Spawn: The Dark Ages Book Club - Issues 16 | 17 | 18 - Nov. 29th, 2015 - Dec. 5th, 2015

What a bright and sunny Sunday morning for Spawn: The Dark Ages Book Club. Totally ruins the mood.

Listen, I want to piss and moan about the lack of participation in these threads... but then I'd be a huge hypocrite. So, let's use this Sunday morning to shame ourselves into leaving some comments below, alright? Not just any comments, but comments about this weeks reading, of course!

Don't let me hold you up. Get on with it!

What we're reading this week:

Issue 16 - Heart of the Hellspawn

• Covenant finds himself miles from Rhyll, and still on the run, when he encounters Shiann, his lost lover. Although Covenant knows she is long dead, he willingly follows her to a clearing in the forest, and discovers too late that he has been led into a trap. A small band of Druids are waiting for him, and perform a ritual that drains Covenant of his Hellspawn powers: his necroplasm. When Spawn realizes he is bleeding red blood, he assumes he has once again become a man. He assumes he is now free from the curse of being a Hellspawn. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Issue 17 - The Circle and the Worm

• Covenant awakens as a man, not realizing that the dark powers that chose him as a Hellspawn will not let him break his contract with them so easily, While Gareth makes his way through the forest with the stolen Necroplasm, Covenant is driven to return to Rhyll. On the way, he encounters a band of thieves who beat the Hellspawn nearly to death. The pain and agony he suffers are a torturous new experience for the Hellspawn. Still, he pushes on to the town of Rhyll. There, he is greeted by young Alek - one of the few survivors of the destruction of the city.

Issue 18 - Crucified

• The remaining residents of Rhyll are not pleased to see the man they think murdered most of their families. They prepare to crucify the Hellspawn, when suddenly another victim of the Beast of the Wood is found. This victim has been killed while Covenant was held captive. The people of Rhyll agree it was not the Hellspawn who killed their families. At the same time, Gareth meets up with Makus, an Inceni, who shows him the place that has been prepared for storing the Necroplasm. Back in Rhyll, little Alek gives Covenant his freedom, and the people of Rhyll must battle the Beast by themselves. Spawn searches for Cogliostro to get answers, but Cogliostro has no use for a mortal, and washes his hands of the Hellspawn.

How we're reading it:

• Singles
• Spawn: The Dark Ages - The Complete Collection
• Spawn .cbr