Witchblade: Borne Again, Volume 2

Witchblade Collected Editions #27

by Ron Marz, Laura Braga (Artist)

Ending her time spent separated from the Witchblade, Sara Pezzini retook possession of the ancient artifact to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Angelus. During her struggle to regain the Witchblade, Sara learned the new Angelus is Jenny Romano, Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado’s wife. With that discovery, Sara takes up the case as to how Jenny, wife of the Darkness, became the Angelus, all while the Witchblade has plans for Sara of its own.

Collects WITCHBLADE #175-179.

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

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2014

About the author

Marz 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.

Reviews

[John Yelverton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, the new chapter in the Witchblade series that started off with a bang is now seeming to be more like a flash in the pan. Whatever story line they were moving toward has been sabotaged by all of these characters that are being reintroduced from New York City, and even more unwanted stories between Pezzini and the Darkness.

[47Time · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume has a single-panel page with one of the most feminine poses in the whole comic. Kudos, illustrator.

The Witchblade is upset about being thrown aside, so Sara has to assert herself again. Some short stories follow showing the Witchblade's role in the universe, the work relationship between Sara and Gleason and a missing kids case involving a haunted amusement park.

Sara and her partner, deputy Rooney, are looking into how the Angelus took over Jenny Estacado's body. While inside Jackie's house, Rooney gets infected by the remnants of Darkness virus. Sara heals her and destroys the Darkness virus.

A case of slaughtered livestock may have to do with a large wolf-like creature. It's actually a ruse to confirm Sara's abilities.

[Emilio · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read. Fast paced and plenty of action.

[Dracul Draconis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ich hab immernoch ein Problem mit Bragas Gesichtern und Pezini sieht deutlich blonder aus als unter Turner und Sejic. Die Story fühlt sich an als würde irgendwas aufgebaut werden - Besonders 'Fun Time' und 'Pale Moonlight'. Positiv finde ich dass ein bisschen die Zeit zwischen 'Das Opfer' und 'Neu geboren' erkundet wird...

[Paul Allard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reasonable compilation of short stories

Sara Pezzini introduces Deputy Rooney to her world, demons and all. The series of individual stories include an encounter with the Darkness, with Yang, with a werewolf.

Fairly entertaining, this isn't bad but nothing special: I still do not like the illustrations as much as in Michael Turner's Witchblade. Volume 3 next.

[Jen · Rating 2 out of 5]

These first two volumes were really short and kind of 'blah'. I almost bought but checked out from the library instead, and I'm glad I didn't invest the money.