Witchblade
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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.
Television series
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.
Blade wielders
In reverse chronological order: