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| DarkZero 272th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Any Witchblade readers?"
, posted Mon 8 Sep 10:28
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Read title. I've been considering getting into the series but I'm curious to other's impressions. I read a Wizard 1/2 edition that has sparked my interest despite any... turnoffs I might have previously had. BTW, since there was a printing error in the profile section of the comic, could someone explain exactly what the Witchblade can do?
The Witchblade is in that class of superhero abilities that can do pretty much anything, sort of like Spawn or Big O. It forms a nearly impenetrable around Sara and can then turn into knives, tentacles, grappling hooks, shields, claws, an energy weapon, etc. It can only be worn by a woman and its male counterpart is the Darkness, which began as a completely different comic that had a few crossovers with Witchblade and then eventually started to feel more like a Witchblade spin-off. There also a few other, more androgynous weapons with different requirements, such as Nottingham's Excalibur, and it also has some vague relations to Spawn, mostly because crossovers in Witchblade are taken much more seriously than they are in other comics.
I don't read Witchblade regularly, but I've read it for stretches of five to ten comics on occasion, mostly because I don't have the opportunity to buy comics too often. It's a pretty good comic and the fact that it isn't a DC or Marvel product gives it the sort of self-contained feel that most manga have in spite of its crossovers, which are taken pretty seriously and seem to be very well done. The first few issues have some rough spots, but I think they're probably better than some of the newer issues. The issues that I read a year or two ago suffered from one of the same problems that Buffy the Vampire Slayer suffered from later on, which is that one of the popular supporting characters started vying for attention and pretending that it was their story and not the main character's.
It also suffers from the "Nobody Can Die, But They Still Try" syndrome. The parallels between Kenneth Irons and Geese Howard are both many and amusing. Otherwise, though, it's a fun comic. It's worth checking out and it's not quite as exploitative as the covers and advertisements make it out to be, though this is largely because the writers believe in equal opportunity half-nakedness.
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| ZamIAm 1036th Post
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| "Does Sarah get cold with that thing..?" , posted Mon 8 Sep 17:29
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The Witchblade is in that class of superhero abilities that can do pretty much anything, sort of like Spawn or Big O. It forms a nearly impenetrable around Sara and can then turn into knives, tentacles, grappling hooks, shields, claws, an energy weapon, etc.
The my-powers-are-my-weapon-are-my-clothes thing is one of those concepts that can be good and bad considering how it is done. Making it too versatile/invincible can be cheesy. I'm currently working on a comic idea involving such a type power (though it was actually inspired by Morrigan).
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It also suffers from the "Nobody Can Die, But They Still Try" syndrome. The parallels between Kenneth Irons and Geese Howard are both many and amusing.
So Kenneth can fly... :P
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Otherwise, though, it's a fun comic. It's worth checking out and it's not quite as exploitative as the covers and advertisements make it out to be...
Thanks, that was the main worry. I'm still not going to parade the covers around in front of my parents, though. Now comes the issue of money...
Failed Scripts:
Terry: Geeeeeese!!!
Andy: How does he keep surviving those falls?
Mai: Perhaps it's "too much booty in the pants..."
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