As the Spawn encyclopaedia SpawnWorld.com describes, even as a kid Jessica Priest was a naughty nipper: “Even from early childhood, Jessica Priest was insane. As a young child in upstate Maryland, Jessica lashed out at her parents when they denied her some marshmallows.” Clearly, her parents’ sugary snack-denial helped to forge Priest’s psychotic side: “But whereas a normal child might have simply thrown a tantrum, Jessica snuck into her parents’ bedroom while they were sleeping, doused their bed with lighter fluid and set it ablaze. In the fire, she killed her parents, pets and burned their house down”. The message here is clear: give kids whatever they want: they have matches. After a turbulent childhood, Priest was later molded by Jason Wynn into an extremely dangerous assassin allowing her to indulge her bloodlust. That was nice of him. Though not nearly as nice as Melinda Clarke’s legs while portraying Ms Priest in the 1997 move adaption of the comic. Not by a long shot.