Necrid is a character in the Soul series of fighting games. He only appears in the console versions of Soulcalibur II, although he is also included in both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 online HD ports. He was created for the Soul series by Todd McFarlane, the creator of Spawn, as well as former illustrator for Marvel Comics (having famously revamped Spider-Man in the late 1980s) and co-founder of Image Comics (where Spawn comics are published).