Witchblade: Borne Again, Vol. 3

Witchblade Collected Editions #28

by Ron Marz

After reliving the death of Darkness host Jackie Estacado, Witchblade bearer Sara Pezzini is tempted by an opportunity that lures her away from her duties as an upstate sheriff and back to New York City. But is the offer to work as supernatural enforcer for a powerful sorceress too good to be true? Even if Sara survives, her life will never be the same!

Collects WITCHBLADE #180-184.

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

Paperback

First published August 26, 2015

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 4 out of 5]

Sara Pezzini final returns to New York City, where she belongs! Sadly, it's as a private investigator, and not as a NYPD detective. Even more sad is the realization that this is the last "Witchblade" book in the series. It was a good book with lots of intrigue, but my only complaint is the lack of fanfare at her departure.

[Paul Allard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Witchblade vs the Darkness and much more

Some of this volume deals with the episode in which the Witchblade slays the Darkness (not a spoiler as already mentioned in Volume 1). It inttoduces a new character called Amaryllis. Otherstories feature Sara giving up the Witchblade (again)

Several artists involved here including Michael Turner and Stjepan Sejic in the final chapter. Artwork is therefore mixed. Probably the most interesting of the three volumes.

[Emilio · Rating 4 out of 5]

The momentum of had towards the series finale was excellent!

[47Time · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally, it's over. The ending isn't over-the-top, but it gets the job done. It's been a roller coaster ride with ups and down in writing and artwork, but the Witchblade is ultimately a fun comic if you have the time for it. You have violence, romance, the arcane, magic, the supernatural, so it's pretty versatile.

Jackie's death is necessary to restore the balance of the universe and to prevent the ancient ones from invading it. Hope is also an obstacle as she is on her father's side and shares his abilities. Still, Jackie fights Sara alone and loses. An incantation destroys the Darkness.

The guys that tested Sara before are back with another monster Sara defeats. They invite her to meet a collector of weapons, Amaryllis, who offers Sara lifetime employment with a huge salary. A mission has her and another agent stealing an artifact. They get caught by its owner, but Sara defeats him. Before dying he shows her a book that reveals the truth about her employer. Sara confronts Amaryllis and defeats her.

Sara decides to quit her job and return to New York. She breaks into the Rialto while in a dream state and wakes up to find Gleason who responded to the break in call. The Witchblade is ready to move to a new host. The first is Dani Baptiste, but it soon rejects her. Then it's Patience who also has the Magdalena. Francesca Taylor used the Coin of Solomon to build an economic empire, but the Witchblade soon leaves her too and returns to Sara. Then it leaves Sara on its own.