ARTIFACTS #2 2ND PTG VAR CVR SOOK B&W

by Ron Marz & Michael Broussard; variant cover by Ryan Sook From Image Comics/Top Cow Productions. The event five years in the making! Thirteen mystical Artifacts will guide the fate of the world. Thirteen Artifacts will destroy the world. A mysterious being has taken Hope, the daughter of Sara Pezzini, the Witchblade bearer, and Jackie Estacado, the Darkness bearer; but his intent remains in shadow. As the two frantic parents search for their missing child, other players including Dani Baptiste, the Angelus bearer, Tom Judge, Magdalena and others are brought onto the board. From Top Cow Universe architect Ron Marz (Witchblade, Angelus) and Top Cow superstar artist Michael Broussard (The Darkness) comes an event series which will literally shake the Top Cow Universe to its foundation. This issue also features a Top Cow Origin for The Darkness written by Marz and drawn by Dale Keown (The Darkness/Pitt). Scheduled to ship 10/20/10. (325)