Top Cow has announced that popular Witchblade character Dani Baptiste will be given her own spinoff series.

Following on from the ‘War Of The Witchblades’ plotline, Angelus sees Baptiste assume her titular alter ego and come to terms with her role as the “human bearer of the primal force of light”.

The six-part series will be written by Ron Marz and drawn by Stjepan Sejic, both of whom worked on Top Cow’s original Witchblade series.

“Sara and Dani were really dual leads for the better part of the last three years in Witchblade, and I liked having both characters be part of the storyline. But now that we’ve paid off everything we’d been working toward since issue #100,” said Marz.

“I’m looking forward to Sara regaining the solo spot in Witchblade. Moving Dani into her new role as the Angelus, and into her own miniseries, allows me to approach her character and the concept from a fresh perspective. Just like when I took over Witchblade, my goal with Angelus is to start with the foundation we already have and build something new and exciting from there.”

Angelus #1 is released on December 2.