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Noice. Girls with swords kicking some serious ass. I completely agree with the whole “not enough girls with superpowers” - for some reason, it seems that they are only allowed to exercise their superpowers on TV, instead of film. Weird. So, it will be nice to see something like this. I just hope it lives up to quality of IronMan/Dark Knight.

I think this is gonna do okay in balancing out the men vs women with superpowers thing. I used to collect Witchblade comics, amongst others (I bought whatever Marc Silvestri was doing). I remember that despite the copious amounts of eyecandy (the Witchblade-armor kinda extends across the skin and shreds clothing in the process), the comic had a near 50/50% male/female fanbase. That’s because Sarah Pezzini, the Witchblade-wielder you see in the thumbnail, is so intelligent, strong-willed and self-conscious, she was an inspiration to many girls.

Ditto on Mark Silvestri - Irma is right, the eyecandy aside, Pezzini shows brains and guts, and instinct. I love the idea of Witchblade, and it’s true - this just may be the thing to look for, as the ratio of female to male superheroes is just dismal. I don’t want to look towards my daughters oogling “the Women” as ideals to look up to. Witchblade will be a welcome change of pace, and she might be dead sexy, but she represents those ballsy features that seem to be amiss right now.

Yeey for Witchblade!!!