From long-running Witchblade scribe RON MARZ comes the final volume of the story of Sara Pezzini, a New York Detective entrusted with an ancient Artifacts of immense supernatural power.
During her twenty years as Bearer of the Witchblade, Sara Pezzini has done battle with demons and gods, mobsters and vampires, and just about every form of evil under the sun from Chicago to Brazil to Saratoga County. But when a powerful collector of the supernatural offers Sara a job, Sara finds herself called back to where it all began: New York City.
If things seem too good to be true, however, it's because they are, and looming over this new opportunity is a cold, hard fact: nothing lasts forever, and Sara's tenure as Witchblade is almost at an end. Of course, a girl can't help but wonder is this the end of the Artifact, or the end of Sara all together?
Collecting issues #180-185, this final trade paperback volume features the culmination of Sara Pezzini's time as the Witchblade, with art from MAAN HOUSE, RANDY GREEN, STJEPAN SEJIC, and many more. Witness the conclusion to twenty years of hard-boiled, supernatural butt-kicking and be a part of history!
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.