What books comprise the Top Cow universe?

[GoldfishOfSaxon]

I've been trying to get into the Top Cow universe, but can't find a complete list of books that are part of this universe...I know Witchblade, Darkness, Cyberforce, and Artifacts....That's it....

Any help would be appreciated!

[BugsySig]

There are many others. Some are published by Top Cow, but don't fall into the shared universe. Because of the "Pilot Season" concept, there are also a ton of characters out there that may or may not be part of it as well.

Magdalena, Ascension, Pitt and Hunter-Killer I believe all existed in the shared top Cow universe, but none of those are ongoing.

[Cyberstrike]

I've been trying to get into the Top Cow universe, but can't find a complete list of books that are part of this universe...I know Witchblade, Darkness, Cyberforce, and Artifacts....That's it....

Any help would be appreciated!

There was Codename: Strykeforce which was a Cyberforce spin-off, there were also Ballistic, Ripclaw, and Velocity series (some were mini-series some might have been "ongoing" series that got cancelled) and one-shots over the years. Now I THINK that Weapon Zero was part of it.

There are many others. Some are published by Top Cow, but don't fall into the shared universe. Because of the "Pilot Season" concept, there are also a ton of characters out there that may or may not be part of it as well.

Magdalena, Ascension, Pitt and Hunter-Killer I believe all existed in the shared top Cow universe, but none of those are ongoing.

I think your right about Top Cow I'm not even sure if fantasy superheroes (books like Witchblade and The Darkness) even shared the same universe with the sci-fi superheroes (books like Cyberforce and Codename: Strykeforce) I do remember Top Cow's Tomb Raider series crossover with Witchblade and Fathom.
I do know that Pitt was owned by Dale Kneon he left Image and tried his hand at self-publishing with Full Breed Studios (I think that was the name) for awhile. What is sad that the Image Founders could never put their egos in check and actually build a shared universe, now they did try to attempt a "shared" Image Universe that fell apart around the time when Shattered Image came out.
That was a bad time for Image.
It looked like for a while that company might go out of business. Silvertri left Image for 4 months because he was "tied of being Jim Lee, Rob Liefled, and Todd McFarlane's shadows". Then Liefeld was fired or quit over problems with the others. Jim Lee sold his company to DC because he was in debt and running out of money. Todd McFarlane got sued by a Hockey Player and Neil Gaiman and he filed bankruptcy. They were raiding each talent's pools and then making prominces that they knew they couldn't keep and possibly stealing rights to characters that they didn't create. On top of late books, crappy writing, stories that didn't make any sense, the founders jumping from one title to a new one. Then Silvertri came back after Liefeld was gone and Lee was close to deal with DC, and Jim Valentnio became the EiC and he started raiding companies like Caliber Comics and offering every indy black and white self publising creator a chance to be the next big thing in comics and that did work for a few guys most noteably: Brian Micheal Bendis and Brain Wood.

[leonmallett]

On Top Cow, and more sspceifically Cyber Force, has anyone tried volume 4?

I read the original series as it came out and tried the Ron Marz written volume 3 a few years ago, then saw that there was a reboot version. I have picked up the tpb of the first issues, and it feels quite different in some ways, with more distance from its seeming X-men+cybernetics origins after reading the first two parts.

[leonmallett]

Back to the TC universe as it started, there are due to be new tpb's collecting much of the original Cyber Force run due in 2014.

[Hatiko]

Witchblade
The Darkness
Artifacts
Cyberforce
Aphrodite IX

These comics all have the "Top Cow Universe" logo


Unlike other books like Think Tank that have the "Top Cow Productions" logo


Examples:

[BugsySig]

^^^^^^
Well look at that...a nice easy way to tell the difference. What took you so long to tell us

[GoldfishOfSaxon]

^^^^^^
Well look at that...a nice easy way to tell the difference. What took you so long to tell us

LOL!!! Agree!! Thanks for the info on the logos!!!

[leonmallett]

The only problem with that is there are at least two Cyberforce continuities; vol. 4 is clearly new (first meeting of Velocity with what becomes Cyberforce, much like vol. 1 began with Velocity bumping into Ripclaw and meeting the team).

The cover pictured is vol. 4.

[lorddunlow]

On Top Cow, and more sspceifically Cyber Force, has anyone tried volume 4?

I read the original series as it came out and tried the Ron Marz written volume 3 a few years ago, then saw that there was a reboot version. I have picked up the tpb of the first issues, and it feels quite different in some ways, with more distance from its seeming X-men+cybernetics origins after reading the first two parts.

Okay, so I really liked Cyberforce back in the day (vol. 1). I picked up Aphrodite IX during the Image digital sale and I love it.

I just finished reading Cyberforce (vol. 4) since 1-5 were free, and I had to get 6 and 7 too. I'm now fully immersed in this universe - I doubt I'll get into the Darkness or Witch blade, but I'm really enjoying both art and story in both Cyberforce and Aphrodite IX (especially the latter).

Anyone else? Or just me?

[Chiclo]

On Top Cow, and more sspceifically Cyber Force, has anyone tried volume 4?

I read the original series as it came out and tried the Ron Marz written volume 3 a few years ago, then saw that there was a reboot version. I have picked up the tpb of the first issues, and it feels quite different in some ways, with more distance from its seeming X-men+cybernetics origins after reading the first two parts.

Okay, so I really liked Cyberforce back in the day (vol. 1). I picked up Aphrodite IX during the Image digital sale and I love it.

I just finished reading Cyberforce (vol. 4) since 1-5 were free, and I had to get 6 and 7 too. I'm now fully immersed in this universe - I doubt I'll get into the Darkness or Witch blade, but I'm really enjoying both art and story in both Cyberforce and Aphrodite IX (especially the latter).

Anyone else? Or just me?

I read Artifacts, Witchblade, Cyberforce and Aphrodite IX. I gave the Darkness a shot around Artifacts 13 but did not stick with it. For a bunch of comics that started out as an excuse to get a woman's clothes to explode off their body, Top Cow is a pretty good bunch of books.

[lorddunlow]

On Top Cow, and more sspceifically Cyber Force, has anyone tried volume 4?

I read the original series as it came out and tried the Ron Marz written volume 3 a few years ago, then saw that there was a reboot version. I have picked up the tpb of the first issues, and it feels quite different in some ways, with more distance from its seeming X-men+cybernetics origins after reading the first two parts.

Okay, so I really liked Cyberforce back in the day (vol. 1). I picked up Aphrodite IX during the Image digital sale and I love it.

I just finished reading Cyberforce (vol. 4) since 1-5 were free, and I had to get 6 and 7 too. I'm now fully immersed in this universe - I doubt I'll get into the Darkness or Witch blade, but I'm really enjoying both art and story in both Cyberforce and Aphrodite IX (especially the latter).

Anyone else? Or just me?

I read Artifacts, Witchblade, Cyberforce and Aphrodite IX. I gave the Darkness a shot around Artifacts 13 but did not stick with it. For a bunch of comics that started out as an excuse to get a woman's clothes to explode off their body, Top Cow is a pretty good bunch of books.

I was pleasantly surprised by Aphrodite IX - it's one of the most enjoyable reads I have on my pull list. Cyberforce is not at the same level (art or writing) but it's good, and it complements Aphrodite IX by giving historical context. A consequence of reading Aphrodite IX first, is that the Cyberforce stuff almost feels like reading a narrative history of what led to the world of Aphrodite IX.