ARTIFACTS VOLUME 3 TRADE PAPERBACK
A previous universe was collapsing so the society brought 13 artifacts together however it only hastened its destruction. The Survivor is revealed to be the codex of the previous universe and wants to replace the current codex Hope so his universe will be reborn. Meanwhile Tilly Grimes, Tom Judge, and Danielle Baptiste convinces Ji Xi who is the bearer of the 13th Artifact to join them against those who wants to bring an end to the world. Ji Xi reveals he killed his master who murdered his brotherhood of monks and took the artifact.
Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado finally find their missing daughter Hope who was kidnapped by the Survivor. A short battle erupts with the Survivor and his team of Artifact bearers which end with both Sara and Jackie defeated and unconscious. The Survivor removes the Witchblade from Sara and attempts to remove the Darkness from its host Jackie.
Writer Ron Marz sets a new status quo for the Top Cow Universe by bringing characters back to the way things should be. An interesting twist to revive the titles again with new directions and stories beginning with Witchblade #151, The Darkness #101, and Artifacts #14.
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
- Michael Finnegan retrieves his artifact and fights Ian Nottingham once again
- Nottingham defeats Finnegan as Angelus and the 13th Artifact bearer arrives
- Tom Judge and Tilly Grimes are captured by an army of Aphrodites
- Tom Judge rescues both Sara and Jackie and retrieves all the missing Artifacts
- Jackie strikes at the Survivor before the universe becomes unhinged
- Sara gives up her child hope so the universe is restored
- Jackie kills the Curator in the next world before he starts the cycle again
- Patrick Gleason and Detective Dani Baptiste investigate the Curator’s murder
- Jackie is married to his lost love Jenny who is the mother of Hope
ARTIFACT ORIGINS
- Sabine becomes the bearer of the Wheel of Shadows
- The history of the Glacier Stone begins with the Frost Giants of Jotunnheim
- The chaos of the Pandora’s Box is bonded with Alina Enstrom
- The last surviving monk Ji Xi becomes the bearer of evil carrying the 13th Artifact
- The origins of the Demon Mali and the Heart Stone are told
This trade paperback collects
Artifacts #9-13
RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5
