When detective Sara Pezzini is called in to investigate a string of murders in Brooklyn, she quickly realizes there's a connection to a man she hasn't seen for some time and hoped she'd never see again-Mafia hitman Jackie Estacado, the man known as THE DARKNESS. But since Jackie's DEAD, is there a NEW wielder on the scene?

The saga continues, celebrating the 25th anniversary of WITCHBLADE! In this second absolute collection of the bestselling original series, New York cop Sara Pezzini falls further down the supernatural rabbit hole of ancient artifacts, illuminati industrialists, and all manner of occult outlaws. But while the mysterious power of the Witchblade has chosen Sara as its bearer, she's less convinced of her qualifications. When an opportunity to surrender the gauntlet and live a normal life presents itself, she just might take it! Plus, witness the birth of the shared Top Cow Universe, as THE DARKNESS makes its first crossover appearance. Collects WITCHBLADE #20-36, TALES OF THE WITCHBLADE #4-8, WITCHBLADE INFINITY one-shot, WITCHBLADE/DARKNESS #1, DARKNESS/WITCHBLADE #1, and DARKNESS #28

Overwhelmed!

Fresh from the warehouse massacre, Detective Sara Pezzini is electrified with the power and sensory overload of the Witchblade. Strength, healing, pleasure, rage every temptation lures her from her mission to find her father's killer. Sara thinks she possesses the Witchblade—but does it possess

Sara Pezzini returns to the business of detective work, hoping to gather enough evidence against the Impossible Killer to convict. But her life becomes all the more complicated with the return of an old foe who is hotter than ever before. There must be a way to stand against these adversaries... but is Sara willing to accept her place in the society of the supernatural without protest? And how much will the Witchblade ask...for in return?

The oh-so-sexy but oh-so-dangerous dames of the comic book world.

Meet Powerplex! He's out to rid the world once and for all of the menace known as Invincible!

This first collection of the bestselling series created by MARC SILVESTRI, DAVID WOHL, BRIAN HABERLIN, and MICHAEL TURNER equips streetwise cop Sara Pezzini with the mysterious Witchblade, a weapon of prehistoric origin and untold power. As the artifact's bearer, Sara goes toe to toe with a Machiavellian industrialist, supernatural serial killers, and far worse, as the supernatural underworld of New York alters the course of her destiny forever. Gorgeously rendered and painstakingly assembled as the first in a series of absolute collected editions. When all eight volumes are collected, a special piece of cross-volume connecting spine art by STJEPAN SEJIC will be revealed. Collects WITCHBLADE #1-19, THE DARKNESS #9 and 10, TALES OF THE WITCHBLADE #1/2 and 3

Follow the story of Takeru, a normal Japanese schoolgirl raised in a Buddhist monestary by nuns, who discovers a mysterious "Demon's Claw" and is plunged into a frightening world of demons and combat along with her friend Kuo.

"LIFE AFTER," Part One Gunned down and left for dead on a New York rooftop, Alex Underwood's life should have ended thereÑbut instead, at the moment of death, she became host to the Witchblade, a mystical artifact that grants the woman wielding it extraordinary powers. But the power comes with a heavy cost, and Alex finds herself thrust into the center of an unseen battle raging on the snowy streets of NYC. Demons are real and walking among humans, and every one of them is intent on taking out the Witchblade's newest host before she becomes too strong to kill. But the artifact chose Alex for a reason, and she's not going down without a fight.