Since Neil Gaiman is the flavor of the month for the Books topic, here is what happened when he and Todd MacFarlane got into a legal battle over the issues of "Spawn" that Gaiman wrote: A judge had to issue a ruling that includes a detailed legal opinion on how often, in official Spawn canon, the demon Maelbogia sends a new Hellspawn to Earth, and whether
Spawn #9 creates a plot hole with regard to that rule.
Seriously.Edit: The judge is also better at coming up with superhero origins than Todd MacFarlane.
If [McFarlane] really wanted to differentiate the new Hellspawn, why not make him a Portuguese explorer in the 16th century; an officer of the Royal Navy in the 18th century, an idealistic recruit of Simon Bolivar in the 19th century, a companion of Odysseus on his voyages, a Roman gladiator, a younger brother of Emperor Nakamikado in the early 18th century, a Spanish conquistador, an aristocrat in the Qing dynasty, an American Indian warrior or a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I?
