Witchblade #22

(May 1998)

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

Witchblade / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Christina Z.; David Wohl

Pencils

Randy Green (pages 9-21); Micahel Turner (layouts, pages 1-8, 16-22); Brian Ching (finishes, pages 4-5, 7-8, 19); Dan Fraga (finishes, pages 2-3, 16-18); Clarence Lansang (finishes, pages 1, 6, 20-22)

Inks

D-Tron; Team Tron [Andy Kim; Jeff De Los Santos; Jose Guillen; Marcia Chen] (assistants)

Colors

Jonathan D. Smith

Letters

Dennis Heisler

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the year of our Lord, 1430, Joan of Arc languished in a prison cell in the city of Compiegne, awaiting execution.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sara Pezzini; Witchblade [Ian Nottingham]; Julie Pezzini; Ruth Pezzini; Jake McCarthy; D. Gavin Taylor (villain)

Synopsis

When Jake's ex-girlfriend is tortured and murdered, Sara begins to investigate the case. Julie tries to comfort Jake in his time of grief. Church of Prosperity leader D. Gavin Taylor makes an interesting comparison in the philosophies of Adolf Hitler and Jesus Christ to some of his closest followers. Ian discovers that he cannot control the power of the Witchblade and comes to Sara for help.

Reprints

• in Witchblade (Juniorpress, 1996 series) #11 (1998)