Red Sonja Attacks Mars #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeRed Sonja Attacks Mars #1 is the direct sequel to Dynamite Entertainment's 2020 crossover miniseries Mars Attacks Red Sonja, making it a continuation of what is, to date, the only sustained comic-book crossover between Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age sword-and-sorcery world and the Mars Attacks! trading-card universe originated by Norman Saunders. The series is notable for deliberately inverting the title dynamic of its predecessor — Sonja now takes the fight to the Martians rather than merely repelling their invasion — which shifts her from reactive defender to cosmic aggressor, a narrative stance that broadens the range of adventure contexts available to the character. As a genre-bending experiment that fuses Conan-era pulp fantasy with mid-century science-fiction horror and dark comedy, it represents Dynamite's ongoing effort to place Red Sonja in wildly heterodox settings without removing her from the Hyborian Age itself.
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The original crossover, Mars Attacks Red Sonja (2020), was written by multi-Eisner Award-winning writer John Layman with art by Fran Strukan, establishing both the fictional premise — Martians invading Hyrkania during the Hyborian Age — and Strukan as the visual anchor for this mashup world. For the sequel, Dynamite brought in horror and dark-comedy writer Jay Stephens (known for Dwellings and Tales From The Abyss) while retaining Strukan as artist, pairing a new creative voice with visual continuity from the first series. Stephens has described his approach as rooted in admiration for the original Mars Attacks! trading card art of Norman Saunders, aiming for what he called 'reimagined nostalgia' — an irreverent affection for mid-century pulp aesthetics. The first issue was solicited in the January 2025 Diamond Previews catalog and shipped on March 19, 2025, with colors by Miroslav Mrva and lettering by Carlos M. Mangual.
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- Published by Dynamite Entertainment; released March 19, 2025; rated Teen+; 32 full-color pages on cardstock covers.
- Written by Jay Stephens (Dwellings, Tales From The Abyss); interior art by Fran Strukan; colors by Miroslav Mrva; lettering by Carlos M. Mangual.
- Cover A by Joseph Michael Linsner, Cover B by Jae Lee (with June Chung colors), Cover C by Greg Land — all three covers were also issued as polybagged editions, each including an exclusive trading card featuring the respective cover art free of trade dress, a deliberate homage to the original Mars Attacks! trading card format.
- The series is a direct sequel to the 2020 Dynamite miniseries Mars Attacks Red Sonja, written by John Layman with art by Fran Strukan; issue #1 opens with an in-story recap of the prior miniseries for new readers.
- The opening chapter places Red Sonja mid-life-debt in the Hyborian Age when she uncovers a prophecy of Martian invasion, sending her on a journey from the deserts south of Hyrkania northward to the shores of the Vilayet Sea — the first issue introduces undead/reanimated Martian soldiers as a threat within the Hyborian landscape.
- The series blends sword-and-sorcery, retro science fiction, and dark comedy; antagonists across the run include serpent-men, metamorlocks, Martian pirates, apemen, and ancient monster-gods — a roster of genre mashup creatures unique to this crossover.
- An ashcan preview edition (20 pages, 5.5" x 8.5", cover by Joseph Michael Linsner) was distributed ahead of the main release on approximately March 12, 2025.
- The series ran to at least four issues (through at least July 23, 2025, per League of Comic Geeks listings), maintaining the same creative team of Stephens and Strukan throughout.
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