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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published February 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.55 CAD
Pages 40
Editing Phil Smith (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Cover A"

Characters Witchblade [Takeru]
Genre Occult; Super-hero
Pencils Kazasa Sumita
Inks Kazasa Sumita
Colors Kevin Senft [as Blond]
Letters None; typeset

Cover Details - "Cover B"

Genre Occult; Super-hero
Pencils Christian Gossett
Inks Steve Firchow
Editing Phil Smith (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Cover C"

Genre Occult; Super-hero
Pencils Makoto Uno
Inks Makoto Uno
Editing Phil Smith (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Fantastic Realm Wizard World Los Angeles Exclusive Cover"

Characters Witchblade Manga
Genre Occult; Super-hero
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Inks Marc Silverstri
Notes Fantastic Realm Exclusive for Wizard World Los Angeles 2007.

Cover Details - "Wizard Authentic NYCC Sketch Variant Cover"

Genre Occult; Super-hero
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Notes Signed by Marc Silvestri. Limited to 1000.

1 page credits "Title page"

Pencils Chaz Riggs (design)
Colors Kevin Senft [as Blond]
Letters typeset
Notes Creator credits and indicia information. Features the Witchblade Manga logo top of page and the Witchblade Takeru Managa masthead logo at bottom of page against an interwoven backdrop pattern.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Editorial"

Synopsis Editorial features information regarding the logistics of creating this series for the American reader.
Script Top Cow Staff
Colors Page colors
Letters typeset
Notes Right portion of page features a delicate illustration of leaves on a branch of a tree. Top Cow logo in full color below editorial.

35 page Witchblade story "No...don't let her go near it...."

Characters Witchblade [Takeru]; Sister Senshuu; Grandma; Kou; Ayaka
Synopsis Takeru is an average schoolgirl being raised in a Buddhist monastery by a group of nuns. Except for the forbidden wicked-looking claw locked in a box that keeps appearing in her dreams! That would make a relationship with cute Kou hard enough, but when a group of mysterious, black clad monks show up at the monastery, the Witchblade chooses its newest bearer! [per solicitation]
Genre Occult; Super-hero
Script Yasuko Kobayashi
Pencils Kazasa Sumita
Inks Kazasa Sumita
Colors Kevin Senft [as Blond]
Letters Troy Peteri
Notes Top Cow worked with Studio Gonzo, Akita Shoten and Kazasa Sumita to bring this new, colorized version that reads left to right for the standard American comic size.
Reprinted Originally published by Akita Shoten as "Witchblade Takeru" in Japan's popular magazine Champion Red.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "World Moos"

Synopsis The Top Cow World Moos takes on the format of a Bullpen Page of news and releases.
Genre Fact; News
Script Ron Marz; ?
Pencils Eric Basaldua; Stjepan Sejic; Mark A. Robinson
Letters typeset
Notes Features: FROM THE DESK OF RON MARZ; ON SALE IN FEBRUARY (with small thumbnail house ads): THE DARKNESS: LEVEL #3, WITCHBLADE #106, CITY OF HEROES #18; THE DARKNESS TAKES OVER IN 2007 (information surrounding the anticipated Darkness video game); NEXT ISSUE: WITCHBLADE MANGA #2.

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Top Cow Store Limited Editions"

Notes House ad for the following limited edition comic books: HUNTER-KILLER #7 BALTIMORE CONVENTION VARIANT COVER, WITCHBLADE #98 PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION VARIANT COVER, WITCHBLADE: BEARERS OF THE BLADE WIZARD WORLD CONVENTION VARIANT COVER.