Iann Robinson talks WITCHBLADE #135
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Mar 4 2010, 8:03 AM
Witchblade #135 is a battle issue and I love me some battle issues. Comics break down into three types: plot issues, shocker issues and battle issues. Witchblade 135 starts out as a catfight between Witchblade and an automated robot assassin that looks like a supermodel. Their battle morphs into a team up against pissed off super robots. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a shallow issue and a few plot points are met but for the most part Witchblade#135 is pure action.
The issue opens deep in the heart of the Cyberdata, a multi-national corporation with less than kind intentions. While the corrupt Dr. Singh is overseeing the construction of an army Witchblade is deep in the Cyberdata bowels fighting against her green haired target the cybernetic organism Aphrodite IV. The two suspend their personal battle in order to take on the Cyberdata army of ginormous killer robots. From there it’s pretty much ass kicking action as the two unload their considerable arsenal on the unsuspecting robots.
This is one of those few and far between issues where the art controls the direction and the script has to step back. Writer Ron Marz does a great job of setting the stage and keeping the dialogue between Witchblade and Aphrodite IV crackling but outside of that Marz really allows artist Stjpen Sejic’s work leap off the page with gunfire, explosions, and robot fighting. I don’t always like Sejic’s style but in Witchblade it’s absolutely perfect. It might be the mixture of technology and fantasy that makes Sejic’s artwork here or just that he has a great eye for action. Whatever it is he even manages to make Witchblade & Aphrodite Iv hot, and I’ve never been one to find comic book females attractive (no really).
If I had one drawback to Witchblade #135 it’s a small plot point towards the end of the book. From earlier issues and through this one Aphrodite IV is outlined as a seriously focused machine, like a hot Terminator, who doesn’t stop until her target is taken out. After the giant robot battle Witchblade discovers Aphrodite IV is going to kill Dr. Singh and tries to convince her to let the law work the way it should. I understand that aspect, as Witchblade’s alter ego Sara Pezzini and her husband are both cops. My problem had more to do with how quickly Aphrodite IV is convinced to stand down and do things Witchblade’s way. It may be she’s biding time and will betray Witchblade’s trust but even so the scene is ham-fisted in its execution.
Top Cow continues to put out top-notch stuff dealing with the world of fantasy and the long running Witchblade is no exception. There is a nice balance between the real world we can identify with and the fantasy world we want to be part of. Witchblade is also an adult book, a mature fantasy tale for people looking for something outside of caped superheroes. It once again proves that comic books are a legitimate art form that has long outgrown the stigma of being kid st
Witchblade #135 is a battle issue and I love me some battle issues. Comics break down into three types: plot issues, shocker issues and battle issues. Witchblade 135 starts out as a catfight between Witchblade and an automated robot assassin that looks like a supermodel. Their battle morphs into a team up against pissed off super robots. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a shallow issue and a few plot points are met but for the most part Witchblade#135 is pure action.
The issue opens deep in the heart of the Cyberdata, a multi-national corporation with less than kind intentions. While the corrupt Dr. Singh is overseeing the construction of an army Witchblade is deep in the Cyberdata bowels fighting against her green haired target the cybernetic organism Aphrodite IV. The two suspend their personal battle in order to take on the Cyberdata army of ginormous killer robots. From there it’s pretty much ass kicking action as the two unload their considerable arsenal on the unsuspecting robots.
This is one of those few and far between issues where the art controls the direction and the script has to step back. Writer Ron Marz does a great job of setting the stage and keeping the dialogue between Witchblade and Aphrodite IV crackling but outside of that Marz really allows artist Stjpen Sejic’s work leap off the page with gunfire, explosions, and robot fighting. I don’t always like Sejic’s style but in Witchblade it’s absolutely perfect. It might be the mixture of technology and fantasy that makes Sejic’s artwork here or just that he has a great eye for action. Whatever it is he even manages to make Witchblade & Aphrodite Iv hot, and I’ve never been one to find comic book females attractive (no really).
If I had one drawback to Witchblade #135 it’s a small plot point towards the end of the book. From earlier issues and through this one Aphrodite IV is outlined as a seriously focused machine, like a hot Terminator, who doesn’t stop until her target is taken out. After the giant robot battle Witchblade discovers Aphrodite IV is going to kill Dr. Singh and tries to convince her to let the law work the way it should. I understand that aspect, as Witchblade’s alter ego Sara Pezzini and her husband are both cops. My problem had more to do with how quickly Aphrodite IV is convinced to stand down and do things Witchblade’s way. It may be she’s biding time and will betray Witchblade’s trust but even so the scene is ham-fisted in its execution.
Top Cow continues to put out top-notch stuff dealing with the world of fantasy and the long running Witchblade is no exception. There is a nice balance between the real world we can identify with and the fantasy world we want to be part of. Witchblade is also an adult book, a mature fantasy tale for people looking for something outside of caped superheroes. It once again proves that comic books are a legitimate art form that has long outgrown the stigma of being kid st
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