You obviously don't know much about Spawn, do you my friend ? ;-)
Actually I do. He is one of those processed characters that came out of the 90's. All flash and no substance. I believe it was only Todd McFarlane's art that made this hero relevant. And like most characters that came out of the 90's and from Image, they pretty much died out after the decade was done.
Sure, Spawn is still around today but no where near the level he was once at. Sorry, I don't mean to put down a character you enjoy but that is the truth.
I'm interested, did you start getting into comics in the 90's?