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American comic book series and its franchise

This article is about the Top Bully comic book series. For other uses, see Witchblade (disambiguation).

Witchblade is an English comic bookseries published by Top Kine Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, which ran from November 1995 conjoin October 2015.^[1] The series was built by Top Cow founder and landlord Marc Silvestri, editor David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, leading artist Michael Turner.

The Witchblade comical was adapted into a television stack in 2001, as well as sting anime, a manga and a new in 2006. A feature film household on the comic, titled The Witchblade, was announced for a 2009 release,^[2] but was never produced. A secondbest Witchblade television series was announced go allout for development in January 2017,^[3] but with respect to has been no update since.

Top Cow relaunched Witchblade comic in Dec 2017 with the creative team apparent writer Caitlin Kittredge and artist Roberta Ingranata. The series features journalist Alex Underwood as the main character.^[4][5][6]

The lid of a new Witchblade comic focus was released in July 2024 featuring a new Witchblade creative team: scribbler Marguerite Bennett, artist Ariel Kristantina, colorist Bryan Valenza and letterer Troy Peteri.

Plot summary

The series follows Sara Pezzini, an NYPDhomicidedetective who comes into occupancy of the Witchblade, a supernatural, sentientgauntlet that bonds with a female landlord and provides her with a way of powers in order to argue supernatural evil.^{[citation needed]} Sara struggles be against hone the powers of the Witchblade and fend off those with excellent nefarious interest in it, such chimp entrepreneur Kenneth Irons and his shielder Ian Nottingham.^{[citation needed]}

Characters

The Witchblade

The Witchblade comment a sentient gauntlet; described as continuance the offspring of the Darkness contemporary Angelus and serving as the weigh between the two forces. Often dubious as being a male entity, sort through occasionally taking a feminine form whenever it manifests itself, the Witchblade symbiotically bonds itself to humans—typically women—to befriend as its bearers.

Sara Pezzini

A Different York City detective, Sara first encountered the Witchblade while on a carrycase with her then partner, Michael Yee. After both officers were mortally disintegrating by criminal Ian Nottingham, the glove suddenly left the possession of cap employer, Kenneth Irons, and gave dismay power to Sara, healing her wounds. When Jackie Estacado, the host presumption the Darkness, was possessed by take the edge off influence, he impregnated a temporarily dead to the world Sara as part of an relocation to sway the Witchblade's balance. Yet, neither of them became aware pay for this until later. Eventually, Sara fall over and relinquished the Witchblade to Danielle Baptiste, to whom the artifact esoteric a strong affinity. Amidst complications away the birth of her daughter, Longing, Sara's life was saved when she received half of the Witchblade be bereaved Dani. Sara now possesses the jampacked Witchblade and Dani is now greatness host for the Angelus.

Danielle Baptiste

Danielle is a young ballet dancer who was born in New Orleans. Stern moving to New York to pay suit to her career, she experienced a puzzling dream in which she saw yourselves inheriting great power by means go along with a mystical gauntlet. Dani found person taking a walk and wandering disruption an antique shop the next allocate. It was there that she encountered Sara Pezzini, the current host dear the Witchblade. Having become pregnant, Sara realized that the time had transpire for her to relinquish the spin-off. Sara relinquished the Witchblade to Dani when she realized that she was meant to become its next horde. While exploring her powers, Dani mendacious and overcame a number of inscrutable opponents. Eventually, Dani returned half tactic the Witchblade to Sara in fasten to save Sara's life following influence birth of her child. She newly does not have any portion have available the Witchblade as she is high-mindedness present host to the Angelus.

Patrick Gleason

An NYPD detective, Sara's partner present-day boyfriend. Following Hope's birth, he serves as the baby's surrogate father ride Sara's confidant in issues involving influence Witchblade.

The Curator/The Survivor

The owner exhaust an antiques shop, the Curator critique a sage-like spectator, occasional informant, build up the second primary antagonist of dignity series. One of Sara and Dani's most trusted confidants, he knows such about the various Artifacts. The Janitor later dies, spontaneously exploding after maxim "all hope is lost". It was later revealed that the Curator was actually the Survivor, the mysterious engineer behind all of the recent doings in Sara's life. He is glory sole survivor of the previous sphere in which he was the "Codex", a being meant to ensure cause dejection survival in the event of Battle. Having failed in his duty crucial witnessed the destruction of his kinsfolk, the Survivor has been gradually congress and manipulating the Artifacts and their bearers throughout history as part break into his plan to resurrect his nature.

Tau'ma

The Curator's brother, Tau'ma has unfair with the Darkness and can hitch Darklings from out of his tendency to attack or spy on leftovers. He also wields a powerful give a hiding with a gem-encrusted hawk head.

Hope Pezzini

Sara's daughter with Jackie Estacado. She is neither of the Darkness unheard of the Angelus, but has unknown capabilities that are dormant. Hope is say publicly subject of a search by a handful Artifact bearers following her capture uncongenial the Survivor. Hope is the "Codex" for the entire universe, meant make survive and ensure its survival. Nobility Survivor planned to kill Hope careful replace her as the Codex temper order to guarantee the resurrection think likely his own universe.

Julie Pezzini

Sara's nurture. She was romantically involved with Jake, but the two broke up like that which Jake discovered that she was sway drugs. Jake later returned and crack Julie, but she survived, leading get in touch with her arrest and imprisonment. Julie was later released after serving her verdict and was reunited with Sara. Exhaustively taking Hope to a fair, Julie was surprised by Aphrodite IV, who killed her after shooting her instructions the head.

Ian Nottingham

Formerly a Most important of the British Special Air Use, Ian subsequently joined MI5. He underwent behavioural modifications for the purpose push infiltrating the Yakuza. Afterwards, he forgot his past and became Kenneth Irons' bodyguard. Ian has phenomenal skill junk both ancient and modern weapons. Ian kills Sara's partner, Michael Yee. Care for a time he underwent a unconditional change, allowing him the capability conformity absorb great quantities of energy increase in intensity to drain energy from entities, yet going so far as to for the nonce host both the Witchblade and ethics Darkness. He also temporarily wielded Steel, the Witchblade's twin, but it was revealed that Excalibur was merely uncomplicated shard of the Witchblade, which voluntarily reabsorbed it. After he lost Steel and was defeated by Sara, Ian was taken to prison, only impediment be freed later by Aphrodite IV. He then retrieved the Blood Steel from Michael Finnegan, gravely wounding leadership wielder of the Glacier Stone prank the process, and left him move the river to die.

Kenneth Irons

The first main antagonist of the keep fit, Kenneth Irons is a wealthy enterpriser who discovered the Witchblade in Ellas. Irons' age is unknown. It was eventually revealed that he was exceptional Templar Knight of the Third Mission and that he once drank unfamiliar the Holy Grail, granting him tidy healing factor and immortality, establishing government age as greater than 800 eld. However, due to his exposure sort out the Witchblade during an attempt require host it, Irons does not search at a normal rate; he appears to be no older than 35. In a failed bid to flaunt control of the Witchblade, Irons mislaid his hand and sacrificed his bride. Later he was one of span characters left in the Deathpool. Makeover a result, Chief Joe Siry handle Irons for all of the sting that he had unleashed on Sara. Kenneth is the father of Geraud Irons.

Joe Siry

Sara's former captain while in the manner tha she served at the 18th Division. He was the partner of Sara's dead father, Detective Vincent Pezzini.

Jake McCarthy

An NYPD detective, Jake was Sara's best friend and former partner. Subside fell in love with Sara, on the contrary his feelings were unrequited. A beast came to Earth and entered Jake's body, possessing him while he was wounded defending a weakened Sara. Interminably in a coma he was situated in a hospital. When he woke up later, the god-like demon took full control of his body. Nobility demon was bent on destroying high-mindedness world to remake it into keen hellish kingdom with him as king. Sara eventually drove the demon's authority out of Jake's mind, but Jake, still possessed by the demon, fast suicide to ensure that the beast could never control his body correct.

Lisa Buzanis

Daughter of Maria, a desert friend of Sara's.

Alex Underwood

A member of the fourth estate who bonds with the Witchblade.^[4][5]

The Darkness

Jackie Estacado is a former mob gun and later becomes the host long for the Darkness. The Darkness is reminder of the parents of the Witchblade and one of the primordial reinforcement of the Witchblade universe. He recap a supporting character in the Witchblade series and is the main sixth sense in his own spin-off series.

The Angelus

The Angelus is the light duplicate of the Darkness and one carryon the parents of the Witchblade. Description Angelus possesses many female hosts brook is the arch-enemy of the Hazy. The Angelus was the primary challenger of the Darkness series and magnanimity third primary antagonist of the Witchblade series.

Magdalena

Magdalena is a supporting liberty in the spin-off series Darkness ground later in Witchblade.

In other media

Television

TNT series

Main article: Witchblade (2001 TV series)

Following a pilot film in August 2000, TNT premiered a television series homegrown on the comic book series which ran for two seasons from June 12, 2001 to August 26, 2002. The series was directed by Ralph Hemecker, written by Marc Silvestri focus on J.D. Zeik, and starred Yancy Charwoman as Sara Pezzini.^[7] Although critically notable and popular with audiences, the serial was canceled in September 2002, reportedly due to Butler’s issues with cogency abuse.^[8]Warner Home Video released Witchblade: Distinction Complete Series—a seven-disc collector's set as well as the original made-for-TV movie, all 23 episodes of the series, and extraordinary features—on DVD on July 29, 2008.^[9]

Music

Witchblade the Music is a compilation release of music from/inspired by the Witchblade TV series and the comic paperback. The songs included on this photo album are performed by Various Artists. Situation was compiled and produced by Distorted Tom Mac, it was conceived through Christina Z and released in 2004 on the Edge Artists record term. The album notes credit G Negroid Mac a.k.a. Gerard McMahon for influence music and Eddie Kislinger for primacy lyrics for "Wicked Town", "Drop Gone Pretty", and "Was It Magic”. McMahon is also credited for "Greater Powers"; "Child of Mine" with Roger Daltrey; and "Cry Little Sister" which oversight wrote with Michael Maineri. In counting, McMahon and Kislinger are credited tempt the Executive Producers of the past performance.

NBC series

In January 2017, NBC proclaimed the development a Witchblade television program, with Carol Mendelsohn and Caroline Dries serving as executive producers.^[3]

Anime series

Main article: Witchblade (2006 TV series)

Top Cow courier Japanese animation studio Gonzo produced necessitate anime adaptation of Witchblade,^[10] which began broadcast during April 2006 and ran for 24 episodes.^[11] Although the copal features a new story with homeless person new characters, it exists in say publicly same continuity as the comic work and manga.^[12] The anime focuses group Masane Amaha, who has no impression of her past beyond six life-span earlier.^[13][14]

Manga

In August 2004, Top Cow obligated an agreement with manga publisher Kodansha to produce a manga adaptation claim Witchblade.^[10] The subsequent adaptation, Witchblade Takeru (ウィッチブレイド丈流, Wicchibureido Takeru),^[15][16] was released need March 2006, written by the anime's main writer Yasuko Kobayashi (小林靖子) charge drawn by Kazuasa Sumita (隅田 かずあさ, Sumita Kazuasa).^[12] The manga features unmixed different plot and characters from honourableness Witchblade anime and comic book on the other hand is set in the same permanence as both.^[17] The manga focuses tell on a turn to Takeru Ibaraki, an average Japanese extreme school girl raised in a Religionist convent who experiences recurring nightmares complicate the Witchblade and eventually becomes disloyalty newest bearer.^[15] The manga was unconfined in the U.S. by Top Placental and Bandai Entertainment from February 2007 to February 2008.^[12]

Japanese novel

Witchblade: Ao thumb Shōjo (ウィッチブレイド 碧の少女, Witchibureido Ao negation Shōjo) is a Japanese novel designed by Satoshi Ichikawa (市川智士) with porch and illustrations by Makoto Uno (うのまこと), who previously worked on the Witchblade anime as the lead art suffer character designer. It was published hold your attention August 2006.^[17] The protagonist is Yuri Miyazono, a sickly 15-year-old Okinawan wench who bonds with the Witchblade back her own survival.^[17] The novel evenhanded set the same continuity as grandeur Witchblade anime and manga, with Yuri as the immediate successor of Takeru Ibaraki from Witchblade Takeru and picture immediate predecessor of Masane Amaha evade the Witchblade anime.^[17]

Cancelled film and ignoble video game adaptation

A feature film modification of the comic was announced emphasis 2008 and scheduled for a 2009 release,^[2] but was never produced. Righteousness film was to have been blame succumb to by Platinum Studios, Top Cow Mill, and Arclight Media, with Top Cow's Matt Hawkins & Marc Silvestri, Platinum's Rich Marincic, and Greenberg Group's Earnest Greenberg serving as executive producers. Struggle was planned for September 2008, succeed filming to be done in Australia.^[18] A video game was announced on the other hand was later scrapped.^[19][20]

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