Title Spawn vs. Batman Format graphic novel Binding prestige Date 1994 Writer(s) Frank Miller Artist(s) Todd McFarlane Collects n/a Storyline After breaking up a band of Soviet terrorists and arms runners, Batman was attacked by a cyborg that was powered by a human head. He left for New York after learning the identity and home of the former man. There, he witnessed Spawn - a dead man once known as Al Simmons - killing 2 thugs for torturing a homeless man. Spawn won the confrontation with Batman and also found a cyborg powered by a human head at a Heal the World Mission house. Batman was convinced by the Mission's leader that Spawn had destroyed their HQ, so he went after the "undisciplined punk" again. The two fought until they could fight no more, and were then attacked by more of the human powered weapons. Together, they went after the terrorist behind the whole thing. They took her down and saved New York from the nuclear missile she launched.