Artifacts #18 Signed (Raw VF/NM) - Top Cow / Image Comics Stjepan Šejić Cover (2012)

Expand your Top Cow Universe, Image Comics, and autographed comic inventory with Artifacts #18 (Signed), published by Top Cow Productions and Image Comics! Written by acclaimed Top Cow writer Ron Marz (Witchblade, Green Lantern) with interior artwork and painted cover illustration by fan-favorite artist Stjepan Šejić (Sunstone, Harleen, Witchblade).

The header displays the iconic metallic gold ARTIFACTS logo accompanied by the TOP COW REBIRTH banner above. The lower right foreground highlights the story arc title PHANTOMS OF THE HEART PART 1. The bottom border features creator credits RON MARZ • STJEPAN SEJIC flanked by Top Cow Universe 20th Anniversary and Image Comics 20th Anniversary seal logos.

The detailed painted cover by Stjepan Šejić showcases Dr. Abigail van Alstine (The Magdalena) dressed in medical surgical scrubs, wearing the glowing Heart Stone artifact pendant around her neck during an operation, with a patient on life support and a pink-haired figure visible in the background. Additionally, the cover is signed in bold black marker along the upper left area.

In issue #18—launching the "Phantoms of the Heart" storyline in the reborn Top Cow Universe—Dr. Abigail van Alstine navigates her dual life as a surgeon and bearer of the Heart Stone, one of the 13 powerful Artifacts.

This unslabbed raw comic issue is in top-tier collectible condition (estimated VF/NM 9.0 or better), featuring clean edges, sharp corners, a flat spine, and rich original colors—making it an essential addition for Top Cow completists, Stjepan Šejić art collectors, and autographed comic book fans.