batman and spawn met for the first time in nearly 30 years in december 13s batmanspawn 1 48page oneshot special by writer and inker and spawn creator todd mcfarlane and penciler greg capullo and dc isnt letting the rare intercompany crossover special go away without some additional ceremonydc has announced the special will return in february and april with a second printing on february 7 an unplugged unlettered inksonly version on february 14 and as part of a new collection in aprilbatmanspawn 1 features the villainous gotham city secret society the court of owls who enlist the hellspawn to finally put an end to the dark knightbatmanspawn unplugged is the brand new announcement here and the publisher says the version will highlight and put capullo and mcfarlanes artwork front and centerbatmanspawn unplugged cover image credit dcits always exciting whenever us artists can present our work in as unfiltered a manner as possible says mcfarlane this book will let you see the true skill of how greg capullo does his masterful storytelling and every line that we both put downyou guys did it again you came out in stunning support for the batmanspawn crossover adds capullo the next treat we have in store is a raw release stand alone black and white version no words no color just the raw power of line art im certain that youll dig it as much as todd and i doheres a gallery of artwork as itll be seen in the special image 1 of 5image credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcimage credit dcfebruary 7s batmanspawn 1 second printing will feature two covers by capullo and mcfarlane with a new logo color scheme seen right hereimage 1 of 2image credit dcimage credit dcapril 4s batmanspawn the deluxe edition will collect batmanspawn 1 along with 1994s spawnbatman originally published by image comics from brandname batman writer frank miller and mcfarlane and dcs batmanspawn war devil 1 by doug moench chuck dixon alan grant and klaus janson from the same yearthose two 1994 stories were recently collected in dcs batmanspawn the classic collection in novemberin addition to all three stories batmanspawn the deluxe edition will also include capullos pencils for batmanspawn 1 jansens inks from batmanspawn war devil a collection of retailer cover variants and more contentas to the future those who read batmanspawn 1 know the story ended with an open door for a sequel but neither dc nor mcfarlane has announced any plans spawn is one of the best nonmarvel or dc comic book superheroes