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Saviors, PART 1

Tim Seeley • Diego Bernard

201992 - 2012 Fred Benes • Arif Prianto

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Tim Seeley • writer Diego Bernard • penciller Cover A • John Tyler Christopher Fred Benes • inker Cover B • Diego Bernard, Fred Benes, SAVIORS, Pt. 1 Arif Prianto • colorists & Arif Prianto Troy Peteri • letterer Bryan Rountree, Matt Hawkins, & Filip Sablik • editors Witchblade created by Marc Silvestri, David Wohl, Brian Haberlin, & Michael Turner

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Image Comics® and its logos are registered trademarks of Image Comics, Inc. All rights reserved. “The art is really beautiful and in my opinion some of “ Tim Seeley deserves a good deal of credit for the best since Michael Turner left the book.” delivering a daring script that seeks to expand the ~ Comic Bastards narrative scope of a book that’s been around for just about fifteen years.” ~ Unleash The Fanboy

ara Pezzini wields the powerful gauntlet known as the Witchblade. Her life forever altered by the Sevents of Artifacts, Sara now finds herself in a new city and in a completely foreign situation. After all, RATED T+/TEEN PLUS - COVER A - $2.99 tracking supernatural killers was much easier when she was a police detective in her hometown of New York.