WRITER EXCLUSIVE
A Study In Scarlet
Torunn Grønbekk celebrates Red Sonja’s 50th anniversary
WORDS: STEPHEN JEWELL
Four of the many variant covers for issue one.
FIVE DECADES AFTER her first appearance in 1973’s Conan The Barbarian 23, Dynamite Entertainment is sending Red Sonja in a bold new direction, as the She-Devil becomes an outlaw from justice when she faces off against the menace of the sinister His Master’s Voice.
“Dynamite wanted to go big and back to basics for the 50th anniversary, and that’s just what we’ve done,” writer Torunn Grønbekk tells Red Alert. “Red Sonja is being hunted through the realm, suspected of a murder she didn’t commit, and pursued by a mysterious presence that seemingly wants to kill her. She doesn’t know how it is connected to the dark plague spreading from Vestfold, but she soon realises that unless she takes action, more people will die.