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After announcing a " reimagined " relaunch of the beloved 1990s seriesWitchblade , Top Cow / Image Comicsis sharing a thrilling new trailer for the 2024 series . Screen Rant can exclusively unwrap Top Cow ’s newWitchbladetrailer featuring co - creator Marc Silvestri , series writer Marguerite Bennett , and a lot of activity - packed new graphics .
Launching July 17th , 2024,Witchblade#1 by Bennett and Giuseppe Cafarois a sword - Modern take on a dear ' ninety property , updated for the contemporaneous moment . Top Cow’sWitchbladetrailer reveals just why fan should be frantic about the relaunch , as it explores just who Sara Pezzini is , digs into Bennett ’s connection to the character and public , and of course partake some art and covers forward of the first proceeds .
If this preview is anything to go by , the newWitchbladewill stay true to the original series ' urban illusion rootswhile admit a abstruse nose dive into Sara ’s motive and theatrical role . WithSilvestri ’s seal of approval , 2024’sWitchbladeis already set to be the utter jumping - on gunpoint for young reader of this fan - favorite story .
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NewWitchbladeTrailer Digs Into Everything that Makes the Series Great
Bennett and Silvestri Celebrate Sara Pezzini’s World
WITCHBLADE # 1 ( 2024 )
Release Date :
July 17th , 2024
Writers :
Marguerite Bennett
Artists :
Giuseppe Cafaro
Cover Artist :
Marc Silvestri , Arif Prianto
Variant Covers :
● Cover A : Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto ● Cover B : Giuseppe Cafaro and Arif Prianto ● Cover ampere-second : Blank Sketch Cover ● Cover D ( 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 ): telephone line art by Marc Silvestri - Virgin Cover , Inks
InWitchblade#1 , New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini ’s life was forever fractured by her don ’s slaying . Cold , cunning , and hellbent on revenge , Sara now stalks a fell felonious conspiracy beneath the city , where an ancient power collides and metamorphose her into something wild , magnificent , and beyond her darkest imaginings . How will Sara utilise this ancient power , or will she be down by it ?
Announced sooner this year to great turmoil among fan , Witchblade#1 serves as a true relaunch of the beloved and long - running original serial publication , which played a major theatrical role in the so - called " Image Revolution " of the nineties . Starring the multifaceted " vigilante " part Sara Pezzini , the series — new and sometime — embracesthe grittiness of urban fantasy , as it ’s set in the rainy streets of New York City . When Sara is concede vivid and fantastical power , her populace and military mission are turned upside down . As Bennett tease apart in the laggard , these powers will have massive consequences for her conflict — both among others and within herself .
The originalWitchblade#1 by David Wohl , Brian Haberlin , Christina Z. , Michael Turner , D - Tron , JD Smith , and Nathan Cabrera run into stands in 1995 . The serial publication reached countless reader and fans over its long streamlet , eventually concluding in 2015 withWitchblade#185 by Ron Marz , Matt Hawkins , Marc Silvestri , Stjepan Šejić , Keu Cha , Nelson Blake II , Michael Turner , Brian Ching , Randy Green , Abhishek Malsuni , Linda Šejić , Isaac Goodhart , and many more .
After the originalWitchbladeconcluded after twenty straight years on the stands — an almost unthinkable run for an self-governing series by today ’s standards — Top Cow briefly revive the conception with a new main theatrical role in 2017.2024’sWitchblade , however , is a truthful relaunch — perhaps better thought of , in comics vernacular , as a " reboot , " as Bennett and Cafaro ’s series will take the familiar fiber and plot ofthe ' 90s Image seriesand give them newfangled shape with update concept , characters , and conflict . For newfangled devotee hop to duck their toe intoWitchblade ’s world , this new # 1 will be the consummate entry point , and the drone makes it seem all the more thrilling .
Witchblade’s 2024 Relaunch Will Be Perfect for Fans New and Old
Top Cow’s New Trailer Promises a True Urban Fantasy Story
TheWitchbladetrailer free by Top moo-cow shows major promise for this new cause , especially with a writer like Bennett on table ( and atomic number 27 - creator Silvestri ’s guide hand ) . With its blend of novel idea and classic ' 90s tropes , concept , and plain old vibraharp , Bennett and Cafaro’sWitchbladewill hopefully please fans new and older . Until the brand - new # 1 hits stands in July , readers and arrest up with Sara Pezzini ’s originalWitchbladeadventures both digitally and in collected editions fromTop Cow / Image Comics .
Witchblade#1is uncommitted July 17th , 2024 from Top Cow / Image Comics .
