SPAWN #186

PREVIOUSLY IN SPAWN
Having thwrted the lastst plots of the demon lord Mammon and his internal allies, Simmons has glimpsed his future. He realizes his struggles against his fate have become a futile quest for redemption; he remains a pawn in the Great Game between Heaven and Hell. Returning to the alleys he used to haunt, Simmons decides it is time to put an end this vicious cycle once and for all. Using the last vestige of his power, he blows his own head off – the one true way to kill s Hellspawn.

This act sends ripples across the realms of Heaven and Hell, alerting both sides that something is out of balance. Furthermore, Simmons’ act seems to have created an “anomaly” where he lay – a patch of earth where neither Heaven nor Hell holds power.

At the moment of Simmons’ death, a young man wakes up in a New York hospital after years in a coma. Suffering from acute memory loss and disturbing visions, his body recover at a supernatural pace.

Not everyone reacts so favorably, A hospital janitor places a surreptitiops call announcing that “Patient 47” has woken up. This information causes the recipient of the call to immediately take his own life.

Later, Simmons’ longtime tormentor, the Clown, visits the alley to investigate the cause of the anomaly. There he stumbles upon Simmons’ corpse...