Comics

Advance Review: ‘Glory’ #24

Published

12 years ago

March 9, 2012

Rob Liefeld haters must be losing their minds right now. He’s taken his old Extreme Studios characters (Prophet & Glory), completely re-launched them with new creative teams and turned them into two of the best books Image is putting out. Writer Joe Keatinge and artist Ross Campbell are knocking Glory out of the park with a compelling story and jaw dropping art. Read on for the skinny…

WRITTEN BY: Joe Keatinge
ART BY: Ross Campbell
PUBLISHER: Image
RELEASE: March 14, 2012

“Glory discovers some embers of war can never be extinguished as secrets of her past threaten to devastate the present. The bold new direction written by Eisner & Harvey-award winner JOE KEATINGE and illustrated by Wet Moon’s ROSS CAMPBELL continues with one of the most brutal opening sequences in Extreme history.”

Previously dismissed as nothing more than cheesecake knockoff of Wonder Woman, the new creative team has given Glory a complete overhaul. Ross Campbell has ditched Glory’s slim waistline and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit poses, in order to “beef up” this Amazon princess and make her look more like a badass female version of Conan the Barbarian.

Writer Joe Keatinge has quickly found a balance between blood dripping action sequences and strong character development in order to tell the story. Keatinge has also managed to leave readers on the edge of their seats and clamoring for the next issue with cliff hanger endings in both issues #23 and #24 that are reminiscent of the more powerful issues of The Walking Dead or Scalped. Keatinge is building to an epic showdown between Glory and her father Lord Silverfall. In this issue readers are given a taste of the impending battle to come in the form of a flashback of Glory beating her father to a bloody pulp, and it looks amazing.

Throw out whatever preconceived notions you have for what a Rob Liefeld or Extreme book is going to be, because Glory is already one of the biggest surprises of 2012. Liefeld was smart enough to carefully select creators that were ready to take the reins of his creations and run wild with them. Keatinge and Campbell’s re-launch of Glory is giving readers a reason to care about this Amazon princess again.

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Comics

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

Published

7 days 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.