A Red Sonja Cover Gallery LXXVIII:
Mars Attacks Red Sonja

This is the seventy-eighth 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 Mars Attacks Red Sonja series.

1

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Arthur Suydam
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: C variant
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: In 2020, the five-issue arc titled Mars Attacks Red Sonja was published. In this gallery we present ten covers from the series by ten different artists. Arthur Suydam drew covers for all five issues. Several of his covers featured this excellent vintage science fiction esthetic.

    In addition to the covers on this page, other galleries have featured covers from Mars Attacks Red Sonja, including

2

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: A cover
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: Lucio Parrillo drew the A cover to the first and second issues. His covers don't faithfully adhere to the somewhat humorous theme of the series.

3

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Dustin Nguyen
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: B variant
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: Dustin Nguyen drew one cover for the series, the B variant to the first issue. To our knowledge, this is the only Red Sonja cover by Dustin Nguyen published to date.

4

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Barry Kitson
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: E variant
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: Barry Kitson drew covers for four issues of the series, excluding only issue two. As far as we know, these are the only Red Sonja covers by Barry Kitson to date. To the relief of those who think a Red Sonja cover is wasted without the appearance of our heroine, Kitson includes Red Sonja on the back half of the wrap-around cover.

    We have featured covers by Barry Kitson in galleries with various themes, including
    • Mars Attacks Red Sonja: #4
    • 2020: #20
    • Axe: #19
    • Unplaced Issues: #11

5

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Ryan Kincaid
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: Clan McDonald retailer exclusive variant
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: As is usual for the debut issue of a Red Sonja series, there were several retailer exclusive variants. Ryan Kincaid has drawn exclusive variant covers for several Red Sonja series.

6

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Alan Quah
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: F variant
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: Alan Quah drew two covers to the first issue of Mars Attacks Red Sonja, this F variant as well as a retailer exclusive variant. We have previously featured only one cover by Alan Quah, from Red Sonja: Age of Chaos! issue #3.

7

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Sketchy Travis
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: Geek Geek Nerd Nerd retailer exclusive variant
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: This is the first Red Sonja cover by Sketchy Travis. It was printed in both trade dress and virgin variants.

8

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: John Royle
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: Aegis Comics of Alaska retailer exclusive variant
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: John Royle captures the goofy tone of the Mars Attacks Red Sonja series with this cover.

9

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Ron Leary
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: Comicxposure retailer exclusive variant
  • release date: August, 2020
  • commentary: Ron Leary is the first artist to render the top half of a Red Sonja's bikini scale mail armor as a halter top. Meh. We have previously featured one other Red Sonja cover by Leary.

10

  • title: Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Luca Strati
  • writers: John Layman
  • artist: Fran Strukan
  • issue: #4 of 5
  • cover: B variant
  • release date: November, 2020
  • commentary: Luca Strati drew covers for all five issues of Mars Attacks Red Sonja. Several of these covers were excellent. Here we have limited this Mars Attacks gallery to one cover by any given artist. This "head in a jar" certainly portrays Red Sonja in a way that she has never before been depicted on a cover. This is the first cover by Strati to be featured on this site.

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