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RED SONJA is a gal with a bit of a history. ROY THOMAS
based her on ROBERT E. HOWARD's character, RED SONYA,
combining her with another of Howard's heroines, DARK AGNES
de CHASTILLON. MARVEL's Red Sonja made her first appear-
ance in CONAN The BARBARIAN #23 in 1972/'73, and then
starred in MARVEL FEATURE #s 1-7 in 1975 before being
awarded her own mag in 1976/'77.
Jumping forward a bit, when DYNAMITE acquired the 'She-
Devil with a sword', she was killed off in #34 of her own mag,
with a new character - apparently related to the original, as well as
being a reincarnation of her - popping up in the very next issue. To
be honest, it's already becoming far too convoluted to sustain my
interest, but I didn't discover all this recent backstory 'til after
I'd read this new issue and done a bit of research.
Devil with a sword', she was killed off in #34 of her own mag,
with a new character - apparently related to the original, as well as
being a reincarnation of her - popping up in the very next issue. To
be honest, it's already becoming far too convoluted to sustain my
interest, but I didn't discover all this recent backstory 'til after
I'd read this new issue and done a bit of research.
So when I acquired Dynamite's new Red Sonja intro mag
(#0), I thought it was the original character. The art is very nice,
but I have a few problems with the fluidity of the sequential story-
telling. For example, in one panel, Red Sonja fights a tentacled
dragon-type figure face-to face, in the next, she's on the other
side of the cavern where the battle is taking place.
(#0), I thought it was the original character. The art is very nice,
but I have a few problems with the fluidity of the sequential story-
telling. For example, in one panel, Red Sonja fights a tentacled
dragon-type figure face-to face, in the next, she's on the other
side of the cavern where the battle is taking place.
In another panel, she's directly in front of a speeding subway
train (don't ask, just buy), in the next she orders it to "yield", be-
fore jumping out of the way in the following panel. "No way, Jose!"
She'd have been flattened into oblivion in a micro-second. There's a
suggestion prior to the subway scene that she may have been asleep
and therefore dreaming, which would explain the departure
train (don't ask, just buy), in the next she orders it to "yield", be-
fore jumping out of the way in the following panel. "No way, Jose!"
She'd have been flattened into oblivion in a micro-second. There's a
suggestion prior to the subway scene that she may have been asleep
and therefore dreaming, which would explain the departure
from realistic, sequential narrative, but it's confusing.
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Anyway, at the end of the day, who really cares? I only got it
because I like looking at scantily-clad beauties in silver chain-mail
bikinis and don't have the spuds to buy a 'top-shelfer'. So if you're
like me and swooned over Red Sonja when she first appeared back
in 1973, then you too should enjoy copping a gander at the art
within this new title and subsequent issues, by Mitra!
because I like looking at scantily-clad beauties in silver chain-mail
bikinis and don't have the spuds to buy a 'top-shelfer'. So if you're
like me and swooned over Red Sonja when she first appeared back
in 1973, then you too should enjoy copping a gander at the art
within this new title and subsequent issues, by Mitra!
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