Cover: Joseph Michael Linsner

Red Sonja Attacks Mars #4

Jul 2025 · Dynamite Entertainment · 4.99 USD

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Red Sonja Attacks Mars #4 is the concluding chapter of Dynamite Entertainment's second Red Sonja/Mars Attacks crossover miniseries, completing a genre experiment that deliberately fuses Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age sword-and-sorcery with the grotesque, darkly comedic aesthetics of Topps' 1962 Mars Attacks trading card mythology. The issue introduces the composite villain MAR-SET-AHKS — a Martian invader possessed by the ancient serpent god Set and accompanied by snake-filled Martian mummies — marking the first appearance of that mashup antagonist and a genuinely novel synthesis of two otherwise incompatible fictional cosmologies. As a four-issue capper to a sequel that itself grew out of the 2020 Mars Attacks Red Sonja series, issue #4 represents the full arc of Dynamite's effort to build a sustained shared-universe mythology between the She-Devil with a Sword and the big-brained Martian invaders. Its cardstock-covered, polybagged format — designed to echo the original trading card packaging of Mars Attacks — also situates the issue within a deliberate conversation about the medium's own nostalgia and collectible history.

artist, inker, colorist Joseph Michael Linsner · cover Joseph Michael Linsner

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History

The series was written by Jay Stephens, known for his horror-comedy work on Dwellings and Tales from the Abyss, and drawn by Fran Strukan, who had also illustrated the original 2020 Mars Attacks Red Sonja miniseries written by John Layman — giving the sequel a direct visual continuity with its predecessor. Stephens was announced as writer in December 2024, with the series solicited in Diamond's January 2025 Previews catalog and the first issue shipping in March 2025; issue #4 followed in July 2025 as the series finale. In a creative choice meant to honor the property's roots, Dynamite packaged the series' first issue — and its variant covers by Joseph Michael Linsner, Jae Lee, and Greg Land — as cardstock, polybagged editions each containing an exclusive collectible trading card, deliberately mirroring the original Topps Mars Attacks card format from 1962.

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Issue #4 is the fourth and final chapter of the Red Sonja Attacks Mars four-issue miniseries published by Dynamite Entertainment, with a cover-dated release of July 23, 2025.
Written by Jay Stephens (Dwellings, Tales from the Abyss) with interior art by Fran Strukan, who also illustrated the predecessor 2020 series Mars Attacks Red Sonja (written by John Layman).
First appearance of MAR-SET-AHKS: a Martian invader possessed by the Hyborian serpent god Set, emerging flanked by snake-filled Martian mummies as the story's climactic villain.
The White Apemen of Mount Bori — creatures from Conan/Hyborian Age lore — appear as allies of Red Sonja in the final battle against the Arean (Martian) Invaders.
Cover artists for the standard and variant editions include Joseph Michael Linsner (Cover A), Jae Lee & June Chung (Cover B), and Greg Land (Cover C), with additional incentive variants available at 1:10, 1:15, and 1:20 ratios.
Red Sonja Attacks Mars is a direct sequel to the 2020 Dynamite miniseries Mars Attacks Red Sonja (written by John Layman, art by Fran Strukan), which first established the Hyborian Age Martian-invasion mythology.
The series as a whole was published with cardstock covers and polybagged issues — especially issue #1 — each containing exclusive collectible trading cards, explicitly homaging the original 1962 Topps Mars Attacks trading card set (artwork by Wally Wood and Norman Saunders).
The miniseries blends three genres — Hyborian Age sword-and-sorcery, retro science fiction, and horror-comedy — drawing on Stephens' stated creative influences including the work of original Mars Attacks card painter Norman Saunders.