Jessica Priest is a fictional 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. She would later become the second She-Spawn and leader of the team called Scorched.

Publication history

The character of Chapel (originally from the comic book series ''

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'') could not be used in the ''Spawn'' movie because the rights to the character were owned by Rob Liefeld. 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. Some of her background is revealed in '' Curse of the Spawn'' #12-14.

Fictional history

Jessica Priest works as an assassin for Spawn's nemesis

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. Prior to shooting Simmons, she searches South America for a

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weapon for her boss. 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

* Priest was portrayed by Melinda Clarke in the 1997 film adaptation ''Spawn''. She was intended to return as another Spawn; but the film had neither the time nor the budget so it was canceled. * Priest appears in the 1999 video game '' Spawn'', voiced by Diana Salles. * Priest appears in the video game '' Spawn: In the Demon's Hand'', voiced by Erin McMurphy. *

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has made several action figures of Priest.

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