Red Sonja: Age of Chaos #1 (Dynamite)

Red Sonja: Age of Chaos #1 (Dynamite)

Erik Burnham (w) Jonathan Lau (a)

As if there wasn't enough Red Sonja comics to buy at the moment Dynamite have launched yet another mini-series (and one more has already been solicited) this time featuring our favourite redhead with the characters of the old Chaos Comics universe that the company purchased the rights to a while back sans Lady Death which remains the property of her original creator Brian Pulido.

I mention this because it does make a difference the replacement Mistress Hel isn't really up to the mark and the new interpretation of Evil Ernie doesn't impress either. Of all the old Chaos characters I still think Chastity is the only one with potential. At least she appears in this oddball crossover.

The story involves a remnant of the evil sorcerer Kulan Gath who just won't stay dead. Red Sonja had cast his last remnants into the ocean way back in the Hyborian age but as continents change and seas rise and fall this relic has ended up in a museum in New York.

Mistress Hel sets her fellow Chaos villains against each other to collect the relic and gain it's power. meanwhile back in the distant past Chastity is somehow lurking where Red Sonja walks.

Not a bad story at all but Dynamite are over-exposing and over -using Red Sonja. Even a completist like me is getting weary.

As usual this issue is published with a multitude of alternate covers. As a young child once said to his mate in the Forbidden Planet some years ago "It's the same comic inside". Words of wisdom from someone so young. One cover one comic. well maybe a cosplay edition but other than that!

Rating: 4 Stars Recommended despite my criticisms of Chaos reborn.