Red Sonja #45

Red Sonja strides forward on this Paul Renaud cover with two bloodied blades in hand, her fur-lined cape billowing behind her against a brooding crimson sky — a silent army of soldiers stretching across the darkened horizon at her back. The She-Devil with a Sword looks utterly undaunted, her gaze fixed with the kind of cold confidence that suggests the battle behind her went exactly as she intended. Brian Reed and Walter Geovani's 2009 Dynamite run continues here, and covers like this are a fine reminder of why Sonja remains one of sword-and-sorcery's most compelling figures.