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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published March 2000
Cover Price $2.95
Pages 32
Notes Each issue of Tarot is produced with two covers that are shipped to dealers in equal numbers.

Cover Details

Characters Tarot
Genre Adult; Fantasy; Occult
Pencils Jim Balent
Inks Jim Balent
Colors Holly Golightly
Notes Each issue of Tarot is produced with two covers that are shipped to dealers in equal numbers.

29 page Tarot Witch of the Black Rose story "Witch War chapter one"

Characters Tarot(1st); Pooka,Tarot's bat-winged cat(1st); Tarot's mother(1st); Raven Hex(1st); Jon Webb(1st); Sally/Susan, a two headed ghost(1st)
Synopsis We learn about Tarot's evil sister Raven Hex and her plans to bring about a new age ruled by witchcraft. Raven Hex sends some men to dig up a grave at the Salem Woods Cemetary where they encounter Jon Webb, a man in a skeleton costume who is protecting the cemetary. Tarot shows up to assist Jon and locate Raven Hex.
Genre Adult; Fantasy; Occult
Script Jim Balent
Pencils Jim Balent
Inks Jim Balent
Colors Holly Golightly
Letters Holly Golightly
Editing No editor listed until issue #12.
Notes Issue #1 has a limited variant cover edition that was only available on the Broadsword website and a second print edition which also has a different cover. All cover art is by Jim Balent.

1 page text article "Interview with a Witch"

Synopsis Part one of a multi-part interview with Laurie Cabot, the Official Witch of Salem as conducted by Jim Balent. Laurie Cabot is also the author of a series of books about witchcraft, magic and pagan rituals.
Script Jim Balent

1 page illustration

Characters Tarot
Synopsis A pencil sketch of Tarot by Holly Golightly.
Pencils Holly Golightly

1 page photo story "Broadsword Girl"

Synopsis A posed photo of a reader that was sent in and selected by Jim Balent.