This Wednesday Dynamite Comics will take on a reboot of the fierce and beautiful she-devil with a sword, Red Sonja. We’ve previewed Issue #1 and were happy with the result–full of swordplay and the mythic dialect you’d expect from the heroine originally found in the pages of Conan the Barbarian. The big news is that the new series is written by Gail Simone. Known for many comic book series, but particularly her gutsy Batgirl and Wonder Woman, Simone’s fans will find her Red Sonja a worthy new addition to the pantheon of strong women characters in comics. With some nice classic Conan-style artwork by Walter Geovani, Dynamite will no doubt have a winner with this new series.
Simone’s Red Sonja story has bits and pieces of archetype characters and settings. In Issue #1 keep an eye out for a new take on Akira Kurasawa’s classic save the village story. She also includes enough backstory to allow new readers easy accessibility to the character and her medieval high fantasy world.
