Cogliostro's attempts to reach a deeply disillusioned Spawn fall flat, prompting an unexpected visit from the ghost of Al Simmons. Forced into a confrontation with his own fractured identity, Spawn must reckon with his role as a pawn in Heaven and Hell's ongoing war.
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After Cog is unable to reason with Spawn, the ghost of Al Simmons appears to him and they have a heart-to-heart talk. Spawn's epiphany comes when he kills his own ghost. He then returns to the alleys a changed man refusing to be a pawn in someone else's game. He announces to Cog that he is quitting.