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[Comic Review] “Rebels” #3 Shows The Toll Of War

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Reviewed by Brady Steele. The story of the American Revolution continues to unfold and garner more and more interest with each passing issue. Rebels #3 stays in line with this upwards trajectory. This historical series sheds insightful and touching light on the men and women and the tolls a growing war takes on them.

STK674110WRITTEN BY: Brian Wood

ART BY: Andrea Mutti

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics

PRICE: $3.99

RELEASE: 10 June 2015

It’s always fascinating for me to discover new ways to tell stories in comics. Not like reinventing the entire genre, mind-bending revelations per se but using the tools we know and love in a fresh way. Writer Brian Wood manages this feat with simplicity and subtleness. There are so many ways where less is more and it works so well with this story. You can feel the sheer weight of youngSeth Abbot’s plight finds himself in when trying to save his father. You can feel the struggles of newlywed Mercy Abbott daily chores and the difficulty of maintaining what is yours in the frontier land of young America.

All of this would not be possible without artist Andrea Mutti. The amount of grit and heft conveyed in the panels of this issue really make this story feel grounded in reality. Nothing feels safe or permanent in this ever changing new frontier. Things like cold and distance from home feel insurmountable at different points of this chapter. Bigger things feel just as momentous as a conversation between a young couple caught up in a country’s revolution.

I’ll admit I was not overwhelmed with the first issue of Rebels. I’ve never been a big fan of American history since I’m not from there. Wood and Mutti are doing a very good job of making me interested in how America came to be. I should know better to doubt Wood’s storytelling by now. I am happy to be wrong about this book and look forward to see how this intimate yet epic story unfolds.

 

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

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April 17, 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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