Witchblade #26

(October 1998)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Randy Green (credited)

Inks

D-Tron (credited as D-Tron•)

Colors

J. D. Smith (credited as Jonathan D. Smith)

Letters

Dennis Heisler (credited)

Characters

Kenneth Irons (antagonist) (villain)

Keywords

joke credits

Indexer Notes

Includes issue credits and indicia with a small full-color illustration of Kenneth Irons cropped from the cover artwork.

In addition to the credit for Victoria Sinclair-Smith (quoted in the notes for the issue level sequence), and the exclamation points added after every production and publishing credit on this page, joke credits in this issue include:
"Nicholas Chun: cephalic production manager!"
"Renae Geerlings: thinks the Witchblade chafes!"
"Peter Steigerwald: GOD has returned! Ha, ha!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Witchblade / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

David Wohl (credited) (story); Christina Z (credited as Christina Z.) (story)

Pencils

Randy Green (credited)

Inks

D-Tron (credited as D-Tron•); Jeff De Los Santos of Team Tron (credited as Team Tron (Jeff De Los Santos)) (assists); Jose Guillen of Team Tron (as Team Tron (Jose Guillen)) (credited as Jose "Jag" Guillen) (assists); Andy Kim of Team Tron (credited as Team Tron (Andy Kim)) (assists); Marcia Chen of Team Tron (credited as Team Tron (Marcia Chen)) (assists)

Colors

J. D. Smith (credited as Jonathan D. Smith); Richard Isanove (credited)

Letters

Dennis Heisler (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This crap is never gonna end, is it?

Genre

crime; fantasy-supernatural; adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Lisa Buzanis (cameo) (as a mysterious floating form which rises from the ground); Kenneth Irons (antagonist) (villain); Ian Nottingham (guest); Julie Pezzini (guest); Sara Pezzini (featured) (as Witchblade Bearer); Setsuke Hirata (guest); Joe Siry (guest); Eric Sketh (origin) (guest) (first appearance of Eric Sketh); D. Gavin Taylor (antagonist) (villain)

Synopsis

With Jake in the hospital after being attacked by Nottingham, Sara gets a new partner, Eric Sketh. Setsuke tends to the wounded Nottingham and swears she will restore him to health. Gavin turns over the leadership of the Church of Prosperity to Irons. Sara returns home to find that Julie has broken into her apartment and is terrified after an encounter with Gavin and Irons. When Sara learns that her old foe has returned from the dead, she becomes understandably angry. Irons drops in for a little chat with police chief, Joe Siry.

Reprints

• in Witchblade (Juniorpress, 1996 series) #13 (1998)

Keywords

cults; family; lovers; partners; religious sects; sisters; wounds