Witchblade #34!

"LIFE AFTER," Part Two Struggling to adapt to her new life as the Witchblade's host, Alex finds she's the prime suspect in the death of an NYPD detectiveÑand that the dead cop had powerful and corrupt friends who will do anything to keep his shady business quiet. But in the world of the Witchblade, nothing is quite what it seems, and Alex soon learns that there's more than greed and graft at play inside the circle of corruption. The bent cops also have a supernatural backer, and Alex has just landed in his crosshairs.

Sara returns from her road trip and finds all hell breaking loose back home in New York City. First of all, she discovers her ne'er-do-well sister is romantically involved with her partner, Jake. Secondly, she immediately gets embroiled in a mysterious murder investigation that has the whole NYPD befuddled, and her boss seems to somehow be involved...again. And worst of all, Ian Nottingham is back and he's...changed... Best of all, you the fan will get to choose who lives and dies when this arc climaxes in issue #75! It's life or death and you decide!

Until now, her past has stayed buried. But when Rapture bearer Tom Judge and Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado come a knocking, Sara risks the discovery that her new life in Chi-town may not have been a decision that she made for herself.

Gunned down and left for dead on a New York rooftop, Alex Underwood's life should have ended there but instead, at the moment of death, she became host to the Witchblade, a mystical artifact that grants the woman wielding it extraordinary powers. But those powers come with a heavy cost, and Alex soon finds herself thrust into the center of an unseen battle raging on the snowy streets of NYC. Collects WITCHBLADE #1-6

TOP COW'S SECOND 2012 TALENT HUNT-WINNING TEAM! Ian Nottingham possesses the Blood Sword -- so why isn't he using it? He wants to know if he can take down three of the major Tokyo Yakuza clans in a single night without the demonic weapon.

Sara Pezzini has faced down a lot of bad guys in her roles as both an NYPD detective and wielder of the mystical artifact known as the Witchblade. But she's about to confront a foe who could prove to be her ultimate nemesis as the three-part 'Fugitive' arc begins. Something is loose on the streets of New York, something deadly enough that the U.S. government wants to enlist Sara to stop it. Is the Witchblade powerful enough to keep Manhattan safe...and Sara alive?