Red Sonja - The Marvel Covers
Chain me up!
Thorne.
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Marvel Feature 3 Modern
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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2098320001
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Sweet - Sonja's all chained up. The book isn't noted as a 'bondage cover' - I assume because one of her ankles is free. Seriously though - as much as I do like CGC - their label notations are all over the place. Ignoring that - because we have a lot of other great stuff to consider - like why is only one of her ankles bound? That seems like a weird choice. And why are her chains so long? And why does she have a dagger in the sheath on her thigh (this is a recurring issue - see Red Sonja Volume 1) and have a dagger in her hand? Where, exactly, did she hide another dagger in that armor? Why is there a word balloon in the bloody middle of this beautiful (if nonsensical) composition? At least the text boxes are gone from previous issues. Balek, the Behemoth is pretty cool looking - hell, he's even got a robot arm on one side, plus he's wearing this supercool looking traditional Magyar outfit. I think. Looks like it to me anyway. He's kind of pathetic though - he's huge and he's cool looking - but he still needs his prey in a cave, chained to a giant rock. Even the Rancor didn't need his prey chained up. I guess the Rancor lost though. I mean, not that Balek is going to win - but we're supposed to believe he's capable of winning on the cover anyway. Finally we have the dude who is responsible for all the word balloons. I want to shoot him just for that crime, but really he looks pretty good. He's got a solid creepy looking dude vibe. Almost Wrightson-esque. Maybe that's what Frank was channeling the day he drew this - a little Bernie action. Lets take a quick look at Sonja. Yeah - her weight is too far back - particularly her shoulders, and that's gotta be hard to do with those giant assets on her chest weighing her down the other direction; and then she's up on her toes? Nope. Wrong. Unbalanced. Certainly not throwing a convincing backhanded blow with that sword with her weight that far back. I'm just not convinced from this cover that she has a clue what she's doing. But it's still a fun cover.
Overall - yeah - this is nice. Sonja stands out with her light skin tone against the blackness of the cave. And Balek is pretty cool. I think that Frank would have separated me from my quarter to take this home and add it to my collection. And at the end of the day - that's what the cover art is supposed to do.
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