Witches (Marvel Comics)

Witches
Cover of Witches , trade paperback collected edition. Art by Mike Deodato.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Fortnightly
Format	Limited series
Publication date	August – September 2004
No. of issues	4
Main character(s)	Jennifer Kale Satana Hellstrom Topaz
Creative team
Created by	Bronwyn Carlton
Written by	Brian Walsh
Artist(s)	Mike Deodato (#1-2) Will Conrad (#3-4)
Letterer(s)	Dave Sharpe
Colorist(s)	Cream Animation (#1) Mike Kelleher (#2-4)
Editor(s)	Axel Alonso John Miesegaes
Collected editions
Witches	ISBN

Witches is a supernatural comic book limited series that was published by Marvel Comics in 2004. Plotted by Bronwyn Carlton, with scripts by Brian Walsh, it featured art by Mike Deodato and Will Conrad.

Marvel Comics originally green-lit this storyline in late 2000 and released promotional art for the series in 2001 at both Comic-Con International (Marvel: 2001 Official Convention Preview Book, pages 18–19) and various comic book based websites. According to those original website advertisements, Marvel had planned on releasing the series (then titled The Way of the Witches) during the last week of September 2001. Marvel Comics had planned to capitalize on the female-based television shows and movies that were popular at the time such as Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Charlie's Angels with a comic book title of their own. The three characters decided upon were mostly unused magical female characters in their universe: Jennifer Kale from the Man-Thing comic, Topaz from the Werewolf by Night comic, and Satana, the Devil's Daughter, from several of Marvel's horror comics, primarily Son of Satan, The Haunt of Horror and Vampire Tales. They were to be led by the most recognizable Marvel comic-book sorcerer, Doctor Strange, with him acting as the Charlie's Angels-esque director. Aside from the main characters, other supernatural characters that were to have appeared in the series (according to artist Mike Deodato) included: Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, Ghost Rider, Lilith the Daughter of Dracula, Lilith the Mother of All Demons, Moon Knight, Blade, and Daimon Hellstrom.