Witchblade 5

"LIFE AFTER," Part Five How do you stop a demon that could be anyone, anywhere in New York City? Alex better figure it out fast because among other tricks, this demon has the NYPD convinced Alex is guilty of murder, and the Witchblade is on the run.

"The misjudged, the betrayed, the fallen. Rise and avenge your name. Rise and show the Father your true face." Join Dynamite Entertainment and Top Cow Productions as they bring two of comics most celebrated heroines together in one terrifying tale of loss and redemption. Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, and Sara Pezzini, the modern day bearer of the Witchblade, must find a way to defeat a wickedly depraved being as old and as dark as the cosmos in order to prevent the world from eternally becoming a true hell on Earth. This volume collects issues one through six of Witchblade/Red Sonja written by Doug Wagner (The Ride, I.C.E.) and featuring stunning interior art by Cezar Razek (Hack/Slash/Eva: Monster's Ball) and amazing cover art by Ale Garza (Vampirella, Michael Turner's Fathom).

Between Ian Nottingham and Kenneth Irons stand Sara Pezzini and the Witchblade, who will ultimately wield it? By writers David Wohl and Christina Z and artist Michael Turner.

A new era of Witchblade begins in this series-changing volume as Sara Pezzini, the Witchblade bearer for 100 issues, gives up the mystical gauntlet to a new bearer in Dani Baptiste! The Witchblade is a mysterious gauntlet which bonds with a female bearer and serves as the Balance between the forces of Light and Dark. Detective Sara Pezzini, the current bearer has discovered she is pregnant and in order to safeguard her baby has given up the artifact to young dancer Dani Baptiste. Written by Ron Marz (Ion, Samurai: Heaven & Earth) and featuring art by Adriana Melo (Star Wars), Stjepan Sejic (First Born), and Sami Basri (Anita Blake) this volume introduces readers to Dani Baptiste and serves as a prologue for First Born. Collecting Witchblade #101-109, plus cover gallery for a massive nine-issue trade paperback.

Following the success of The Art of The Darkness, Top Cow proudly presents The Art of Witchblade Art Book with pieces by all of the key artists who have worked on the series over it's 10+ year history.

Dangerous Curves: Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism, and Popular Culture addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980s. Jeffrey A. Brown discusses this immensely popular character type as an example of, and challenge to, existing theories about gender as a performance identity. Her assumption of heroic masculine traits combined with her sexualized physical depiction demonstrates the ambiguous nature of traditional gender expectations and indicates a growing awareness of more aggressive and violent roles for women. The excessive sexual fetishism of action heroines is a central theme throughout. The topic is analyzed as an insight into the transgressive image of the dominatrix, as a refection of the shift in popular feminism from second-wave politics to third-wave and post-feminist pleasures, and as a form of patriarchal backlash that facilitates a masculine fantasy of controlling strong female characters. Brown interprets the action heroine as a representation of changing gender dynamics that balances the sexual objectification of women with progressive models of female strength. While the primary focus of this study is the action heroine as represented in Hollywood film and television, the book also includes the action heroine's emergence in contemporary popular literature, comic books, cartoons, and video games.

Collects The Darkness #7-10 as well as Witchblade #18-19. Go back to the beginning and see 21-year-old mob hitman Jackie Estacado struggle with the power and the burden of The Darkness. Also collected in this edition is the first crossover between The Darkness and Witchblade in the fan favorite 'Family Ties' storyline. Featuring art by Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri and superstar Joe Benitez (Soulfire, Titans).

War of the Witchblades' Part 5 (of 6) ...The penultimate chapter of the 'War of the Witchblades' story arc! Every war must have a victor. The Balance must be restored. With the lines drawn firmly in the sand and both Sara Pezzini and Dani Baptiste carrying wounds from their battle, the stakes have never been this high.