Savage Red Sonja Devil in the Sand

Red Sonja: Limited Series

by Dan Panosian, Alessio Petillo (Artist), Francesco Segala (Colorist)

Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics

152 pages, Paperback

First published November 12, 2024

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

I first encountered Red Sonja in the pages of The Savage Sword of Conan and she made an excellent challenge for the mighty Cimmerian.

This book contains one story in 5 installments in which Sonja travels the wastelands in search of a mytical bloodruby, she encounter cannibals and a possible future king in the form of Prince and his beloved wife.
With any jewel comes a scepter when the two meet there is generally some great power and the hands that yield such power are not always trusted.
A fairly decent and straight forward sword & sorcery tale not unlike many of Conans' tales in which the warrior has to survive magic and monsters.
The art however is a letdown to square in drawing the various characters, mostly does not do Sonja any favors.

[Timo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice, simple straightforward story without too many frills but good mount of cliches put together. It works very well. I really liked those long silent action scenes.
But I did not like the squarey art. It was clumsy.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Red Sonja goes looking for a ruby in the desert that is said to be cursed. She gets it and then finds out there's a scepter that is supposed to make it more valuable. It's a decent story. The art isn't very good though.

[Nick Pratt · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5/5 feels like half a story.

[Jefferson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, and I liked the funky artwork, but the story was a little uninspired.