The Witchblade comic book series was created by Top Cow Productions, with Marc Silvestri as the creator, first launching the series.
The live-action Witchblade TV series premiered, expanding the franchise into television.
A Witchblade television movie aired, serving as a precursor to the TV series.
An anime adaptation of Witchblade was produced and released in Japan, broadening the franchise's international reach.
Top Cow Productions released Witchblade comic digests collecting earlier issues, aimed at new readers.
The Witchblade is forged as a symbiotic artifact, an ancient weapon with a consciousness, created by the convergence of the forces of the Angelus and the Darkness.
The first human to wield the Witchblade emerges, beginning a lineage of bearers destined to protect humanity from supernatural threats.
NYPD detective Sara Pezzini bonds with the Witchblade during an investigation, becoming the current bearer and protector of the artifact.
Sara confronts a dangerous former agent, Ian Nottingham, who seeks control over the Witchblade’s power.
Sara learns about the ancient struggle between the Angelus and the Darkness, the two cosmic forces intertwined with the Witchblade.
An entity embodying the Darkness tries to claim the Witchblade to unleash chaos upon the world.
Sara loses the Witchblade temporarily but regains it after overcoming personal and supernatural challenges.
Danielle Baptiste becomes the new bearer of the Witchblade, expanding the legacy and facing her own destiny.
