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Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (2005) (Collected Editions)
Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword, Vol. 3: The Rise of Kulan Gath
Boasting a wrap-around cover by Frank Cho, this third collection reprints issues #13-18 of Dynamite Enertainment's Red Sonja series, featuring the return of Kulan Gath courtesy of Michael Avon Oeming, Mel Rubi, and Stephen Sadowski. Also includes a complete gallery.
168 pages, Paperback
First published December 25, 2007
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About the author
Michael Avon Oeming
823 books64 followersMichael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer.
His 1998 comic book Bulletproof Monk was made into a film of the same name.
The previous mentioned collaborations are The Mice Templar from Image Comics, which he draws and co-authors with Bryan J.L. Glass,[1] and Powers from Icon Comics which he draws, and sometimes co-authors, with Brian Bendis. His creator-owned projects include Rapture, on which he collaborated with his wife, Taki Soma,[2] and The Victories, both for Dark Horse Comics.
As of 2010, he is employed as a staff member of Valve Corporation, working on Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 webcomics.
His 1998 comic book Bulletproof Monk was made into a film of the same name.
The previous mentioned collaborations are The Mice Templar from Image Comics, which he draws and co-authors with Bryan J.L. Glass,[1] and Powers from Icon Comics which he draws, and sometimes co-authors, with Brian Bendis. His creator-owned projects include Rapture, on which he collaborated with his wife, Taki Soma,[2] and The Victories, both for Dark Horse Comics.
As of 2010, he is employed as a staff member of Valve Corporation, working on Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 webcomics.
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February 17, 2024
Seri maalesef ne uzuyor ne de kısalıyor. Çizimlerini ve dövüş sahnelerini beğensem de maalesef hikaye anlatımı zayıf kalmaya devam ediyor. Olaylar mistikleştikçe bence daha da sıkıcı bir hal aldı.
Sonja'nın geçmişini gördüğümüz kısımlar güzel olsa da kötü tanrıların egolarını tatmin için dünyaya zulüm etmesi pek beni açmıyor. Zaten çok sevilesi bir karakter yokken dünyayı da güzel kurmayınca pek kendimi kaptıramadım. Yine de bu serinin yarım bırakılmış olması üzücü. Gerisini alışkanlıktan okuyabilirdim.
Sonja'nın geçmişini gördüğümüz kısımlar güzel olsa da kötü tanrıların egolarını tatmin için dünyaya zulüm etmesi pek beni açmıyor. Zaten çok sevilesi bir karakter yokken dünyayı da güzel kurmayınca pek kendimi kaptıramadım. Yine de bu serinin yarım bırakılmış olması üzücü. Gerisini alışkanlıktan okuyabilirdim.
June 17, 2014
Red Sonja keeps hunting down malevolent cults and evil gods. The series reaches a climax here, but there are some problems. The plot is moving a little too fast, the Lovecraftian references seem to give way to a generic low fantasy "return of evil god" mix, and there don't seem to be any of the interesting side stories present in the previous volumes. The fact that the villain apparently has also appeared in x-men (among other places) is a little annoying (these comics salads bother me) but easily ignorable. I am not so sure about the random Finnish quotes and doubtful references to the Kalevala.
I'm still rooting for EPICALLY friendzoned Osin.
I'm still rooting for EPICALLY friendzoned Osin.
January 7, 2017
Not too bad story although it seemed to take way too long to get from the start to the cliffhanger. Mainly because of all those damn flashbacks that were meant to enlighten the history of Sonja but all they did was to drag things down.
Surprisingly there were also Finnish used in this one. And not that funny Google-translator Finnish, but proper Finnish. Somebody at Dynamite apparently spokes it.
Wonder were that came from. Maybe it just sounded magical.
Hah.
Surprisingly there were also Finnish used in this one. And not that funny Google-translator Finnish, but proper Finnish. Somebody at Dynamite apparently spokes it.
Wonder were that came from. Maybe it just sounded magical.
Hah.
February 20, 2015
Knocked off one star because my copy was MISSING about 10 pages (I'm assuming it's a defect and the TPB story wasn't just trimmed down from the original comics, though I haven't been able to find any info on this). Other than that, the art was nice but the story and panels (even within individual pages) really jumped around, and the dialogue was so bad I was worried I'd forgotten how to read.
January 21, 2024
I appreciate the commitment to Wild Shit -- the Cronenbergian spawning of the Borat-na Fori and his talking horse (??!) demons. I'm sure they chose the name "Borat" before the eponymous Sascha Baron Cohen character became culturally ubiquitous, but oh dear, what awkwardness to hear terrified warriors and villagers alike whisper of the dark doom of BORAT. Wa-wa-wee-wa!
The most powerful stuff is the Lil' Sonja storyline, sent on a quest by the Goddess to fulfill her potential. This feels quite divorced from the main storyline, drawn as it is by Stephen Sadowski (who seems to also be working with a different inker/colorist?) rather than Mel Rubi. I've quite enjoyed Rubi's work before, but they really do him dirty here. Fault of my digital copy perhaps? Definitely NOT a fan of the mentions of Sonja's "chastity" being sacrificed to make her what she is now (and Sonja's apparent weakness to being confronted with it). Volume ends with a proper cosmic cliffhanger, recontextualizing that particular boondoggle, however, so I gently have to tip the bathtub back before I toss the baby out.
The most powerful stuff is the Lil' Sonja storyline, sent on a quest by the Goddess to fulfill her potential. This feels quite divorced from the main storyline, drawn as it is by Stephen Sadowski (who seems to also be working with a different inker/colorist?) rather than Mel Rubi. I've quite enjoyed Rubi's work before, but they really do him dirty here. Fault of my digital copy perhaps? Definitely NOT a fan of the mentions of Sonja's "chastity" being sacrificed to make her what she is now (and Sonja's apparent weakness to being confronted with it). Volume ends with a proper cosmic cliffhanger, recontextualizing that particular boondoggle, however, so I gently have to tip the bathtub back before I toss the baby out.
November 19, 2018
Red Sonja, Osin and Suumaro awake the Old God Kaleval to enlist his aid. Sonja and Kaleval retrieve her father's sword from Hyrkania. And then they go to bed so that Sonja's flesh can be blessed like her soul is.
The demon Borat-Na Fori is born and its first thought is to kill Red Sonja. Its ultimate goal, though, is to build an army that will conquer the world for his father and master, the wizard Kulan Gath.
The demon Borat-Na Fori is born and its first thought is to kill Red Sonja. Its ultimate goal, though, is to build an army that will conquer the world for his father and master, the wizard Kulan Gath.
September 30, 2021
Decent art, excellent cover art collection in back pages. The storyline is above average but not the best I've seen for this character. All in all a decent and fun read, but my biggest pet peeve is the misuse of old timey sounding words. The casual use of 'thy' and 'thee' is used throughout from a few characters but it is used grammatically incorrectly and comes off like the writer wanted to make characters sound older and more eldritch, but it was executed poorly and it's very apparent that the writer didn't know how these words are supposed to fit grammatically. (Excuse the irony of my massive run on sentence, but I'm writing a Good Reads review, not a marketable work).
The best part of this book is the flashbacks to Sonja's youth and the destruction of her home and her pledge to the Goddess (presumably Mitra?). I enjoyed the writing there. The Finnish mythology references were fun too.
Overall I enjoyed it and these comics were some of the first in my Red Sonja collection.
The best part of this book is the flashbacks to Sonja's youth and the destruction of her home and her pledge to the Goddess (presumably Mitra?). I enjoyed the writing there. The Finnish mythology references were fun too.
Overall I enjoyed it and these comics were some of the first in my Red Sonja collection.
May 19, 2020
Issues 13-18 were apparently the ones that changed the world of Red Sonja for new fans and in my opinion it's true. The 'Rise of Kulan Gath' is a great story arc with tons of blood and beasts, and a little sex to boot. Probably the best Red Sonja volume I own as of now.
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