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Ancient supernatural power meets anarchic fairytale chaos. Witchblade #20 arrives with a gloriously unexpected Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up Variant by the talented Giuseppe Cafaro — colliding the dark, mystical world of Sara Pezzini and the Witchblade with the candy-colored, ultra-violent madness of Skottie Young’s beloved I Hate Fairyland. The result is one of the most visually striking and tonally surprising crossover variants in the entire Image lineup — two Mature Readers worlds that have absolutely no business being this much fun together.
Whether you’re a lifelong Witchblade devotee, an I Hate Fairyland completist, a Giuseppe Cafaro collector, or simply a Mature Readers fan who appreciates when comics take a genuinely unexpected creative swing, Cover D of issue #20 is the variant that will make your collection stand out.
⚔️ Fun Fact: Witchblade first appeared in Witchblade #1 in 1995 from Top Cow Productions and became one of the best-selling independent comics of the 1990s — the series was later adapted into a TNT television series starring Yancy Butler that ran for two seasons, and remains one of the most iconic supernatural superhero properties in creator-owned comics history.
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