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This Week From Top Cow – Rise Of The Magi, Witchblade And Darkness

Published Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:00:54 -0500

Got three new entries from Top Cow this week. The brand new series written by Marc Silvestri, Rise Of The Magi. A new Darkness one-shot by Ales Kot and the 175th issue of Witchblade…

RISE OF THE MAGI #1
Story: Marc Silvestri Art: Sumeyye Kesgin Covers: Silvestri, Kesgin, Stjepan Sejic

"Gape at these people and their precious things, now look me in the eye and tell me this is a world not worth destroying." – The Master Of Truth And Lies commenting on the human race.

A small black sphere contains all the magic that exists past, present, and future. Without it, two worlds would not survive. The sphere has been protected for centuries by a spell that was believed unbreakable. A common man in the world of magic discovers the spell has been breeched and a small chip of the black sphere has been stolen.

It is thought a piece of sphere so small as to be unseen by the naked eye would be enough crush all mankind. Someone has taken enough to fill the palm of one's hand and fled from the world of magic into the world of man and only the very common Asa Stonethrow can find him. Asa thought saving two worlds was his great burden, until he meets a girl.

The world we know is at risk because the world we don't see, the one that makes ours possible, is on the brink of destruction. Marc Silvestri, the co-creator of THE DARKNESS and WITCHBLADE and the creator of CYBER FORCE, presents a new fantasy adventure series set in both worlds in which we live. The Magi are awake and they are legion, and only seven magicians, sorcerers, thieves and killers can stop them. But as Asa Stone will soon find out, among thieves, there is no honor.

WITCHBLADE #175
Story: Ron Marz Art: Laura Braga Covers: Braga, John Tyler Christopher. Michael Turner
ART / COVER: LAURA BRAGA +

Double sized anniversary issue! Starting a new storyline, the team of writer Ron Marz and artist Laura Braga continue their acclaimed run, providing an entry point for new readers, as well as a celebration of all that's gone before. Also features a second story by Marz and Braga, revealing a previously untold Tale of the Witchblade in feudal Japan, as well as other bonus features.

DARKNESS: CLOSE YOUR EYES #1
Story: Ales Kot Art/Cover: Maro Oleksicki

Ales Kot (Zero, Wild Children) joins Maro Oleksicki (Judge Dredd, Predator, Books of Magick) to deliver this special Darkness one shot! Los Angeles more than a hundred years ago: a different place, yet the sun still burns down the ground and the oil fields flow.

This is a story of another Estacado. This is a story of love. This is a story of death.