to read and easy to follow. He's building on over one hundred issues of past history with out making it too bogged down in explanations and narrative.

However, if there's one thing that the Spawn comics are noted for it's the artwork and Angel Medina fills those shoes quite well. His style is an amazing fit to what McFarlane and Capullo brought to the drawing table before him and he had a lot of practice working on the KISS book Psycho Circus title for most of its run. What grabs my eye is the attention to detail, whether its his ability to fill the pages with crawling insects or a garbage filled alley, there's always plenty to look at.

The entire Salvation Road story arc should be out now on your local comic book stores shelves. Check 'em out.

Reviewer: Ian Ascher

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