"The Ghosts We've Become"
Whether consigned to the ground, or to the flame, or to the unknown graves of history...Queen Sonja has witnessed the destruction of everyone she has ever loved. It may be a curse, or simply who she is...
By MARK RUSSELL (Swamp Thing) and ALESSANDRO MIRACOLO (Zorro).
I've always enjoyed Red Sonja overall and I've been delighting to a lot of the crossover projects she's involved in. But when it comes to getting to a big part of what makes the characters and her world work, Mark Russell is absolutely nailing it. This has quickly become the definitive run for me on the character and with a few more issues to go before it wraps up, I'm excited to see where it's going to go and how it will all play out. Russell's had a great run of artists to work with on this series and Miracolo is definitely a strong way to bring the events to a close with as they deliver page after page, panel after panel. Excellent stuff. Read Full Review
About half of the issue is set aside to introduce readers to Cyril. Cyril has his father's bloodthirsty and vicious nature (willing to cull the unwilling from his own soldiers in order to toughen the rest) but also a cunning that, along with a visage that hides just how dangerous he truly is, allows for far different kind of opponent for Red Sonja to face off against in this arc. As Cyril earns the fear, if not the respect, of his men, a Sonja as lost as she's ever been haunts the path of her past waiting for events to come into focus once again. Read Full Review