Witchblade
Witchblade is a comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, which ran from November 1995 to October 2015. The series was created by Top Cow founder and owner Marc Silvestri, editor David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.
| Witchblade | |
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Front cover to Witchblade Vol. 1 (Witch Hunt) TPB (Feb. 2008). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Top Cow Productions (Image Comics) |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | November 1995 – October 2015 December 2017 – January 2020 |
| No. of issues | 203 |
| Main character(s) | Witchblade Sara Pezzini Alex Underwood |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Marc Silvestri David Wohl Brian Haberlin Michael Turner |
| Written by | David Wohl Marc Silvestri Brian Haberlin Christina Z Ron Marz |
| Artist(s) | Michael Turner Marc Silvestri Stjepan Sejic |
The Witchblade comic was adapted into a television series in 2001, as well as an anime, a manga and a novel in 2006. A feature film based on the comic, titled The Witchblade, was announced for a 2009 release, but was never produced. A second Witchblade television series was announced for development in January 2017, but there has been no update since.
Top Cow relaunched Witchblade comic in December 2017 with the creative team of writer Caitlin Kittredge and artist Roberta Ingranata. The series features journalist Alex Underwood as the main character.
The first of a new Witchblade comic series was released in February 2021 featuring new Witchblade creative team, writer Marguerite Bennett, artist Ariel Kristantina, colorist Bryan Valenza and letterer Troy Peteri.