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Witchblade: Redemption #2
Witchblade: Redemption, Volume 2
Sara Pezzini is once more in sole control of the powerful, mystical gauntlet known as the Witchblade. After a dangerous encounter with the emerald-haired robotic assassin Aphrodite IV, Pezzini is immediately pulled into the prelude for the earth-shattering events of Artifacts. Included in this volume are Sara's encounter with Abigail van Alstine, the Necromancer, a prophetic fairy tale, and the loss of family. Collects the full storyline from Witchblade #137-141, as well as the stand-alone stories from Witchblade: Due Process by Phil Smith and Alina Urusov.
160 pages, Paperback
First published March 29, 2011
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About the author
Ron Marz
1,644 books122 followersMarz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
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January 3, 2022
This was great!
Getting to see Sara and Gleason work together again was great. The start of this is basically a prelude for the artifacts series. We get to meet a new necromancer type girl who is actually pretty interesting. Then before we get to deep into that we're thrown into a bit of a jarring major event that kills off a character I was just coming to really enjoy. So that was weird. But the final few issues are Sara and Gleason doing police work while also Sara dealing with her loss.
It's a really solid issue with death being felt by multiple characters. Trying to pick up the pieces while also doing their job, this volume does a good balance. I will say the death is sudden and for sure felt jarring a bit, but besides that I REALLY enjoyed this volume.
A 4 out of 5.
Getting to see Sara and Gleason work together again was great. The start of this is basically a prelude for the artifacts series. We get to meet a new necromancer type girl who is actually pretty interesting. Then before we get to deep into that we're thrown into a bit of a jarring major event that kills off a character I was just coming to really enjoy. So that was weird. But the final few issues are Sara and Gleason doing police work while also Sara dealing with her loss.
It's a really solid issue with death being felt by multiple characters. Trying to pick up the pieces while also doing their job, this volume does a good balance. I will say the death is sudden and for sure felt jarring a bit, but besides that I REALLY enjoyed this volume.
A 4 out of 5.
December 14, 2012
More adventures from Sara Pezzini as her time in New York draws to a close.
August 13, 2023
A collection of smaller stories.
The first story has a team up with Sara and a new character called Necromancer, who can speak to the dead. The next story is a fairy tale told with the Witchblade characters. The art for this one is great, as they are mostly full page illustrations.
The third story is the reason why I'm only giving this 3 stars instead of 4. A major turning point for Sara happened in another Top Cow series (Artifacts) and we see the fallout from that. I'm guessing that the event happened in Artifacts instead of Witchblade in order to sell more copies of Artifacts. This makes it a very jarring transition in this book, as all of a sudden major supporting characters are gone and Sara is dealing with her loss.
The last two issues in this volume tells a 2-part story with Sara and Gleason investigating a supernatural murder that seems to be related to some evil children. It deals with Sara getting back to work as a detective dealing with supernatural cases, while also dealing with her personal grief.
It's still a good series, it's just a pity that some important developments happen in a different title that isn't included here.
The first story has a team up with Sara and a new character called Necromancer, who can speak to the dead. The next story is a fairy tale told with the Witchblade characters. The art for this one is great, as they are mostly full page illustrations.
The third story is the reason why I'm only giving this 3 stars instead of 4. A major turning point for Sara happened in another Top Cow series (Artifacts) and we see the fallout from that. I'm guessing that the event happened in Artifacts instead of Witchblade in order to sell more copies of Artifacts. This makes it a very jarring transition in this book, as all of a sudden major supporting characters are gone and Sara is dealing with her loss.
The last two issues in this volume tells a 2-part story with Sara and Gleason investigating a supernatural murder that seems to be related to some evil children. It deals with Sara getting back to work as a detective dealing with supernatural cases, while also dealing with her personal grief.
It's still a good series, it's just a pity that some important developments happen in a different title that isn't included here.
June 27, 2020
Very much in to minds about this volume. I very much disliked one story and liked the next.
Sara does come across as very bi-polar : one minute she wants nothing to do with Gleason, then the next, she is afraid he will leave her.
I loved the fairy tail though - that was awesome.
The last story is good.
Sara does come across as very bi-polar : one minute she wants nothing to do with Gleason, then the next, she is afraid he will leave her.
I loved the fairy tail though - that was awesome.
The last story is good.
June 8, 2015
Witchblade Redemption vol 1 made me feel like I was just reading Witchblade out of habit rather than because I cared about the story/characters. Thankfully, vol 2 mixes things up and gives the world of the Witchblade something fresh for long-time readers, and is a pretty good jumping on point for new readers (better than vol 1 anyway).
Unfortunately, part of the reason it's a good starting point is because, if you're not reading the other Top Cow titles (maybe), you'll feel just as out of the loop as a new reader. It seems like there are several important things that happen in Sara's life that aren't included here.
But back to the good stuff. Top Cow has added some new artists and a new writer to their already established creative team for this volume (not sure if they continue doing that later). The result is a noticeably more inspired and refreshing feel, while maintaining the familiar art and writing of Sejic and Marz, respectively. Now I want to pick up Witchblade again.
Unfortunately, part of the reason it's a good starting point is because, if you're not reading the other Top Cow titles (maybe), you'll feel just as out of the loop as a new reader. It seems like there are several important things that happen in Sara's life that aren't included here.
But back to the good stuff. Top Cow has added some new artists and a new writer to their already established creative team for this volume (not sure if they continue doing that later). The result is a noticeably more inspired and refreshing feel, while maintaining the familiar art and writing of Sejic and Marz, respectively. Now I want to pick up Witchblade again.
January 13, 2017
Always loved this title. Excellent art, story, intrigue, and characters. Even picking up a random issue(as is the case here) one can enjoy the story without an loss of continuity. You can easily see why this title is the flagship and has withstood the test of time with every page you turn. I recommend this for every comic reader and every lover of comic art.
July 10, 2014
I just did not like this. The art, the stories... they just did not pull me in like the other Witchblade series I have read.
April 2, 2017
The Necromancer, a 17-year-old with considerable magical power is introduced. He power is cooler than the Witchblade, so suck it, Sara. The next issue is a fairy tale with many characters from the Top Cow universe, all single-panel pages that beg to be copied and put on the wall. So far, you can safely skip these stories.
There's an artist change here which I welcome as a breath of fresh air. After Sara's sister gets killed and her daughter is kidnapped by Aphrodite IV, Sara is allowed to remain on duty, but needs some space even from Gleason. Again. The soap opera in this series rears its ugly head again. Jackie offers to help.
The last story is another supernatural case for Sara and Gleason, team duo, together again.
There's an artist change here which I welcome as a breath of fresh air. After Sara's sister gets killed and her daughter is kidnapped by Aphrodite IV, Sara is allowed to remain on duty, but needs some space even from Gleason. Again. The soap opera in this series rears its ugly head again. Jackie offers to help.
The last story is another supernatural case for Sara and Gleason, team duo, together again.
April 13, 2017
Good mix of stories and again great graphics!
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