A Red Sonja Cover Gallery CMXCVIII:
Pseudo Sonja

This installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries is an appendix, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present ten selected covers created by various artists, which feature other characters in Red Sonja's trademark costume.

1

    • title: Bettie Page Unbound (2019)
    • publisher: Dynamite
    • cover artist: John Royle
    • writer: David Avallone
    • artist: Julius Ohta
    • issue: #1 of 10
    • release date: June, 2019
    • cover: A cover
    • commentary: We previously included this cover in the Connecting gallery.

2

    • title: Dead Sonja (2006/2019)
    • original publisher: Blatant Comics
    • reissue publisher: Keenspot
    • cover artist: Remy "Eisu" Mokhtar
    • writer: Rob Potchak
    • artist: Owen Gieni et al.
    • issue: #1
    • original release date: October, 2006
    • reissue date: June, 2019
    • cover: A cover
    • commentary: The one-shot, Dead Sonja: She-Zombie with a Sword, was first published by Blatant Comics in 2006. It was reissued as Dead Sonjain 2019 by Keen Spot with five covers, including a blank sketch cover not shown in this gallery.

3

    • title: Dead Sonja (2006/2019)
    • original publisher: Blatant Comics
    • reissue publisher: Keen Spot
    • cover artist: A.P. Furtado
    • writer: Rob Potchak
    • artist: Owen Gieni et al.
    • issue: #1
    • original release date: October, 2006
    • reissue date: June, 2019
    • cover: B variant

4

    • title: Dead Sonja (2006/2019)
    • original publisher: Blatant Comics
    • reissue publisher: Keen Spot
    • cover artist: Sean Beck
    • writer: Rob Potchak
    • artist: Owen Gieni et al.
    • issue: #1
    • original release date: October, 2006
    • reissue date: June, 2019
    • cover: C variant
    • commentary: The other three Dead Sonja covers were part of the 2006 publication. This variant by Beck may be the only new cover to the 2019 reissue.

5

    • title: Dead Sonja (2006/2019)
    • original publisher: Blatant Comics
    • reissue publisher: Keen Spot
    • cover artist: Owen Gieni
    • writer: Rob Potchak
    • artist: Owen Gieni et al.
    • issue: #1
    • original release date: October, 2006
    • reissue date: June, 2019
    • cover: E variant
    • commentary: This cover was a 1:5 ratio retailer incentive.

6

    • title: Barack the Barbarian (2009)
    • publisher: Devil's Due Comics
    • cover artist: Seeley, Tim and Rachelle Rosenberg
    • writer: Larry Hama
    • artist: Christopher Schons
    • issue: #1 of 4
    • release date: June, 2009
    • cover: B variant
    • commentary: This series featured president Barack Obama in the role of Conan the Barbarian. Some issues included Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, as "Red Sarah", a clear reference to Red Sonja, despite the fact that in this image her outfit is made of furs rather than scalemail.

7

    • title: Barack the Barbarian: The Fall of Red Sarah (2009)
    • publisher: Devil's Due Comics
    • cover artist: Seeley, Tim
    • writer: Larry Hama
    • artist: John Christmas
    • issue: one-shot
    • release date: November, 2009
    • cover: A cover
    • commentary: In this cover, at least the top half of Red Sarah's outfit now matches that of Red Sonja, though the color remains off.

8

  • title: Red Shetland (1989)
  • publisher: Graphxpress
  • cover artist: Richard Konkle
  • writer: Richard Konkle
  • artist: Richard Konkle
  • issue: #1 of 11
  • release date: August, 1989
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: There is a whole gallery of covers from the Red Shetland series.

9

  • title: Notti & Nyce: Ménage à Trois (2017)
  • publisher: Counterpoint Comics
  • cover artist: Monte Moore
  • writer: Terry Sala
  • artist: Jerry Rascoe
  • issue: #8 of 28
  • release date: July, 2020
  • cover: exclusive variant cover
  • commentary: This variant appeared in both trade dress and virgin versions. On the cover it is labeled "cosplay variant" and is a numbered edition of 50.

10

  • title: Faro's Lounge: American Safari (20??)
  • publisher: Faro Kane
  • cover artist: José Varese
  • writer: Faro Kane
  • artist: Jose Varese
  • issue: #7 of 28
  • release date: 201?
  • cover: Boo Koo Comix exclusive variant cover
  • commentary: We are not exactly sure what Faro's Lounge is. This issue is labeled the "Ohio Edition". This may correspond to either the issue (identified as Chapter 7 in the interior) or the cover variant. This cover features Jessica Rabbit as "Red Sonja" and Roger Rabbit as Hellboy. Go figure. (This is the "nice" version of this cover. There is also a "naughty" (topless) version.)

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