Governor Al Simmons' assassin is killed after being betrayed by his boss, Jason Wynn. Upon arriving in Hell, Simmons is offered an offer to return to Earth if he is willing to lead an army of evil. He accepts and is reincarnated as a Hellspawn, a horribly twisted version of his former self. However, Spawn serves as a force for good to the despair of the Devil's henchman, an evil clown.