- Created, story, and art by Stjepan Sejic
This book has problems that should bug me. There's narration, a mythology dump, and characters who only exist to be important later. The last one is a real problem with the story, but the others actually turn out to have positive sides.

The mythology dump should be too much. I would never recommend someone that much information in scenes like that, it doesn't suffer from being dry and overly detailed. Instead, it leaves gaps in the mythology, leading to interesting places where there aren't answers to everything. This makes the world feel much larger than we've already seen, always a good thing when working with a potentially huge world.
Enough qualifying statements about things that mostly work. What really works here is the art. While all of it is strong across the board, my favorite part is about the Witchblade itself. It's not the design, which I do like, but how it's shown. Using it is channeling the energy of an ancient warrior, giving me Buffy vibes, and it's drawn as Mary fighting parallel to that warrior. When she kicks at her enemy, the warrior's foot is drawn right alongside her. It not only looks cool, but also shows the way it works, channeling her skills through Mary's body.
With this book, I have found something new to follow each month. Not reviewing, but definitely reading every month. It has its flaws, but even those mostly work in its favor.
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