JLA/Witchblade by Len Kaminski


JLA/Witchblade
Title : JLA/Witchblade
Author :
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ISBN : -
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 48
Publication : First published January 1, 2001

The World's Greatest Super-Heroes come face to face with Top Cow's premier heroine, the Witchblade, in this long-awaited crossover event! Written by Len Kaminski (JLA: FOREIGN BODIES) with art and cover by Mark Pajarillo and Walden Wong (JLA), JLA/WITCHBLADE is a Prestige Format one-shot that deftly blends fast-paced super-hero action with supernatural suspense much like DC and Top Cow's previous crossover, the immensely popular Darkness/Batman. Current Witchblade wielder Sara Pezzini comes to Gotham to visit her old friend Barbara Gordon but a strange turn of events has the most powerful eldritch weapon in existence jumping from Sara to take control of Barbara, who just happens to be the JLA's Oracle! Now the Justice League has the difficult task of fighting one of its own! But with members like Wonder Woman and the Huntress among the JLA, and the Witchblade being drawn to female hosts, the League might be serving up exactly what the Witchblade needs for its own wicked ends!

JLA/Witchblade Reviews

  • Jon Nakapalau

    Wonder Woman (WW) has bonded with the Witchblade...watch out Superman...it is magical! Fun DC/Top Cow crossover. Really liked the way this book brought out the 'bad' in WW; the Witchblade really kicks up her power level - watch out boys! Really would like to see more crossovers with DC and different comic publishers!

  • Tina

    This comic wasn't bad but it could have been fleshed out more. I bought it more for Witchblade than the Justice League.

  • Mark

    Combing through my Graphic comic book collection I came across this one, I probably bought it ude to my like so many years ago of the Witchblade. JLA never did tickle my fancy so it must have been Witchblade, having read it that must be the answer. I was not really impressed.
    Sara Pezzini gets wounded and knocks on her friends Barbara's door and she delivers her friend to the JLA watchtower. The Witchblade does not respond well to what she perceives a threat. And the whole gang can do little against the "most dangerous" weapon/piece of jewellery (the Green lantern must be annoyed!). In the end the weapon takes refuge on Wonderwoman and she goes on a rampage and the JLA gets thei collective behind kicked untill the rightfull heir shows up.

    I think having read this one, a) I could have spend my money on better comics; b) all characters in this graphicnovel are not done well in this comic; c0 actually a bit of waste of time reading it.

  • Craig

    This is a nicely done, fun story. Many cross-over titles seem forced and silly, but this one is done successfully. The writing is clear and unobtrusive, and I thought the art was well above average. The conflict between Irons and Luthor was as interesting as that between the heroes. There are three images of Sara near the end of the book in nearly the same pose illustrating her transformation that are excellent. Early in the story Barbara is turned into a spider creature and proclaims; "I have become the ultimate web-crawler," which I took as a sly nod to that other comics company. The only real drawback was the annoying presence of Plastic Man, who ruined far more than his fair share of old DC stories.

  • Jack

    The reviews on this have been a little harsh, it is definitely 4☆ not below. A fun book if you are a fan of either Witchblade or the Justice League and definitely a strong little story for Wonder Woman.

  • Rk Stark

    This is a very short, but mostly well done crossover. I tend to not enjoy crossovers since you have to read a lot of background information to appreciate them, but if you have a basic knowledge of JLA and enjoyed Witchblade, I feel like this is easy to follow and easy to enjoy. It's fun, it's short, and it's not earth shattering in it's story or art, but it's a good solid read. If you love witchblade, esp the early stuff, I feel like this is a must read, and if you like random JLA crossovers, I feel this is worth the read. I bought this a long time ago, would I buy it again today? Probably not. Would I check it out from the library, or borrow it from a friend? Yes.