John Mawbley

Emerging from the dark, visceral world of Image Comics' Curse of the Spawn in 1996, John Mawbley is a creature of the gritty Modern Age horror-tinged corner of the Spawn universe, brought to life by writer Alan McElroy and artist Dwayne Turner. His story unfolds across a series that pushed the boundaries of what a superhero imprint could do, sharing its shadowy pages with characters like Gretchen Culver, Detective Brayde, and the menacing Suture. With only a handful of catalogued appearances across the title's late-'90s run, Mawbley is a deep-cut figure — the kind of character that rewards fans who dig past the headline names into the rich, strange margins of Image's most ambitious horror experiment.