TOP COW PRODUCTIONS FOR MARCH

ARTIFACTS #8

Written by Ron Marz, art by Whilce Portacio, covers by Portacio and John Tyler Christopher.

Mass Combat! The combined forces of the Artifact bearers aligned with Witchblade bearer Sara Pezzini and The Darkness host Jackie Estacado have reached a truce with the cybernetic heroes of Cyberforce. They've fought off the relentless assassin Aphrodite IV, but that was only the beginning. Pushed to the limit, can they defeat a force that dwarfs everything they've faced before? The second chapter of the epic event series comes to a thunderous conclusion.

32 pages, $3.99.

THE DARKNESS #92

Written by Phil Hester, art by Sheldon Mitchell, cover by Bane.

"Outer Darkness," part three of six. The battle between Jackie Estacado and the very source of his power, The Darkness ensues in earnest! Estacado has been lied to, beaten down, and betrayed over and over again over the last few years; but he has also studied, learned, and grown. Will Jackie Estacado take control of his destiny or will he end up another in a long line of pawns for The Darkness?

32 pages, $2.99.

MAGDALENA #8

Written by Ron Marz, art by Keu Cha, covers by Cha and Nelson Blake II.

Artist Keu Cha returns to comics! Patience, the current Magdalena, has defended the church from demons, cultists, and even other Artifact bearers. Will she be able to survive against another Magdalena candidate? Or will she become the next in a long line of martyred Magdalenas?

32 pages, $3.99.

TWILIGHT GUARDIAN #3

Written by Troy Hickman, art by Siddharth Kotian, cover by Jeffrey Spokes.

Part 3! It's a case of multiple personalities as Twilight Guardian is pitched several possible interpretations of her tireless war on crime in her very own comic book! Which identity will Twilight Guardian choose? And has her arch villain Dusk Devil finally come to confront her on her home turf?

32 pages, $3.99.

WITCHBLADE REDEMPTION VOLUME 2 TP

Written by Ron Marz and Phil Smith, art by Stjepan Sejic, Michael Gaydos and Alina Urusov, cover by Sejic.

Redemption Meets Artifacts! Sara Pezzini, current bearer of the Witchblade, has been to Hell and back. As she finally begins to get her private and work life back in order, the Universe decides it has other plans. Sara must help a kindred spirit in Abby van Alstine, the Necromancer, deal with her powers and mantle and then is dragged into the epic Artifacts storyline when her daughter Hope is taken and her sister Julie is killed by the same robotic assassin Sara let get away in the recent past.

Collected in this volume are a series of stand-alone Witchblade stories originally printed in issues #137-141. Featuring behind-the-scenes sketches, script pages, and cover gallery by Sejic, Gaydos, Urusov and Queen.

160 pages, $19.99.

WITCHBLADE VOLUME 1 DELUXE SLIPCASE

Written by Ron Marz, art by Michael Choi, Chris Bachelo, Stephen Sadowski, Stjepan Sejic and various, cover by Sejic.

Available for the first time, this limited edition beautiful slipcase collects Witchblade Volume 1 through 4 by Ron Marz at a bargain price. These volumes collect issues #80 through #109. Quantities are limited, allocations may occur.

Set, $49.99.

THE DARKNESS ORIGINS VOLUME 3 TP

Written by Garth Ennis and Malachy Coney, art by Marc Silvestri and Joe Benitez, cover by Benitez.

Go back and see Jackie Estacado as a fledgling bearer of The Darkness as The Darkness Origins trade line continues. Jackie's life is turned further upside down when his foster sister, Appolonia Franchetti returns to New York and the ruthless mafia princess soon plots to become the next Angelus in order to crush her sibling. Soon after, Jackie is confronted by yet another righteous woman who wishes to see him dead -- the Magdalena! Collected in this volume are classic issues #11-18.

160 pages, $19.99.

ECHOES #4

Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov, art and cover by Rahsan Ekedal.

Brian Cohn is living a nightmare. His recently deceased father, who Brian shares the disease of schizophrenia with, confessed to being a serial killer of little girls on his death bed. Now Brian is racing to solve the mystery of a missing child in his town, all the while feeling his condition taking a deeper and deeper grip on his psyche and his mind beginning to unravel.

32 pages, $3.99.