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Red Sonja: Wrath of the Gods #1-5
Red Sonja: Wrath of the Gods
Follow the She-Devil with a Sword in a classic tale of the primordial gods themselves as Red Sonja faces the Wrath of the Gods Wrath of the Gods explores the mysteries of Sonja's past, while presenting her with the malicious threat of Loki in the present Can Thor, the God of Thunder, and Odin, the All-Father, aid the warrior woman and prevent their fellow god from destroying the world? Collects issues #1-5, along with a complete cover gallery.
140 pages, Paperback
First published October 12, 2010
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Luke Lieberman
157 books4 followersLuke Lieberman grew up in Weston Connecticut where the woods were a playground for his imagination. After graduating NYU film school, he moved to LA to apprentice Stan Lee, who mentored him in the art of storytelling. He left Stan's employ to relaunch the Red Sonja comic book franchise where he serves as licensor and executive editor to this day. Luke has personally written over 50 issues under the title, including this years Red Sonja: Birth of a She-Devil mini-series.
After graduating Loyola law school and joining Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susan to practice intellectual property law, Luke collaborated with his friend and mentor Stan, as well as Ryan Silbert and Kat Rosenfeld, to co-author Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light. This project has been a dream come true.
These days Luke does his best writing at the family cabin on Flathead Lake in Montana. Home is where the heart is. He is a brother of four, uncle of 11, father of two, and husband to one Shannon Lieberman, who is the joy of his life.
After graduating Loyola law school and joining Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susan to practice intellectual property law, Luke collaborated with his friend and mentor Stan, as well as Ryan Silbert and Kat Rosenfeld, to co-author Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light. This project has been a dream come true.
These days Luke does his best writing at the family cabin on Flathead Lake in Montana. Home is where the heart is. He is a brother of four, uncle of 11, father of two, and husband to one Shannon Lieberman, who is the joy of his life.
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June 14, 2017
Great comic. Red Sonja faces the Norse methodology. Great artwork, with Sonja looking as good as ever. The story is good as well. Traveling though the mountains Sonja, discovers a young boy excluded from the local drinking hole, of course this will not stand. However was this meeting more fate than coincidence.
Sonja has taken down her share of monsters and demons, but these are "Gods" and "Demi Gods", could she have met her match? We also see the rise of the Norse mythologies most iconic characters. Great comic, good artwork, good story and all the covers at the start of each chapter, but no cover gallery at the end, but we are given the sketches of the characters.
Sonja has taken down her share of monsters and demons, but these are "Gods" and "Demi Gods", could she have met her match? We also see the rise of the Norse mythologies most iconic characters. Great comic, good artwork, good story and all the covers at the start of each chapter, but no cover gallery at the end, but we are given the sketches of the characters.
April 5, 2021
I'm really only reading these because they were free on Comixology, and also I suppose I am the demographic who doesn't take much to be entertained by a hot babe in a chainmail bikini.
Still, the Dynamite run of Red Sonja has been pretty weak, story-wise. In this one, Sonja meets a red-headed kid who declares that like him, Sonja is a member of the "Budini" tribe who have been oppressed and persecuted for ages because of their red hair (but Sonja has somehow never heard of these people before). He leads her to another realm, where she's caught up in a power struggle between gods. Specifically, Odin, Thor, and Loki. But they only superficially resemble the Norse gods by those names. The story makes up its own cosmology and fantasy setting, and has Sonja running around fighting with magical MacGuffins, and it all felt like a very over-the-top D&D adventure.
Decent swords & sorcery cheesecake, but the story itself is so cheesy I don't know if I want to bother with the sequel.
Still, the Dynamite run of Red Sonja has been pretty weak, story-wise. In this one, Sonja meets a red-headed kid who declares that like him, Sonja is a member of the "Budini" tribe who have been oppressed and persecuted for ages because of their red hair (but Sonja has somehow never heard of these people before). He leads her to another realm, where she's caught up in a power struggle between gods. Specifically, Odin, Thor, and Loki. But they only superficially resemble the Norse gods by those names. The story makes up its own cosmology and fantasy setting, and has Sonja running around fighting with magical MacGuffins, and it all felt like a very over-the-top D&D adventure.
Decent swords & sorcery cheesecake, but the story itself is so cheesy I don't know if I want to bother with the sequel.
January 31, 2013
I grew up on Marvel Comics' version of Red Sonja, so I've been eager to see how the She Devil with a Sword has been treated in the since years my attention has been away from the comic book world. I picked up a used copy of the Dynamite comics Red Sonja collection Death and was less than impressed, but when I heard about this volume in which Sonja meets non-Marvel versions of Thor and Loki, I thought I'd give it a look.
I'm glad to say this one fared much better. While the story sticks to tried and true rules of fantasy storytelling, such as a magical book, a quest and brother pitted against brother, it moves briskly and mangages to be very entertaining.
This isn't the Thor and Loki from the House of Ideas, but a slightly more traditional take. Thor is huge and Hulk-like, and a bit of an oaf, while Loki is a tad more charming but very evil.
Red Sonja herself is portrayed as bold and intellegent but vulnerable, as when possessed by Loki's magic, and she also manages a few pithy wittisisms.
The art here is very good and a times quite eleborate. Overall, nothing earth-shattering, but a solid, fun bit of sword and sorcery.
I'm glad to say this one fared much better. While the story sticks to tried and true rules of fantasy storytelling, such as a magical book, a quest and brother pitted against brother, it moves briskly and mangages to be very entertaining.
This isn't the Thor and Loki from the House of Ideas, but a slightly more traditional take. Thor is huge and Hulk-like, and a bit of an oaf, while Loki is a tad more charming but very evil.
Red Sonja herself is portrayed as bold and intellegent but vulnerable, as when possessed by Loki's magic, and she also manages a few pithy wittisisms.
The art here is very good and a times quite eleborate. Overall, nothing earth-shattering, but a solid, fun bit of sword and sorcery.
July 12, 2018
Truth be told this is my first Red Sonja comic and even now I only picked it up because I found it on a list about books based on Norse mythology. I must say that the presence of the mythological characters (Odin, Loki and Thor) is completely unnecessary. The fact that we are dealing with gods does not add anything to the story and since their lore is so underused I wonder why bother with making the characters Norse gods? Why couldn't they just make up three more names and let them be some random king and his two sons (yes, Loki and Thor are rivaling brothers again because... because Marvel I guess?). The story as a whole is not particularly interesting or original and the characters are all very one-dimensional. The oversexualized emotionless tough-girl Sonja (for me at least) was a very unlikable protagonist. In the end I skipped through most of the last issue. I guess this just wasn't for me.
November 4, 2020
Very good
I know this book messes with Norse mythology but that's the point of these books, to give a variation on old stories. I enjoyed both the artwork and the storyline and it gives some light relief to more weighty books.
I know this book messes with Norse mythology but that's the point of these books, to give a variation on old stories. I enjoyed both the artwork and the storyline and it gives some light relief to more weighty books.
February 14, 2024
LOL at the idea that gingers are a persecuted minority
Don't know why they had to name the gods Loki/Odin/Thor besides name recognition. Kudos to making Odin bad though, I guess?
Dynamite was absolutely just throwing shit at the wall at this point, huh?
Don't know why they had to name the gods Loki/Odin/Thor besides name recognition. Kudos to making Odin bad though, I guess?
Dynamite was absolutely just throwing shit at the wall at this point, huh?
August 7, 2017
So much effort put in this one. But I just do not get why wank with Norse gods. What makes them cooler than making up your own gods? After all.... people have made those ones up since the dawn.
July 27, 2019
Was fun to read.
December 2, 2015
I would rather read wallpaper.
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