A Red Sonja Cover Gallery LXIII:
Swords of Sorrow

This is the sixty-third installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present ten selected covers created by ten different artists from the Swords of Sorrow series.

1

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: J. Scott Campbell
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #1 of 6
  • release date: May, 2015
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: In 2015, 21 issues associated with the Swords of Sorrow story-line were released. This included one six-issue arc, two three-issue arcs, one four-issue arc and five one-shots. Pertinent to this gallery, Red Sonja appeared in the six-issue arc, Swords of Sorrow and one of the three-issue arcs, Swords of Sorrow: Red Sonja & Jungle Girl. Previously galleries have included covers from Swords of Sorrow and Swords of Sorrow: Red Sonja & Jungle Girl, including

2

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Jenny Frison
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #1 of 6
  • release date: May, 2015
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: Jenny Frison drew the B variant to the first issue of Swords of Sorrow. In 2015, she was also drawing the covers for the closing issues of Gail Simone's Red Sonja.

3

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Joyce Chin
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #1 of 6
  • release date: May, 2015
  • cover: F variant
  • commentary: To our knowledge, Joyce Chin has contributed three covers featuring Red Sonja. In addition to the one shown above, we have previously featured issue #23 of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword in the gallery devoted to covers published in 2007 and #12 of Gail Simone;s Red Sonja in the gallery of covers published in 2014.

4

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Nei Ruffino
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #1 of 6
  • release date: May, 2015
  • cover: H variant
  • commentary: In addition to the variant cover shown above, Nei Ruffino also drew a set of connecting covers spanning the entire series.

    In other galleries, we have featured various covers by Nei Ruffino, including
    • Serpents: #8
    • Throne: #12
    • Connecting: #3 & #5
    • 2013: #6
    • Swords of Sorrow: #4

5

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Craig Tucker
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #1 of 6
  • release date: May, 2015
  • cover: Comics & Friends retailer exclusive variant
  • commentary: To our knowledge, this is the only cover featuring Red Sonja drawn by Craig Tucker. For those readers fond of tentacles, there is an entire gallery on the subject.

6

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Pete Woods
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #1 of 6
  • release date: May, 2015
  • cover: I Like Comics retailer exclusive variant
  • commentary: As far as we know, this is the only cover featuring Red Sonja drawn by Pete Woods.

7

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Emanuela Lupacchino
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #4 of 6
  • release date: August, 2015
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: Emanuela Lupacchino drew covers for each issue of Swords of Sorrow. In previous galleries, we have featured two other covers by Lupaccino, incuding issue #2 to this series and issue #11 of Gail Simone's Red Sonja.

8

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cosplay models: Tabitha Lyons (Red Sonja), MoJo Jones (Vampirella), Tasha MacKenzie (Dejah Thoris) & Chiquitita (Jungle Girl)
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #4 of 6
  • release date: August, 2015
  • cover: F cover
  • commentary: The last four issues of the six-issue Swords of Sorrow featured cosplay covers with Tabitha Lyons in the role of Red Sonja, MoJo Jones as Vampirella, Tasha MacKenzie as Dejah Thoris and Chiquitita as Jungle Girl.

9

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Tula Lotay
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #5 of 6
  • release date: September, 2015
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Tula Lotay drew covers for each issue of Swords of Sorrow, the G variant to the first issue and the A covers to the last five issues. In other galleries, we have featured various covers by Tula Lotay, including
    • A Face: #8
    • Throne: #10 & #14
    • Alternative Visions: #17
    • Seduction: #14
    • Swords of Sorrow: #9
    • Vampirella & Red Sonja: #14

10

  • title: Swords of Sorrow (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Robert Hack
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Sergio Fernandez Davila
  • issue: #6 of 6
  • release date: October, 2015
  • cover: C variant
  • commentary: Robert Hack drew covers for each issue of Swords of Sorrow, the D variant to the first issue and the C variants to the remaining issues. Not all of these covers included Red Sonja, but one that did was the cover to issue #1.

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