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\"Luke[ENGLISH] Top Cow tells us:<\/strong> LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 3, 2009 \u2013 Top Cow Productions, Inc. unveiled an homage cover variant provided by artist Luke Ross (Captain America) for Witchblade #128.\u00a0 The issue, which is scheduled for release on July 8th 2009, is the forth installment of the six-part \u201cWar of the Witchblades\u201d story arc.<\/p>\n

Ron Marz, who has been the regular series writer since Witchblade #80, writes Witchblade #128.\u00a0 All interior art is provided by Stjepan Sejic, who has been the regular artist for the series since Witchblade #116.\u00a0 The creative team of Marz and Sejic are committed to staying on Witchblade through at least issue #150.<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

In this issue of \u201cWar of the Witchblades,\u201d both Sara Pezzini and Dani Baptiste are on the ground and it\u2019s uncertain who will rise to reunite and claim the divided Witchblade for herself.\u00a0 The epic storyline continues to raise the stakes in the battle for the ancient artifact called the Witchblade and promises to dramatically change the landscape of the series by its conclusion.<\/p>\n

Two covers of Witchblade #128 will be available: one by series artist Sejic and the homage variant cover by Luke Ross (Captain America).\u00a0 The cover created by Ross depicts a dramatized pose of Dani holding a mortally wounded Sara as other characters look on from the background.\u00a0 It is a direct homage to the famous 1980 John Byrne cover of Uncanny X-Men #136 and similarly inspired by the George P\u00e9rez cover of Crisis on Infinite Earths #7.\u00a0 Both covers are regarded as one of the most recognizable and \u201chomaged\u201d cover illustrations in comics.\u00a0 Comic Vine calls it the \u201cThe ‘Stand with a dead loved one in your arms expressing grief to the sky’ cover,\u201d although the image arguably has inspirational precedents that date back to the earliest paintings and sculptures of the Piet\u00e0.\u00a0 The use of the homage cover for Witchblade #128 signifies the major plot developments and character conflicts that are central to the \u201cWar of the Witchblades\u201d story arc.<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously things don’t look too promising … for Sara or anyone else … by the end of Witchblade #127,\u201d explained writer Marz, \u201cThe Luke Ross cover for issue #128 definitely takes that in account, and gives us a chance to homage two of the great covers in the history of comics in John Byrne’s Uncanny X-Men #136 shot, as well as the George Perez Crisis #7 image. If there was ever a time for this kind of cover on Witchblade, it’s now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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