Witchblade: Rebirth Volume 4

Witchblade Rebirth #4

by Tim Seeley, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Philip W. Smith

Collects WITCHBLADE #166-#169

After sealing off the main artery of an interdimensional black market trade in the supernatural, Witchblade-bearer Sara Pezzini wears a target on her back. Between Chicago's corrupt elite and common criminals, everyone wants a piece of the Witchblade - but who will get to her first?

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Horror, Action, Crime

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 17, 2013

About the author

Tim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

[John Yelverton]

This book seems to have just lost it's bearing. The writer jumps from storyline to storyline and the reader barely knows where they or the characters stand from book to book.

[Nicholas]

The stories were okay, which is normal for "Witchblade", but man, while the series has had some pretty terrible art, it was never consistently terrible like it was in this run. It's like the artist(s) had never actually looked at a WB comic and were only working from a vague description. The only thing this art has going for it is that it doesn't look like every other panel is a copy of some pose from the artist's porn collection.

[Andries van Wyk]

Wow what a change from just the previous volume. Going from a 4 star to a 1 star (and I really want to give it only 1 star).
The plot/story is incredibly difficult to follow - its like watching a film with 3 frames missing every second. The is started ok ... but then just got worse. And I have no idea what this crap was at the end - the Arabian stuff was the worst filler ever.
The art style is not great ... and like the plot, degenerates.

[J.]

I've never seen so many plotlines crash together in such a rush to get done quickly. Headspinning.

[Diana]

"Witchblade" used to be a good comic. Now I can't even figure out what I am reading...

[Tomer]

The End of one of the worst runs i've ever read on any comics.
if thats the Top Cow flagship Its better to let it drown.

[47Time]

My God... Seeley's writing is awful. I'm glad this is his final arc.

Sara is hired to find some dirt on Wendell Castor, a politician that is believed to be the cleanest in Chicago. Alisa Spencer, the so-called ungod, got close to him in the last volume after wanting to have him killed. Ever the force of balance, Sara finds dirt on both Castor and his rival in the elections, affecting both their chances to be elected. This one-shot tried to be smart, but ended up just being snarky.

The ridiculous faerie land where Sara ended up by using a portal is revisited. Its mob boss Mulranny escaped into Chicago and is being sought by the old bearer of the Witchblade, Katarina. A lot of things happen in quick succession... I couldn't tell you what relevance it has to the comic or characters... There's a long battle at the end. Great stuff... not...