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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010TOP COW PRODUCTIONS FOR DECEMBERWITCHBLADE #144
Written by Ron Marz, art by Stjepan Sejic, covers by Sejic an Jean-Sebastien Rossbach.
Witchblade 15th anniversary issue! In 1995, Marc Silvestri, Michael Turner, David Wohl, and Brian Haberlin created a new kind of comic heroine with the origin of Sara Pezzini, the latest in a long line of bearers of the mystical gauntlet known as the Witchblade. In an over-sized 15th Anniversary issue, Ron Marz and Stjepan Sejic tell Sara's origin from a new perspective, planting seeds that soon will bear deadly fruit!
Featuring two spellbinding covers including a wraparound retrospective by series artist Sejic and an iconic painting by fantasy illustrator Jean-Sebastien Rossbach. Also including special anniversary features, pin ups, and much more!
48 pages, $4.99, in stores on Dec. 29.
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2010
Written by Ron Marz, art by Tony Shastte, cover by Tom Feister and Shasteen.
Witchblade 15th anniversary issue! Sara Pezzini comes face to face with a former Witchblade bearer, a Russian soldier who served during the frozen Siege of Stalingrad, a pivotal battle in World War II. What tale does she have to tell Sara? Witchblade bearers past and present come together in a one-of-a-kind story!
48 pages, $4.99, in stores on Dec. 15.
WITCHBLADE 15TH ANNIVERSARY STJEPAN SEJIC POSTER
Art by Stjepan Sejic.
Get the iconic cover image of Witchblade by Stjepan Sejic for your office, bedroom, or comic room wall as a 24" x 36" full color poster!
$7.99, in stores on Dec. 29.
TOP COW 2011 CALENDAR
Art by various.
Just in time for the holidays comes a 12 Month 2011 calendar featuring all of your favorite Top Cow characters including Witchblade, The Darkness, Magdalena, and many more by artists such as Stjepan Sejic, Ryan Sook, Marc Silvestri, and more!
24 pages, $7.99, in stores on Dec. 29.
ARTIFACTS #5
Written by Ron Marz, art by Whilce Portacio, covers by Nic Klein and John Tyler Christopher.
The first chapter of Artifacts concluded with a shocking cliffhanger and the second chapter shows no sign of letting up! With all of the players on the board, the antagonist manipulating the Bearers of the Artifacts moves to complete his plan for utter annihilation of the world. But how do the members of Cyberforce fit into the machinations of the supernatural?
From Top Cow Universe architect Ron Marz and welcoming artist Whilce Portacio comes an event series, which will literally shake the Top Cow Universe to its foundation. Featuring a gorgeous cover by Nic Klein as well as a variant cover featuring Michael "Finn" Finnegan by John Tyler Christopher.
Each issue will also feature a Top Cow Origin backup written by Marz and drawn by a superstar artist.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 29.
TOP COW BASEBALL CAP
Show off your allegiance to the Herd with this stylish red one-size-fits-all baseball cap featuring a white Top Cow Productions logo. Initially available only at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Quantities are limited, allocations may occur.
$19.99.
THE DARKNESS #90
Written by Phil Hester, art by Sheldon Mitchell, cover by Bane.
Outer Darkness, Part 2 of 6!
Jackie Estacado has risen from mob hitman to absolute kingpin. He has defeated countless enemies of indescribable power, and even ruled an entire country. Now the only enemy left is The Darkness itself, the very source of Jackie's power. Can he defeat it before it consumes the last shred of his humanity? And will the mysterious Foreigner join Jackie in battle, or simply put him out of his misery?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 15.
MAGDALENA #6
Written by Ron Marz, art by Nelson Blake II, cover by Ryan Sook.
Patience confronts the Anti-Christ! The moment Patience has been dreading has arrived. Slaying demons and battling evil cult members is righteous. Rebelling against a Church hierarchy she knows is corrupt is virtuous. But now,Êfaced with executing aÊyoung boy who may bring about the end of the world, Patience will discover how far she's willing to go toÊwield the Spear of Destiny and bear the mantle of Magdalena.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 22.
TOP COW HOLIDAY 2010 SPECIAL
Written by Phil Smith, art and cover by Alina Urusov.
Featuring Witchblade, The Darkness, Angelus, Magdalena, Cyberforce, Hunter-Killer and other Top Cow Universe favorites!
When a distraught mother surrenders her baby at a New York City fire station during a winter snowstorm, Sara Pezzini, Jackie Estacado, the Hunter-Killers, and other Top Cow Universe characters find themselves pulled together in the spirit of the holidays to aid the innocent newborn. What quickly becomes apparent is there are larger sinister forces at play here with the baby as the focal point of a supernatural event that will take Top Cow greatest heroes banding together to save, not only a city, but a single child as well.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 15.
JINGLE BELLE: GROUNDED SPECIAL
Written by Paul Dini, art and cover by Stephanie Gladden.
When Jing again breaks her parents rules, she is forced to spend Christmas Eve grounded. But when Santa is also caught in a lie, he has to share the same punishment! Neither father nor daughter can leave the North Pole until they apologize, and with the contentious Kringles not speaking to each other, Christmas is doomed!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 1.
JINGLE BELLE: STOCKING STUFFERS TPB
Written by Paul Dini, art by Stephanie Gldden and various.
A gigantic treasure trove of new and classic Jingle Belle stories!
When Jing again breaks her parents rules, she is forced to spend Christmas Eve grounded. But when Santa is also caught in a lie, he has to share the same punishment! Neither father nor daughter can leave the North Pole until they apologize, and with the contentious Kringles not speaking to each other, Christmas is doomed! In Slaybelle, Jing teams up with Halloween witch Polly Green to create a new holiday horror movie. Their film features a psycho St. Nick's helper (played by Jing) who offs mall Santas in gleefully gruesome ways. "It's a Wonderful Life?" Not by a long shot!
The collection also features new and never before seen short stories, pin-ups and one-page strips staring Polly, Super Rica and Rashy, Ida Red, and other characters from the extended Jingle Belle universe. As a special bonus, it reprints the popular book-length story "Jingle Belle: Santa Claus VS Frankenstein!"
120 pages, $14.99, in stores on Dec. 8.
MAGDAELNA ORIGIN VOLUME 1 TPB
Written by Malachy Coney and Marcia Chen, art and cover by Joe Benitez.
Discover the origin of the Magdalena! Patience was not the first Magdalena. Not even the first to make her presence known in the modern Top Cow Universe. Go back and rediscover the origins of the Order of the Magdalena in this first of two "Origin" trade paperback volumes. This collected edition includes the first appearance of the Magdalena when she came to slay Jackie Estacado in The Darkness Vol. 1 #15-#18. Also collected in this edition is the first three-issue limited series starring the Magdalena.
176 pages, $14.99, in stores on Dec. 8.
THE DARKNESS ACCURSED VOLUME 4 TRADE PAPERBACK
Written by Phil Hester, art by Hester, Michael Broussard and Whilce Portacio, cover by Michael Broussard and Steve Firchow.
Guest-starring Hunter-Killer! Jackie Estacado, the current bearer of The Darkness, was blackmailed and lied to by a devil calling himself The Sovereign. Now free from The Sovereign's grips, Jackie has assembled a motley crew of criminals with one goal - destroy every last one of The Sovereign's reliquaries. His quest will take him to the Florida Everglades, against the Russian Mob, and even into Fort Knox. Collecting The Darkness #80-84.Ê
176 pages, $14.99, in stores on Dec. 22.
ECHOES #1
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov, art and cover by Rahsan Ekedal.
The first shocking suspense series from Minotaur! Brian Cohn is a diagnosed schizophrenic leading a simple, uncomplicated life in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. He's expecting his first child with his wife. When he goes to visit his estranged Alzheimer's afflicted father on his deathbed, the dying old man confesses to being a serial killer. Now Brian is faced with discovering a horrifying new side to his father and left wondering if we ever really escape familial legacies.
32 pages, grayscale, $2.99.
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