This is the forty-first installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present ten selected covers from various comic books, featuring Red Sonja as envisioned by artists Adriano Batista & Carlos Rafael.

• title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Adriano Batista
• writer: Brian Reed
• artist: Mel Rubi
• issue: #34 of 80
• release date: June, 2008
• cover: C variant
• commentary: Adriano Batista has drawn covers for Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword (2005) and Queen Sonja (2009). Previous galleries of Red Sonja covers have featured several contributions from the artist Adriano Batista, including
  • In Action: #5
  • Throne: #3
  • Archery: #3
  • In Bondage: #4
  • Animal People: #7
  • Decapitation: #2 & #5
  • Seduction: #8
  • Demons: #9 & #10
  • Sketches: #9

• title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Adriano Batista
• writer: Brian Reed
• artist: Walter Geovani
• issue: #42 of 80
• release date: March, 2009
• cover: B variant
• commentary: Adriano Batista drew about a dozen covers for the Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005). The first was for issue #19 and the last for issue #49. All of these covers were B, C or D variants.

• title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Adriano Batista
• writer: Brian Reed
• artist: Walter Geovani
• issue: #48 of 80
• release date: September, 2009
• cover: C variant
• commentary: Batista created multiple covers featuring Red Sonja battling demons. In addition to the one shown above, the two others are featured in the Demons gallery.

• title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Adriano Batista
• writer: Brian Reed
• artist: Walter Geovani
• issue: #49 of 80
• release date: October, 2009
• cover: C variant
• commentary: The devilish head-dress is a nice finishing touch on this excellent cover by Adriano Batista.

• title: Queen Sonja (2009)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Adriano Batista
• writer: Luke Lieberman
• artist: Fritz Casas
• issue: #24 of 35
• release date: November, 2011
• cover: B variant
• commentary:Batista drew just two covers for the Queen Sonja series. In addition to the cover shown above, there is another featured in the Seduction gallery.

• title: Queen Sonja (2009)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Carlos Rafael
• writer: Luke Lieberman
• artist: Mel Rubi
• issue: #12 of 35
• release date: December, 2010
• cover: B variant
• commentary: Carlos Rafael has drawn covers for Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword (2005) and Queen Sonja (2009). Previous galleries of Red Sonja covers have featured several contributions from the artist Carlos Rafael, including
  • Tentacles: #6
  • Snow: #4
  • Viewed from Behind: #13
  • Animals: #6
  • Decapitation: #12
  • Seduction: #1 & #6
  • 2008: #6

• title: Queen Sonja (2009)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Carlos Rafael
• writer: Luke Lieberman
• artist: Mel Rubi
• issue: #13 of 35
• release date: January, 2011
• cover: B variant
• commentary: Carlos Rafael drew covers for five issues (#35-#39) of Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword (2005) and eight issues (#12-#19) of Queen Sonja (2009). In this gallery, we highlight five entries from Queen Sonja.

• title: Queen Sonja (2009)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Carlos Rafael
• writer: Luke Lieberman
• artist: Mel Rubi
• issue: #15 of 35
• release date: March, 2011
• cover: B variant
• commentary: All of Rafael's covers for Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword were C variants and all of his covers for Queen Sonja were B variants. As a note of reference, the A covers to the same issues of Queen Sonja were drawn by Fabiano Neves.

• title: Queen Sonja (2009)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Carlos Rafael
• writer: Arvid Nelson
• artist: Edgar Salazar
• issue: #16 of 35
• release date: May, 2011
• cover: B variant
• commentary: We had originally intended to include this cover in the gallery with a Serpents theme, but when we limited the gallery to ten covers, we opted not to include it there. We are pleased to find a home for it here, because, Red Sonja aside, this cover contains a rather compelling snake.

• title: Queen Sonja (2009)
• publisher: Dynamite
• cover artist: Carlos Rafael
• writer: Arvid Nelson
• artist: Edgar Salazar
• issue: #19 of 35
• release date: August, 2011
• cover: B variant
• commentary: Having forced her opponent to the brink of a chasm by the steel edge of her blade, she pushes him over the precipice with a fearsome shout.