Top Cow Announces Plans for Witchblade #140-144
Richard Boom
What’s
a comic character to do after finding her sister murdered and baby
kidnapped? If you’re Witchblade-bearer Sara Pezzini, you return to your
life as a NY police officer investigating supernatural crimes.
Following Witchblade’s 15th birthday, publisher Top Cow Productions,
Inc. has announced their plans for WITCHBLADE #140-144.
Following
the aftermath of the events that transpired in megaevent series,
ARTIFACTS, WITCHBLADE #139 touched upon how Witchblade-bearer Sara
Pezzini reacted to her sister Julie’s death and the kidnapping of her
daughter Hope.
Returning to its own timeline, WITCHBLADE #140-141
finds Sara Pezzini back on the job handling supernatural cases. The
“Paper Monsters” arc finds writer Saurav Mohapatra joining the dynamic
team of writer Ron Marz and artist Stjepan Sejic. Sara Pezzini has
investigated countless bizarre crimes, but her latest cases may be the
most shocking yet! Pezzini and her detective partner Patrick Gleason
have encountered monsters and demons before, but these latest
supernatural terrors seem to be born from the imagination of an innocent
child.
Celebrate Witchblade’s 15h birthday with the WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2010
where Sara Pezzini comes face to face with a former Witchblade bearer, a
Russian soldier who served during the frozen Siege of Stalingrad, a
pivotal battle in World War II. What tale does she have to tell Sara?
Witchblade bearers past and present come together in a one-of-a-kind
story with amazing art by New York Times best-selling illustrator Tony
Shasteen (THE TALISMAN).
Matthew Dow Smith (DR. WHO) takes over
artistic duties for WITCHBLADE #142-143 and turns the spotlight on
Sara’s partner and lover, Detective Patrick Gleason. Gleason is used to
relying on his partner when weird cases pop up in the Special Cases
Division. However, when a routine prisoner transport from upstate New
York turns into a brutal mass murder, can Gleason solve and survive this
on his own without the help of Sara or the Witchblade?
Returning
as the regular monthly WITCHBLADE artist, Sejic’s WITCHBLADE #144’s
oversized issue will retell Sara’s origin from the perspective of Sara’s
deceased ex-partner, Jake McCarthy.
WITCHBLADE #140
(MAY100513), a 32-page full-color comic book for $2.99, will be in
stores December 8, 2010. The 48-page 15th anniversary issue, WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2010 (OCT100525), arrives in stores on December 15, 2010. The search for Hope continues in ARTIFACTS #4 (AUG100510) on December 22, 2010.
For more information on Witchblade, go to www.topcow.com.
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