A Red Sonja Cover Gallery LXXXV:
Die!namite

This is the eighty-fifth installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present twenty selected covers created by various different artists from the Die!namite series.

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11

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Ron Leary
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • cover: Unknown Comics retailer exclusive variant
  • release date: October, 2020
  • commentary: Other galleries on this site have featured covers by Ron Leary, including
    • Vampirella & Red Sonja: #39
    • Mars Attacks Red Sonja: #9
    • Die!namite: #11
    • Invincible #1: #8
    • Red Sonja (2021): #51
    • Vampirella vs Sonja: #24

12

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #1 of 5 (#5 zombie)
  • cover: Scorpion Comics retailer exclusive variant (A cover zombie)
  • release date: October, 2020 (February, 2021 zombie)
  • commentary: The non-zombified version of this cover by Parrillo first appeared as a retailer exclusive to the first issue of Die!Namite (2020) and the zombified version appeared as the A cover to the last issue.

    For those interested in further discussion of the use of a bloody sword as a phallic symbol by Red Sonja, we recommend a visit to the gallery with the theme.

13

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Declan Shalvey
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #2 of 5
  • cover: D variant
  • release date: November, 2020
  • commentary: To our knowledge, this is the only Red Sonja cover by Declan Shalvey, who is also the writer for this series.

14

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Jacob Edgar
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #2 of 5 (& #3, #4 & #5)
  • cover: H variant
  • release date: November, 2020
  • commentary: Jacob Edgar created covers in the style of Dr. Seuss for the last four issues of Die!Namite (2020). They are shown in chronological order from left to right in the smaller image above. Only issues #2 and #5 featured Red Sonja, though she is portrayed very differently in each cover.We have featured covers by Jacob Edgar in galleries with themes including

15

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Carla Cohen
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #2 of 5
  • cover: Out of the Vault Collectibles retailer exclusive variant
  • release date: November, 2020
  • commentary: Carla Cohen created a zombified version for Red Sonja. At this time, the non-zombified version does not appear to be available as a cover.

16

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Jacob Edgar
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #4 of 5 (& #2, #3 & #5)
  • cover: H variant
  • release date: January, 2021
  • commentary: Jacob Edgar created covers in the style of The Peanuts by Charles Schultz for the last four issues of Die!Namite (2020). They are shown out of chronological order in the smaller image above. Only issue #4 featured Red Sonja.

17

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cosplay models: Lorraine (Vampirella), Savannah Polson (Red Sonja) & Rachel Hollon (Dejah Thoris)
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #4 of 5 (#2 Vampirella; #4 Dejah Thoris)
  • cover: E variant (E variant Vampirella; F variant Dejah Thoris)
  • release date: January, 2021 (November, 2020 Vampirella; January, 2021 Dejah Thoris)
  • commentary: Several issues of Die!Namite (2020) had cosplay covers, some more than one.

18

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cosplay models: Savannah Polson (Red Sonja) & Rachel Hollon (Dejah Thoris)
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #4 of 5
  • cover: G variant (F variant Dejah Thoris)
  • release date: January, 2021
  • commentary: There were zombified versions of the cosplay covers for issue #4. To our knowledge, there is no analogous cover for Vampirella.

19

  • title: Die!namite (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Will Robson
  • writer: Declan Shalvey
  • artist: Justin Mason & Chris O'Halloran
  • issue: #4 of 5
  • cover: C variant
  • release date: January, 2021
  • commentary: Will Robson created covers for the last three issues of Die!Namite (2020) but only #4 included Red Sonja. The other two, which focused on Vampirella are not included on this site.

20

  • title: Die!namite: Our Bloody Valentine (2020)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Joseph Michael Linsner
  • writer: Fred Van Lente
  • artists: Drew Moss and Lee Ferguson
  • issue: one-shot
  • cover: B variant
  • release date: February, 2021
  • commentary: Released between issues #4 and #5, there was a Valentine's Day themed one-shot. This cover by Joseph Michael Linsner is his only contribution to date to the Die!Namite universe.

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