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Issue: Witchblade #1
Publication Date: November 1995
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Issues: #1 of 185 Issues (414 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagImage
Brand: Top Cow Productions, Inc.View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Image Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.70 CAD variant
$2.95 USD variant
$2.50 USD regular
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein; Brian Selzer (associate)
Disclose Notes: Variant edition came much later than the original release.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In14
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Saga Begins...

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Michael Turner (signed)
Inker(s): Michael Turner (signed)
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, fantasy
Feature(s): Witchblade
Character(s): Witchblade [Sara Pezzini]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWitchblade #1 [Buchhandels-Ausgabe] published January 1996
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Witchblade Collected Edition #1 published July 1996
as Cover to Witchblade #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Entertainment: Encore Edition of Witchblade #2 published April 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]interior double splash page image with the background recolored
In Content Item: FlagWitchblade #1 published September 1997
as A Saga Começa... [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]
In Content Item: FlagTop Cow Classics in Black and White: Witchblade #1 published February 2000
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]cover in black and white
In Content Item: FlagImage Firsts: Witchblade #1 published April 2010
as The Saga Begins... [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagImage Firsts: Witchblade #1 published April 2010
as Credits [Credits on Interior Page(s)]image under credits is from the cover
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover
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The Beginning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Wohl (co-plot; script); Brian Haberlin (co-plot); Michael Turner (co-plot); Christina Z. (assists)
Penciller(s): Michael Turner
Inker(s): D-Tron; Viet Truong (assists); John DiRito (assists); Nathan Cabrera (assists)
Colorist(s): Nathan Cabrera; Jonathan D. Smith
Letterer(s): Dennis Heisler
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, fantasy
Feature(s): Witchblade
Character(s): Witchblade [Sara Pezzini; also as Ms. Fortran]; Michael Yee (first appearance; death); Lt. Joe Siry (first appearance); Mr. Selzer (first appearance); Lloyd Drexler (first appearance); Sofie (first appearance); Sam Tabb (first appearance); Kenneth Irons (first appearance, villain); Ian Nottingham (first appearance, villain); Blitz (first appearance, villain); Gallo (first appearance, villain); Tony Cugliani (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Police officer Sara Pezzini and her partner Michael Yee uncover intel about something big going down at the Rialto. Businessman Kenneth Irons and his bodyguard Nottingham are offering paying attendees a chance to try on a mystic gauntlet--the Witchblade. Irons' men catch Michael lurking about outside and prepare to execute him. Sara leaps to the rescue but both she and Michael are shot. Wounded and reaching out for any weapon she can use, Sara comes into contact with the Witchblade which grafts onto her hand as she begins to blast the bad guys. Sara clears the room but Michael dies.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWitchblade #1 [Presse-Ausgabe] published January 1996
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWizard Ace Edition #9: Witchblade #1 #9 published January 1996
as The Beginning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Witchblade Collected Edition #1 published July 1996
as The Beginning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWitchblade #1 published September 1997
as O Começo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTop Cow Classics in Black and White: Witchblade #1 published February 2000
as The Beginning [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
In Content Item: FlagWitchblade: Movie Edition #1 [Witchblade.com Variant] published August 2000
as The Beginning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagImage Firsts: Witchblade #1 published April 2010
as The Beginning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24

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