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Red Sonja/Tarzan #1-6
Red Sonja/Tarzan
Eson Duul is an evil man. The mere mention of his name makes powerful quake with fear. He has no regard for life, including that of man. But he may finally have met his match when he finds himself up against Red Sonja and Tarzan!
Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Red Sonja) and Walter Geovani (Red Sonja, Clean Room) reunite to bring us the crossover event featuring two of fiction's greatest heroes side by side at last!
Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Red Sonja) and Walter Geovani (Red Sonja, Clean Room) reunite to bring us the crossover event featuring two of fiction's greatest heroes side by side at last!
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 3, 2019
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Gail Simone
1,080 books1,237 followersGail Simone is a comic book writer well-known for her work on Birds of Prey (DC), Wonder Woman (DC), and Deadpool (Marvel), among others, and has also written humorous and critical commentary on comics and the comics industry such as the original "Women in Refrigerators" website and a regular column called "You'll All Be Sorry".
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May 4, 2024
I quite liked this series. I was not sure how they were going to get past the time travel angle. I did like that the explained it through a previous Dynamite series that I thought was very good. In fact, that was written or project managed by Gail Simone as well. Though that was a crossover with all of the female characters.
A hunter called Eson Duul is stalking the Dynamite universe. A big game hunter who has turned his attention to legends throughout the ages now there are only two left. The story was not great, but the artwork is really good, and the action is plentiful and savage. Thus suits both the main characters perfectly.
I think one of one of the problems I had was that I was not as familiar with Tarzan's family. I did not realise he was a grandad. This is one of those series where the action makes up for any inadequacies anywhere else in the book. My only complaint is the bad guy for all their power, and menace did not seem like someone who could take out all the heroes of the universe. Though a very good and satisfying series.
A hunter called Eson Duul is stalking the Dynamite universe. A big game hunter who has turned his attention to legends throughout the ages now there are only two left. The story was not great, but the artwork is really good, and the action is plentiful and savage. Thus suits both the main characters perfectly.
I think one of one of the problems I had was that I was not as familiar with Tarzan's family. I did not realise he was a grandad. This is one of those series where the action makes up for any inadequacies anywhere else in the book. My only complaint is the bad guy for all their power, and menace did not seem like someone who could take out all the heroes of the universe. Though a very good and satisfying series.
January 31, 2020
My favorite She-devil in a chainmail bikini teams up with my favorite Lord of the jungle with a loincloth. Together, Red Sonja and Tarzan are going to hunt down the most evil man I ever encountered in any comic book I laid my eyes upon (admitting, there are not that many).
Can this work? By that I mean, is it at all possible to tell a coherent and somewhat credible story with two such different characters from different eras? According to the timeline in Philip Jose Farmer's book Tarzan Alive, the King of the apes was born in 1888 and Red Sonja roams the world during the Hyborian Age, about 10,000 or even 32,500 BC. So, how could they ever meet?
Well, they can, and the explanation that is given is as fantastic and magical as it is credible (at least to Sonja's realm or what I know about it as of yet). The two of them are even able to switch back and forth to fight their enemies in their respective eras!, and that involves a prop from another character, who you probably all know (even without reading comic books). Apropos fighting. There's quite a lot of it in this volume, and it's not always the good vs the evil. Sonja and Tarzan were actually off to a rough start that began like this, and continued for seven long pages!
Luckily they pulled themselves together and learned to respect each other and in the end Tarzan is even in for █████████████████! (Ed: no spoilers).
Gail Simone obviously took great effort to include a lot of Tarzan’s history (and other stuff from the ERB universe) and constructed an engaging, if rather complicated, story, that needs to be read carefully.
I very much liked this «crossover» and I hope for a sequel.
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Can this work? By that I mean, is it at all possible to tell a coherent and somewhat credible story with two such different characters from different eras? According to the timeline in Philip Jose Farmer's book Tarzan Alive, the King of the apes was born in 1888 and Red Sonja roams the world during the Hyborian Age, about 10,000 or even 32,500 BC. So, how could they ever meet?
Well, they can, and the explanation that is given is as fantastic and magical as it is credible (at least to Sonja's realm or what I know about it as of yet). The two of them are even able to switch back and forth to fight their enemies in their respective eras!, and that involves a prop from another character, who you probably all know (even without reading comic books). Apropos fighting. There's quite a lot of it in this volume, and it's not always the good vs the evil. Sonja and Tarzan were actually off to a rough start that began like this, and continued for seven long pages!
Luckily they pulled themselves together and learned to respect each other and in the end Tarzan is even in for █████████████████! (Ed: no spoilers).
Gail Simone obviously took great effort to include a lot of Tarzan’s history (and other stuff from the ERB universe) and constructed an engaging, if rather complicated, story, that needs to be read carefully.
I very much liked this «crossover» and I hope for a sequel.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
July 18, 2019
Esan Duul is a vile villain, perfect for a series like this. I like how Simone tied this in with the Sword of Sorrow crossover with all of Dynamite's female characters from a few years back. The storytelling is a little wonky in the first few issues as we switch back and forth between worlds and times. It's difficult to keep the timeline straight but it works itself out for the most part by the end. I also dug how Tarzan ended the final battle with Duul. It was badass.
September 17, 2025
6.3/10
Nothing spectacular, but it shouldn't leave you disappointed either. You have two iconic characters going against a very bad and unlikeable villain. The bad and unlikeable is a compliment here. You really want to see that guy getting what he deserves.
Nothing spectacular, but it shouldn't leave you disappointed either. You have two iconic characters going against a very bad and unlikeable villain. The bad and unlikeable is a compliment here. You really want to see that guy getting what he deserves.
December 18, 2018
I don't hide the fact, at least I think that I don't, that Simone is one of my favorite writers working in American Comics right now. While a bit of a sucker for crossovers, and also a cynic after reading so many, I wondered if she would pull off a compelling story.
This is a compelling story, one I think most readers will prefer in a collection so they can read it all in one go (instead of doing the digital floppy thing). For me, unlike her Wonder Woman/Conan story, Simone builds enough suspense that I wanted to see what would happen to the characters next.
Credit to Simone for wisely choosing where to expand the series' cast of characters without over doing it. She avoids REH's books, and instead reaches just far enough into ERB's domain to help add to the drama (primarily Tarzan and his family).
Sonja's dialogue works, and Dull is a more than credible and vile villain.
I really did like that a couple points, especially in the final issue, that Simone reminds readers how savage Tarzan can be.
This is a compelling story, one I think most readers will prefer in a collection so they can read it all in one go (instead of doing the digital floppy thing). For me, unlike her Wonder Woman/Conan story, Simone builds enough suspense that I wanted to see what would happen to the characters next.
Credit to Simone for wisely choosing where to expand the series' cast of characters without over doing it. She avoids REH's books, and instead reaches just far enough into ERB's domain to help add to the drama (primarily Tarzan and his family).
Sonja's dialogue works, and Dull is a more than credible and vile villain.
I really did like that a couple points, especially in the final issue, that Simone reminds readers how savage Tarzan can be.
March 19, 2020
A serviceable, if not padded out, team up. If you are a fan of either of these characters then this might be worth a look for you.
February 14, 2021
3.5 Stars
I enjoyed this one. It wasn't the smoothest team up exactly as there had to be some wackiness combining characters from two different universes and time periods, but once you get past what brought them together the story was good. Sonja and Tarzan team up to battle a murdered who travels through time and dimensions himself in order to slaughter and wreak havoc. Of course, eventually those types always meet up with someone they can't handle.
The art isn't bad and the story features HG Wells, Pellucidar and Korak as well. If you enjoy these Red Sonja and/or Tarazn, this is worth checking out.
I enjoyed this one. It wasn't the smoothest team up exactly as there had to be some wackiness combining characters from two different universes and time periods, but once you get past what brought them together the story was good. Sonja and Tarzan team up to battle a murdered who travels through time and dimensions himself in order to slaughter and wreak havoc. Of course, eventually those types always meet up with someone they can't handle.
The art isn't bad and the story features HG Wells, Pellucidar and Korak as well. If you enjoy these Red Sonja and/or Tarazn, this is worth checking out.
October 17, 2020
Crossovers almost invariably disappoint, but Gail Simone really delivers with this one. In Eson Duul, Simone has created one of the most memorable, surprising villains that I've encountered in a LONG time, and the story has enough dips, twists, and turns to make it a worthwhile read. Highly recommended.
May 24, 2025
The time travel didn’t quite work for me and the team up didn’t feel organic. Good art.
September 6, 2019
I love Simone's writing, and she really gave us a fun, exciting Red Sonja/Tarzan adventure. I like that more characters commented on Tarzan's physique than Red Sonja's, even if she spends most of the book in her trademark chain mail bikini. At least he's just as naked as she is for nearly the same amount of time.
This is silly, fluffy, adventurous fun, and if you enjoy either of these characters, you'll like this.
This is silly, fluffy, adventurous fun, and if you enjoy either of these characters, you'll like this.
July 30, 2024
This is so disappointing. After the excellent previous installments of Red Sonja’s adventures by Simone, I had high hopes for a team-up with Tarzan against a time-traveling, universe-hopping conqueror.
That would-be conqueror, Eson Duul, is paper thin with a ridiculous backstory, even for a fantasy like this. By the time he was 8 he ruled his village because everyone was terrified of him. Eight! Sure, bad seed, born without a conscience, blah blah… he’s still just a child. In a land of hardened warriors, how does a 60-pound boy frighten them into submission? It’s too silly. Ultimately he comes across as a cheap knock-off of DC’s villain Vandal Savage and Marvel’s Kang. Duul can go anywhere and anywhen, with access to weapons of all kinds, but does he ever use a laser gun? Does he have a personal force field? Nope, strictly swords and knives. The implications of era-hopping and universe-jumping are oddly ignored several times, but even weirder is the fact that there’s one panel showing him wielding a laser rifle alongside a robot.
The overall writing is also clunky and stilted, with awkward starts and stops to the story. We’re constantly told how great Red Sonja and Tarzan are, legends this and incredible that, but half the time they get their butts handed to them, often inexplicably since they were winning the fight seconds before and we don’t see how the reversal happened. It’s almost hard to believe this was written by the same person. By the time we get to altered pasts and forgotten encounters, the book has jumped the shark several times over.
The art is likewise not great, with unclear flow and inconsistencies between one panel and the next. It’s baffling that no one caught this stuff. The inker didn’t see it? Nor the colorist or the several editors? It’s just weird.
Here’s an example:
Larger: https://ibb.co/BctdxNQ
The lettering has goofs, too:
Yeah, disappointing.
That would-be conqueror, Eson Duul, is paper thin with a ridiculous backstory, even for a fantasy like this. By the time he was 8 he ruled his village because everyone was terrified of him. Eight! Sure, bad seed, born without a conscience, blah blah… he’s still just a child. In a land of hardened warriors, how does a 60-pound boy frighten them into submission? It’s too silly. Ultimately he comes across as a cheap knock-off of DC’s villain Vandal Savage and Marvel’s Kang. Duul can go anywhere and anywhen, with access to weapons of all kinds, but does he ever use a laser gun? Does he have a personal force field? Nope, strictly swords and knives. The implications of era-hopping and universe-jumping are oddly ignored several times, but even weirder is the fact that there’s one panel showing him wielding a laser rifle alongside a robot.
The overall writing is also clunky and stilted, with awkward starts and stops to the story. We’re constantly told how great Red Sonja and Tarzan are, legends this and incredible that, but half the time they get their butts handed to them, often inexplicably since they were winning the fight seconds before and we don’t see how the reversal happened. It’s almost hard to believe this was written by the same person. By the time we get to altered pasts and forgotten encounters, the book has jumped the shark several times over.
The art is likewise not great, with unclear flow and inconsistencies between one panel and the next. It’s baffling that no one caught this stuff. The inker didn’t see it? Nor the colorist or the several editors? It’s just weird.
Here’s an example:
Larger: https://ibb.co/BctdxNQ
The lettering has goofs, too:
Yeah, disappointing.
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December 6, 2022Once again, didn’t finish it The story is turn your brain off fun A Hunter, is able to time travel and move to different planes is on the hunt for Red Sona and Tarzan, and two of them have to team up to Beat him. Once again, I thing that I’ve noticed with books from publishers, like Dynamite. Is while the story can be good if the art isn’t somewhat decent then I’m just going to check out. I got to issue five I almost finished it. And while I enjoyed the story the lackluster art kept distracting me
October 15, 2025
Not much good I can say about this one. The artwork is substandard and even the alternative cover section was really poor, nothing much to see there. The story was a total mess including HG Well's time machine among the plot devices. On that back of this book was a blurb about the writer that obviously was written by someone who hadn't read this. Quote "Gail Simone certainly knows how to write for strong female leads". Really? More than once in this book we see Sonja heroically leaping into combat, then a frame later she is defeated and captured with no explanation.
Not at all recommended.
Not at all recommended.
October 24, 2020
Another great crossover my Gail Simone. Perhaps not as engrossing as Conan/Wonder Woman story, it was great to see ties to Time Machine, Warlords of Mars, and War of the Worlds. Highly recommend to anyone who loves these classic pulp heroes!
April 7, 2025
Hate to say it but not much effort was put into this book, the story was lacking and the art was very 2nd rate, pretty disappointing all around. Guess I will file this one that bottom shelf to keep Dazzler and the new Nightwing company.
December 12, 2018
I will always read Red Sonja when Gail is writing her. 💜
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October 7, 2019review of this incoming at noflyingnotights.com!
January 31, 2021
A damn good crossover held up by a truly chilling villain
January 19, 2022
I want so badly to love this. But it's fine
March 23, 2020
Yeah, it is a good graphic novel, even if it has Peggy Bundy on the cover. Let that “issue” away, it’s good to read a crossover that doesn’t feel to forced (or is it?). Anyway, Red Sonja seeks revenge on a hunter that humiliated her, resulting in a travel between worlds and time, to advice Tarzan of a possibly extermination by the hands of a extremely rude foe. You got a chance to read some familiar characters and revisit Pellucidar. It was a really Fun read
June 30, 2019
This has to be one of my favorite Tarzan graphic novels. Great story, great art.
June 27, 2020
Not a fan of the art. The story is okay.
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