COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Marvel Feature 4 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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2091220021
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
So...every so often there's a cover that would just be better if it was less. This cover could be so much better if it was less - less 100% of whatever the blue thing is going on in the background. I mean what is going on? It's a face, surrounded by shadows? like it's in a cowl? Is that what you see? Because. I. Don't. Know. But then it has snakes coming out all the way around like it's a medusa. But if that's a medusa, where the hell are all the deep shadows coming from? But eliminate that silliness. Hell, you can even keep the word balloons, which really serve no purpose. But eliminate the blue. Look at how awesome her hair is colored. The colorist knocked it out of the park - so "the demon with the flame colored hair." Sonja has this weird looking fantasy spear in her hand, which from a practical standpoint is kinda silly, but has some sweet details - unfortunately they're lost in the mess of blue lines behind. Very disappointing. But the rest of this; the stance, the dude clinging to her calf, the pile of bodies and weapons, even the random skelly, they all have great detail and look like a serious Red Sonja battle aftermath. Her stance is solid, with some weight back on the planted spear and her torso twisted to thrust the axe in the air, and that's pretty sweet too. For some reason, in addition to having a weapon in each hand, she also has a sword in a scabbard on her belt and a dagger sheathed to her thigh. In a moment of true cool artistic license - they're both curved blades. You know - like the kind nobody ever draws her using in the cover art. That totally makes zero sense - but that's ok, I'm sure we'll see that again before we're done with this run, and the three Red Sonja runs.
Overall - I just don't know. I mean, the cover is pretty and all, but it doesn't really tell a story to me. I'm not so sure this would have enticed me to part with 25 cents to take it home. Maybe - just maybe - I would have flipped through it quickly and put it back on the spinner rack. Certainly if it was the 30 cent price variant, I would have passed. A nickel was kind of a lot to me back then.
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