Witchblade #121 Review

Witchblade #121
As I mentioned in my Broken Trinity review, the current Witchblade arc features a threat to the Orthodox Jewish community in New York. And let me just say this issue is so much better then the previous one (even though there is still no indication whatsoever that the Broken Trinity crossover has any bearing on this series).

We are introduced to a grisly crime scene in which an Orthodox Rabbi has been brutally murdered in a way that no normal human being can do. After a witness tells her story of how she saw a monstrous beast just prior to the death, Detective Sara Pezzini and her partner/boyfriend Patrick Gleason go hunting for something that goes bump in the night. Pezzini runs into a journalist who has put the pieces of the Witchblade together and is in need of some proof to give her story some legs. So, the clingy reporter follows Pezzini into the den of what can only be a Golem.

A Golem is apparently a Jewish creation which is a creature made of mud and other natural things then given life to do the bidding of the one who raised it. I remember watching an episode of "The X-Files" (best TV show ever), in which a Jewish woman raised her dead husband from the dead as a Golem. It's interesting to see another take on the mythology of the Golem.

This issue brings another idea to the table. What if Pezzini's secret weapon became not so secret via a newspaper story by a certain nosy reporter. That's what I hope writer Ron Marz is thinking also. It would certainly allow for a lot more storylines to open up which Marz could really use since he's agreed to write 'Blade until at least issue #150.

Sejic's art is as always amazing. Sometimes I think his drawings are real life faces put in a comic book. He does an awesome job of creating a mood with his various shades of color.

While this issue is hands down better than issue #120, I still wish it had something to do with the crossover like First Born did. That reason really brings the rating down but I can only hope that Marz has some plans as to how he's going to work in Broken Trinity into the regular Witchblade series.

3.5/5 stars