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Jessica Priest

Jessica Priest
Jessica Priest
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
First appearance	Spawn (1997 film)
First comic appearance	Spawn #61 (May 1997)
Created by	Todd McFarlane Greg Capullo
In-story information
Alter ego	She-Spawn
Species	Human/Hellspawn
Team affiliations	The Scorched
Partnerships	Jason Wynn, Spawn
Notable aliases	She-Spawn
Abilities	Expert assassin

Jessica Priest is a character from the Spawn universe. Specifically, Priest serves as a substitute in the Spawn film for Chapel, Al Simmons's killer in the comic book. Priest was played by Melinda Clarke in the film.^[1] She would later become the second She-Spawn (after Nyx) and leader of the team called Scorched.

Publication history[edit]

The character of Chapel (originally from the comic book series Youngblood) could not be used in the Spawn movie because the rights to the character were owned by Rob Liefeld.^[2] McFarlane created Priest as a replacement for Chapel in the film and later had Priest retconned to be Spawn's killer in the comic as well.^[3][4] Some of her background is revealed in Curse of the Spawn #12–14.^[5]

She would make her return in Spawn #300 where she becomes She-Spawn and becomes one of the main characters of The Scorched.

Fictional history[edit]

Jessica Priest works as an assassin for Spawn's nemesis Jason Wynn.^{[citation needed]} Prior to shooting Simmons, she searches South America for a biogenetic weapon for her boss.^{[citation needed]} She later appears in the Curse of Spawn series where she is revealed to have a husband and two stepchildren. She later returns in #298 where she is seen talking to Nyx about Al Simmons and the forces of Hell trying to hunt down. Later on she would become a hellspawn herself.

In other media[edit]

• Priest was portrayed by Melinda Clarke in the 1997 film adaptation Spawn. She was intended to return as another Spawn in a sequel; but the film had neither the time nor the budget so it was canceled, with this storyline being incorporated into the character's adaptation to comic books.
• In the HBO animated series Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999), Chapel (voiced by Ruben Santiago-Hudson) is given the full name "Jess Chapel" in reference to Priest, serving as a composite character of the two characters, in Priest having been created to replace Chapel in-film.
• Priest appears in the 1999 video game Spawn, voiced by Diana Salles.
• Priest appears in the video game Spawn: In the Demon's Hand,^[6] voiced by Erin McMurphy.^[7]
• McFarlane Toys has made several action figures of Priest.^[8]

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