WITCH HUNT
Earth-79733

Real Name: Sara Hope

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-79733) human mutate magic user (fringe character)

Occupation: Police officer

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Demons

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Presumably mobile

First Appearance: Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 (July, 1997)

Powers/Abilities: Attached to the mystic Witch-blade gauntlet, Witch Hunt exists as a being of pure mystic power and energy, energy she channel through the Witch-blade itself.

    She can also extend tendrils from the gauntlet and its presence allows her to sense demonic influence in the world around her.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'9")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 134 lbs.)
Eyes: White (no visible irises)
Hair: White (with black streak)

History:
(Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 - "Amalgamania: The Top 10 Amalgams 'Wizard' Wants to See" (fb) - BTS) - Undercover cop Sara Hope stumbled upon a group of demons trying to unlock the power of the mystical Witch-blade gauntlet. The demons quickly noticed Sara and beat her nearly to death but the Witch-blade attached itself to Sara, who was reborn as a being of raw power and energy.

(Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 - "Amalgamania: The Top 10 Amalgams 'Wizard' Wants to See") - Now able to sense demonic influence in the world, Sara Hope spent her days active as a police officer while spending her nights as Earth's paranormal protector Witch Hunt.

Comments: Created by the Wizard staff, Steven Hughes and Jimmy Palmiotti.

Key:
Marvel characters are listed in regular, bold black type.
DC characters are listed in bold blue type.
Amalgam characters are listed in bold purple type.

    To clarify, Amalgam Comics didn't really exist beyond those seen in the few DC/Marvel cross-overs. The titles you don't recognize are amalgams of similar Marvel and DC comics--Snood.

    In case it's not obvious, Witch Hunt is an amalgamation of Image's Witchblade (Sara Pezzini) and Lady Death (Hope) from then-Chaos! Comics now Coffin Comics. On that note, she was the only character in the Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 article that was not amalgamated from characters originating in neither Marvel nor DC.

    Witch Hunt is the product of an article in Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 in which the staff of the magazine came up with their own ideas for amalgamated characters.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-79733's Witch Hunt should be distinguished from:

Witch-blade

The Witch-blade was a mystical gauntlet. When police officer Sara Hope stumbled upon a group of demons attempting to unlock the Witch-blade's power, the demons beat Sara nearly to death until the Witch-blade bonded with her, transforming her into a being of raw power and energy. Following the transformation, Sara began using the Witch-blade as the heroic Witch Hunt.

--Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 - "Amalgamania: The Top 10 Amalgams 'Wizard' Wants to See"
images: (without ads)
Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71, p60, splash page (Witch Hunt & Witch-Blade images)

Appearances:
Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 (July, 1997) - "Amalgamania: The Top 10 Amalgams 'Wizard' Wants to See" story - The Wizard staff (writer), Steven Hughes, Jimmy Palmiotti (art), Brian Cunningham (editor)

First posted: 11/12/2024
Last updated: 11/12/2024

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