Thursday, August 25, 2022

Comics Review: The Immortal RED SONJA #5

IMMORTAL RED SONJA #5
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Dan Abnett
ARTIST: Luca Colandrea
COLORS: Ellie Wright
LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry
EDITOR: Nate Cosby
COVER: David Nakayama
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2022)

Rated Teen+

“The Knight's Tale”


Red Sonja is female high fantasy and sword and sorcery hero.  She first appeared in Conan the Barbarian #23 (cover dated February 1973) and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith.  Red Sonja was loosely based on “Red Sonya of Rogatino,” a female character that appeared in the 1934 short story, “The Shadow of the Vulture,” written by Conan the Cimmerian's creator, Robert E. Howard.

In 2005, Dynamite Entertainment began publishing comic books featuring differing versions of the character.  The latest is Immortal Red Sonja.  It is written by Dan Abnett; drawn by Emiliana Pinna or Alessandro Miracolo or Luca Colandrea; colored by Ellie Wright; and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry.  The series is set in the Britain of legend and finds Red Sonja (“Sonja the Red”) in possession of two cursed items – a soul-possessed chain mail and an accursed blade (“Gwynbur”). Neither will let her go until she helps restore the fallen, lost kingdom of “Logres,” and its mighty rulers, the Paindragons.

Immortal Red Sonja #5 (“The Knight's Tale”) opens as Sonja battles cave-dwelling wights.  She has to, for she and her male companion must go deeper into the cave in order to find the “Abyssal Spring.”  According to her chain mail, the spring's waters will restore the memories of this man who was once Lanzlot Lak, one of the High Paindragon's greatest warrior.

Now, Red Sonja can be free of her curse, but there is always a complication...  And Sonja the Red might not like her end of the deal.

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Immortal Red Sonja #5, which is one of many, many Dynamite Red Sonja comic books that I have read.

Immortal Red Sonja is Dan Abnett's spin on the Arthurian legend, with Red Sonja being the spin.  Although each issue of this series is connected to the others, obviously, Abnett deftly composes each one so that it can act as a standalone story, a kind of fairy tale within the larger tale.  Thus, the reader can read one issue and not feel obligated to (or stuck with) reading the next issue.  Of course, Immortal Red Sonja is so good that...

The art team of artist Luca Colandrea and colorist Ellie Wright bring this story to life.  Colandrea's big panels and smooth action thrill without losing the sense of fantasy here.  As a special treat, Wrights colors accentuate the Sonja boob show Colandrea offers readers in this fifth issue.

So, yeah, you want to try this Red Sonja spin-off title, dear readers.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Red Sonja comic books must read Immortal Red Sonja.

A-

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Comics Review: The Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator: Necronomicon Rising #2

THE ARMY OF DARKNESS VS. REANIMATOR: NECRONOMICON RISING, VOL. 1 #2
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Erik Burnham
ART: Eman Cassallos
COLORS: Jorge Sutil
LETTERS: Troy Peteri
EDITOR: Joe Rybandt
COVER: Tony Fleecs
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (July 2022)

Rated Teen+

Army of Darkness is a 1992 comic horror film and the third film in the Evil Dead film franchise.  The film focuses on the series' lead character, Ash Williams (portrayed by actor Bruce Campbell), as he is trapped in the Middle Ages and battling an army of undead warriors.

“Herbert West–Reanimator” is a horror short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and first published in 1922.  The story was the basis of the 1985 horror film, Re-Animator, which spawned sequel films and other media adaptations of the Lovecraft source material.

Dynamite Entertainment currently produces comic books based on the Army of Darkness film, featuring Ash as the main character and comics based on Herbert West.  The two franchises sometime come together in a comic book miniseries.  The latest is The Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator: Necronomicon Rising, Volume 1.  It is written by Erik Burnham; drawn by Eman Cassallos; colored by Jorge Sutil; and lettered by Troy Peteri.  Necronomicon Rising focuses on a battle for the most notorious book of the dead between Ash Williams and Herbert West, the Reanimator.

As The Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator: Necronomicon Rising, Volume 1 #2 opens, Herbert and Bad Ash have teamed up for a visit to the creepy mansion of one Mr. Dupon.  He has the Necronomicon ex Mortis.  So will Bad Ash tell Herbert why he really needs this book?

Meanwhile, (good) Ash Williams and Constance Wyrdie head to Massachusetts, where Ash, the “Chosen One,” will learn what he is supposed to do as the chosen.  The deadites, however, have other plans for the Chosen One.  And everyone needs to watch out for the portal!

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, the marketing department at Dynamite Entertainment has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is The Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator: Necronomicon Rising, Volume 1 #2, which is the second Reanimator comic book and the latest AoD title that I have read.

The first issue of Necronomicon Rising #1 offered the potential for some fun, and this second issue lives up to that.  A good writer can have fun with Ash Williams and the world of The Army of Darkness and Erik Burnham does.  This series is crazy and nonsensical, with just enough of a plot so that some of it make sense … in a sense.

The art team of illustrator Eman Cassallos and colorist Jorge Sutil strike just the right tone – a mix of humor and mayhem.  Troy Peteri's letters are right behind that keeping up the crazy rhythm.  I was willing to give The Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator: Necronomicon Rising a chance.  I hoped for the best and I'm getting something surprisingly good.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of The Army of Darkness and/or Reanimator comic books will want to read The Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator: Necronomicon Rising, Volume 1.

B+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Comics Review: LADY HEL Volume 1 #1

LADY HEL, VOL. 1 #1
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Erik Burnham
ART: Zhengis Tasbolatov
COLORS: Salvatore Aiala
LETTERS: Dave Sharpe
EDITOR: Matt Idelson
COVER: Lucio Parrillo
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2022)

Rated Teen+

Lady Hel was a character originally known as “Mistress Hel,” that was first created to take the place of classic Chaos Comics' character, Lady Death, in Dynamite Entertainment's CHAOS! Universe.  Mistress Hel was created by Tim Seeley, and she debuted in Dynamite's Chaos! #1 (May 2014).

Lady Hel returns in a new comic book series, Lady Hel Volume 1.  It is written by Erik Burnham; drawn by Zhengis Tasbolatov; colored by Salvatore Aiala; and lettered by Dave Sharpe.  The new series tracks the title character's bid to regain her throne, although she has much less power than she once had.

Lady Hel Volume 1 #1 opens in Tartarus, a realm of the dead – because if there is a multiverse of universes, then, there is a multiverse of realms of the dead?...  Lady Hel, the personification of death and the absolute ruler of Helheim, ruled in... Helheim, but she finds herself in someplace else.  Now, Lady Hal finds herself going against Persephone, hostess of the damned and embodiment of death.  But first, there are questions.  For instance, why is Persephone expecting her?

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, the marketing department at Dynamite Entertainment has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Lady Hel Volume 1 #1, the first Lady Hel comic book I have read

Lady Hel #1 may be the first Dynamite Entertainment first issue that does not interest me.  It is not a bad comic book, but writer Erik Burnham's script makes me believe that the comic book really begins with the second issue.  Fans of Dynamite's Chaos! bad girls will want to check this out, however.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Purgatori will want to read Lady Hel, Volume 1.

C+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Monday, August 22, 2022

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