Red Sonja

Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #1

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After showcasing class warfare taken to murderous extremes leading to the beheading of the king by revolutionary fanatics calling themselves Rising Son, Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #1 takes Red Sonja back to Koth where the banished Prince Eaymon brings word of warning saying the cult plan to use the descendant of an ancient wizard to unleash the demon he banished years ago unleashing more havoc on the kingdom.

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Red Sonja

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  • Title: Red Sonja (2025)
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Director MJ Bassett‘s Red Sonja is a bit of a mixed bag that makes several decisions about Sonja and her world that drastically limit the character’s effectiveness on-screen. The first choice is to offer a tragic origin story but somehow not allow for Sonja’s communion with a god granting her the fighting skills necessary to take her revenge until the end of the movie. The choice leaves Sonja a capable warrior for much of the film but far short of the larger-than-life She-Devil with a Sword who has entranced readers for more than 50 years.

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Red Sonja: Noir #1

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Calling this one-shot Noir is a bit of a stretch, although Red Sonja: Noir #1 does include a couple elements of the genre (although it’s sadly not in black-and-white). Introduced as a one-off story in which Red Sonja‘s short-term partnership with the brigand Tasmin comes to a close when he’s felled while accepting a job from a femme fatale named Shauna who gives Sonja a sob story, none of which is true. 

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Red Sonja vs. The Army of Darkness #1

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Mashing up two franchises, as Dynamite Entertainment is want to do, we get Red Sonja vs. The Army of Darkness #1 which opens in the present with a despondent Ash Williams thinking back on his glory days (as seen in Army of Darkness). This leads to a little researching about the time period he left and an attack by a She-Devil with a Sword which he chooses to try and prevent by pulling out a very different book and traveling back to what he thinks will be the world he left.

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