Witchblade: Demons

Witchblade Novels #3

by Mike Baron

First Publication! WITCHBLADE: DEMONS By Mike Baron

When a big-shot antiquities dealer is found with his head severed, the case falls to NYPD Homicide detective Sara Pezzini and her partner. Sara enlists sword polisher David Kopkind, a student of Japanese history, who recognizes the killing blow of a katana. Could an ancient Japanese warrior be on the loose in New York -- and if so, can even the Witchblade stop him before Sara loses her own head...?

AN ORIGINAL WITCHBLADE NOVEL!

296 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2002

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Demons was the third (and last) Witchblade prose novel that was based on the television series that was based on the Top Cow comics character. The first two had covers that were photographs of Yancy Butler as Sara Pezzini, but this one has a Michael Turner painting. Baron wrote a lot of good comics scripts for various titles over the years, but did pretty well here with the novel format. It's more of a detective story than a superhero adventure, and does a good job of portraying Sara in that light.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was more a detective story than a superhero adventure, but I think it worked better that way. At this point Sara has already had the witchblade a while when a cursed samurai sword leads to brutal murders in New York City. A good mix of detective story and action.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Nate · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is largely a straightforward, by-the-number detective novel, without any real supernatural elements until the last couple of chapters. That's not to say it's bad, it just wasn't the action-heavy superhero story I was expecting after having read quite a few Witchblade issues.