Red Sonja - The Marvel Covers
Birth of the blue bodysuit.
Buscema.
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Red Sonja v2 #1 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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2031459010
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Not even 4 years have elapsed since Red Sonja volume 1 ended and we are back! Sort of. For two issues. I mean, talk about series that never got a chance. We have managed to increase the issue price from 40 cents to 60 cents though. So there is totally 50% more greatness here right? Ehh, maybe not so much. Gone and buried in the past is the maille bikini, replaced with the one-piece blue swimsuit. Which isn't a bad look in a couple years when Mary Wilshire gets ahold of it, but just seems odd here where it first turns up. Like, why? Anyway - of the 37 Red Sonja titles this is the one Buscema cover - and really, he does okay making it interesting without the armored bikini. The cave setting is a little boring what with no background texture or interesting bits - but whatever, it's where she is examining a pile of loot. Maybe a burial chamber? Anyway, the entire image is carried by Sonja's side-eye glance at the reflection - allowing her to spot her quiet ambusher, snag a blade, and still look like the victim while holding the oil lamp aloft. Really some good tension in the image. I'm not as sold on the coloring - I just think there is so much more that could have been done with the skeleton's armor and gear than a monotone blue-grey. He's boring - which would totally make sense if there were ten of him, but when's he's the only adversary he should be impressive looking. He isn't. The same can be said for the pile of loot - no variation. Totally boring. Finding loot is supposed to be exciting. Not so much here.
Overall - I don't know, the LCS racks were packed in the 80s with so much cool stuff - maybe it gets my 60 cents based on the cover, but then again...maybe not.
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