Red Sonja: Atlantis Rises #1

Dynamite's 2012 miniseries kicks off with a cover by Lucio Parrillo that wastes no time setting the stakes — Red Sonja, clad in her signature scale armor, strains to hold back a glowing green blade wielded by a massive, green-skinned Atlantean warrior, ancient stone columns looming in the murky background. The raw tension between the two figures, and that eerie luminescent weapon, promises a sword-and-sorcery adventure that ventures well beyond Sonja's usual hunting grounds. With Luke Lieberman writing and Max Dunbar on interior art, this opener looks to be a worthy introduction to a world where the legend of Atlantis collides head-on with the She-Devil with a Sword.