Al Simmons is a paid assassin, but when he begins to question his role in the corrupt business run by mogul
Jason Wynn, his boss orders him killed. Simmons goes to hell, where he encounters Malebolgia (the devil) and
makes a deal with him to become a Hellspawn and lead the forces of evil in Armageddon in order to see his wife
again.
However, the devil, being the eternal schemer, returns Simmons (now Spawn) disfigured and without his memory,
with super powers including the ability to teleport and a "living" armour that obeys Spawn's mental
commands and instinctively acts to protect him. Spawn slowly regains his memory and finds that things have
changed on Earth since his death five years ago.
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