| Issue | #18 |
| Published | November 1997 |
| Cover Price | 2.50 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Brad Foxhoven; Sonia Im (Associate); Aaron Michiel (Associate) |
| Characters | Witchblade [Sara Pezzini]; Darkness [Jackie Estacado] |
| Genre | fantasy; crime |
| Pencils | Michael Turner; Marc Silvestri |
| Inks | Matt Banning; D-Tron |
| Colors | Steve Firchow; Jonathan D. Smith |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Cover depicts Sara kneeling on a skull with Jackie standing behind her; There is a variant of this cover with the title in gold. |
| Characters | Witchblade [Sara Pezzini]; Darkness [Jackie Estacado]; Ian Nottingham |
| Genre | fantasy; crime |
| Pencils | Michael Turner |
| Inks | D-Tron |
| Colors | Jonathan D. Smith |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Cover depicts Sara and Jackie face to face in the foreground with Ian kneeling between them in the background. |
| Characters | Witchblade [Sara Pezzini]; Darkness [Jackie Estacado] |
| Genre | fantasy; crime |
| Pencils | Michael Turner |
| Inks | D-Tron |
| Colors | Jonathan D. Smith |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Variant cover distributed through American Entertainment; Washed out blue color scheme; Cover depicts Sara and Jackie standing back to back with small motorcycle riders underneath them. |
| Characters | Witchblade [Sara Pezzini]; Aphrodite IX |
| Genre | fantasy; crime |
| Pencils | Eric Basaluda |
| Inks | Eric Basaluda |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Variant cover distributed at the Wizard World Los Angeles comic con in 2005 by the Jay Company; Cover depicts Sara kneeling in front of Aphrodite and holding onto her leg; There is also a black and white "sketch" variant of this cover. |
| Characters | Witchblade [Sara Pezzini]; GUESTS: Darkness [Jackie Estacado]; Ian Nottingham; Jake McCarthy; VILLAINS: Sonatine; Bruce Wilder; Yakuza; CAMEO: Tora No Shi |
| Synopsis | Sonatine and Wilder meet to begin putting their sinister plans into motion; Investigating a slew of mob killings, Sara catches up with Jackie and gives chase; After a fast paced street race, the Darkness eludes the Witchblade but runs smack into Tora No Shi. |
| Genre | fantasy; crime |
| Script | Michael Turner (Co-Plot); Christina Z.; David Wohl |
| Pencils | Michael Turner |
| Inks | D-Tron; Team Tron [Andy Kim; Marcia Chen; Jose Guillen; Jeff De Los Santos; Viet Truong] |
| Colors | Jonathan D. Smith |
| Letters | Dennis Heisler |
| Notes | Continued in Darkness, the (Image, 1996 series) #9 |