"The Orphans!" Written by Todd McFarlane. Art by Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo and Danny Miki. Cover by Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane.
Eddie and Andy, the abused children who killed their father (see Spawn #29), escape the detention center and find their way to New York City in search of their hero, Spawn. There, they are befriended by Snake who offers to employ him courier illegal packages for him. The boys find a hostile Spawn and Andy insists on staying with him in his alley. Believing Spawn a threat to his business, Snake forces Eddie to lead him to spawn where a confrontation ensues. Snake ends up dead and Andy wounded. After seeking medical care, Eddie and Andy voluntarily returned to the detention center. Tainted by their experience, Eddie and Andy are forever stripped of their innocence.