Elizabeth Bronte was, in Witchblade, the original series

Witchblade

Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...

, the Bladewielder who immediately preceded 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...

. A World War II spy, she was killed by Kenneth Irons

Kenneth Irons

Kenneth Irons is a fictional comic book supervillain. He is a criminal mastermind who is depicted as the person behind nearly every evil deed in the Top Cow series Witchblade....

. It is implied in the TV series that she is biologically Sara's grandmother (and Sara is her reincarnation and is her), also in the television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 version of Witchblade

Witchblade

Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...

, Kenneth Irons

Kenneth Irons

Kenneth Irons is a fictional comic book supervillain. He is a criminal mastermind who is depicted as the person behind nearly every evil deed in the Top Cow series Witchblade....

's Vorschlag Industries engaged in highly suspect genetic manipulation to create and clone at least two versions of Ian Nottingham

Ian Nottingham

Ian Nottingham is a character from the Witchblade comic and television series, an assassin once employed by Kenneth Irons. Nottingham is of British and of Native American descent....

from Bronte's stem cells.