A new era of Witchblade begins in this series-changing volume as Sara Pezzini, the Witchblade bearer for 100 issues, gives up the mystical gauntlet to a new bearer in Dani Baptiste! The Witchblade is a mysterious gauntlet which bonds with a female bearer and serves as the Balance between the forces of Light and Dark. Detective Sara Pezzini, the current bearer has discovered she is pregnant and in order to safeguard her baby has given up the artifact to young dancer Dani Baptiste. Written by Ron Marz (Ion, Samurai: Heaven & Earth) and featuring art by Adriana Melo (Star Wars), Stjepan Sejic (First Born), and Sami Basri (Anita Blake) this volume introduces readers to Dani Baptiste and serves as a prologue for First Born. Collecting Witchblade #101-109, plus cover gallery for a massive nine-issue trade paperback.

After sealing off the main artery of an interdimensional black market trade in the supernatural, Witchblade-bearer Sara Pezzini wears a target on her back. Between Chicago's corrupt elite and common criminals, everyone wants a piece of the Witchblade — but who will get to her first?

In the wake of Top Cow's Rebirth, Sara Pezzini has relocated from New York to Chicago and struggles to adapt to being a private detective. Pezzini quickly discovers that a change of scenery and occupation hasn't changed one thing... the Witchblade is still a magnet for the supernatural! Quickly drawn into a conflict between two mystical gangs, she must once again balance her responsibility as bearer of the Witchblade with her personal life.

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THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF SARA PEZZINI! During her twenty years as Bearer of the Witchblade, Sara Pezzini has traveled the globe to do battle with just about every form of evil under the sun. When a powerful collector of the supernatural offers Sara a job, though, she finds herself called back to where it all began: New York City. If things seem too good to be true, however, it's because they are. Looming over this new opportunity is the cold, hard fact that nothing lasts forever, and Sara's tenure as Witchblade is almost at its end. Of course, Sara can't help but wonder: Is this the end of the Artifact, or the end of her life?

Ron Marz y Michael Choi firman el número en que por fin se empieza a desvelar la verdadera naturaleza del Witchblade, con colaboraciones de artistas de la talla de Eric Basaldua, Terry Dodson, Chris Bachalo, George Perez o Marc Silvestri. ¿Qué es el Witchblade? ¿De donde procede? ¿Cómo se controla? Hace tiempo que, para poder convivir con la joya mágica, la detective Pezzini ha dejado de hacerse estas preguntas. Pero se acabó, ha llegado la hora de obtener respuestas, al precio que sea.