Written by Brian Witten and Robert Napton
Drawn by Calvin Irving and Richard Horie
Published by Image Comics

So, like most of the previous issues of this series, this is mostly a long fight scene.

Youngblood and some U.S. soldiers have been trying and failing to get through the mystical force field Lord Chapel erected around the city near Mt. Saint Helens. Chapel and Spawn show up, and somehow they’re able to get through the force field, although it’s not explained why they didn’t or couldn’t also let the others in, as you’d think that would give them better odds in defeating Lord Chapel.

They fight a bunch of demons that Lord Chapel sends after him before confronting him face to face. He tells them his demons have been building a portal that will let his full army from Hell come through, and then they’ll conquer the whole world. Yadda yadda yadda. There’s lots of tough talk and explosions before Chapel and Spawn destroy the portal, and Lord Chapel is sucked back into Hell.

There was some attempt at deeper characterization, as Lord Chapel attempted to get Chapel to join him, but Chapel refused. Chapel admits in the end that he was tempted, but he’s proud of himself for resisting and feels like he’s made the right choice.

Also, Spawn saved Chapel’s life, so I guess they’re friends again?

This is essentially the final issue of the series, as the next issue is part of another Extreme Universe crossover event with new writers. I’ll say that I think Brian Witten (who, a couple of years later, would get hired at New Line Cinema and become a film producer, including co-producing the 1997 Spawn film), had some good ideas here and knew how to write action scenes well, but never seems to get a real hang on who the character of Chapel is supposed to be.

The artists on the title were decent, if not particularly notable. But they did keep this comic coming out on an almost monthly schedule, with just a two-month gap between the fourth and fifth issues. Altogether this series is a curious little insight into Image Comics at the time, and a nice addition for hardcore Rob Liefeld fans, but probably not of much interest to anyone else.