{"id":28777,"date":"2023-01-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/?p=28777"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T16:06:17","slug":"top-cow-launches-witchblade-vol-3-with-marguerite-bennett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/top-cow-launches-witchblade-vol-3-with-marguerite-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Cow Launches Witchblade Vol 3 With Marguerite Bennett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top Cow Launches WITCHBLADE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL 3 <\/em>Kickstarter, featuring New WITCHBLADE #1 PREVIEW EDITION<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The collection of this epic weapon of incredible power continues as a new story unfolds\u2026\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles, California – January 31, 2023 – Celebrated independent publisher Top Cow Productions, Inc<\/strong>., the company behind THE DARKNESS<\/em> and CYBERFORCE<\/em>, announces that fans can now pre-register <\/a>for its launch of WITCHBLADE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 3 KICKSTARTER<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, featuring a new limited collectible hardcover of iconic series and a backer only preview edition of the new WITCHBLADE #1<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>by NEW YORK TIMES<\/em>-bestselling, GLAAD-nominated writer Marguerite Bennett<\/strong> (DC<\/em> BOMBSHELLS<\/em>), artist Francesca Ciregia<\/strong> (WOLVERINE<\/em>, SPIDERMAN<\/em>, DAZZLER<\/em>), and colorist Bryan Valenza <\/strong>(DETECTIVE COMICS<\/em>), and new cover by Top Cow <\/strong>founder and WITCHBLADE<\/em><\/strong> co-creator Marc Silvestri<\/strong> unveiling the new WITCHBLADE<\/em><\/strong> gauntlet on Wednesday, February 1st at 7AM EST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the high of celebrating Top Cow<\/strong>\u2019s 30th anniversary and 25th anniversary of WITCHBLADE<\/em><\/strong>, our loyal fans have been buzzing on social media and sending emails demanding to complete their hardcover collection and more WITCHBLADE<\/em><\/strong>,\u201d says Lisa Y. Wu<\/strong>, Marketing Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This COMPLETE WITCHBLADE HARDCOVER VOLUME 3 <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a limited edition reprint of the iconic series featuring art by Randy Green, Keu<\/strong> Cha, Brian Ching, Francis<\/strong> Manapul<\/strong> with the main story by Paul Jenkins<\/strong> and collects WITCHBLADE #37-57<\/em><\/strong>, DESTINY’S CHILD #1-3<\/em><\/strong>, and WITCHBLADE\/LADY DEATH<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This VOLUME 3<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>hardcover will have an exclusive Kickstarter dust jacket and every copy will include a limited edition bookplate signed by Marc Silvestri.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re excited to release the subsequent hardcover collections for the original Witchblade run,” says Top Cow<\/strong> President Matt Hawkins <\/strong>(POSTAL<\/em>, SWING<\/em>).<\/strong> “It’s gratifying to have a character and a body of work that reaches the ‘nostalgia\u2019 level.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the fans who have been searching for VOLUME 1<\/em><\/strong> and VOLUME 2<\/em><\/strong>, Top Cow<\/strong> announces that they will make new printed editions available via a special tier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Top Cow<\/strong> has confirmed that the original Witchblade wielder, Sara Pezzini, will return in a new series debuting in 2024 which will be resurrected with a special Kickststarter WITCHBLADE #1 PREVIEW EDITION<\/em><\/strong>. Through this Kickstarter\u2019s backer kit, this special edition will give fans\u00a0 a preview of what Marguerite Bennett<\/strong>, Francesca Ciregia<\/strong>, and Bryan Valenza<\/strong>, have been working on and reveal the new cover by Marc Silvestri<\/strong> featuring the new Witchblade gauntlet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“WITCHBLADE <\/em><\/strong>is iconic. I’m utterly delighted to be bringing Sara Pezzini back to her stalwart fans and honored to have the chance to introduce her to a new generation of readers,” Marguerite <\/strong>says. “We’re going through a world of cosmos and mythos, horror and sensuality, romance and danger — and I couldn’t be happier to be working with Marc<\/em><\/strong> on making this impossible dream a reality.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kickstarter backers will also have their names featured in the #1 PREVIEW EDITION<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0THANK YOU <\/em><\/strong>section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marc Silvestri <\/strong>added, \u201cEveryone at Top Cow <\/strong>have been in awe of the support that our fans have been giving us, and we want to show our die-hard fans that we have been working hard on the new WITCHBLADE<\/em><\/strong> series. This <\/strong>#1 PREVIEW EDITION<\/em><\/strong> will give our backers a chance for an exclusive look at the gorgeous neo-noire spin that Marguerite<\/strong> and Francesca<\/strong> are taking with the new WITCHBLADE<\/em><\/strong> series. We can\u2019t wait for you to check it out!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans can pre-register <\/a>now to make sure they take advantage of the Early Bird Special which disappears fast on launch day, Wednesday, February 1st at 7AM EST. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Top Cow Launches WITCHBLADE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL 3 Kickstarter, featuring New WITCHBLADE #1 PREVIEW EDITION The collection of this epic weapon of incredible power continues as a new story unfolds\u2026\u00a0 Los Angeles, California – January 31, 2023 – Celebrated independent publisher Top Cow Productions, Inc., the company behind THE DARKNESS and CYBERFORCE, announces that fans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":28778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}