A Red Sonja Cover Gallery LVI:
2008

This is the fifty-sixth installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present ten selected covers created by nine different artists from various comic books, featuring Red Sonja, which were published in the year 2008.

1

  • title: Savage Tales (2007)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Arthur Suydam
  • writers: Doug Murray, Mike Raicht & Luke Lieberman
  • artists: Fabiano Neves, Diego Bernard, Pere Perez & Eduardo Pansica
  • issue: #06 of 10
  • release date: March, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: The last six issues of Savage Tales were published in 2008. In these galleries, we have showcased several Savage Tales by Arthur Suydam, including those to issues #1, #2, #5 and #8.

2

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Ron Adrian
  • writers: Michael Avon Oeming & Brian Reed
  • artist: HOMS
  • issue: #29 of 80
  • release date: January, 2008
  • cover: Dynamite Red Foil
  • commentary: Issues #29 to #40 of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword appeared in 2008. This is another example of the four foil covers drawn by Ron Adrian spanning issues #26 to #29.

3

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Paul Renaud
  • writer: Christos Gage
  • artists: Pablo Marcos
  • issue: #31 of 80
  • release date: March, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: This Red Sonja cover is a drawn in a style that is a little bit unusual for Paul Renaud. Renaud' first cover to Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005) appeared in issue #17 and his last in issue #56, with several others scattered in between.

4

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Fabiano Neves
  • writer: Joshua Ortega
  • artist: Fabiano Neves
  • issue: #32 of 80
  • release date: April, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: This Red Sonja cover, on the other hand, captures the epitome of Fabiano Neves' vision of our heroine. Neves' first cover to Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005) appeared in issue #30 and his last in issue #68. In between, there are many other covers by Neves, including this one.

5

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Pablo Marcos
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #35 of 80
  • release date: July, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: Pablo Marcos drew the B variant of issue #35, with Red Sonja walking away from a field of battle before the walls of a town laid waste to flame. Marcos continued drawing covers up through issue #39 of this series.

6

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Carlos Rafael
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #35 of 80
  • release date: July, 2008
  • cover: C variant
  • commentary: Carlos Rafael drew the C variant of issue #35, in which Red Sonja, in a desert wasteland, dispatches the last of a band of brigands set to waylay her. Rafael also drew covers up through issue #39 of this series.

7

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Frank Martin Jr.
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #35 of 80
  • release date: July, 2008
  • cover: Gold foil variant
  • commentary: Frank Martin Jr. drew a variant of issue #35 as well. This version had the title printed in gold foil. To our knowledge, this is one of three Red Sonja covers drawn by Frank Martin, the other two being Queen Sonja #28 and the one-shot Raven.

8

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Mel Rubi
  • writers: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #37 of 80
  • release date: September, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: By our count, no one has drawn more Red Sonja covers than Mel Rubi, although Lucio Parrillo is a close second. For Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005) alone, Rubi drew at least one cover for issues #1 through #18, #21, #25-#29, #34-#38, #46-#49 & #75, in addition to Annual #1. Of course, Rubi also drew covers for numerous other Red Sonja series.

9

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Fabiano Neves
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #40 of 80
  • release date: December, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Above is another cover by Fabiano Neves, showing Red Sonja in a grim mood.

10

  • title: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Patrick Berkenkotter
  • writer: Brian Reed
  • artist: Walter Geovani
  • issue: #40 of 80
  • release date: December, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • commentary: To our knowledge, this is one of three Red Sonja covers drawn by Patrick Berkenkotter, the other two being #55 from this same series and Queen Sonja #20.

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