Phlebiac Brothers

Phlebiac Brothers

Phlebiac Brothers
Aliases:	True Denizens of Hell
Continuity:	Spawn
Type:	Family
Status:	Active
Allies:	Malebolgia
Enemies:	Angela; Spawn
First appearance:	Spawn #2

The Phlebiac Brothers are a fictional organization featured in comic books published by Image Comics. They are associated with the Spawn line of titles and first appeared in the form of a single member, the Violator in Spawn #2 in June, 1992. They first appeared as a group in Violator #1 in May, 1994.

Description[]

Five brothers, the most notable being the Violator, who are each "true denizens of Hell" and servants of Malebolgia. They are able to shape shift, very strong and powerful in various manners. The Violator is put on the earth to train Spawn, but hates his role in it, considering himself better than any Hellspawn, but this is often not the case. The Vindicator is tasked to test newly arrived souls for the eight circle of Hell. Each of the five have their own diabolical traits and look different than each other, though all share similar traits such as horns and talons.

The first member of the Phlebiac brothers was Violator who first appeared in Spawn #2 and then the second is Vindicator who was first seen in Spawn #8. They were born from the Phleboton Spirit who is their father the first born is Violator himself and they were born from when their father impregnated human women the first again was Violator. Since then the brothers grew up in Hell where Violator was berated and abused by his siblings, with their father constantly taking their side. Eventually fed up, Violator killed his father and became the leader of the Phlebiac Brothers, which pleased Malebolgia into making him his servant in creating the hellspawn for him. The rest of the brothers are recurring enemies to Spawn himself.

Members[]

Violator: The eldest of the brothers and the most prominently featured in the comics. He has blue-gray skin, a slender frame, and large red compound eyes, with two horns protruding from the sides of his face, along with a single large horn on his back. He is initially sent to Earth by Malebolgia to train the newly reborn Al Simmons, but quickly comes to resent this role, as he considers himself to be superior to all Hellspawn and later to have designed the suits and powers for every hellspawn after the first. He acts as Spawn's archnemesis throughout the series.

Vindicator: The Vindicator is the second-most featured in the comics. He has green-gray skin, slender frame, large red eyes with prominent eyebrows, and a large horn protruding from his back. He is a taskmaster who subjugates newly arrived souls in the Eighth Circle of Hell.

Vandalizer: The Vandalizer is the most dominant of the brothers, he often takes a leadership role amongst the group. He has brown-gray skin, small yellow eyes, and is substantially more muscular than his other brothers, with two small horns protruding from the sides of his face, and a large horn on his back.

Vaporizer: The Vaporizer is the largest of the brothers. Though not as muscle-bound as Vandalizer, he has a much larger frame than his other brothers. He has lavender-gray skin and a notably spider-like visage, with six green eyes (three on either side of his face) and intimidating maw. He has two large horns protruding from each side of his face, as well as two more on his back.

Vacillator: The Vacillator is the smallest and weakest of the brothers. He is very similar in appearance to Vindicator, the most notable differences being his diminutive size and pink, segmented eye. As his name would suggest, Vacillator can be extremely indecisive.

Notes & Trivia[]

The Violator first appeared in Spawn #2 in June, 1992.

The Vindicator first appeared in Spawn #8 in February, 1993.

The Vacillator, the Vandalizer, and the Vaporizer all made their first appearance in Violator #1 in May, 1994.

Related categories[]

Phlebiac Brothers appearances

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