This new vision for the iconic, supernatural thriller promises a contemporary spin that’s True Detective meets Berserk by way of Zodiac vibes
LOS ANGELES 04/18/2024 — Top Cow Productions will reimagine the iconic, Image classic, Witchblade as a new series set to launch this July. This new Witchblade #1 will be penned by New York Times bestselling writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells ), drawn by fan-favorite artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja ) and will be published by Image Comics.
The creative duo will work closely with Top Cow CEO, Image Comics co-founder, and original Witchblade co-creator, Marc Silvestri. Together, the team will reintroduce the this popular action-packed, crime noir series to longtime die-hard fans and new readers alike. This forthcoming Witchblade #1 will feature a reimagined origin, with contemporary takes on familiar characters, as well as fresh story arcs to hook new fans and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the '90s Image Revolution.
“The ability to tell a story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible,” said Bennett. “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”
In Witchblade #1 , New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life is forever fractured by her father’s murder. 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 wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power? …Or will she be consumed by it?
Through last year’s Witchblade Complete Collection Kickstarter, the world received a glimpse of Silvestri’s Witchblade armor redesign. But now a whole new universe has been created by Cafaro to go with it. “The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade," said Cafaro. "So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective -like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac !”
Silvestri added: “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the '90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”
Witchblade #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17, at only $4.99 for 48 pages.
Je suis accroché. Je suis faible, je suis, je suis…
Là… je confirme.
J’avoue que j’aurais aimé avoir ce dessin plutôt que celui de Michael Turner, à l’époque…
Jim
Je trouve ça pas mal du tout !
Jim
C’était donc ça le projet caché de Cafaro, je suis très content pour lui !
Tiens elle est plus à moitié à poil comme avant.
Ce qui etait pourtant le principal intérêt, il me semble.
Je suis avec Nemo pour le coup !
Je le ferai avec toi, Fred.
Je ne pense pas continuer Spawn 
Si je le fais, c’est pour toi. 
Ça fait quelques temps déjà que j’ai stoppé les titres Spawn.
Par contre Silvestri, il s’est pas foulé pour la cover
C’est pour ça que j’arrête (et y a Brett Booth aussi!).
WITCHBLADE #2
Series: Witchblade
Read the First Issue of Witchblade Online
Arriving: August 21, 2024
Lunar Code: 0624IM375
Age Rating: MBUY
Cover price: $3.99
Fresh from the warehouse massacre, Detective Sara Pezzini is electrified with the power and sensory overload of the Witchblade. Strength, healing, pleasure, rage—every temptation lures her from her mission to find her father’s killer. Sara thinks she possesses the Witchblade—but does it possess her?
Il s’agit de mon plaisir coupable de la semaine. J’ai l’impression que l’on est bien parti sur une origin story revisitée, cherchant la simplification. On est très loin de la série initiale avec Sara Pezzini se promenant courtement vêtue.
Niveau dessin, ça envoie quand même. Y a une des premières planches qui n’est vraiment pas belle mais pour le reste, c’est joli. Vraiment.
Par contre, la couverture de Silvestri fera hurler notre Frédo national adepte de la chirurgie estéhtique dessinatrice.
Oui, j’ai la cover en main, je vois le regard déglingué de l’heroine, ça me fait mal pour elle.
À l’intérieur, c’est un remake pure et simple. Je vais poursuivre pour voir comment les choses évolues. Mais c’est assez basique pour le moment. Pas de grosses prises de risques de Bennett, c’est dommage.
Vous parlez de celle ci ?
