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Marvel Team-Up 79 |
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Marvel Team-Up 79 Signature |
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CGC |
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4012103001
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Owner Comments
"Sword of the She-Devil!" Red Sonja (and Kulan Goth) make their only real modern era appearance in Marvel Team-Up, although I have to admit an appearance in Marvel Two-in-One with The Thing would have made excellent sense. At least to me. Can we discuss how amazing this cover is? Byrne & Austin combine to create a really gripping image with Kulan Goth being all in white - like an, an I don't know what. And I think that's what is the most interesting about it. I do not know what is going to happen to Sonja (and Peter) but I just know it isn't going to be good. As the foreground, it is so striking against the busy and colorful rest of the image. And then, when I had Terry sign it - he nailed it with the signature. Perfection. As for the remainder of the image? It's super busy - Sonja is beheading a serpent/dragon thing, Peter is getting mauled by some beastie and we're I don't know where - a temple? An observatory? I don't know and I guess it doesn't really matter, as that doesn't detract from my desire to know what is going on inside the book - and that's what a cover image is supposed to do, amirite? Sonja's stance is interesting. She's wielding two-handed, which is fine and she's just completed a blow and had time to turn the blade over at the end of her swing to initiate her return swing - but she's left shoulder forward, right hip forward - which is a squared off, defensive stance - even while attacking, so she's not 100% in aggression mode. This makes sense, she's a smarter fighter than Conan. Less smash, more style.
Overall? I do not read spider books, they do not appeal to me, but I would buy this issue off the spinner rack in exchange for my hard earned 35 cents.
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