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Witchblade: Redemption #3
Witchblade: Redemption, Volume 3
New York City Detective Sara Pezzini is once more in sole control of the powerful, mystical gauntlet known as the Witchblade. She is finally returning to normal, only Sara's version of "normal" includes investigating the city's strangest mystical crimes. Included in this volume is a mystery with "Paper Monsters", a solo adventure with Sara's partner and boyfriend Patrick Gleason, and a retelling of Sara's origin story. Collects the full storyline from Witchblade #140-143 and the over-sized fifteenth anniversary issue #144. Written by series author Ron Marz (Artifacts, Magdalena) with art by regular series artist Stjepan Sejic (Angelus) and special guest artist Matthew Dow Smith (Doctor Who). Features a complete cover gallery, a behind-the-scenes section, and more!
160 pages, Paperback
First published October 12, 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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December 14, 2012
An interesting compendium of stories as Sara's time in New York draws to a close.
August 13, 2023
A mostly skippable volume. The highlight is Gleason needing to transport a serial killer prisoner who seems to be surrounded by murderous ghosts. The art isn't done by Sejic though, unfortunately, but the story is still good.
There is also a retelling of Sara's origin as the Witchblade which was cool. This one was illustrated by Sejic and it looked great.
There is also a retelling of Sara's origin as the Witchblade which was cool. This one was illustrated by Sejic and it looked great.
May 3, 2020
A weak point in a strong series.
June 11, 2015
And the "this would be a great starting point" thing continues! Ron Marz is clearly taking a break from the heavier, history-loaded plotlines and really opening up the Witchblade universe to newcomers. This volume can be split up into six or seven vignettes, two of which focus on Sara's partner, Gleason, and the remainder centering on Sara or previous Witchblade bearers. While there is a present story unfolding, it's slow and simple enough to go along with easily. There's a lot of background story being given and history being recapped in ways that are interesting enough for even a long-time reader to enjoy.
Now for the art: Stjepan Sejic's stuff is beautiful, as usual, and because he's not the sole artist of Witchblade anymore, the breaks he gets reflect positively on the quality of issues he does illustrate.
Matthew Dow Smith, who draws the first story arc on Gleason, has a very simplified, blocky style that I don't particularly like.
John Tyler Christopher's Gleason story is so disappointing I didn't even recognize it until I saw his name just now. I've adored so much of his work, seeing this throws me off. I mean, I have this on my wall and it looks like it's done by a completely different artist!
Anyway.
Tony Shasteen's work is lovely. It's fresh and suits Witchblade well.
Matt Haley's art is okay.
And the last section is mostly written story with a few small pictures in between. It's a good story, written by the aforementioned Matthew Dow Smith. I still don't like the pictures.
So. What can you take out of all this? It seems Witchblade's dry spell is (at least for now) over, and if you're interested in checking out the series, this volume will do just fine. It's a good book, and I don't mind the "intro" stuff because I think it's well done. If you like stories with a supernatural element, crime mysteries, and/or take-no-shit-slay-monsters-for-breakfast-and-still-look-gorgeous female protagonists, give Witchblade a try.
Now for the art: Stjepan Sejic's stuff is beautiful, as usual, and because he's not the sole artist of Witchblade anymore, the breaks he gets reflect positively on the quality of issues he does illustrate.
Matthew Dow Smith, who draws the first story arc on Gleason, has a very simplified, blocky style that I don't particularly like.
John Tyler Christopher's Gleason story is so disappointing I didn't even recognize it until I saw his name just now. I've adored so much of his work, seeing this throws me off. I mean, I have this on my wall and it looks like it's done by a completely different artist!
Anyway.
Tony Shasteen's work is lovely. It's fresh and suits Witchblade well.
Matt Haley's art is okay.
And the last section is mostly written story with a few small pictures in between. It's a good story, written by the aforementioned Matthew Dow Smith. I still don't like the pictures.
So. What can you take out of all this? It seems Witchblade's dry spell is (at least for now) over, and if you're interested in checking out the series, this volume will do just fine. It's a good book, and I don't mind the "intro" stuff because I think it's well done. If you like stories with a supernatural element, crime mysteries, and/or take-no-shit-slay-monsters-for-breakfast-and-still-look-gorgeous female protagonists, give Witchblade a try.
April 6, 2017
Gleason has to bring a convict from a small town to the city prison. The guy has the ability to summon spirits that can interact with the real world.
Sara's origin story is retold and it looks spectacular with Sejic's artwork.
Sara's origin story is retold and it looks spectacular with Sejic's artwork.
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