First we got a rebooted Ultimate Universe, then DC’s Absolute Universe. Now, get ready for a brand-new take on Red Sonja in Dynamite’s Sonja Reborn, a new comic written by Christopher Priest with art by Alessandro Miracolo.
“We might have called this book ‘Becoming Red Sonja,’” Priest said via a press release provided to Comic Book Club. “The book delves into the culture shock of a presumed nightmare from which you cannot awaken. Both Black Panther and Quantum & Woody employed observational humor of the sidecar character, a voice from outside of the conceit of the fictional universe it observes, which can underscore both the drama and the humor of a world gone completely insane. Sonja Reborn is our ‘Kelvin Universe’ alternate take on the classic, branching off from familiar paths in order to spiral chaotically into the unknown. I’m having a blast writing it, which is equal parts endorsement and warning!”
In the new series, a “Young British diplomatic clerk” from 2025 named Maggie Sutherland is sent back to Hyboria and transformed into Red Sonja. The book, per PR, is “a tale of survival which takes a hard look at what life in the Hyborian Age might actually be like for a modern woman who finds herself suddenly thrust into it! How might a single woman survive a land of mystical threats and monsters without caving into her fears, dying of infection, or losing the at-best conditional loyalty of her ragged band of male cutthroats? What might this woman really be like and how could she possibly survive?”
Covers for Sonja Reborn #1, which hits stores in August, are by Stjepan Šejić, Joshua Middleton, Chad Hardin, Greg Land, and cosplayer Ani-Mia. Check them out below, and click for larger versions.
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