(W) Marguerite Bennett, Marc Silvestri, Matt Hawkins, Ryan Cady (A) Giuseppe Cafaro, Pat Boutin, Robert Willis, JP Mayer, Arif Prianto, Steve Firchow, Gibran Ferdian, Troy Peteri (CA) Giuseppe Cafaro, Arif Prianto APHRODITE IX RETURNS TO THE TOP COW UNIVERSE! Sara awakens to a bloody corpse in her bed and struggles to recall brief images from the night before, including that of a mysterious green-haired woman who has disappeared without a trace. Before she can act, though, she’s assigned to investigate a brutal murder with all clues pointing to a killer with a knack for outsmarting security systems and escaping undetected. But the pieces start to fall into place as Sara comes face-to-face with one of the deadliest assassins in the Top Cow Universe. Collects WITCHBLADE #19-24 and WITCHBLADE (2024) ANNUAL #1.