Spawn #195 - Image

With this issue Marc Rosen, the reporter, has finally caught up with Sara and Jim Downing. He's trying to get the story on what went down in the hospital the day the explosion happened . . or at least that's what everybody thought it was. Meanwhile, Jim was in Benny Vicari's house at the end of the last issue, and it literally exploded on top of him. This issue he pulls himself out of the ashes. At the police precinct, Detective Rowland has finally caught up with Sam & Twitch. He's got a file on a lawyer who blew his head off for no apparent reason. His superiors want to close the case as a suicide. But the Det doesn't think that things add up right. He's also got a list of phone calls and contacts that the lawyer made and they're all in Manhattan. Which is why he wants Sam & Twitch's help. It turn out that Benny Vicari was one of the names on that list. So now, their 2 separate cases have become intertwined. Anyways, when Marc is talking to Sara she wants someone else to listen to the conversation, so she invites her friend Judy over. When she leaves she borrows Sara's coat. On her way out the door, some people that are looking for Sara recognize the coat and pick her up, not knowing that it's Judy. Jim switches to his Spawn form to go after them, and Marc and Sara go to the precinct a few blocks away. Ten bucks says that it ends up being Sam & Twitch's precinct. Spawn catches up with the car, and before dealing with the goons sends Judy to the same precinct. A couple things of note here at the end. First, while dangling over the edge of a building Spawn finally gets a name or who sent these guys after them . . 'Kingston! Doctor Kingston. Upper east side.' After which he drops him over the building. Secondly, the counter for Spawn's powers is back and it's almost down to '0' . . '0:0:0:9'. I wonder what that means? Next issue is the conclusion to this 'Endgame' story-line. And then we'll start the story-line that'll lead us up to issue #200. Yes . . it's almost here. I think Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo and Whilce Portacio are doing a tremendous job here. I really like the way the books been flowing, the last 10 issues or so. And really . . these guys are only just getting started. I have a feeling a lot more is gonna' happen before issue #200. I can't wait.