{"product_id":"spawn-356-mark-spears-variant","title":"Spawn #356 Mark Spears Variant","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSpawn #356 — Mark Spears Variant Cover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA painted variant cover by \u003cstrong\u003eMark Spears\u003c\/strong\u003e on Todd McFarlane's \u003cstrong\u003eSpawn ongoing\u003c\/strong\u003e — the longest-running creator-owned superhero series in modern American comics. Issue #356 sits inside the current \u003cstrong\u003eDeadzones\u003c\/strong\u003e storyline arc: Spawn investigates rumours of a possible solution to the Deadzones, uncertain whether what he's tracking is a genuine breakthrough or a trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors, the structural appeal of this issue is the artist\/character intersection. Mark Spears has built one of the most consistent modern indie horror cover catalogues — Vampirella, Red Sonja, his own Monsters line, plus a recurring presence on the Spawn-line variant program. Spawn as a property has carried a defined modern variant collector base since 1992, and Spears variants on Spawn issues are a recognised slot inside that wider lane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is brand-new, raw \u003cstrong\u003eNear Mint\u003c\/strong\u003e, unread, bagged and boarded. UK insured tracked dispatch from Canterbury, Kent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: Spawn (Ongoing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIssue: #356\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Image Comics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover Artist: Mark Spears (Variant)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStory Arc: Deadzones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Comic · 32 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover Price: $2.99 USD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Raw NM · Unread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Matters\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpears + Spawn intersection.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two defined modern collector lanes converging on a single book — Spears full-artist run buyers + Spawn variant cover buyers both anchor on the same SKU.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMark Spears name.\u003c\/strong\u003e One of the most consistent modern indie horror cover artists with a defined cross-publisher catalogue. His variants on McFarlane-line books have a documented collector trajectory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpawn ongoing legacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e The longest-running creator-owned superhero ongoing in modern American comics, continuously published since 1992. Spawn-line variants have one of the longest-established collector buyer bases in modern Image-line publishing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeadzones arc context.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-arc issue inside an active storyline carries plot-weight that anchors the issue in the wider ongoing — collectors building a Deadzones-arc complete run target this issue specifically.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSlab-friendly format.\u003c\/strong\u003e Spears variants slab cleanly with the artist credit on the label. 9.8 NM\/MT raw copies in this lane are a recognised entry-tier slab format for modern Image-line collectors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUK access via Redsters.\u003c\/strong\u003e Modern Spawn variant covers reach UK collectors through a much narrower distribution chain than mainline Marvel\/DC titles — Redsters fronts the import and dispatches insured from Canterbury.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpawn Universe Context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpawn\u003c\/strong\u003e launched at Image Comics in May 1992, created by \u003cstrong\u003eTodd McFarlane\u003c\/strong\u003e as one of the founding flagship titles of the Image revolution. The ongoing series has run continuously for over three decades and currently sits past issue #356 — making it the \u003cstrong\u003elongest-running creator-owned superhero ongoing in modern American comics\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wider \u003cstrong\u003eSpawn Universe\u003c\/strong\u003e launched in 2021 as a structured publishing initiative — adding sister titles King Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn, Sam \u0026amp; Twitch: Case Files, Scorched, Misery and others around the core Spawn ongoing. Variant cover programmes across the Spawn Universe titles share a consistent design language and collector-tier structure, and modern Spears-cover variants typically appear across multiple Universe titles inside a single buy-cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eDeadzones\u003c\/strong\u003e storyline is one of the most-followed Spawn arcs of the modern publishing era, building toward structural changes in the character's fictional universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCollector Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo lanes converge on this listing. First, the \u003cstrong\u003eMark Spears full-artist set\u003c\/strong\u003e — collectors building a Spears run across publishers anchor on his Spawn-line variants alongside his Vampirella, Red Sonja and Monsters work. Second, the \u003cstrong\u003eSpawn variant cover lane\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the longest-established modern Image collector lanes, with each issue's variant slate having its own buyer base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors building a Deadzones-arc complete run, this slot anchors the artist-variant tier of the arc's collected issues. For Spears full-artist set builders, this is one of the more consistently-traded entries in his Spawn-line catalogue. For slabbed-portfolio builders, raw NM Spears variants in this band are a clean entry-tier slab format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCompanion piece to other Spears variants on our shelf — sits with the Vampirella #2 1:15 ASM #601 homage, the Monsters #7 Metal Cover G Ltd 500, the Monster \u0026amp; The Wolf #1 1:700 NOTLD chase, and the Monsters #1 Friday 13 NES homage 3rd print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUK insured tracked dispatch from Canterbury, Kent. 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