Red Sonja - The Marvel Covers
Collarbone!
Wilshire.
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Red Sonja v3 #4
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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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1173311004
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
EXTREME CLOSE-UP!!! Ahhhhhhh! Anyway, totally sweet cover by Mary Wilshire before she took a short hiatus and we had to deal with a string of substitute cover artists - not that Broderick is bad, per se, but well...you can read my entries for his covers if you want. But this - this is sweet! Big ol rippy claws, big ol chompy teeth, and Sonja deflecting attacks with her sword and dagger every which way. Extraordinary use of color really makes this one pop too. I have to say, of the Marvel RS covers, this is one of the best of all of them (including Conan covers and others). Just pure, in-your-face combat with a sharp-toothed bitch.
As to her combat - there's not much to focus on here with the close up - but it does bring into focus a minor nit for me to pick, Sonja's sword and dagger are parallel to each other, and if you're going for maximum blocking power, they should be perpendicular. Even if not ninety degrees, at least 60/30 so that the dagger and the dagger arm support the sword arm for the strongest stop block. Otherwise - her grip is good and strong and she's ready to fight. ALTHOUGH, I do take issue with her only wearing one glove, but I think that's a colorists error on her off-hand.
Overall - are you kidding me? Damn - take my money. This is an awesome cover and I am totally enticed to buy this issue based solely on the cover art.
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