Red Sonja: Unchained #3

The cover of Red Sonja: Unchained #3 puts the She-Devil in a genuinely dire situation — shackled in chains, kneeling on a rune-etched floor while a looming shadow falls across her from behind, she still manages to look defiant rather than defeated. Mel Rubi's pencils and inks capture every tense detail, from the torchlit dungeon setting to the wrist manacles and the fur-trimmed armor that have become Sonja's trademark. This 2013 Dynamite entry promises high-stakes sword-and-sorcery with a heroine who clearly isn't going down without a fight.