Hope Pezzini is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by Top Cow Productions

Top Cow Productions

Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992.-History:...

. Created by Ron Marz

Ron Marz

Ron Marz is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, Marvel vs DC, Batman/Aliens and Witchblade.-Career:...

, she first appeared in First Born #3 (November 2007).

Hope is the daughter of the current bearers of The Witchblade and The Darkness

The Darkness (comics)

The Darkness is a series of ongoing American comic books created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl and produced by Top Cow Productions. The comic first appeared in 1996 and enjoyed an initial period of relative success during the Top Cow/Image Comics boom of the late 1990s. However,...

, police officer Sara Pezzini

Sara Pezzini

Sara Pezzini is a fictional comic book superheroine starring in the series Witchblade. Sara also appeared in a Turner Network Television live-action feature film and TV series of the same name, portrayed by Yancy Butler...

 and mobster Jackie Estacado

The Darkness (comics)

The Darkness is a series of ongoing American comic books created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl and produced by Top Cow Productions. The comic first appeared in 1996 and enjoyed an initial period of relative success during the Top Cow/Image Comics boom of the late 1990s. However,...

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Fictional character biography

Sara Pezzini is puzzled when she discovers she is pregnant, as she has not had sex in over a year. Deciding that she can't keep The Witchblade, she passes it on to Dani Baptiste

Danielle Baptiste

Daniella "Dani" Anastasia Baptiste is a fictional comic book superheroine in the series Witchblade, published by Top Cow. She was introduced in the one hundredth issue, becoming the series' co-lead. An athletic young dancer, Dani becomes the new host of the Witchblade, a mystical gauntlet which...

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First Born

Jackie Estacado discovers he is the father, having been used by The Darkness to conceive a baby while Sara was in a coma. The Darkness wished to create a new weapon with which to destroy its adversary, The Angelus

Angelus (comics)

The Angelus is an American comic book antagonist published by Top Cow Productions which first appeared in The Darkness comic in 1997. The Angelus has been featured in comics with her enemies The Darkness and the Witchblade....

. When the current Angelus host Celestine and her warriors attempt to take the unborn child by force, Jackie takes them to a mob

Organized crime

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 safe house

Safe house

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 to hide from them. Patience also arrives, after Sara leaves her a message asking for help. Sara goes into labour and Dani acts as midwife while Jackie and Patience fend off a new assault by The Angelus. Hope's birth nearly kills Sara, but Dani heals her using The Witchblade and it is split between them. Celestine manages to grab hold of Hope, but the baby creates an explosion that destroys all the Angelus warriors and Celestine leaves in defeat.

Artifacts

The currently unidentified coin-bearer employs Aphrodite IV to kidnap Hope, as part of his plan to bring the Artifacts together.

Powers and Abilities

Hope created a burst of power shortly after her birth. Since then, she has not displayed anything unusual.