In RED SONJA: THE PRICE OF BLOOD #3, available from Dynamite Comics on February 17th, 2021, Red Sonja carries out her mission to kill the corrupt Governor and his General, but a well-planned trap wipes out her team and puts her in a dungeon to await the gallows. Can Red Sonja escape the hangman’s noose?
The Details
- Written By: Luke Lieberman
- Art By: Walter Geovani
- Colors By: Adriano Lucas
- Letters By: Luke Lieberman
- Cover Art By: Arthur Suydam
- Cover Price: $3.99
- Release Date: February 17, 2021
Was It Good?
It was mediocre. Not great, not terrible. The big down for this issue that keeps it from rising above a middle-of-the-road entry is the lackluster art and predictable story.
What’s It About?
[SPOILERS AHEAD]
We begin with Red Sonja and her team scoping out the campgrounds where the General is stationed. The great insult is the use of the fairgrounds where the General’s soldiers slaughtered so many innocents during the recent festival.
Sonja plans to ambush the Governor when he comes to visit the camp. Yfat prepares for the ambush by fashioning a blade with instant-kill poison for Sonja to use on the Governor.
As the Governor’s carriage approaches on the road to the campgrounds. Sonja’s crew attacks, but it’s a trap. The carriage is a decoy and hordes of soldiers are waiting in the woods. Sonja and Yfat manage to escape but every one of Sonja’s friends is killed. However, Sonja manages to throw the poison dagger at the Governor who’s gloating nearby, killing him.
Angry and grieving, Sonja plans to sneak into the camp to kill the Governor’s General, but Yfat stops her at the last minute with a knockout dart. In what appears to be a double-cross, Yfat turns Sonja over to the General to collect a hefty reward.
Sonja goes on trial for the killing of the Governor and other assorted crimes. When she’s unsurprisingly sentenced to death, she’s lead to the gallows to be hanged.
Does Sonja escape? Without spoiling anything, you can probably guess what happens next. It’s not a bad ending, but it’s not particularly original or surprising.
Final Thoughts
RED SONJA: THE PRICE OF BLOOD #3, available from Dynamite Comics on February 17th, 2021, blows Sonja’s best-laid plans all to hell. The art is a bit flat, and the story is a bit cliché, but the story wraps up cleanly with Sonja [SPOILER] living to fight another day.
Score: 6.5/10
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