After landing in jail following a night of drunken revelry, Red Sonja hears an outlandish story from a fellow inmate. Deep in the mountains lies a dead city in a valley with no name. Abandoned and forgotten, its fields and streets are littered with the bones of two armies, all destroyed by a curse from a warlock who has long since vanished, along with his vast treasure - untold riches just waiting to be taken.
At least that is the legend. But Sonja's cellmate Morgo has more than a diverting tale - he's also got a map that says this legend could well be reality. All they need to do is break out of lockup and hit the road - which more
A warlord that caused a curse, could it be Kulan Gath? Niles will need to work hard to move away from the expectations set by previous series. Following this well paced first issue, with it's initial set-ups, I have every faith that we are in for an intriguing and surprising quest. May be we will be damned if we do and damned if we don't! Read Full Review
Red Sonja: Empire Of The Damned #1 is a blood-splattered story filled with fighting and death. Fueled by an adventurers ambition and Red Sonja's lust for life, the fast-paced story leaves you breathless to discover the truth behind a haunting legend. Read Full Review
RED SONJA: EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED #1 s a solid start to a new Red Sonja adventure. While it may not offer any surprises for longtime fans, it provides an intriguing introduction for newcomers. Read Full Review
Fans of Niles' work and Red Sonja will probably want to pick this up once it is collected into a trade. This isn't a bad comic by any means, but it should have been more given the talent involved. Hopefully it will prove to be more than the sum of its parts. Read Full Review
While there's a chance Red Sonja: Empire of the Damned could ultimately wow me, this debut issue doesn't provide much confidence. Read Full Review
Plot
Red Sonja is in a bar in Nemedia that is about to be closed by the army and she just wants to rest and does not accept that order, so a big fight breaks out and she is helped by a mysterious character who had already had his eye on Sonja. .
They are both sent to a Blackworm prison where he offers Red Sonja that if she helps him escape he will take her to an abandoned town in the center of Hyrkania where there are treasures kept by a sorcerer who apparently died years ago.
Sonja agrees to the alliance and they both escape... but he is not saved and shows Red Sonja the map... it is tattooed on her arm... and Sonja takes this map..
Exciting first chapter full of action and explicit violence, where the more
Good start, quick to finish is the only problem so far.
This was a disappointment for me. The story starts out well enough but takes a drastic downturn. It moves into a silly, pointless barfight where Sonja just comes off rude nd arrogant. I don't believe she is either unwarranted. She just happens to run into a guy who has the map and he is killed instead of introducingus to a new interpersonal relationship. There's nothing personal to Sonja at all. The art is pretty poor on top of everything. I'll stick with the main title.
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