Devil's Reign (1996)

In Top Cow's dimension, it's dawn, New Year's Eve, and Wolverine and Zoe Culloden find Times Square absolutely desolate; all the revelers from the night before vanished at midnight, part of Mephisto's plan to rule this universe.

Meanwhile, Sara Pezzini enters the offices of her police precinct to find things are not as she thinks they should be; Michael Yee, who was recently killed, appears, alive and well. Later, at Kenneth Irons' home, which was damaged in a recent battle, everything is whole, but certain details, such as artwork, don't seem right. There, she meets Ian Nottingham, whom she believed dead as well.

That evening, Sara and Ian go out to dinner, and Wolverine bursts in through a window to confront them. Ian draws two katanas and they fight until Sara tackles Wolverine. They then notice that the other restaurant patrons are oblivious to the chaos. Sara realizes all she's seen that day is illusion as Ian reveals himself to actually be Mephisto. Sara, now covered by the Witchblade, joins Wolverine in attacking the demon. Mephisto shrugs off Sara's blast as he tells her he intends to claim her soul.

Having left his realm to Blackheart, Mephisto has grown bored. Searching for diversion, he discovers a different universe, that of the Top Cow heroes. He is especially drawn to the power of Sara Pezzini and the Witchblade. He soon formulates a plot to make Pezzini his bride, while he would rule this dimension. He schemes to draw into his web Jamie Tarleton, a.k.a. Fist of Weapon Zero, as well as N'Golth, leader of the transdimensional race, the T'Srri. All that remains is to find a means to travel to this other universe. Finally, Mephisto hits upon the key: the Power Cosmic of the Silver Surfer.