The Witchblade is a fictional, mysterious, supernatural
artifact with awesome powers featured in a comic book
title, Witchblade, published by Top Cow Productions, an
imprint of Image Comics. In Witchblade, NYPD homicide
detective Sara Pezzini comes into possession of the Witchblade
and struggles to master its powers. There have been many
spin-off titles, which place the Witchblade in other times
or settings and in the hands of other heroines, ranging
from a pirate woman to Joan of Arc. There was a TNT television
series based on the comic book of the same name. The series
was directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by Marc Silvestri
(who also wrote the comic book) and J.D. Zeik. Yancy Butler
starred as Sara Pezzini. It was canceled in 2002.
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