A new era of Witchblade begins in this series-changing volume as Sara Pezzini, the Witchblade bearer for 100 issues, gives up the mystical gauntlet to a new bearer in Dani Baptiste! The Witchblade is a mysterious gauntlet which bonds with a female bearer and serves as the Balance between the forces of Light and Dark. Detective Sara Pezzini, the current bearer has discovered she is pregnant and in order to safeguard her baby has given up the artifact to young dancer Dani Baptiste. Written by Ron Marz ( Ion , Samurai: Heaven & Earth ) and featuring art by Adriana Melo ( Star Wars ), Stjepan Sejic ( First Born ), and Sami Basri ( Anita Blake ) this volume introduces readers to Dani Baptiste and serves as a prologue for First Born . Collecting Witchblade #101-109, plus cover gallery for a massive nine-issue trade paperback.