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Witchblade passes the Gauntlet around with Team-Up Variants this September

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment

Image Comics and Top Cow have revealed a line-wide Witchblade Team-Up variant covers in celebration of the milestone Witchblade (2024) #25 issue’s premiere this September. Some of the biggest names in comics will put their artistic spin on Witchblade as its iconic characters make an appearance across the covers of some of Image’s most popular ongoing series.

Witchblade is a comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, which ran from November 1995 to October 2015 and December 2017 to January 2020. The series was created by Marc Silvestri, David Wohl, Brian Haberlin, and Michael Turner. The comic series was made into a TNT television series in 2001 and was directed by Ralph Hemecher and starred Yancy Butler as Sara Pezzini. Later, Top Cow and Japanese animation studio Gonzo produced an anime adaptation of Witchblade, which debuted in 2006.

Marguerite Bennett and Guiseppe Cafaro’s current run on Witchblade (2024) features a reimagined origin, with contemporary takes on familiar characters, as well as fresh story arcs to hook new fans and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the ’90s Image Revolution. New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life is forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power? …Or will she be consumed by it?

Witchblade will appear on the covers of:

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 2:

Royals #6 Cover G Witchblade Team-Up by Jacob Perez – UPC: 70985304634900671
Tales of Wonder #1 Cover H Witchblade Team-Up by Steve Skroce & Neeraj Menon – UPC: 70985304861900181

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 9:

Blood & Thunder #17 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Ej Su & Dee Cunniffe – UPC: 70985304317101751
Death Vigil (2026) #2 Cover B Witchblade Team-Up by Stjepan Sejic – UPC: 70985304830500221
Geiger #25 Cover F Witchblade Team-Up by Gary Frank & Brad Anderson – UPC: 70985303965502561
Starhenge Book Two: A Kiss for Atticus #3 Cover G Witchblade Team-Up by Liam Sharp – UPC: 70985304788900361
Witchblade (2024) #25 Cover C Connecting Witchblade Team-Up by Pat Boutin & Steve Firchow – UPC: 70985304035402531

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 16:

The Darkness (2025) #8 Cover C Connecting Witchblade Team-Up by Pat Boutin & Steve Firchow – UPC: 70985304537300831
Die: Loaded #9 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Caspar Wijngaard – UPC: 70985304496300931
Exquisite Corpses: Fox Mask Killer #1 Cover I Witchblade Team-Up by Michael Walsh – UPC: 70985304858900191
Kaya #37 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Wes Craig – UPC: 70985303591603731
Monstress #64 Cover B Witchblade Team-Up by Sana Takeda – UPC: 70985302020206421
Regicide #2 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Akila Gabriel – UPC: 70985304831200251
Something Epic #15 Cover D Witchblade Team-Up by Szymon Kudrański – UPC: 70985303738501541

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 23:

Badrock #3 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Rob Liefeld – UPC: 70985304712400351
Bug Wars: The Coming of The Wardoom #2 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Justin Mason – UPC: 70985304828200231
Invincible Universe: Capes #11 Cover F Witchblade Team-Up by Mark Englert – UPC: 70985304498701161
Crimes Against Nature #1 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Gavin Smith – UPC: 70985304857200151
The Department of Truth #39 Cover D Witchblade Team-Up by Letizia Cadonici – UPC: 70985303032403941
D’Orc #8 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Brett Bean – UPC: 70985304572400831
The Eye Collector #4 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by GMB Chomichuk – UPC: 70985304709400431
Feral #26 Cover D Witchblade Team-Up by Trish Forstner & Tim Seeley – UPC: 70985303949502641
Ghost Pepper #15 Cover F Witchblade Team-Up by Ludo Lullabi – UPC: 70985304394201561
M1: Monster Racing League #4 Cover B Witchblade Team-Up by Jae Lee – UPC: 70985304702500421
Radiant Black #44 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Marcelo Costa – UPC: 70985303068304461
Yumi: 00EX #2 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Chris Bachalo – UPC: 70985304832900231

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 30:

Final Boss #10 Cover D Witchblade Team-Up by Tyler Kirkham – UPC: 70985304494901041
Hammerfist #2 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Brett Parson – UPC: 70985304826800231
Hyde Street #13 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Ivan Reis & Danny Miki – UPC: 70985304127601331
Spawn #379 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Brett Booth – UPC: 70985300214737931

Comics

M1: Monster Racing League #1 Rushes Back to Print

Posted on June 13, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Co-writers Robert Windom and Lily Windom, Eisner Award winning artist Jae Lee, and colorist June Chung have hit big with the launch of M1: Monster Racing League. This high-octane debut broke the speed barrier with a quick sell-out at the distributor level and is being rushed back to print by Image in order to keep pace with demand.

Check out our review of the first issue.

The M1: Monster Racing League#1, second printing will also feature road-ready new cover art by Lee.

M1: Monster Racing League#1, second printing (Lunar Code 0526IM8423) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 8.

M1: Monster Racing League #1 Introduces us to a Different Tokyo Drift

Posted on June 10, 2026 by Brett

When 17-year-old Dev moves to Japan, she stumbles into an underground world of illegal street racing, where speed is power and mutation wins championships. M1: Monster Racing League #1 is an intriguing debut that has us wanting to see what’s next.

With a description of “K-Pop Demon Hunters meets Fast & Furious,” we had to check out M1: Monster Racing League #1. The debut issue, from writers Lily Windom and Robert Windom is interesting and you can see its influences. The story is simple, a girl named Dev moves to Japan from San Diego, California and then gets into street racing. While the teaser text mentions Fast and Furious, it’s more specifically Tokyo Drift. A rather strict and ominous father, a rebellious kid, teases of trouble back in the US, and underground racing. All it’s missing is Han… might that might not be the case and we do have one in Kaito, a racer Dev outshines.

The Windoms put together an entertaining start with memorable characters that are full of personality. Dev is a grumbling teenager, angry over her move to Japan and what she left behind. There’s Marise, a chatty school mate who seems to be packed with energy and the inability to stay quiet as well as her brother Kaito, an underground racer.

All of that is draped in the art of Jae Lee with color by June Chung and lettering by Joe Sabino. The comic has style and the racing itself has visuals that pop. But, it’s Jae Lee’s art which you have to enjoy to appreciate the comic. For me, some of the faces look odd and at times look a bit similar. It’s a Lee’s style and it’s unique and distinctive. Overall, when it works, I think it works really well but when it doesn’t, it’s distracting. The page layouts, and color, also don’t keep this a pop infused comic. Instead, it’s more muted with the colors tending to be more muted and the page layouts handling the flow and excitement.

M1: Monster Racing League #1 is an interesting start with a lot of potential. There’s teases of something bigger as the racing progresses but the first issue dips its toes onto the track for an experience that’s entertaining, fun, and a lot of potential.

Story: Lily Windom, Robert Windom Art: Jae Lee
Color: June Chung Letterer: Joe Sabino
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Read

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle

Preview: M1: Monster Racing League #1

Posted on June 7, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

M1: Monster Racing League #1

(W) Robert Windom, Lily Windom (A) Jae Lee

An all-new ONGOING series launch from legendary JAE LEE (THIS ENDS TONIGHT, SEVEN SONS)!

When 17-year-old Dev moves to Japan, she stumbles into an underground world of illegal street racing, where speed is power and mutation wins championships. This high-octane sci-fi drama, set in a near-future Tokyo, is Fast and Furious by way of K-Pop Demon Hunters.

M1: Monster Racing League from Jae Lee, Robert Windom, Lily Windom, and June Chung hits the streets, and shelves, this June

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Co-writers Robert Windom and Lily Windom, Eisner Award winning artist Jae Lee, and colorist June Chung will kick comics into high gear with the upcoming ongoing series M1: Monster Racing League. This high-octane launch will start its engines in June from Image Comics.

This launch will include an eye-popping variant cover by Jon J Muth and additional, highly collectible covers by Lee.

Emmy Award winning writer and producer Jeffrey M. Howard is also developing an animated version of the series.

This project marks the second project that the Windoms have written together after the graphic novel Family Time, which Lily co-wrote with her father at just eleven-years-old.

This also will be the first time that award-winning creator Jae Lee has been an interior artist on an ongoing monthly comic book series since the ’90s. Husband-wife duo Lee and Chung are known for their popular comic covers and interior art collaborations on titles such as This Ends Tonight and Batman/Superman.

Outside of comic writing, Robert Windom is known for executive producing the documentary Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection, for which he won a Film Threat award. The critically acclaimed film was directed by Kelvin Mao; Windom, Lee, and Chung also co-created the Image Comics limited series This Ends Tonight and Seven Sons with Mao.

M1: Monster Racing League #1 will also feature a variant cover illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Jon J Muth, who is known for creating children’s books such as Zen Ties and illustrating graphic novels such as Grant Morrison’s The Mystery Play, for which he won the Eisner Award in the “Best Painter” category.

M1: Monster Racing League #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, June 10.