Spawn

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CTL-W-1344 · Work

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Combined Graph record U-03213 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1344. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Spawn is a comic book series created by Todd McFarlane The Spawn comic book series was first published in 1992 by Image Comics, matching stored year 1992, and sold over 1.7 million copies Spawn is the longest-running creator-owned superhero comic book series (Guinness World Records title awarded at Spawn #301, 2019)

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Spawn is a comic book series created by Todd McFarlane The Spawn comic book series was first published in 1992 by Image Comics, matching stored year 1992, and sold over 1.7 million copies Spawn is the longest-running creator-owned superhero comic book series (Guinness World Records title awarded at Spawn #301, 2019)

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Year: 1992
Work type: comic

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https://imagecomics.com/press-releases/guinness-world-records-title-awarded-to-todd-mcfarlane-for-spawn (verification source · master store)

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Spawn is a comic book series created by Todd McFarlane The Spawn comic book series was first published in 1992 by Image Comics, matching stored year 1992, and sold over 1.7 million copies Spawn is the longest-running creator-owned superhero comic book series (Guinness World Records title awarded at Spawn #301, 2019)

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