Red Sonja / Conan: The Blood of a God

This was a good story of sword and sorcery. I really enjoyed the story arc and the artwork was excellent.

I would actually give this 2 & 1/2 stars if being honest. It wasn't bad but certainly wasn't great. I like the Conan/Red Sonja book by Gail Simone better than this one. The artwork on this didn't help it out any. The one thing I did find appealing is that it actually continued the story from the Simone book. The initial villain is really weak, though.

Short but fun to read. Remind me of the old movies from 80s. If they draw them like the old days they would be more successful

The product was in good condition, the price was right and it arrived quickly.

Honestly, I was really disappointed by this one. Conan and Red Sonja had an extremely nuanced and interesting relationship inside the Roy Thomas comics. Conan desired her tremendously but Red Sonja just flat out didn't much care for the Cimmerian despite his inhuman charisma with the ladies. I think Roy actually pointed out every time he had Sonja attracted to a man, it turned out to be a harmless pretty boy in her own series. It makes sense, after all, not everyone is into the beefcake.Sadly, this is a fairly paint-by-the-numbers story and Sonja seems ready to get busy with Conan from the get go but they're interrupted. Personally, I wouldn't believe either of them would let that get in the way of their fun time if they were both down to rut. However, there's an evil wizard. The evil wizard has an army. He has an evil scheme. There's ANOTHER evil wizard involved. It ends with a fight.Ho hum.It's disappointing as a title with Sonja and Conan both should be epic.

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This review originally published in [...] Rated 3.5 of 5Conan and Red Sonja, together again? Absolutely! And it works!I've been a fan of the Conan stories since reading the Robert E. Howard books and stories back in the 70's. Then I followed that up with the really excellent comics published by Marvel. But as with almost any good thing, the market seemed to get glutted with Conan - new books, new comics - and I lost interest. I've picked up a few <em>Conan</em> graphic novels and thumbed through them, but wasn't very impressed. But when this became available for review I thought I'd give it a try.Conan and Sonja are both captains of some mercenary soldiers who have hired on to help a small kingdom fight off a wizard in a neighboring kingdom. When the local king wants to choose one captain to lead the mercenary army, Conan and Sonja step up to be co-captains, and of course must first fend off some foolish men who think that <em>they</em> should captain the army. Once the captaincy is decided, Conan and Red move their army out. When they camp for the night, giant monsters attack the captain duo. Monsters send by the wizard of the soon-to-be-invaded kingdom.The wizard's blind adviser warns the wizard that Sonja and Conan could bring the wizard to ruin, but hubris gets in the way, the wizard confident he can fend of the Hyborean barbarians. Indeed, the wizard send an entire army of monsters and nearly everyone on the field of battle lies dead. Except Conan and Red Sonja. Though Conan doesn't see Sonja's body and presumes she is dead as well, so Conan continues on toward the castle. Sonja crawls out from under some bodies to find looters already going through the pouches of the dead. She gets the story of the battle from these observers' eyes, and heads off after Conan.Conan and Sonja catch up to the wizard, but there is something that gets revealed to the pair and they have yet an even bigger fight, just for their very survival.This book definitely had a sense of adventure and excitement and just the right amount of fighting to feel like I'm reading a classic<em> Conan</em> story. The wizard and his secret is not too unexpected if you've read this sort of story before, but it works in just the right way.What doesn't work quite so well is the personalities of Sonja and Conan. While both have always been a bit arrogant it has typically come across as confidence - knowing their skills and not afraid to talk about it. But here it comes across as hubris - particularly with Conan. When he's fighting, he's classic Conan. When he's not fighting, he's bragging and boasting, which just doesn't feel right.The artwork is fine. For the most part it works. At times it doesn't come across very well. Sonja alternates from a tough fighting warrior woman to a cutesy little girl (which is not how I ever picture her) and Conan sometimes has the classic Romita/Buscema/Alcala look and sometimes he looks Native American. Inconsistent, but over-all, worth looking at.This was a fun romp in the Conan/Red Sonja world and made me want to read some of the original stories again.Looking for a good book? <em>Red Sonja/Conan: The Blood of a God</em> is a graphic novel that is a decent throw-back to the classic Conan comics that Marvel once published and is worth picking up to read.I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

"The wrath of the mighty Conan is the stuff of stories. As is the wrath of the fire-haired Red Sonja. Imagine the storm of fury when two such legends are roused to anger." Exactly, and roused they most certainly are.This collection of four issues of Gischler's Conan/Red Sonja comic, (constituting a complete story arc), has everything an enthusiast could want. Conan and Red Sonja team up as mercenaries to defend a Kingdom from the evil sorcerer Kal'Ang. There is repartee, big battles, little battles, swords, bikini armor, some flirty bar talk, a lot of cackling sorcerer monologuing, more battles, evil herblore, creatures, head games, more flirting, and big magical confrontations. In other words, another day at the office for our two most favorite heroes.The whole project has a brisk and comfy feel, with no sour or odd notes, and a cheerfully gung-ho sort of vibe. There is no deep backstory, no cliffhanger, and nothing portentious going on. There's a nasty sorcerer-defeating job to be done, and who you gonna call?So, I'm a big fan of the fire-haired She-Devil, and like Conan well enough in smaller doses like this. The two of them together actually work really well. I think it's because they talk to each other instead of having lonely internal monologues, and that's a much more lively approach, with more opportunity for humor, interesting digressions, and character development.The drawing is fine. Battle scenes are stylized, but work as part of the whole. The heroes are more expressive and detailed than is sometimes the case. It's always clear what's going on, and panels never drift into cartoon land. And, the very generous cover gallery at the end is pretty sharp, even if not as wide ranging among different artists as is sometimes the case.So, a very nice and honestly entertaining find. (Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book in exchange for a candid review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

Great art work great quality as the condition of the hardback is excellent

Good comic book. Interesting plot and nice artists!

Se você já conhece os dois personagens e está em busca de uma aventura descompromissada com os dois, vale a pena comprar. Mas esteja ciente de que a história é bem simples, apenas um fundo para unir os dois personagens e colocá-los no meio de situações épicas, lutando em batalhas, enfrentando feiticeiros e etc.A arte é bonita e limpa, COnan e SOnja são facilmente reconheciveis e estão bem representados.Vale ressaltar que este volume serve como uma e'spécie de continuação do último encontro entre os personagens.Volume divertido que serve como uma leitura rápida para aqueles que já conhecem os personagens e estão famintos por mais.

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Aun que la historia no sea la más memorable de los personajes, es entretenida y viene en una excelente presentación, pasta dura con arte de Alex Ross.