Comics

[Comic Book Review] “The Valiant” #3 – Showcases Spectacular Defeat

Published

9 years ago

February 18, 2015

Reviewed by Brady Steele. If ever there was a mega-crossover with all the big superhero universes colliding, who do you think would win? The Valiant #3 shows readers how the combined might of the Valiant Universe heroes fare against the greatest threat their world has seen and it doesn’t go well. Good for readers, really bad for our heroes.

WRITTEN BY: Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt

ART BY: Paolo Rivera and Joe Rivera

PUBLISHER: Valiant Entertainment

PRICE: $3.99

RELEASE: 18 February 2015

When a world’s champions come together to face a great threat, it lends to some epic action and storytelling. When writers Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt do something very different here and mix something as big as the world’s life in the balance with two people on the run hiding from the same event. It’s a unique perspective to something that readers have seen countless times before.

On one page, you see everyone with powers, abilities, goats with laser eyes and guns coming at The Immortal Enemy / Mister Flay. On the next page, you see Bloodshot taking Geomancer Kay McHenry into hiding if the combined heroes should fail. You almost never see this much real people interaction in a miniseries like this. The moments between these two are so beautifully portrayed by Paolo Rivera that you can almost forget it’s possibly the end of the world. Rivera can also draw nightmares horrifyingly well here too. You’ll see…and then you’ll never be able to un-see them. Very creepy and fowl images abound here.

The bonus pages after the story in this series are also a nice treat. Readers get instant behind-the-scenes moments as to what the creators were going for and how they achieved it. This chapter felt like a nice shift before the finale kicks in. I’ve been very satisfied so far with the execution of this miniseries and expect a spectacular finish next month. Don’t miss out.

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Mr. Steele enjoys all things comics and imagination-based. Using his lifetime of comic-fu-dom for good, he imparts his knowledge for the universe to enjoy and for you, dear readers, to pass it on.

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Comics

‘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.