A Red Sonja Cover Gallery IX:
Snow

This is the ninth installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present thirty selected covers from various comic books, which feature Red Sonja in snow. The number of covers featuring Red Sonja in a snow-covered landscape are so numerous that we opted to triple this gallery from the usual ten covers sufficient to describe other themes.

1

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (1983)
  • publisher: Marvel
  • cover artist: Mary Wilshire
  • writer: Louise Simonson
  • artists: Mary Wilshire & Art Nichols
  • issue: #10 of 13
  • release date: August, 1985
  • story: Strangers!"
  • commentary: Red Sonja often traveled through northern lands. Frequently, she gave little thought to protecting herself from cold climes.

2

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stephen Sadowski
  • writer: Michael Avon Oeming
  • artists: Mel Rubi & Stephen Sadowski
  • issue: #16 of 80
  • release date: November, 2006
  • cover: C variant
  • commentary: At other times a fur cape was all the protection that Red Sonja had against the cold.

3

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Jim Balent
  • writer: Michael Avon Oeming
  • artists: Mel Rubi & Stephen Sadowski
  • issue: #17 of 80
  • release date: December, 2006
  • cover: G cover
  • commentary: Other artists have chosen to present Red Sonja as requiring no more protection from the snow that what her armor provided.

4

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Carlos Rafael
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #38 of 80
  • release date: October, 2008
  • cover: C variant
  • commentary: Fur capes are a recurring motif for Red Sonja in the North.

5

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Jackson Herbert
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #41 of 80
  • release date: February, 2009
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Impaled skulls are another Red Sonja motif that appears in various environments, including winter landscapes.

6

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Fabiano Neves
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #49 of 80
  • release date: October, 2009
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: In the heat of battle, Red Sonja takes little note of the biting cold.

7

  • title: Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods (2007)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Aaron Lopresti
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Lui Antonio
  • issue: #3 of 4
  • release date: December, 2007
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: Red Sonja battled any number of abominable foes in wintry wastelands.

8

  • title: Savage Red Sonja: Queen of the Frozen Wastes (2006)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stjepan Sejic
  • writers: Frank Cho & Doug Murray
  • artist: Homs
  • issue: #4 of 4
  • release date: November, 2006
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: The queen of the frozen wastes required no more protection from the cold than did Red Sonja.

9

  • title: Savage Tales (2007)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Arthur Suydam
  • writers: Ron Marz, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Luke Lieberman, Michael Avon Oeming & Mike Raict
  • artists: Adriano Batista, Pablo Marcos, Stjepan Sejic, Kevin Sharpe & Pere Perez
  • issue: #2 of 10
  • release date: June, 2007
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Here, Red Sonja repels the attack of an enormous, northern tiger.

10

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Patrick Berkenkotter
  • writer: Arvid Nelson
  • artist: Edgar Salazar
  • issue: #20 of 35
  • release date: September, 2011
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: Red Sonja dons a hooded cloak, which offers substantially more coverage than her scant armor.

    We have featured covers by Patrick Berkenkotter in galleries with various themes, including

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