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[[File:44907-7300-51960-1-witchblade_super_4436.jpg|frame|One [[Incredibly Lame Pun|hell]] of a Woman!]]
An American comic book series published by Top Cow, from 1995 to present. It centers around Sara Pezzini, a detective and the current wielder of the Witchblade. This supernatural, sentient weapon has bonded to various women through history, such as Cleopatra and Joan of Arc. While Sara struggles to master the powerful weapon and fend off those who would use it for evil, she also tries to maintain a personal life. Pezzini and her weapon first appeared in the one-shot ''Cyblade/Shi'' #1 (1995), which featured a crossover between two previously established heroines.
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As of issue #150 of the series, Sara has quit the NYPD following a (frankly long overdue) investigation by Internal Affairs, and has moved to Chicago to pursue a career as a private investigator. This followed a switch in writers, as Ron Marz left the book after several years and was replaced by ''Hack/Slash's'' Tim Seeley.
In addition to the original comic, ''Witchblade'' has also been adapted [[Witchblade (
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* [[Ambiguously Bi]]: Sarah and ''Lara Croft'' of all people.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Sara Pezzini is a Type III.
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: Cleopatra and Joan of Arc, among others, also wielded the Witchblade.
* [[Big Bad]]: Kenneth Irons and Curator/Creator.
* [[Breast Plate]]: ''Witchblade'' was the ultimate example of this trope throughout the 90s. Recent artists have made attempts at giving Sarah armor with more coverage.
** If you like to know, it now looks like a semi-form-fitting silver and gold bio-mess that fully covers everything, more like [[The Darkness|the Darkness's]] armor rather than a metal thong.
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Crossover]]: With many other Top Cow series, most notably ''[[The Darkness]]'', for [[Distaff Counterpart|obvious reasons]].
** In issue #92, Sara goes on a vision quest through the lives of past wielders of the Witchblade. The final "wielder" she encounters is the goddess [
** Unusually for comic book crossovers, the events of the Marvel crossover ''Unholy Union'' are apparently canon, at least in the Top Cow universe. (Dani refers to it in passing during ''First Born''.)
* [[Dark Age]]: Pezzini was a typical early '90s "bad girl" archetype (despite being a [[Lawful Good]] cop) in the beginning.
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** Sara always has a corkscrew when she needs one.
* [[New York City Cops]]
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* [[Not Wearing Tights]]: Or much of anything at all, really...
* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: If you're not a worthy user, Witchblade eats your arm.
* [[Out-of-Clothes Experience]]: Of course.
* [[Public Domain Artifact]]: Excalibur shows up as a male counterpart to the Witchblade.
* [[
* [[Stripperiffic]]: And how!
** The Magdalena deserves special mention. She's the distant granddaughter of Christ and Mary Magdaline, and is raised and commanded by the Catholic Church itself. [
*** They change her outfit [http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2174179112_5e7278a66c_o.jpg later on]
* [[Urban Fantasy]]
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