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Review: ‘The Victories’ #14

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Somewhere in comics you know the world is going to end just about every month. It’s just one of those things in this great medium. ‘The Victories’ #14 does this but in such a new and invigorating way. This utter and complete collapse has been an exceptionally measured build-up to such a great finale I can’t wait to see what happens next.

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WRITTEN BY: Michael Avon Oeming

ART BY: Michael Avon Oeming

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics

PRICE: $3.99

RELEASE: 6 August 2014

Reviewed By Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady

This team of Champions called The Victories has been through an extremely grinding gauntlet to get to this moment. So many heroes have fallen already that there aren’t that many left to stand against the Ascension. Teammates have become enemies. Enemies have become more nuanced and empathic to readers. For a penultimate chapter, there is so much going on still.

Creator supreme Michael Avon Oeming has mapped out this saga impeccably. Every issue of this tremendous series has been able to compress so much into it that it’s just astounding how good it all is. I cannot express how impressed I’ve been with the storytelling herein. Heroes have survived by the skin of their teeth up until this moment. Like the rest of this run, no one is ever safe and that remains true.

No spoilers, I promise. This book is so good that if you are getting to this party late, I still can’t tell you. Go catch up (it’s absolutely worth reading over and over) and have the thrilling ride take you into this seemingly doomed world. The Victories has been one of the best discoveries I ever made in the world of comics. If anyone ever says they can’t find anything new and good in comics, tell them to look this series up.

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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 (AnimosityBatwomanDC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide SquadPower RangersRed 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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