Al Simmons (Spawn)
Al Simmons is a male comic character who features in Spawn.
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Biography
Albert Francis Simmons was a male human who was the second of three children of Bernard Simmons and Esther Simmons with him being born in Detroit, Michigan.
During a Republic Convention in 1984, he came to be introduced to Wanda Blake by her high school best friend Martin Alexander. (Spawn v1 #1)
Simmons was a very intelligent and physically strong officer in the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He later joined the United States Secret Service and became a highly decorated member. This led to his promotion to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In the CIA, Simmons was recruited into a special division known as the U.S. Security Group, a task force with jurisdiction in all domestic and foreign situations, commanded by CIA Director Jason Wynn.
One of his more notable actions was saving the life of the President from an assassination attempt. Afterwards, he came to rise through the ranks of the Marine Corps following his service overseas. After the Hinckley Incident, he came to disappear from public view with it said that he had been involved in numerous covert government task forces. (Spawn v1 #1)
Services were then held for Lt. Colonel Al Simmons at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia. (Spawn v1 #1)
After being murdered during a mission in Botswana by a fellow assassin acting on the orders of Director Wynn, Simmons is sent to Hell because of his life as an assassin. Making a deal with the devil, Simmons agrees to become a Hellspawn and serve Malebolgia if he is allowed to see his wife, Wanda, one last time. Malebolgia returns Simmons to the living realm, but with only the barest of memories, a badly burned body, and a watch dog, the Clown.
Spawn arrived on Earth in a daze, off-balance and disoriented. He only had vague recollections of his past and how he came to be. He knew his name was 'Al Simmons' and that he died, but not much more. Occasionally receiving painful flashbacks, he began remembering making the deal with the devil to come back to see his wife, but he couldn't remember her name. Spawn returned to a world, now alien to him, and realized he had lost five years since his death before returning. (Spawn v1 #1) Using CIA files, he tracked down his wife's location to find his best friend, Terry, had married Wanda and they now had a daughter named Cyan. (Spawn v1 #3) Spawn soon ran into a fellow Hellspawn who informs him his powers are powered by Necroplasm. Once they are used up, he must return to hell. (Spawn v1 #4) Not wanting to return to Hell, Spawn attempted to find out his new purpose in life, while using as little power as possible. Spawn was thrown into several anti-hero adventures where he took down street gangs and organized crime in New York City in brutal fashion. Finding himself thrown against Italian mobsters and eventually killing a pedophiliac serial killer, Spawn found a new purpose in stopping evil. (Spawn v1 #5) The Mafia was furious with Spawn as they blamed him for a string of recent mob deaths actually performed by Violator. His first big test was against the cyborg mob enforcer, OvertKill which he had barely survived. (Spawn v1 #7)
Recognizing the immense threat that this new Hellspawn presented in the living realm, Heaven watched as a freelancer attempted to take him down. Spawn narrowly escaped defeat from Angela when he sent her back to heaven by turning her own Dimensional Lance against her. (Spawn v1 #9)
Recognizing the power, Heaven ordered Gabrielle, the director of the Terran Affairs Headquarters, to dispatch a Redeemer to take care of him before he became too powerful. An Orbital Angel Station picked Jason Wynn to become the new Redeemer but was ultimately defeated by Spawn. (Spawn v1 #18)
Spawn began forming a close relationship with the local bums living in the Bowery Alleyways. He began calling this his new home and claimed the bums were under his protection, but also becoming his weakness in the process. Along the way he meets up with the magician Harry Houdini and learns about his newfound magic powers. During a brief scuffle, Spawn took a bullet to the face for Terry Fitzgerald who began receiving blame for crimes against the CIA that Spawn had actually performed. Bobby the bum helped fix the wound by stitching it shut with a shoelace. (Spawn v1 #21)
On top of the CIA heat, Antonio "Tony Twist" Twistelli soon mistakenly pegs Terry as the culprit behind the Violator's mob-targeted killing spree. He sends a rebuilt and reprogrammed OvertKill--fresh from an embarrassing defeat in a crossover--after Fitzgerald. Spawn protected his friend and eventually revealed his true identity to Terry. Only a single shot from Twitch's gun, going through OvertKill's ear and disrupting his programming saves the day as the mafia supersoldier heads off to find Badrock. (Spawn v1 #23)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Two years before his death, he came to voted as one of the top ten sexiest men. After his death, he was transformed and his face and features were all monstrous with him seeming to have burnt skin all over his boy. (Spawn v1 #1)
It was remarked that he was a man of courage and integrity. (Spawn v1 #1)
Simmons found his military service to be something he was proud of when he was alive. (Spawn v1 #1)
He was noted to had been married with his wife being Wanda Blake. (Spawn v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
A process of his transformation was that he came to lose some of his memories. (Spawn v1 #1)
Spawn's body is quite dense, weighing over four hundred pounds, and is composed completely of Necroplasm. (Spawn v1 #29)
By emitting a specific pheromone, Spawn can call upon creatures of darkness to his beacon. The creatures will attack beings of light if present. (Spawn v1 #44)
At one point, the Man of Miracles had given him fruit from the Tree of Life and propelled his power to relative-omnipotent levels, enabling him to rival God and Satan. Now with the powers equal to both God and Satan, Spawn is the third power in the battle of Armageddon. Spawn has apparent control over the Earth itself, using it to his will when in battle against both armies. Spawn used the Earth to swallow all other Hellspawn and imprison them back in Hell. (Spawn v1 #161)
Notes
- The Al Simmons Spawn was created by Todd McFarlane where he featured in the setting of Spawn v1 #1 (May, 1992).
In other media
Television
- In Todd McFarlane's Spawn, Al Simmons as Spawn featured in the 1999 animated HBO television series where he was voiced by actor Keith David.
Films
- In Spawn, Al Simmons as Spawn featured in the 1997 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Michael Jai White.
Video games
- In Soulcalibur II, Al Simmons as Spawn appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was voiced by Japanese actor Akio Otsuka and by actor Kevin Michael Richardson in the English dub.
- In Mortal Kombat 11, Al Simmons as Spawn appeared as a playable character in DLC content for the fighting video game where he was voiced by actor Keith David.
Appearances
- Spawn v1: (1992)
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