COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Red Sonja 13 Modern
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Grade:
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9.4
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3747132023
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"Swords Against Skranos!" First off, can we just all agree that Skranos is cooler sounding than Thanos? Because it is. Big issue 13 - and a huge step down for Brunner. Last issue's cover is notably good, and this one is pretty terrible. Which is sad, because I dig Brunner's work and I adore elephants, which - by association - includes some love for mammoths and mastodons. But Sonja's proportions are all wonky, her head looks completely detached from her body, her arms foreshortened terribly, and with her right leg forward and her scale mail crotch flap hanging flat she's cramming scale edges place you never want armor scales crammed. Just trust me on that one. All of that really is a bummer, because the composition is solid, and the mammoth & dudes in the foreground have awesome details which should make this a solid cover.
Normally, this is where I would discuss RS's use of weapons, footing, balance, and fighting position - but she's so bad in this cover art, I don't know exactly where to begin.
Overall - I don't know that a young me would have been as uncomfortable with how Sonja is portrayed on this cover to not purchase it, but I also hadn't developed my elephant fetish yet, so probably, I guess. Probably this cover convinces me to part with my hard earned 35 cents in exchange for this beast from the spinner rack.
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