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be 90s comic superstar spawn or the blue
collar demon Hellboy we’re mostly
looking at the versions of the
characters from the comics but we will
make sure to take their cinematic and TV
adaptations into account round one
origin the man who would become spawn
was once al Simmons US Special Forces
operative and decorated soldier but
after being betrayed and murdered by his
superiors Simmons his soul was sent to
hell for the countless murders he had
committed for his country desperate to
return to his beloved wife Wanda Simmons
made a deal with the devil malleable
gear that would let him return to earth
in exchange for becoming a soldier in
Hell’s Army unsurprisingly this deal
with the devil didn’t quite go well and
he returned to earth years after his
death with a fractured memory to make
matters worse Al’s body was both
horribly burned and encased in a living
costume with a variety of powers
determined to reclaim some semblance of
his humanity and make up for his past
mistakes
he became the dark superhero known as
similarly forged in war
Hellboy first came to earth as a result
of a ritual carried out by Nazi
occultists in an effort to turn the tide
of World War two but rather than gain
dark powers the Nazis instead cost an
infant demon to arrive on earth this
child was taken in by Professor Trevor
Bruton home who trained his adopted son
to fight against his own kind as a
member of the bureau for paranormal
research and defense an agency Bruton
home himself had created to hold back
the tide of darkness while both heroes
have great origin stories spawns tale of
damnation and redemption is just too
classic to pass up perfectly
establishing the character’s motives and
goals and setting the stage for the
countless stories that have followed
round two powers like all soldiers of
Hell spawn is wrapped in a living
parasitic costume that responds to the
wearer’s commands as though it were part
of their own body able to change its
shape and physical properties the suit
is an incredibly versatile piece of
equipment that can be used offensively
or defensively in a wide variety of
forms even turning the wearer invisible
spawn scape is especially versatile and
can be used to grasp objects and even
glide spawn is also capable of
manipulating necro plasm a magical
substance that can heal others create
offensive blasts or even create matter
out of thin air one has a limited amount
of necro plasm at his disposal though as
indicated by the meter often seen in his
comics spawn is also a highly trained
soldier and stealth operative and
frequently uses high-tech weaponry to
augment his Hellspawn abilities Hellboy
meanwhile is much more of a bruiser with
speed strength and endurance far beyond
those of normal humans he’s more than
equipped to go toe-to-toe with the
things that go bump in the night and
that’s not even touching on the right
hand of doom massive stone appendage
that serves as his right hand it’s
virtually invulnerable to harm and blows
from this Stoney fist pack quite a
wallop
Hellboy also frequently carries
specialized weapons and gear designed by
the BPRD to eradicate demons and other
paranormal foes his years as a
paranormal investigator have also made
him an expert in the supernatural and
the best methods to combat it while
spawns sheer versatility is impressive
and deadly he also suffers from a
problem seen in many men
characters the ability to pull whatever
power he needs to solve the problem at
hand
out of thin air in our books this makes
him less interesting than someone with a
strictly defined power set so giving
round to two Hellboy winner
Hellboy what have you done round three
allies being a denizen of the Image
Comics universe spawn has rubbed
shoulders with the likes of superhero
team Wildcats and the monster cops
Savage Dragan but we’re gonna focus in
on his regular supported cast while he
definitely plays the brooding lone wolf
card spawn has a number of allies that
come to his aid in times of crisis
perhaps the most well known of these is
colio Stroeve a former hell spawn who
acts as spawns mentor there’s also the
duo Sam and twitch a slovenly police
detective and is much more fastidious
partner spawn also later allied with
Angela a warrior angel who first aimed
to kill the dark hero Hellboy circle of
allies is mostly made up of his
co-workers at the BPRD his most iconic
counterpart is without a doubt Abe
Sapien a blue scaled fish man with a
mysterious past also along for many of
HP’s adventures is Liz Sherman a woman
with pyrokinesis the ability to control
fire the BPRD has expanded to include
characters like paranormalists dr. Kate
Corrigan a homunculus named Roger and
Johann Krauss whose body is made
entirely of ectoplasm while spawn
certainly has some stalwart allies a
sheer variety of Hellboy supporting
players helps the big red pull out ahead
winner
Hellboy and the UN and say hi round for
enemies they say you can judge a hero by
their enemies and spawn certainly has an
impressive rogues gallery chief among
his adversaries as Malabo Ghia the demon
who granted him his powers in the first
place being a lord of hell he’s on the
powerful side and commands massive
armies of loyal hell spawn but while he
may be the big bad and spawn saga he’s
not seen quite as much as his two other
main enemies Jason Wynn and violator win
is the sinister government director who
betrayed Al and sent his soul plummeting
to hell a master manipulator and planner
he’s pretty much the quintessential
mastermind villain also dogging spawns
heals his violator the demon sent to
torment him and ensure spawn uses up his
necro plasmic energy as soon as possible
while his natural form is that of a
powerful demon he more
often takes the form of the disgusting
and capering clown throw in supporting
baddies like the cyborg overkill the mob
boss Tony twist and numerous others and
you have a robust array of villains to
pit against the Hellspawn Hellboy on the
other hand has far fewer recurring
villains his most iconic enemy is
Rasputin the mad monk of Russian history
and a powerful occult practitioner a
disciple of the Lovecraftian entity
known as the augur of jihad his goal is
to use Hellboy to bring his terrifying
master to earth Hellboy’s also had
encounters with a race of terrifying
frog monsters as well as an assortment
of folkloric creatures like the witch
Baba Yaga and even Satan himself while
Hellboy’s enemies are certainly imposing
spawns expansive casts of nemec’s is
just too huge to pass up this round goes
to the Hellspawn winner spawn word of
advice also retire round 5 adaptations
spawn sole cinematic outing to date is
well not great I didn’t know this was
I’m gonna nail that dirtbag critically
panned upon release the 1997 spawn movie
starring Michael Jai White in the title
role is not well regarded by fans of the
franchise or moviegoers in general with
a cut-down pg-13 version of the story
and incredibly dated CGI effects
especially the shockingly rare
appearances of spawns iconic cape it’s
one of the poster children for bad 90s
comic-book movies are there any norm
people left on earth or is everyone just
back from now but you’ll notice we’re
not talking solely about movies if you
want to see a great rendition of the
character on screens look no further
than HBO’s spawn animated series which
ran for 18 episodes starting the same
year the film was released 1997 dark in
atmospheric and supporting a
much-deserved R rating this fan favorite
series is what helps spawn even put up a
fight in this round a new spawn film
starring Jamie Foxx is also in
development meanwhile Hellboy has been
the star of two feature films directed
by genre ohter Guillermo del Toro
starring Ron Perlman in the lead role
del Toro’s Hellboy movies maybe less
dark than the comics but are true to the
spirit of the character throw in some
phenomenal creature and makeup effects
and you’ve got two of our favorite cult
superhero hits where it is said we never
got a third installment to cap off the
trilogy a new film directed by Neil
Marshall and starring David Harbor in
the title role is also slated for
release in April of 2019 Hellboy also
starred in a series of short animated
films which saw the BPRD agent fighting
Japanese monsters and more while the
spawn animated series did a lot to even
the odds in this round we just can’t
give it to anyone other than how boy del
Toro’s films will always have a massive
place in our hearts and no matter how
the new movie turns out 1997 spawn will
likely remain the worst movie either
characters been a part of winner Hellboy
it was an extremely close fight but the
big red fella from Hell managed to pull
it off by being tough as nails and
positively magnetic on the big screen
there will always be a place in our
hearts for spawn but spikes guns and
plenty of 90s style is just no match for
the right hand of doom sorry pal
I win do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
sorry we had to welcomed WatchMojo to a
comics most infernal heroes against one
another to see twitch demonically
empowered hero comes out on top before
we begin we publish new content every
day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos will it
be 90s comic superstar spawn or the blue
collar demon Hellboy we’re mostly
looking at the versions of the
characters from the comics but we will
make sure to take their cinematic and TV
adaptations into account round one
origin the man who would become spawn
was once al Simmons US Special Forces
operative and decorated soldier but
after being betrayed and murdered by his
superiors Simmons his soul was sent to
hell for the countless murders he had
committed for his country desperate to
return to his beloved wife Wanda Simmons
made a deal with the devil malleable
gear that would let him return to earth
in exchange for becoming a soldier in
Hell’s Army unsurprisingly this deal
with the devil didn’t quite go well and
he returned to earth years after his
death with a fractured memory to make
matters worse Al’s body was both
horribly burned and encased in a living
costume with a variety of powers
determined to reclaim some semblance of
his humanity and make up for his past
mistakes
he became the dark superhero known as
similarly forged in war
Hellboy first came to earth as a result
of a ritual carried out by Nazi
occultists in an effort to turn the tide
of World War two but rather than gain
dark powers the Nazis instead cost an
infant demon to arrive on earth this
child was taken in by Professor Trevor
Bruton home who trained his adopted son
to fight against his own kind as a
member of the bureau for paranormal
research and defense an agency Bruton
home himself had created to hold back
the tide of darkness while both heroes
have great origin stories spawns tale of
damnation and redemption is just too
classic to pass up perfectly
establishing the character’s motives and
goals and setting the stage for the
countless stories that have followed
round two powers like all soldiers of
Hell spawn is wrapped in a living
parasitic costume that responds to the
wearer’s commands as though it were part
of their own body able to change its
shape and physical properties the suit
is an incredibly versatile piece of
equipment that can be used offensively
or defensively in a wide variety of
forms even turning the wearer invisible
spawn scape is especially versatile and
can be used to grasp objects and even
glide spawn is also capable of
manipulating necro plasm a magical
substance that can heal others create
offensive blasts or even create matter
out of thin air one has a limited amount
of necro plasm at his disposal though as
indicated by the meter often seen in his
comics spawn is also a highly trained
soldier and stealth operative and
frequently uses high-tech weaponry to
augment his Hellspawn abilities Hellboy
meanwhile is much more of a bruiser with
speed strength and endurance far beyond
those of normal humans he’s more than
equipped to go toe-to-toe with the
things that go bump in the night and
that’s not even touching on the right
hand of doom massive stone appendage
that serves as his right hand it’s
virtually invulnerable to harm and blows
from this Stoney fist pack quite a
wallop
Hellboy also frequently carries
specialized weapons and gear designed by
the BPRD to eradicate demons and other
paranormal foes his years as a
paranormal investigator have also made
him an expert in the supernatural and
the best methods to combat it while
spawns sheer versatility is impressive
and deadly he also suffers from a
problem seen in many men
characters the ability to pull whatever
power he needs to solve the problem at
hand
out of thin air in our books this makes
him less interesting than someone with a
strictly defined power set so giving
round to two Hellboy winner
Hellboy what have you done round three
allies being a denizen of the Image
Comics universe spawn has rubbed
shoulders with the likes of superhero
team Wildcats and the monster cops
Savage Dragan but we’re gonna focus in
on his regular supported cast while he
definitely plays the brooding lone wolf
card spawn has a number of allies that
come to his aid in times of crisis
perhaps the most well known of these is
colio Stroeve a former hell spawn who
acts as spawns mentor there’s also the
duo Sam and twitch a slovenly police
detective and is much more fastidious
partner spawn also later allied with
Angela a warrior angel who first aimed
to kill the dark hero Hellboy circle of
allies is mostly made up of his
co-workers at the BPRD his most iconic
counterpart is without a doubt Abe
Sapien a blue scaled fish man with a
mysterious past also along for many of
HP’s adventures is Liz Sherman a woman
with pyrokinesis the ability to control
fire the BPRD has expanded to include
characters like paranormalists dr. Kate
Corrigan a homunculus named Roger and
Johann Krauss whose body is made
entirely of ectoplasm while spawn
certainly has some stalwart allies a
sheer variety of Hellboy supporting
players helps the big red pull out ahead
winner
Hellboy and the UN and say hi round for
enemies they say you can judge a hero by
their enemies and spawn certainly has an
impressive rogues gallery chief among
his adversaries as Malabo Ghia the demon
who granted him his powers in the first
place being a lord of hell he’s on the
powerful side and commands massive
armies of loyal hell spawn but while he
may be the big bad and spawn saga he’s
not seen quite as much as his two other
main enemies Jason Wynn and violator win
is the sinister government director who
betrayed Al and sent his soul plummeting
to hell a master manipulator and planner
he’s pretty much the quintessential
mastermind villain also dogging spawns
heals his violator the demon sent to
torment him and ensure spawn uses up his
necro plasmic energy as soon as possible
while his natural form is that of a
powerful demon he more
often takes the form of the disgusting
and capering clown throw in supporting
baddies like the cyborg overkill the mob
boss Tony twist and numerous others and
you have a robust array of villains to
pit against the Hellspawn Hellboy on the
other hand has far fewer recurring
villains his most iconic enemy is
Rasputin the mad monk of Russian history
and a powerful occult practitioner a
disciple of the Lovecraftian entity
known as the augur of jihad his goal is
to use Hellboy to bring his terrifying
master to earth Hellboy’s also had
encounters with a race of terrifying
frog monsters as well as an assortment
of folkloric creatures like the witch
Baba Yaga and even Satan himself while
Hellboy’s enemies are certainly imposing
spawns expansive casts of nemec’s is
just too huge to pass up this round goes
to the Hellspawn winner spawn word of
advice also retire round 5 adaptations
spawn sole cinematic outing to date is
well not great I didn’t know this was
I’m gonna nail that dirtbag critically
panned upon release the 1997 spawn movie
starring Michael Jai White in the title
role is not well regarded by fans of the
franchise or moviegoers in general with
a cut-down pg-13 version of the story
and incredibly dated CGI effects
especially the shockingly rare
appearances of spawns iconic cape it’s
one of the poster children for bad 90s
comic-book movies are there any norm
people left on earth or is everyone just
back from now but you’ll notice we’re
not talking solely about movies if you
want to see a great rendition of the
character on screens look no further
than HBO’s spawn animated series which
ran for 18 episodes starting the same
year the film was released 1997 dark in
atmospheric and supporting a
much-deserved R rating this fan favorite
series is what helps spawn even put up a
fight in this round a new spawn film
starring Jamie Foxx is also in
development meanwhile Hellboy has been
the star of two feature films directed
by genre ohter Guillermo del Toro
starring Ron Perlman in the lead role
del Toro’s Hellboy movies maybe less
dark than the comics but are true to the
spirit of the character throw in some
phenomenal creature and makeup effects
and you’ve got two of our favorite cult
superhero hits where it is said we never
got a third installment to cap off the
trilogy a new film directed by Neil
Marshall and starring David Harbor in
the title role is also slated for
release in April of 2019 Hellboy also
starred in a series of short animated
films which saw the BPRD agent fighting
Japanese monsters and more while the
spawn animated series did a lot to even
the odds in this round we just can’t
give it to anyone other than how boy del
Toro’s films will always have a massive
place in our hearts and no matter how
the new movie turns out 1997 spawn will
likely remain the worst movie either
characters been a part of winner Hellboy
it was an extremely close fight but the
big red fella from Hell managed to pull
it off by being tough as nails and
positively magnetic on the big screen
there will always be a place in our
hearts for spawn but spikes guns and
plenty of 90s style is just no match for
the right hand of doom sorry pal
I win do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
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