A Red Sonja Cover Gallery LXXXVIII:
Queen Sonja

This is the eighty-eighth installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present twenty selected covers created by various artists from the Queen Sonja (2009) series.

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11

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Jackson Herbert
  • writer: Arvid Nelson
  • artist: Jackson Herbert
  • issue: #09 of 35
  • release date: September, 2010
  • cover: C variant
  • commentary: In this peculiar cover by Jackson Herbert, Red Sonja strides across the foreground carrying a bouquet of flowers.

12

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Mel Rubi
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Mel Rubi
  • issue: #11 of 35
  • release date: November, 2010
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: This is the last cover for Queen Sonja drawn by Mel Rubi. It is another collage, though Red Sonja's expression seems to convey her dismay with the petty violence transpiring beneath her.

13

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Fabiano Neves
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Mel Rubi
  • issue: #13 of 35
  • release date: January, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Fabiano Neves drew the A covers from issue #12 to #20.

14

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Fabiano Neves
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Mel Rubi
  • issue: #14 of 35
  • release date: February, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: As noted elsewhere on the site, the ridges of Red Sonja's ribcage are of particular interest to Fabiano Neves. In some cases, they are slightly noticeable.

15

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Fabiano Neves
  • writer: Arvid Nelson
  • artist: Edgar Salazar
  • issue: #17 of 35
  • release date: June, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: In some cases, they suggest an emaciated state incompatible with a warrior's physique reguired for their martial calling.

16

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Milton Estevam
  • issue: #27 of 35
  • cover: A cover
  • release date: February, 2012
  • commentary: Red Sonja has about as little tolerance for wizards as does Conan.

17

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Milton Estevam
  • issue: #32 of 35
  • cover: A cover
  • release date: September, 2012
  • commentary: Lucio Parrillo bestows Red Sonja with a rather distant expression, given the lethal nature of the embrace in which she finds herself. Presumably, she is attempting to hide the impending thrust of the dagger in her left hand.

18

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writer: Luke Lieberman
  • artist: Milton Estevam
  • issue: #34 of 35
  • release date: March, 2013
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: We wonder if Red Sonja imagined that the green glowing animal skull would elicit a greater reaction from her audience.

19

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Mel Rubi
  • writer: Joshua Ortega
  • artist: Mel Rubi
  • issue: #04 of 35
  • release date: February, 2010
  • cover: D variant
  • commentary: In this gallery devoted to covers from the Queen Sonja series, we have focused on unique art work. There were, of course, sketch variants for many issues, such as the one by Mel Rubi shown above.

20

  • title: Queen Sonja (2009)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Lucio Parrillo
  • writer: Arvid Nelson
  • artist: Jackson Herbert
  • issue: #06 of 35
  • release date: April, 2010
  • cover: Dynamic Forces exclusive virgin cover
  • commentary: Many of the issues to Queen Sonja also featured virgin variants, such as the one shown above by Lucio Parrillo. Some were retailer incentives. This one was released by Dynamic Forces. The falling autumn leaves are a nice touch to this scene.

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