Cyblade
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The "Battle for Independents", and in particular the Cyblade/Shi pairing, seems to have been designed to maximize the number of variants. The Cyblade/Shi comic is heavily advertised as the first appearance of Witchblade (Top Cow). See also the Witchblade battlebook.
Cyblade/Shi
Silvestri Cover T5Y019 |
Cyblade/Shi Tucci Cover T5Y018 | Special Edition |
Special Edition 2 |
~August 1995 Pencils: Marc Silvestri
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Plot: Marc Silvestri, William Tucci, Brian Haberlin & David Wohl |
Script: Brian Haberlin & David Wohl Inks: Batt Colors: Ashby Manson |
Copyright © Image Comics |
Gold Seal Version | Gold Seal Version | German covers | ||
certificate for the one above, and the Shi/Cyblade below. |
Golden Apple Comics in LA. 1000 Copies, again. No certificate to go with this one. |
Splitter appears to be the publisher
I have this one. |
Back Cover | First Witchblade | AE Cover |
Page 18 | October 1997
Cover credits: Michael Turner, D-Tron, Richard Isanove |
Shi/Cyblade
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Shi/Cyblade
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Golden Apple - Gold Seal version
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The Models | |
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Christy Turlington http://www.christy.org/pictures/a/default.htm |
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September 1995
Image in Wizard Magazine article, January 1996
First Appearance of Angel Fire |
Story: William Tucci,
do you see it? Model look alike -- Shi = Christy Turlington, Cyblade = Helena Christiansen see note on inside cover thanks to ttodd
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Helena Christensen |
Cyblade/Shi
Sneak Teaser Preview, 1995 |
Cyblade/Shi - Page 4
STP version (B&W) |
Cyblade/Shi - Page 4 |
some really great B&W drawings and inks - preliminary versions of the poster image |
Boxed Sets
Cyblade/Shi
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This is what appears to be the rarest of the covers - bound on top of the boxed set. (see above) |
poor scan - so does the value go down a lot if I open the shrink wrap? |
Ditto |
Cyblade Origin March 1996 | |
Cover is part of poster by Tan, Tucci, and Silvestri, contained in the WOTW 4 issues | Same image showed up as a
centerfold even earlier in Image Comics: Stryke Force #8, November, 1994.
That would make this issue of Image one of Billy's earliest public appearances - not long after WOTW 1. |
The images shown here are Copyright ©William Tucci and Crusade Comics unless otherwise indicated.
( Top Cow Productions, Inc. is one of four autonomous studios that comprise Image. Top Cow was founded by Marc Silvestri, a 17-year comic book veteran)
If you have comments or suggestions, email me at crusade_fan2@yahoo.com