July 13, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Red Sonja is slashing right into her new 50th anniversary-celebrating series on a high mark, with impressive orders from fans and retailers.
Due to excitement from readers and confident support from retail partners, the first issue has confirmed orders following "Final Order Cutoff" in excess of 72,000 copies. In anticipation of enthusiastic advance reorders and more fans picking up the book in stores following release and word of mouth, Dynamite is currently set to initially print a total of over 85,000 copies.
Writer Torunn Grønbekk (Thor, Realm of X) and longtime franchise artist Walter Geovani are crafting an incredible tale for fans new and old, exploring a Red Sonja on the run as she ruminates on everything that has gotten her to this point, what her destiny holds, and where she will venture next. With the kinetic art style of Geovani and blazing action, it's the perfect encapsulation of the character's five decades of fun, and a path forward.
It's all wrapped with a bow nicely by a range of absolutely stunning covers by superstars like Shannon Maer, Jim Cheung, Jenny Frison, Kevin Eastman, Mike Mignola, Alan Quah, Bryan Hitch, and more. Subsequent issues feature even more heavy hitters like Joshua Middleton, Frank Cho, Stephen Platt, InHyuk Lee, and more to come.
Retailers are able to place advance reorders now. With more news coming surrounding San Diego Comic Con, more fans are expected to turn their eyes toward the She-Devil and want to follow her latest brand new adventures.
Red Sonja #1 is in stores July 19, everywhere comics are sold.
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About Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, Red Sonja, James Bond, Warlord of Mars, Nancy Drew, A Game of Thrones, Elvira, Pathfinder, Disney franchises including Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library with over 3,000 characters (which includes the Harris Comics and Chaos Comics properties), such as Vampirella, Pantha, Draculina, Evil Ernie, Chastity, Purgatori, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. In addition to their critically-acclaimed titles and bestselling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high-profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Gail Simone, Christopher Priest, Brandon Sanderson, Leah Moore, Kevin Smith, David F. Walker, Vita Ayala, Greg Weisman, Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Pierce Brown, Mark Russell, Charlaine Harris, Amy Chu, Reginald Hudlin, Nancy Collins, Jim Butcher, Greg Pak, Jenny Frison, Matt Wagner, and a host of up-and-coming new talent. Dynamite is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book publishers and several of their titles - including Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's Project Superpowers - have debuted in the Top Ten lists produced by Diamond Comics Distributors. In 2005, Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%), and again in 2011. The company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards, including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards. |
