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Review: “Revival” #21

Published

10 years ago

June 25, 2014

“Revival” #21 keeps the suspense building as the story steers into a different setting. The whodunit mystery continues to unravel with a new suspect and another suspicious threat. The plot twists keep piling up, making for another exciting “Revival” installment.

WRITTEN BY: Tim Seeley

ART BY: Mike Norton

PUBLISHER: Image Comics

PRICE: $3.99

RELEASE: June 25, 2013

Review By: Jorge Solis

For exactly one day, the dead of rural Wisconsin suddenly came back to life. An endless parade of government agents, reporters, and scientists hound the “Revivers,” asking them why they have returned. While Sheriff Dana Cypress attempts to control the zombie crisis, she is also investigating the unsolved murder of her sister, Em. Her investigation has led to a masked murderer who may have been resurrected, while he was being cremated.The revivers have slowly spread beyond the point of origin in Wisconsin and into New York.

Still with us? Good.

Writer Tim Seeley adds a lot of freshness and drama now that the setting has moved to New York. There is still turmoil going on in Wisconsin, but the main plot has taken readers to the Big Apple. I really like that Dana is not a “fish out of water” in the big city. If she was, Dana wouldn’t be a very good cop to be begin with. Seeley is right at home when his writing delivers the cop banter as Dana meets her new partner, agent Enrique Puig.

Seeley then sneaks in a twisted teen romance with Dana’s younger sister, Em. Interestingly, the guy she’s flirting with is a suicidal Reviver. Rhodey “Road Rash” Rasch is enjoying the pain as an internet daredevil. Rhodey isn’t not afraid of dying again, even though Em clearly is. If Death is coming back for her, she should enjoy whatever time she has left.

Artist Mike Norton delivers the most shocking crime scene in this issue. Dana and her partner arrive at a meat factory to investigate their dead body. In graphic detail, we see the stomach cut open and his intestines spilling out. The legs are bent and the feet are crooked, to represent how horrible their murder was.

The eerier suspense takes a surrealistic turn when Em has a beautiful nightmare. Norton visually adds to the themes of death and resurrection when Em stares at her reflection in the pond. Em notices a dead deer, with one eye, standing right behind her. The white roses on its antlers suddenly turn red, to foreshadow blood will be split.

“Revival” #21 keeps readers guessing as the whodunit mystery takes on the Big Apple. I can’t wait to see how the story develops in its new setting.

Zac Thompson

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Comics

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

Published

6 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.