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With a newfangled creative team and a modern perspective , Top Cow’sWitchbladerelaunch is ready to hit mirthful book stands this July . TheImage Comicsimprint has announced the long - await return of this darling 1990s serial .
After a multi - yr hiatus , Top Cow’sWitchbladeseries return with a raw # 1 from author Marguerite Bennett and artist Giuseppe Cafaro . Unlike the previousWitchbladerelaunch , which run from 2017 - 2020 after the original 1995 series conclude in 2015 , 2024’sWitchbladewill asterisk the original ' 90s protagonist : Sara Pezzini .
WITCHBLADE # 1 ( 2024 )
Release Date :
July 17th , 2024
author :
Marguerite Bennett
Artists :
Giuseppe Cafaro
Cover Artist :
Marc Silvestri , Arif Prianto
Variant Covers :
● covering A : Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto ● Cover B : Giuseppe Cafaro and Arif Prianto ● Cover C : Blank Sketch Cover ● Cover viosterol ( 1/10 ): Dani and Brad Simpson ● Cover E ( 1/25 ): Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto , Virgin Cover ● Cover F ( 1/50 ): J.Scott Campbell ● Cover G ( 1/100 ): Bill Sienkiewicz ● Cover H ( 1/250 ): Line art by Marc Silvestri - Virgin Cover , ink
InWitchblade#1 , New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini ’s animation was forever and a day fractured by her father ’s slaying . Cold , cunning , and hellbent on revenge , Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city , where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something dotty , splendid , and beyond her darkest imaginings . How will Sara employ this ancient power , or will she be consumed by it ?
Witchblade#1 will be a true relaunch of the original serial publication , face many of the same character in an updated , contemporary light — as seen in the preview Page and covers below . Bennett ’s thoughts on her take on the Graeco-Roman story divulge more about just what this serial will be about :
“ The power to tell a ferocious narration full of monsters , sex , vision , and history was irresistible . Our saga is satiny , vicious , ferocious , and has a passel to say about mightiness in the 21st 100 and will be the first time that we are block the curler coaster to countenance more mass on . I ’ve sleep together Witchblade since I was a child , and there is sincerely no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich , brutal relationship to her own body . "
Image Comics is the foremost name in self-governing comics , but these serial stand out as the recording label ’s good book of all time .
WitchbladeReturns with a Brand New Creative Team After a Long Hiatus
Bennett and Cafaro Reinvent the Beloved ’90s Series
The first and long - runningWitchbladeseries was part of what hasbecome known as the " Image Revolution " : new serial , characters , and conception that emerged out of the founding of Image Comics , a home for creator - owned story . Witchblade ’s decades - long story aligns with Image ’s chronicle , and the series is also noteworthy for being co - created by Image carbon monoxide gas - founder andlegendary comics creator , Marc Silvestri . Of Bennett and Cafaro ’s relaunch , Silvestri says :
" This is brand new mythology around Sara , and I ca n’t waitress for you to accrue in love with her and all the twists and turns . Discover Witchblade reimagined this summertime , and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modernistic eld and see how exciting comics can be . I ca n’t wait for you to take this new serial publication . "
Witchblade — and Sara Pezzini — debuted in 1995 and was co - created by Silvestri , Brian Haberlin , Michael Turner , David Wohl , and Christina Z.
With an exciting new creative team — both Bennett and Cafaro have work on a number of familiar comics property , fromDC BombshellstoPower Rangers — and a reimagined home world , Witchblade#1 seems primed for new readers . Long - time fans will also be thrilled at the return key of this bequest property , a comic series that ran for 20 sequential old age , which is an unheard - of effort in the 2020s . fan can hope for and look forth to an exciting and empowering supernatural tarradiddle asterisk one of the most unique distaff characters in comics .
Fans Can RediscoverWitchbladeThis Summer
Complete Collections of the Original Series Are Available Now
WithWitchblade#1 being the gross jump on full stop , newfangled fans wo n’t have to do much catch - up interpretation — but that should n’t stop them from trying . The originalWitchbladeseries ( and the 2017 relaunch ) is uncommitted now in collected edition from Top Cow / Image Comics and would make the perfect summer reading for fans hold back for Sara Pezzini ’s restitution to risible books . Meanwhile , the newWitchblade#1by Bennet and Cafaro is available July 17th , 2024 fromTop Cow / Image .
