Spawn can feel something is not right. While he knows that Jason Wynn has been taken out of the picture , something far more dangerous has been lurking in the shadows , hiding just out of his view. Two street punks witness first hand the return of the Violator. One doesn't live to tell about it , the second punk becomes the Clown's sidekick , helping the Clown make what was formerly Spawn Alley a little more comfortable. And Nyx comes face to face with a man who has more influence in the depths of hell than most people have been led to believe -- Mammon.