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Review: “Revival” # 22

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“Revival” #22 keeps the action and plot twists building as the story sticks to its new setting. The whodunit mystery continues to unravel as regulars become suspects and a new threat rears its ugly head. The death count keeps piling up in this exciting “Revival” installment.   

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WRITTEN BY: Tim Seeley

ART BY: Mike Norton

PUBLISHER: Image Comics

PRICE: $3.99

RELEASE: July 23, 2014

Reviewed By Jorge Solis

For an entire day, the dead of rural Wisconsin suddenly came back to life. An endless parade of government agents, reporters, and scientists hound the “Revivers,” asking them why they have returned. Sheriff Dana Cypress now has to visit New York because there is a reviver on the loose. Her masked murderer may have been resurrected while he was in the middle of being cremated. As the Big Apple faces a new zombie threat, Dana’s dead sister, Em, is about to discover how big of a douche bag her boyfriend really is.

Writer Tim Seeley knows how to mix sex and violence in his narrative. In the opening pages, Seeley builds on the sexual attraction between Em and Rhodey Rash.  As the sexual innuendo builds to a climax, the reader really starts to feel like a voyeur. Rhodey was secretly taping his intimate moments with Em, just so that he could make money off of her. The story then moves elsewhere, showing a painful depiction of a zombie baby being beaten.

I am very much liking the interaction between Dana and her new partner, Enrique Puig. On one hand, Dana has met her intellectual match as they both have the skills to be great detectives. On the other, Enrique can sense a barrier between them. Notice how persistent Enrique is as he tries to get her to say his first name, but she won’t.  

Artist Mike Norton delivers a nice twist to the police procedural part of the storyline. Usually in these detective tales, we have the mandatory police chase. Norton delivers on the chase, adding a bead body falling down from the sky. In a wide shot, Norton captures the dead body diving face-first into the car’s windshield.  

Norton illustrates a very creepy and twisted scene between Em and Rhodey. In his web cam show, Rhodey wears a leathery bondage mask during his presentation. Because he is also a reviver like Em, Rhodey isn’t afraid to slice himself up. Norton highlights the squirm-inducing moment, without going overboard, as Rhodey cuts his own penis off.

“Revival” #22 delivers cringe-worthy material that will keep you up late at night. I can’t wait to see how the next issue tops all these crazy moments.

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

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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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