In 1998, the band was credited with the song Overtura: Astroantiquity / Attacatastrophy on the CD Songs of the Witchblade: A Soundtrack to the Comic Book, which Bjelland co-produced.

The series follows Sara Pezzini, a tough-as-nails NYPD homicide detective who comes into possession of the Witchblade, a supernatural, sentient artifact with immense destructive and protective powers.

Others who have come into contact with the Witchblade include Cleopatra and Joan of Arc.

Sara struggles to hone the awesome powers of the Witchblade and fend off those with a nefarious interest in it, especially entrepreneur Kenneth Irons.

It forms a symbiosis-like relationship with its host, who can hear the Witchblade.

However, with the Witchblade originally being the balance between the forces of Darkness and Light, it was revealed in the recent " War of the Witchblades " story arc that each half of the Witchblade represented one of the two primal forces: Sara having the Darkness one and Dani the Angelus.

Encouraged by the leaderless Angelus Warriors and the mysterious Tau ' ma, both hosts eventually ended up in all-out war for the complete control of the Witchblade, which concluded with Sara victorious and once again in control of the full Witchblade.

: A New York City detective, Sara, is a disciplined, tough-talking woman of Italian descent, who first encountered The Witchblade while on a case with her ex-partner, Michael Yee.

Along with The Darkness, The Angelus is one of the two primal forces of the universe that created The Witchblade.

Only wielder so far to combine the Witchblade with either the Darkness or the Angelus )

* Wonder Woman ( JLA / Witchblade ) ( co-op universe with DC: non-canon to Top Cow or DC Universe )

In 2004 Japanese animation studio GONZO announced an anime version of Witchblade, with a subsequent manga adaptation.

When she comes into contact with the Witchblade, Masane also finds herself under the watchful eye of an organization called the NSWF ( National Scientific Welfare Foundation ), and struggles to hold onto her daughter Rihoko, whom the government is trying to take from her.

A manga incarnation is being serialized, introducing a different story that features a unique plot & characters and with little similarities ( except for the Witchblade and some other settings ) with the anime, though the script is written by the same writer Yasuko Kobayashi ( 小林靖子 ).

is another story published as a Japanese novel since August 2006 by Tokuma Shoten with art and illustrations done by Uno Makoto, who previously worked in the Witchblade anime as the lead art & character designer.

The Doucheblade, empowered by the god / demon Pazuzu, endows the wielder with revealing and spikey armor just like the Witchblade, but also tremendously augments her bust size.

Witchblade has been extensively used in crossovers with characters outside of the Top Cow Universe:

Thanks to the success of Witchblade Top Cow was able to expand, adding to its line with titles that included The Darkness, Magdalena, Aphrodite IX, and others.

In 2006, Top Cow made a business agreement with Marvel Comics to use several of their licensed properties in their own series, with characters including Wolverine and the Punisher, appearing in crossovers ( Darkness / Wolverine and Witchblade / Punisher ).

In 2004 Japanese animation studio GONZO announced an anime version of Witchblade, with a subsequent manga adaptation.

When she comes into contact with the Witchblade, Masane also finds herself under the watchful eye of an organization called the NSWF ( National Scientific Welfare Foundation ), and struggles to hold onto her daughter Rihoko, whom the government is trying to take from her.

By the mid-1990s Image series such as Spawn and The Savage Dragon had proven themselves as lasting successes ( the former frequently topping the sales charts for months in which new issues came out ), while new series such as Wildstorm's Gen¹³, and Top Cow's Witchblade and The Darkness were also successful.

Silvestri withdrew Top Cow from Image in 1996 ( although he retained his partnership in the company ), protesting that Liefeld was recruiting artists from his studio, including the highly popular Michael Turner ( Witchblade ).

Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present.

* Witchblade # 1-current ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 1995 – present )

** Witchblade No. 0 ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2002 )

** Witchblade # 1 / 2 ( Wizard Magazine / Top Cow Productions, 2001 )

** Witchblade No. 500 ( Wizard Magazine / Top Cow Productions, 1998 )

* Tales of the Witchblade # 1-9 ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 1996-2001 )

** Tales of the Witchblade # 1 / 2 ( Wizard Magazine / Top Cow Productions, 1997 )

* Witchblade: Obekemono original graphic novel ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2002 )

Additionally, Witchblade has headlined or co-headlined the following non-ongoing series and one-shots taking place in the Top Cow Universe:

* Broken Trinity: Witchblade one-shot ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2008 )

* The Darkness / Witchblade one-shot ( Image Comics, Top Cow Productions, 1999 )

* Tomb Raider / Witchblade one-shot ( Top Cow Productions, 1997 )

* Witchblade Animated one-shot ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2003 )

* Witchblade: Blood Oath one-shot ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2004 )

* Witchblade / The Darkness one-shot ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 1999 )

* Witchblade: The Demon one-shot ( Dynamic Forces / Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2003 )

** Witchblade and Tomb Raider one-shot ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2005, reprints Witchblade: The Demon one-shot and Tomb Raider: Scarface's Treasure one-shot )

* Witchblade: Destiny's Child # 1-3 ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2000 )

* Witchblade: Due Process one-shot ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 2010 )

* Witchblade Infinity one-shot ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 1999 )

* Witchblade / The Darkness one-shot ( Image Comics / Top Cow Productions, 1999 )