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But if there isn't an emotional content and some real character stuff at the center of that story, I think it all becomes like a Michael Bay movie, all blood and thunder that doesn't amount to anything. "I'm all for big, epic sweeping stories, and right now, comics is rife with these huge multi-part crossovers. "It's very much a story about the two main characters in the Top Cow Universe, Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado," said Marz. Ron was the natural and only choice to write the series."Īs an all-expansive crossover project, fans can expect appearances from most of the major Top Cow players, but there are two in particular taking center stage. After 'Broken Trinity,' Matt Hawkins suggested we finally lay our cards on the table and give fans the fully monty, so to speak.

"Internally, we've had the idea of the thirteen Artifacts established for a number of years, so it was always something in the back of our heads.

"It's a pretty organic outgrowth of the stories we've been telling for a number of years," added Sablik.

So, what we're going to do is bring all of them together." We'll reveal all of the Artifacts - two are still unrevealed - and one of the background elements is that if all thirteen Artifacts are brought together, it means the end of the world. It's been this background mythology, so 'Artifacts' is thirteen issues that bring all of it to the front. The Witchblade is an Artifact and the Darkness is an Artifact, the Spear of Destiny that Magdalena has is an Artifact. "The basic premise of the series is the basic premise of the Top Cow Universe," Marz told CBR of the plot for "Artifacts." "We've had this ongoing background story that there are thirteen Artifacts of power in the Top Cow Universe. While the potential apocalypse is still quite a ways from being realized, Top Cow has no shortage of plans to prepare their readership for the events of "Artifacts." CBR News spoke with Marz and Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik about the company's plans for the build-up to "Artifacts" and beyond. Unfortunately for the denizens of this universe, that's exactly what is happening in the pages of "Artifacts," the publisher's upcoming 13-issue maxi-series written by Ron Marz that's set to launch this summer.

In the Top Cow Universe, there are thirteen different Artifacts that hold significant power over the fate of mankind, and it is prophesized that bringing all thirteen together would instigate an event so catastrophic as to literally herald the end of the world.