Witchblade #123

After reading atrocities such as The Ultimates 3, it is truly a pleasure to read something as well written as Witchblade. Ish 123 is the third and last part of the Crown Heights arc, and it is as good as the previous chapters. Ron Marz once again delivers some great dialogue (the scene with Sara and the voodoo lady is particularly impressive), and even though the Crown Heights murders are somewhat solved, there are still some things that remain unexplained. But even more interesting than the confrontation between Sara and "the bad guy" (no spoilers, sorry) is the last scene, in which Danielle helps Finch like she promised she would. What happens then is obviously leading toward the War of the Witchblade storyline that we'll get to read soon (not soon enough, though). Personally, I can't wait to see what happens, even though I doubt anyone will die. (Anyone important, that is.)

Regarding the artwork, Stjepan Sejic knocks it out of the park once again, and the way he draws "the horse" is really amazing.

Finally, the letters column is also quite interesting in this issue, especially the Letter of the Month. It's funny, because the guy that wrote it was really unhappy with the way Marz solved Broken Trinity a few months ago. Marz, as usual, is a class act and explains his point of view and the choices he made respectfully and eloquently, and he is very convincing. However, the angry reader had a valid point: I doubt anyone was surprised with who "died" in the series. Broken Trinity was a fun read, and it introduced a couple of cool characters, and two of the Thirteen Artifacts (and, unlike the unhappy reader, I'm in no hurry to see the remaining items revealed), but I could have told you who was going to die even before reading the first issue. So maybe Broken Trinity wasn't the big event it was made to be, but who cares? It was a great companion to the superb Witchblade, and Witchblade is all we care about here in Sunny Jhanna, is it not?