Albert "Al" Francis Simmons was born in Detroit, Michigan as the second of three brothers (Marc, Al and Richard) to Esther and Bernard Simmons. Simmons was a very gifted officer of the United States Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He later joined the United States Secret Service, which led to his transfer to the Central Intelligence Agency. In the CIA, Simmons was recruited by Director Jason Wynn into a special top-secret covert ops division known as the U.S. Security Group, an elite task force with jurisdiction in all domestic and foreign situations.
Although later earning status as a jōnin-sensei, Spawn developed a reputation throughout the academy for having exceedingly high standards on who he would train, and failing every potential genin team that took the survival training exam he proctored. He assembled all the a low powered heroes, although recruited Xigbar to get enough help to defeat Dormammu.
When Stacy Hirano joined Tuxedo and Gabriel to escaped he and his followers followed them very quite.
Raziel, complains to Spawn that he is bored now that the Multi-Universe is safe, to which Spawn replies that the peace "Is what all true Warriors strive for". A warrior named Vexx visits the Spawn and Raziel on a magic carpet and tells them that Izaya wants to kill Tuxedo Lovelace, further explaining that only Tuxedo can stop him. Spawn and Raziel is transported to Abandoned Opal Mine.
