Violator (Spawn)
Violator is a demonic comic supervillain who features in Spawn.
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Biography
The Violator was a male demon from Hell who was one of the five famous Phlebiac Brothers. (Spawn v1 #8)
Long ago, he was dispatched by his master to test a Hellspawn wizard in the human world. This involved kidnapping his love in order to force a confrontation. As a result, the two battled one another where ultimately the Violator was slain but the spawn's love rebuffed him after seeing his horrific appearance. The Violator was thus returned to Hell where his master Malebolgia restored him and was pleased as the demon's actions had destroyed the last love the Hellspawn felt which would make him a worthy addition into their armies. Meanwhile, the encounter on Earth became regarded as legend with the Violator being seen as a dragon thus bringing those creatures into Western beliefs. (Spawn v1 #15)
Taking the guise of a clown, he was tasked with checking up on the newest Hellspawn that was Al Simmons. Before doing so, the Violator began a rampage where he started killing humans from murdering people at the Dawncorp building to killing more humans where he claimed their hearts. (Spawn v1 #2) He met with Spawn in an alleyway but Simmons refused to join the clown who turned into his demonic form. With apparent ease, the Violator came to pull out the heart of the Hellspawn and was about to leave him for dead when Simmons stood back up to confront him. (Spawn v1 #3)
In Hell, he took the guise of Little Jessica where 'she' was among a group of human survivors attempting to conduct a test on Billy Kincaid after he was reborn in that realm. He then took Kincaid to the Eighth Sphere that was ruled by Malebolgia and intended to bond him to the K3-Myrlu neural parasite. (Spawn v1 #8)
Trapped on Earth, the Violator was stuck in his human form where he looked for a way to regain his lost power. (Spawn v1 #15)
He later got caught by mobsters that tried to kill him by securing his feet in concrete and throwing him into the waters by the docks. Violator managed to free himself and killed the mobsters at the scene. Afterwards, he had to contend with a hired Mafia enforcer named the Admonisher sent to kill him. (Violator v1 #1) It was then that his four demonic siblings among the Phlebiac Brothers arrived who manifested on Earth in order to kill Violator themselves to prevent their reputation from being sullied any further. (Violator v1 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In his human guise, he had the form of a 3 foot 10 inches who was said to resemble a bad miniature sumo wrestler. (Spawn v1 #15)
He claimed that he lived to serve his master. (Spawn v1 #3)
According to the Violator, God was his enemy and loved to torture humans that worshipped Him. (Spawn v1 #15)
Violator was shown to had hated humans and was not impressed with Al Simmons in being a Hellspawn. (Spawn v1 #3) He had the habit of eating mortal hearts even those of children though commented that he preferred those of grown humans. (Spawn v1 #15)
As a demon, he said that he was reluctant to die because he knew where he would end up. (Violator v1 #1)
As one of the Phlebiac Brothers, he had four more famous siblings with these being the demons Vacillator, Vindicator, Vandalizer and Vaporizer. Each was born of a different mother who died giving birth o them. It as said that Violator had a case of sibling rivalry in that he hated his younger siblings. (Violator v1 #2)
Powers and abilities
As a demon, he was capable of transforming from his true form to one that resembled a clown-like human. (Spawn v1 #2) It was his nature that allowed him to survive grievous injuries such as the destruction of his heart. Violator also possessed incredible superhuman strength where he was able to throw a Hellspawn to the side with ease. (Spawn v1 #4)
He was able to fire a blast of fiery energy from his mouth that could injure his targets. (Spawn v1 #15)
Notes
- Violator was created by Todd McFarlane where he made his first appearance in Spawn v1 #2 (May, 1992).
- In 2009, IGN came to rank the character as the 97th-greatest comic book villain of all time.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Spawn: The Animated Series, the Violator appeared in the HBO animated television mini-series where his Clown form was voiced by actor Christopher Daniel Barnes whilst his demonic form by voiced by actor James Hanes.
Films
- In Spawn, the Violator appeared in the 1997 live-action film where his Clown form was portrayed by actor John Leguizamo.
Video games
- In Spawn: The Eternal, the Violator appeared as a boss-level antagonist in the video game.
- In Spawn: Armageddon, the Violator appeared as a boss-level antagonist in the video game.
- In Spawn: In the Demon's Hand, the Violator appeared as a playable character in the video game where he was voiced by actor John Stocker in his human form and by actor Sean Sullivan in his demonic form.
- In Mortal Kombat 11, the Violator made a cameo appearance in his clown form during Spawn's intro sequence in the fighting video game where his head was mounted on a spike.
Appearances
- Spawn v1: (1992)
- Violator v1:
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