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Witchblade Collected Editions #3-4
Witchblade Origins Volume 3
With Witchblade now well over 100 issues, here's your chance to go back to the very beginning to rediscover the classic origins of the mystical guantlet and the start of a long, storied history with its current wielder, NYPD Detective Sara Pezzini. This brand-new trade paperback collects Witchblade issues #18-25 and features stunning artwork and a cover gallery by superstar penciler Michael Turner (Superman/Batman, Fathom), Randy Green (X-Men, Tomb Raider), and Jason Pearson (Body Bags). In addition, this collection also features the first-ever, major inter-company crossover event "Family Ties," which includes two tie-in issues of The Darkness.
240 pages, Paperback
First published May 29, 2009
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June 7, 2017
This series shows a great evolution in these issues. The collectible as a whole is a great series by itself and has a pretty great consistency, talking about plot, characters and dialogues.
Tha last part of the #2 collectible let a lot of questions and was a little mess up. In this one we have a story that takes all that had happened before and puts it together in the best way ever. Jackie and Pez both lose their weapond and they became a part of Ian Nottingham.
We had this awesome and unexpected beginning in volume 18, a crossover with the darkness when we get to see more of the connection between the darkness and the witchblade. Stacado, Nottingham and Pez together is always a recipe for disaster, this time was no difference.
They gather side characters and villains from both sagas and the ones that entertwined to make this one.
To include the darkness vol 9 and 10 just made everything better, it gave us the opportunity to see more than just one pov and how that connection between the artifacts grows.
As we keep reading the story it goes to a pike in it, great effects, logical plot and no holes. The excitement of the story just goes up as you keep reading and that makes you want to know more. Stacado appearance let us with a whole new bunch of characters that has relationships here and there and engross the background of the story itself (aka Setsuke and Gavin Taylor).
At the end of volume 19 Pez loses the witchblade and Ian becomes the bearer of the fatal weapon. Parting from that point the story just give us twist and turns. Taylor begins to be the center of some crimes, the prosperity church a big deal, and also Sara dealing whit the empty space of the witchblade a whole new problem.
All this plus the fact that Ian is the first man ever in become the bearer of a weapon who has always being used for women and that only chooses women bc itself is a woman. The witchblade is feeling his anger, his angst of power and blood and it loves the taste of it. The witchblade has never hide it's destructive and letal nature, but being with all those strong females whom where empowered of their feelings and in control of the weapon, it could never had the chance to be the master mind behind the bearer. But with Ian all that changes.
The witchblade experiments total control and power and it likes it. That alone is the final plot of this series. The witchblade having complete control of a human and Sara felling the stress and angst of losing a part of herself.
Then we see how that plot line is developed leading to a known part of the story and taking back those new arguments that they kinda left in the air in collectible 2 (aka the whole experiment thing and Siry's memories)
In terms of art I have to say that they have great drawers in this series. Turner, Silvestri, Benitez, Broome, Green, Fraga and others that honestly make a grear work on it. I was frankly pretty happy about the way they were working with Turner's left. But then the beginning of vol 24 happened and the cringe was huge.
I'm not saying that I don't like Trent Pearson work, bc honestly I like his style and it's kind of a new way of seeing Pez's story. But the truth is that is was so sudden that all I could think was "this looks like a freaking cartoon" and not in a good way. Then Randy Green took control of it and honestly I'm a big fan so that ease the pain in my eyes.
This was a great series. Honestly Family ties is way more than I expected, in terms of art, plot and dialogues. It truly shows that the Comic series is improving itself and getting better each time.
Being a huge fan I have to say: Thanks God!!.
I really loved the ending. It was massive, destructive, full of action, great dialogues awesome scenes and the master piece that is Turner's art. I'm really curious for what's coming next. We had a lot more questions than before and the angst is killing me.
It was great!
4.5 letal Stars.
Tha last part of the #2 collectible let a lot of questions and was a little mess up. In this one we have a story that takes all that had happened before and puts it together in the best way ever. Jackie and Pez both lose their weapond and they became a part of Ian Nottingham.
We had this awesome and unexpected beginning in volume 18, a crossover with the darkness when we get to see more of the connection between the darkness and the witchblade. Stacado, Nottingham and Pez together is always a recipe for disaster, this time was no difference.
They gather side characters and villains from both sagas and the ones that entertwined to make this one.
To include the darkness vol 9 and 10 just made everything better, it gave us the opportunity to see more than just one pov and how that connection between the artifacts grows.
As we keep reading the story it goes to a pike in it, great effects, logical plot and no holes. The excitement of the story just goes up as you keep reading and that makes you want to know more. Stacado appearance let us with a whole new bunch of characters that has relationships here and there and engross the background of the story itself (aka Setsuke and Gavin Taylor).
At the end of volume 19 Pez loses the witchblade and Ian becomes the bearer of the fatal weapon. Parting from that point the story just give us twist and turns. Taylor begins to be the center of some crimes, the prosperity church a big deal, and also Sara dealing whit the empty space of the witchblade a whole new problem.
All this plus the fact that Ian is the first man ever in become the bearer of a weapon who has always being used for women and that only chooses women bc itself is a woman. The witchblade is feeling his anger, his angst of power and blood and it loves the taste of it. The witchblade has never hide it's destructive and letal nature, but being with all those strong females whom where empowered of their feelings and in control of the weapon, it could never had the chance to be the master mind behind the bearer. But with Ian all that changes.
The witchblade experiments total control and power and it likes it. That alone is the final plot of this series. The witchblade having complete control of a human and Sara felling the stress and angst of losing a part of herself.
Then we see how that plot line is developed leading to a known part of the story and taking back those new arguments that they kinda left in the air in collectible 2 (aka the whole experiment thing and Siry's memories)
In terms of art I have to say that they have great drawers in this series. Turner, Silvestri, Benitez, Broome, Green, Fraga and others that honestly make a grear work on it. I was frankly pretty happy about the way they were working with Turner's left. But then the beginning of vol 24 happened and the cringe was huge.
I'm not saying that I don't like Trent Pearson work, bc honestly I like his style and it's kind of a new way of seeing Pez's story. But the truth is that is was so sudden that all I could think was "this looks like a freaking cartoon" and not in a good way. Then Randy Green took control of it and honestly I'm a big fan so that ease the pain in my eyes.
This was a great series. Honestly Family ties is way more than I expected, in terms of art, plot and dialogues. It truly shows that the Comic series is improving itself and getting better each time.
Being a huge fan I have to say: Thanks God!!.
I really loved the ending. It was massive, destructive, full of action, great dialogues awesome scenes and the master piece that is Turner's art. I'm really curious for what's coming next. We had a lot more questions than before and the angst is killing me.
It was great!
4.5 letal Stars.
February 20, 2020
I must be reading this without any concentrating because to me the flow of the story is still severely fucked up, like there were pages and panels missing. But then again, the plot ain't that hard to follow and pictures have some eye candy here and there. Could be easily much better.
Simple fast reading.
Simple fast reading.
May 5, 2020
5 stars
Now here it's where it starts getting real good. The darkness is introduced, and we see a lot more of Ian (I'm not saying I did totally have a crush on this murderous assassin when I was a teenager not at all... that would be wrong 😂).
The artwork gets more evolved and the story more interesting. From this point on, the true goodness of Witchblade starts.
Now here it's where it starts getting real good. The darkness is introduced, and we see a lot more of Ian (I'm not saying I did totally have a crush on this murderous assassin when I was a teenager not at all... that would be wrong 😂).
The artwork gets more evolved and the story more interesting. From this point on, the true goodness of Witchblade starts.
December 15, 2015
I did not know how much I care about this series because of art. One issue had different art and it was appalling. It look like Flintstones cartoon.
I also did not enjoyed the fact that for the most of the issue Witchblade was not bound to Sara. But at least it painted the picture that she needs it and it is her responsibility to wield it.
Otherwise very solid and nice except for most comic book-y ending ever :)
I also did not enjoyed the fact that for the most of the issue Witchblade was not bound to Sara. But at least it painted the picture that she needs it and it is her responsibility to wield it.
Otherwise very solid and nice except for most comic book-y ending ever :)
December 16, 2009
this collects issues #18-25 as well as a couple of issues from the darkness. in this collection sara meets jackie estacado (the darkness) and ian nottingham returns to take over the witchblade from sara. she is forced to research a murder while ian runs rampant with the witchblade. the artwork and story are top-notch again in this collection.
May 18, 2012
It seems like this book series is starting to come to a head with the introduction of new characters and the beginning of the end of others.
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