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[5 Skull Comic Book Review] “Translucid” #6 Ends A Damn Good Ride

Published

10 years ago

September 17, 2014

It’s over, it’s all over. “Translucid” #6 has comes to a close and it’s been a damn good ride. This is a supremely solid and wholly satisfying conclusion to a mini series that’s always been a cut above. The finale’s not big on concrete answers, but really this was never about answers.

It’s always been a character study of the connection between a hero and his villain, an unspoken bond. While archenemies, they also all too often become each other’s only true friend. The only person who truly sees the hero for who they are, are their villains.

WRITTEN BY: Claudio Sanchez & Chondra Echert
ART BY: Daniel Bayliss
PUBLISHER: BOOM! Studios
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: September 17, 2014

Reviewed By Torbin Chimners

Upon my initial read I was actually disappointed by how it all ended, but that’s because I was being an idiot. Looking for answers to trivial things and not taking in the grand philosophical machinations at work. I was looking for answers to questions like who The Horse really was; the real answer is it doesn’t matter. He’s whatever he needs to be.

I gave it a second read without worrying about solid answers and enjoyed it for the tale is was spinning. Going into it with the mindset I was blown apart at the seams. They’ve been telling this story since the very first issue, there’s really no other way it could have gone down and god dammit is it superb.

I’ve heard “Translucid” described as the ultimate Batman/Joker, hero/villain story that DC/Marvel wouldn’t and couldn’t ever make. You could make that comparison, but it’d be selling it incredibly short. It’s so much more than that; it’s entirely its own thing. Standing tall and strong on it’s own two legs. No-ones looked at or focused so heavily on the unspoken bond a hero and villain share in the same way as “Translucid.”

I’ve always felt like “Translucid” was operating at an intellectual level above myself. It’s an incredibly smart book that conducts itself on a grand operatic scale at times and at other times slows down to sublime moments of self-reflection. It’s been refreshing to the core, with a seriously psychologically damaged hero, and a villain who at times seems more capable than the hero. I couldn’t be sadder to see it go but I also couldn’t be happier with the ride we’ve shared.

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Torbin Chimners AKA Torin Chambers is a rad dude from the nineties who does film stuff or something. Thomas the Tank Engine is his favorite transformer. Find him on Twitter @Vulgar_Rhombus

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

Published

1 week ago

April 18, 2024

Meagan Navarro

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.