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Kull and the Barbarians 2 |
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Kull and the Barbarians 2 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
2035438015
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Owner Comments
So - not a lot to say about this cover at the moment. I picked the book up for the Red Sonja backup story, in an effort to complete my Red Sonja appearances collection. It is a pretty solid Michael Whelan cover with the sweet skull imagery in the background.
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Kull and the Barbarians 3 |
| Item: |
Kull and the Barbarians 3 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1973976006
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Owner Comments
Last issue. I can't imagine why - OK maybe I can. So, I'm about to say some really, really bad things about the cover of a book that contains an exceptionally awesome story - the origin of Red Sonja, and undervalued key. Look I love Red Sonja, and I really dig Conan. But Kull just never hit that sweet spot for me and Solomon Kane is just not fun a fun read. I don't get the attraction. That's cool though - every book doesn't have to be for every reader. Just like art. And speaking of art - let's consider this travesty of a cover. How the hell did Whelan go from the cover of issue two, with the light colors and the skull in the sky TO this dark and hard to read cover? It's just a cluttered mess with no flow to the image. And the protagonists are backlit. Now - I appreciate that is difficult to do - to have a warmer color in the background and not have it look weird - but Whelan totally fails at the challenge in this cover image. Looking at Sonja - which is the reason I have this book - what the hell? Based on how her fingers are painted, she his gripping that weapon so it is twisted 90 degrees in her hand - is she going to swat somebody with the flat of the weapon? Two handed? and if so, where'd the damn blood come from? Then as she's advancing - charging into the fray - she's crossing her feet? Her footwork is atrocious. This is not a badass swordswoman. This is an inept tyro. And her leading arm? What's with that? It is as if her arm is resting on top of her boob-armor. News flash here boys and girls - maille armor is flexible, and oddly - so are boobs. So as long as she's not wearing a super-structure underwire bra beneath her maille, her leading arm should mush her boob out of the way a fair bit. And while that wouldn't help her grip, it would do something about how weird her right arm looks. Taking a quick review of Kull (I'm not wasting my words on Solomon) - that's about the worst position he could be in while charging forward. His shoulders are closed, his heavy axe in front of him, and then his hips are tight and his feet close together. That makes you easy to tip over - not the position of an experienced axe man.
Overall? I guess we know now why this was the last issue. No chance I'm spending my hard earned dollar on this.
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