A Red Sonja Cover Gallery LII:
Chaos!

This is the fifty-second installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present twenty selected covers by twenty different artists from various comic books in the Red Sonja: Age of Chaos series.

1

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #1 of 6
  • release date: January, 2020
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos is a 6-issue series that ran from January 22, 2020 to August 12, 2020. In this gallery we select twenty covers drawn by twenty different artists. In addition to the covers on this page, other galleries of Red Sonja covers have featured several contributions from the Red Sonja: Age of Chaos series, including
    In Age of Chaos, Red Sonja is introduced to numerous characters from the Chaos! series, including as shown in this cover, Sakkara, also known as Purgatori, a godlike being of questionable morality. Lucio Parrillo drew the A covers for all six issues in this series.

2

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Alan Quah
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #3 of 6
  • release date: March, 2020
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: Red Sonja is pictured with Chaos! personality, Chastity, in the background. Chastity is half-human, half-vampire and predisposed to violence. Alan Quah drew the B variants for all six issues in this series.

3

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Alé Garza
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #3 of 6
  • release date: March, 2020
  • cover: C variant
  • commentary: In this cover to the third issue, Red Sonja is featured with Evil Ernie, another character from the Chaos! universe. Evil Ernie is colloquially referred to as "Hell's Hitman". Alé Garza drew variants, either C or D, for all six issues in this series.

4

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cosplay model: Klaudia Bloom
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #6 of 6
  • release date: August, 2020
  • cover: E variant
  • commentary: The E variant for each issue of the series featured a cosplay model in the Red Sonja costume.

    Galleries on this site have featured cosplay covers by Klaudia Bloom, including those with themes of

5

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Meghan Hetrick
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #1 of 6
  • release date: January, 2020
  • cover: FOC (Final Order Cutoff) variant
  • commentary: Meghan Hetrick drew FOC variants for all six issues in this series. This cover features another interpretation of the picturesque battle between Red Sonja and Purgatori.

6

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Elias Chatzoudis
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #4 of 6
  • release date: June, 2020
  • cover: FOC (Final Order Cutoff) variant
  • commentary: In this cover to the fourth issue, Red Sonja is accompanied by another nemesis of the Chaos! universe, Mistress Hel, an Incarnation of Death. Elias Chatzoudi drew FOC variants for all six issues in this series.

7

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Jonathan Lau
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #2 of 6
  • release date: February, 2020
  • cover: FOC (Final Order Cutoff) variant
  • commentary: Not to be confused with the red-skinned, black-haired and winged Purgatori, Lady Demon is another, equally voluptuous and nefarious cosmic entity of the Chaos! universe. She is portrayed with substantially larger horns ornamenting her brow. Jonathan Lau, who was the interior artist for the entire series, also drew FOC variants for all six issues.

8

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Kunkka
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #4 of 6
  • release date: June, 2020
  • cover: F variant
  • commentary: Conventionally artists have envisioned the conscience of an individual, who is faced with a difficult moral decision, as having a devil on the left shoulder and an angel on the right, each dispensing advice and justifications in support of their respective roles. Here, Red Sonja is instead subject to the suggestions of Mistress Hel and Lady Demon. Such are the alternatives in the Chaos! universe. Kunkka created variants, D or F, for the last five issues of the series.

    Other covers by Kunkka (aka Kendrick Lim) are featured in galleries with themes of
    • Viewed From Behind: #1
    • 2020: #25 & #26
    • Axe: #20
    • Dynamite Cross-Overs: #50
    • The Price of Blood: #15
    • Die!namite Lives: #11 & #16

9

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Derrick Chew
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #5 of 6
  • release date: July, 2020
  • cover: F variant
  • commentary: This variant cover to the fifth issues of Red Sonja: Age of Chaos focuses on Mistress Hel in an unually pensive frame of mind. Derrick Chew created variants, C, D or F, for the all issues of the series. For the curious there are only three artworks, featuring Red Sonja (issues 1 & 2), Purgatori (issues 3 & 4) and Mistress Hel (issues 5 & 6). In each case, the first appearance was a close-up sneak peak of a larger image that appeared in the subsequent issue.

    Other covers by Derrick Chew are featured in galleries with themes of
    • Introduction: #10
    • Vampirella & Red Sonja: #1
    • 2020: #27 & #28
    • Dynamite Cross-overs: #44 & #52

10

  • title: Red Sonja: Age of Chaos (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Kael Ngu
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Jonathan Lau
  • issue: #2 of 6
  • release date: February, 2020
  • cover: Unknown Comics retailer exclusive variant
  • commentary: Red Sonja leaves a bloody swath across the lands of Chaos! Kael Ngu created exclusive variants for Unknown Comics for issues 1, 2, 3 and 5.

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