#1

Synopsis

Police officer Sara Pezzini and her partner Michael Yee uncover intel about something big going down at the Rialto. Businessman Kenneth Irons and his bodyguard Nottingham are offering paying attendees a chance to try on a mystic gauntlet--the Witchblade. Irons' men catch Michael lurking about outside and prepare to execute him. Sara leaps to the rescue but both she and Michael are shot. Wounded and reaching out for any weapon she can use, Sara comes into contact with the Witchblade which grafts onto her hand as she begins to blast the bad guys. Sara clears the room but Michael dies.

Reprinted from

• Witchblade #1— cover

Credits

Script

Christina Z

Pencils

Michael Turner

Inks

Michael Turner, D-Tron

Colours

Brian Haberlin, Nathan Cabrera, J. D. Smith

Letters

Dennis Heisler

Co-plot

Brian Haberlin, Michael Turner

Co-plot, script

David Wohl

Managing editor

Phil Smith

Original

Len Wein

Original associate

Brian Selzer