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Review: ‘Clone’ #3

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People like to imagine how their lives would be different if they made a different choice. How tough can a choice be? You go left or right. You put on your blue tie or red tie. You kill as many as it takes to keep you and your family alive or you die. Wait, what? The utterly insane and unpredictable day for Luke continues in Clone #3. Tough choices come hard and fast in this fast-paced issue.

WRITTEN BY: David Shulner
ART BY: Juan Jose Ryp
PUBLISHED BY: Image / Skybound
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: January 9th, 2013

Our main clone, Luke, is thrust into more and more impossible decisions in our latest issue. So far, we have at least three clones each with their own agendas. Luke just wants to get his wife and unborn child home safe. Patrick, the evil manipulative clone, wants Luke to make a choice: become a human and kill all the other look-alikes or stay a clone. And then there’s our third super-spy clone who is trying to help Luke and stop Patrick.

If this sounds confusing, don’t worry. Shulner’s writing and Ryp’s crisp and heavily detailed art keeps everything clear despite every other character looking the same. Each clone has its own style and voice which may be tricky down the road if more are given room to grow. However, it works well here with some twists that reminded me of the face mask gimmick from the Mission: Impossible films. It’s cool to see it but hopefully it doesn’t become a common tactic.

The themes of survival and protecting family run rampant through this chapter. The subplot with the Vice President being forced to choose between country and family pushes through succinctly. I look forward to when these two very different storylines converge. The action and all the moving parts are fast paced yet easy to follow in this issue.

Being shown piles of dead bodies is traumatic enough. Now imagine how you would feel if the choice you had to make was to add to that pile until you were the last one. Oh, and the corpse pile all looked like you. Yeah, good luck, Luke. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

4/5 Skulls

Reviewed by – Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady

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‘Witchblade’ is Getting Resurrected This Summer in New Comic Series from Top Cow and Image Comics

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April 18, 2024

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Witchblade, the popular comic series that initially ran from 1995 to 2015 and launched a TV series, is getting resurrected in a new comic series from Top Cow and Image Comics. It’s set to unleash heavy metal, black magic and blood this summer.

Look for the new Witchblade series to launch on July 17, 2024.

In Witchblade #1, “New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power, or will she be consumed by it?”

The series is penned by NYT Best-Selling writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja). The creative duo is working with original co-creator Marc Silvestri, who is the CEO of Top Cow Productions Inc. and one of the founders of Image Comics. They are set to reintroduce the series to Witchblade’s enduring fans with “a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that will hook new readers and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the 90’s Image Revolution that shaped generations of top creators.”

Bennett said in a statement, “The ability to tell a ferocious story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible.” She adds, “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”

“The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade. So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective-like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac,” Cafaro stated.

Marc Silvestri notes, “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”

Witchblade#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17th, for $4.99 for 48 pages. And it’ll come with multiple cover variants.

  • Cover A: Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover B: Giuseppe Cafaro and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover C: Blank Sketch Cover

  • Cover D (1/10): Dani and Brad Simpson (Full Color)

  • Cover E (1/25): Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto, Virgin Cover (Full Color)

  • Cover F (1/50): J.Scott Campbell (Full Color)

  • Cover G (1/100): Bill Sienkiewicz. (Full Color)

  • Cover H (1/250): Line art by Marc. Virgin Cover, Inks (B/W)

Witchblade #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

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