/r/RedSonja
The Reddit home of fantasy's first fighting female and Dynamite Comic's best selling heroine! Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, has been an iconic character in comic book culture for decades. Wielding her sword, donning her classic chain mail bikini armor, and setting her quest of justice and vengeance across the continent of Hyboria, Red Sonja has appeared in comic books, novels, movies, etc.
Chronicling the legend of the powerful barbarian vixen.
Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a fictional character, a high fantasy sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith. She first appeared in the Marvel Comics's Conan the Barbarian #23 (February 1973).
The origin story for Red Sonja, "The Day of the Sword", first appeared in Kull and the Barbarians #3 by Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, and Howard Chaykin, and was later redrawn by Dick Giordano and Terry Austin for The Savage Sword of Conan, issue 78.
Spoilers can be posted using the following formatting:
[Sonja is a warrior.](/spoiler)
Which in turn will show up in your post like this:
Posts containing spoilers without using the above method (except in clearly labelled threads) should be reported.
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Marvel Years Reading Order:
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #23-24
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #1
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #43-44,48
-Kull and the Barbarians (1975) #2-3
-Marvel Comics Feature (Marvel Feature) (1975) #1-6
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #66-67
-Marvel Comics Feature (Marvel Feature) (1975) #7
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #68
-Red Sonja (1977) #1-5
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #78
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #23
-Red Sonja (1977) #6-15
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #29
-FOOM #14
-Marvel Super Special (1977) #9 (Feb 1979)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #45 (Oct 1979)
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #115 (Oct 1980)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #78, (July 1982)
-Red Sonja (Vol 2) (1983) #1-2 (Feb 1983-March 1983)
-Red Sonja (Vol 3) (1983) #1-13 (Aug 1983-May 1986)
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #195-199, Annual 12, 200 (june 1987-nov 1987)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 144-145, (Jan 1988-Feb 1988)
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #204-205, (march 1988-apirl 1988)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 153, (oct 1988)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 157, (feb 1989)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 169-170, (jan 1990-feb 1990)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 172, (april 1990)
-Conan Saga (1987) #37 (April 1, 1990)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 178-179, (oct 1990-nov 1990)
-Conan The Barbarian (1970) #241-250 (Feb 1991-Nov 1991)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 187, (july 1991)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 192, (Dec 1991)
-Marvel Graphic Novel (1981) #73 (jan 1, 1992)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 194-195, (Feb 1992-March 1992)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 207-210, (March 1993-June 1993)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 223-224, (July 1994-Aug 1994)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 226, (Oct 1994)
-Conan Saga (1987) #96 (March 1, 1995)
-The Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 229-233 (Jan 1995-May 1995)
-Conan the Savage #9 (April 1, 1996)
-King Conan (Conan the King) (1980) #28
-Marvel Team-Up (1977) #79
Bonus stories:
-Red Sonja: The Mocie (1985) #1-2
-What If...? (1989) #16
2005 SERIES:
-Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom #1-4
-Red Sonja (2005) #0-18
-Red Sonja Annual #1
-Red Sonja (2005) #19-25
-Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods #1-4
-Red Sonja (2005) #26-40
-Red Sonja Annual #2
-Red Sonja (2005) #41-49
-Queen Sonja #1-35
-Red Sonja (2005) #50
-Red Sonja Annual #3
-Red Sonja (2005) #51-75
-Red Sonja Annual #4
-Prophecy (2012) #1-7
-Red Sonja (2005) #76-80
-Red Sonja: Atlantis Rises #1-4
Reasoning: Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom was noted to be a prequel to the series. Doom of the Gods is noted in the soliciation to be a follow up to vs. Thulsa Doom.
The events of issues #76-80 happen because of Prophecy. Atlantis Rises continues with Thulsa Doom.
Red Sonja Gods:
-Red Sonja: Wrath of the Gods #1-5
-Red Sonja: Revenge of the Gods #1-5
Red Sonja Blue and Unchained:
-Red Sonja: Blue
-Red Sonja Unchained #1-4
Swords of Sorrow:
-Swords of Sorrow: Chaos! Prequel #1
-Swords of Sorrow #1
-Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #1
-Swords of Sorrow: Masquerade & Kato #1
-Swords of Sorrow: Dejah Thoris & Irene Adler #1
-Swords of Sorrow #2
-Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #2
-Swords of Sorrow: Black Sparrow & Lady Zorro #1
-Swords of Sorrow: Dejah Thoris & Irene Adler #2
-Swords of Sorrow #3
-Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #3
-Swords of Sorrow: Red Sonja & Jungle Girl #1
-Swords of Sorrow: Dejah Thoris & Irene Adler #3
-Swords of Sorrow #4
-Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #4
-Swords of Sorrow: Pantha & Jane Porter #1
-Swords of Sorrow: Red Sonja & Jungle Girl #2
-Swords of Sorrow: Miss Fury & Lady Rawhide #1
-Swords of Sorrow #5
-Swords of Sorrow: Red Sonja & Jungle Girl #3
-Swords of Sorrow #6
Legenderry:
-Legenderry A Steampunk Adventure (2014) #1-7
-Legenderry Vampirella (2015) #1-5
-Legenderry Green Hornet (2015) #1-5
-Legenderry Red Sonja (2015) #1-5
-Legenderry Red Sonja (2018) #1-5
-Legenderry Red Sonja (2023) #1
Pathfinder: Worldscape:
-Pathfinder: Worldscape #1-6
-Pathfinder: Worldscape: King of the Goblins One-Shot
-Pathfinder: Worldscape: Lord of the Jungle One-Shot
-Pathfinder: Worldscape: Red Sonja One-Shot
-Pathfinder: Worldscape: Warlord of Mars One-Shot
-Pathfinder: WORLDSCAPE VAMPIRELLA:
-Pathfinder: WORLDSCAPE DEJAH THORIS
-Pathfinder: WORLDSCAPE REANIMATOR
-Pathfinder: WORLDSCAPE SWORDS OF SORROW
2016 series (aka modern day):
-Red Sonja (2016) #0-25
-Red Sonja: The Long Walk to Oblivion #1
Notes: In the trades, The Long Walk to Oblivion was collected after issue 11 but it interupts the story so I moved to after the series Depsite Red Sonja 1982 also being Red Sonja being in modern day and it also being by Amu Chu, it is not connected to the 2016 series
2019 series:
-Red Sonja: Birth of the She-Devil #1-4
-Red Sonja (2019) #1-6
-Red Sonja: Lord of Fools
-Red Sonja (2019) #7-12
-Killing Red Sonja (2020) #1-5
-Red Sonja (2019) #13-28
-Red Sonja: Halloween Special (2018)
-Red Sonja: Holiday Special (2021)
2021 series:
-Red Sonja (2021) #1-12
-Red Sonja: Red Sitha #1-4
Sonjaversal:
-Sonjaversal #1-10
-Hell Sonja #1-5
-Samurai Sonja #1-5
-Red Sonja/Hell Sonja #1-4
Red Sonja does not directly interact with Conan in the original books by Robert E. Howard.
She is actually a character created later, in 1973, by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics, inspired by Howard's character Red Sonya of Rogatino,
3)who appeared in a single story titled "The Shadow of the Vulture" set in the 16th century.
4)So, Red Sonja is from a different time and place than Conan.
5)However, in Marvel Comics, the two characters do share a fictional universe and have had many crossover adventures, leading to the popular association between them.
But in the original Howard stories, they are separate characters.
The Marvel Red Sonja is a barbarian.
Used one of her figures as reference but this was fun practice!
Dynamite has been using Diamond for distribution and now we might have to wait for Dynamite to get new one and let's how soon
Hey! 👋
I was desperate to find a Red Sonja discord surrounding the comics, I looked everywhere high and low but come across nothing 👀. I made a light hearted community around Red Sonja, where people can chat, post and geek out of the story! So if you're interested you can join the discord. I'm totally open to take suggestion and improve the community! ⚔️ (I hope this isn't breaking any rules)
Red Sonja Discord: https://discord.gg/paDBawsVGX
I will appreciate it if anyone knows where I can read the issue online or give a link to it.
—♥︎
Did they lose the rights to use him, or is there some other reason?
I've seen it listed in a few book stores, which contains all 3 God's story arcs from Lieberman. But can't find any for sale, was this announced then canceled or delayed?
Happy New Years Eve. I'm a big fan of sword and sorcery and the 80's Red Sonja film, I recently started collecting her comics. So far I have the Marvel years omnibus from dynamite, the 2 omnibuses for Oeming's run, Invincible Red Sonja by Amanda Connor, Vampirella vs Red Sonja, Mark Russell's run, Jim Zub's Unbreakable Red Sonja, Red Sonja Age of Chaos and Savage Tales of Red Sonja, is there anything that I'm missing thats worth a read?
I've seen referenced, praised and criticized heavily Gail Simones run so I'm iffy on that, is the current run by Torunn Grønbekk worth jumping on?