Red Sonja #13

Against a stark yellow background, Jae Lee's cover for this 2020 Dynamite issue presents a strikingly composed image: Red Sonja, flame-haired and clad in her signature dark chainmail, seated within the coiling body of a massive, ornately scaled serpent whose head looms above her with tongue extended. The mood is curiously contemplative rather than combative — Sonja appears still, almost at ease, even as the creature wraps around her completely. With Mark Russell's writing and art by Bob Q inside, "Chapter Thirteen: No Victors Here" promises the kind of thoughtful, tension-laden storytelling that has made this run stand out.