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Witchblade, Vol. 1 by Caitlin Kittredge
3.0

I still have to finish reading my original read of Ron Marz Witchblade, which I was enjoying, but figured I'd give this new series a whirl. Well..it's different, interesting, but don't think it comes together perfectly.

We have a new witchblade user. Alex is a reporter and after getting killed returns to life with the witchblade now apart of her. While she's on a haunt to save someone another person in her life enters to teach her the ways of the witchblade. Will she accept it or fight against it?

The thing with this is it feels more set in reality. Sure big demons come through and such but it doesn't feel over the top of as zanny as the originals. Which could work in its favor but it feels a little cliche and very YA at times. Now the thing is the art is strong, the dialogue is fine for the most part, the plotting is well constructed, and it works but nothing blew me away. I felt kind of eh finishing it. I may check out volume 2 but this didn't blow me away.

Overall this was decent. A 2.5 out of 5, I'll round it to a 3.