Writer: Caitlin Kittredge
Artist/Cover Artist: Roberta Ingranata
“GOOD INTENTIONS,” Part Two
Alex and Debbie work to unravel the mystery of Johnny’s reappearance-and where he’s been for the past six years. The answers don’t lead anywhere good.
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Writer: Caitlin Kittredge
Artist/Cover Artist: Roberta Ingranata
“GOOD INTENTIONS,” Part Two
Alex and Debbie work to unravel the mystery of Johnny’s reappearance-and where he’s been for the past six years. The answers don’t lead anywhere good.
Writer: Bryan Hill, Matt Hawkins
Artist/Cover Artist: Antonio Rojo
Stryker vs. Ripclaw! To balance the chaos of the blackout, Stryker needs a team and wants Ripclaw on it… but Ripclaw has his own battle to fight and won’t let Morgan Stryker stand in his way.
Writer: Bryan Hill
Aritst/Cover Aritst: Rhoald Marcelliusa
The future of the city is decided when the Boneheads rise against their corporate overlords, but what will Detective Hideki choose? Will he follow his instincts and become the hero the city needs, or will he bend to the corporate masters controlling the police, freedom, and justice.
Writer: Bryan Hill
Artist/Cover Artist: Jeff Spokes
The secrets of BASILISK are revealed and Aphrodite must help Martin and Hui-Men defend a city from the technological sins of Martin’s father.
Writer: Singgih Nugroho, Ryan Cady
Artist: Sami Basri
Cover Artist: Varsam Kurnia
In an alternate world where Earth is populated with powerful human-spirit hybrids called Fantasmen, Folke and Roisia Herviett, two siblings with opposing worldviews, are challenged to prove their worth to fill their parents’ leadership in a devious group who secretly runs the world. Meanwhile, Seraphim, a Fantasmen warrior guard, is sent to prevent a catastrophic event from affecting the Earth and its own universe. From designer MELITA CURPHY, writer SINGGIH NUGROHO, and featuring art of SAMI BASRI (Power Girl, WITCHBLADE). Immerse yourself in a fantasy drama set in a sci-fi world unlike any other. Collects DISSONANCE #1-4.
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Writer: Leon Glaser, Joanna Marsh
Artist / Cover: Sara Knaepen
Artist: Marco Renna
An all-new one-shot from Top Cow Talent Hunt winners!
In this one-shot revisiting the IXth GENERATION series, a chance encounter with Aphrodite IX makes a cyborg soldier risk everything to escape his cruel master’s domain.
Writer: Zack Kaplan
Artist / Cover: Giovanni Timpano
In a world where sunlight is deadly, David and Valerie are trapped in the post-apocalyptic wasteland during the dangerous daylight, while Cielo commits to helping the Scientist recreate a serum for his sunlight immunity-even if it means taking on her father’s company, Solarity.
Writer: Bryan Hill, Matt Hawkins
Artist / Cover: Atilio Rojo
NEW STORY ARC! With the world still reeling from the sudden blackout of all networked technology, Stryker, Aphrodite, and Velocity are sent to find a deadly bounty hunter that could help them bring order to the chaos… but this bounty hunter has a secret that might stop CYBER FORCE before it starts.
Writer: Matt Hawkins, Jenni Cheung
Artist / Cover: Yishan Li
In SUGAR, a couple embarks on a relationship that starts off as more of an arrangement, but ends with them falling in love—at a cost. Neither has ever done anything like this before, and the emotional swings they face threaten to undo what could be a perfect match in this companion book to both SUNSTONE and SWING.
Caitlin Kittredge (A/CA) Roberta Ingranata (C) Bryan Valenza
NEW STORY ARC! “GOOD INTENTIONS”: Part One-Breaking a demon’s stranglehold on New York City was only the beginning for Alex and Team Witchblade – now somebody much worse than a demon wants the Artifact, and they’ll do anything to get it.
Writer: Bryan Hill
Artist / Cover: Jeff Spokes
Los Angeles has a new hero in Aphrodite, but a villain from Martin’s past threatens the city. Martin may not trust an android, but he’s going to need one.
Writer: Zack Kaplan
Artist / Cover B & C: Giovanni Timpano
Cover A: James Stokoe
Letter Art: Troy Peteri
Color Art: Flavio Dispenza
NEW STORY ARC In a world where sunlight is deadly, former solar engineer David Baxter rushes to escape back into New York City before sunrise, while Cielo Brandt, daughter of a corrupt solar tycoon, searches for the mysterious Scientist responsible for an immunity to dangerous sunlight—a Scientist with his own plans in mind.
Writer: Bryan Hill
Artist / Cover: Jeff Spokes
Published: July 18, 2018
Age Rating: M
In the near future, Los Angeles is a city on the brink of evolution, struggling with a new wave of terror fueled by black-market technology. Enter Aphrodite V: a fugitive from her masters, seeking individuality and purpose. She is the bleeding edge of biomechanics, and L.A.’s best hope against a new enemy—one that seeks to become a god among machines. One machine wants to destroy the city. Another has come to save it. Only one will survive.
Writer: Zack Kaplan
Artist / Cover: Andrea Mutti
Colorist: Vladimir Popov
Letterer: Troy Peteri
Published: July 11, 2018
Age Rating: T+
As Earth Security Agents Rice and McIntyre pursue an alien assassin and push the boundaries of their protocols, they find themselves facing a dangerous choice: will they be the first humans to enter the Port of Earth?
Writer: Caitlin Kittredge
Artist / Cover: Roberta Ingranata
Colorist: Bryan Valenza
Letterer: Troy Peteri
Gunned down and left for dead on a New York rooftop, Alex Underwood’s life should have ended there—but instead, at the moment of death, she became host to the Witchblade, a mystical artifact that grants the woman wielding itextraordinary powers. But those powers come with a heavy cost, and Alex soon finds herself thrust into the center of an unseen battle raging on the snowy streets of NYC. Collects WITCHBLADE #1-6
Writer: Bryan Hill & Matt Hawkins
Artist / Cover: Atilio Rojo
Letterer: Troy Peteri
Morgan Stryker doesn’t want his daughter fighting alongside him. He doesn’t trust the android named Aphrodite that has the power to kill him…but he’ll need them both if he’s to stand in the face of Killjoy and a soldier from the future…who wants to keep our future from ever taking place.
Writer: Paul Jenkins & Bryan Lie
Artist / Cover: Hendry Prasetya
Age Rating: M
Far beneath Delphi, Seneca’s investigation leads him into a secret labyrinth that guards a centuries-old secret—but the hidden treasures beneath the city are insignificant next to the danger they present. Here, Seneca will learn the truth of his existence and find answers to the mysteries of the Rulers and the Trinity…but the price he pays may be too much to endure. Concluding the first arc of the smash-hit GOD COMPLEX!
Writer: Caitlin Kittredge
Artist / Cover: Roberta Ingranata
Color art: Bryan Valenza
Letter art: Troy Peteri
“LIFE AFTER,” Part Six Alex Underwood has survived dying, demons, and the perils of hosting the Witchblade, but as she finally confronts the true extent of the demonic forces influencing the NYPD, her enemies, and even those closest to her, she knows this may be a battle she won’t survive.
Writer / Creator: Zack Kaplan
Artist / Cover: Andrea Mutti
Color art: Vladimir Popov
Letter art: Troy Peteri
Earth Security Agents Rice and McIntyre face fireworks in an alien gunfight at the ESA HQ, but amidst startling revelations about the Port of Earth, the two frustrated and driven lawmen must ask themselves: in order to bring the deadly alien attacker to justice, will they go all the way to the Port itself?
Writer: Matt Hawkins & Ryan Cady
Artist: Studio Hive
Cover: Kevin Glint
Letterer: Troy Peteri
Age Rating: T+
The first arc concludes in a race for survival. As Captain Vor seeks to claim the Orokin’s bounty for himself, the Lotus’s heroes make desperate choices in the pursuit of justice. But will victory over the Grineer mean losing everything they’ve fought for?
Writer: Bryan Hill & Matt Hawkins
Artist / Cover: Atilio Rojo
Age Rating: M
Who is the mother of artificial intelligence? The re-imagining of CYBER FORCE continues as the origins of the “Aphrodite Project” are revealed…along with the dark intentions of the group that helped create her.
Story: Singgih Nugroho & Ryan Cady
Art: Sami Basri
Cover: Varsam Kurnia
Folke finally accepts his fate and begins his new life with Ghaergos and goes all-out to make the world a better place by their standards. Meanwhile, Seraphim has finally found a perfect host who’s unexpectedly going to give it a very hard time.
Story: Zack Kaplan
Art / Cover: Andrea Mutti
Color art: Vladimir Popov
Letter art: Troy Peteri
The rogue alien visitor who broke Port protocols now lies dead, and the Port of Earth is open again for business. As our Consortium business partners arrive on Earth for a secretive meeting, Earth Security Agent Rice and partner McIntyre, traumatized and broken, discover there’s an unresolved threat at the ESA HQ.
Story: Caitlin Kittredge
Art / Cover: Roberta Ingranata
Color art: Bryan Valenza
Letter Art: Troy Peteri
“LIFE AFTER,” Part Five How do you stop a demon that could be anyone, anywhere in New York City? Alex betterfigure it out fast because among other tricks, this demon has the NYPD convinced Alex is guilty of murder, and the Witchblade is on the run.
Story: Matt Hawkins, Ryan Cady, Cam Rogers & Ryan Mole
Art / Cover: Studio Hive
On the other side of the Void Gate, the Lotus’s Tenno and her allies discover Orokin secrets beyond their imagining. But they’re far from alone on the vessel, as something horrible from the past awakens….
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