*"Upon his return from the grave, Spawn was given superhuman powers. Unlike most superheroes however, there's a finite limit to the amount of power he can use. The power meter shown on the bottom of the comic pages, represents the amount of power that Spawn still has available. We started the meter at 9:9:9:9 and every time he uses his powers, it continues to drain down until eventually the demise of the character will happen when the meter reaches 0:0:0:0." - Todd McFarlane *Source: Back of Card