Red Sonja: Monster Isle

Red Sonja: One-shots

by Roy Thomas, Pablo Marcos (Illustrator)

From Dynamite Entertainment comes another spectacular Red Sonja "one-shot" adventure (the first two no longer being available and already Red Sonja classics!)! And this time, we've brought Roy Thomas to the party, hooked him up with Sonja artist Pablo Marcos and Sonja colorist Caesar Rodriguez and they've dropped Sonja smack dab in the middle of "Monster Island!" - filled with deformed men, beasts and creatures of all shapes and sizes! Covers by Marcos and Cliff (Batman, Creeper) Chiang!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, High Fantasy, Fantasy

41 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 12, 2015

About the author

Roy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel--After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes — particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America — and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.

Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.

Reviews

[Cosmin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's a one-shot about Red Sonja created by two veterans of the comics world. The story is nothing special, just Sonja going against some other magical user spawned by the Bort Na Fori. The drawing style was lacking, if I didn't know I would say the comic was drawn by a beginner, but in this case it probably just feels old style. I the end there's not much to talk about and I would recommend this only to fans of Red Sonja.

[Yongyoon · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's been done before many times, but it was still ok. Sorry to bother you.

[Luana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Despite the minotaur on the cover, for some reason "Monster Isle" made me think Sonja would be stuck on a kaiju island. Woulda been cooler, I think! Turns out it's more of a Doctor Moreau type situation.

On the one hand, lovely economic storytelling in the vein of the 70s series. The minotaur's mom just popping in for a resolution, why not! On the other, the art is fucking butt-ugly, making such narrative quirks seem like a bug rather than a feature.

[mike andrews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Red finds herself shipwrecked on an old prison island.