VAMPIRELLA/RED SONJA VOL 1.: THESE DARK SYNCHRONICITIES - graphic novel

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 It only makes sense to put two of the sexiest female comic book characters (or at least the two female comic book characters with the sexiest outfits) together in one book.  Red Sonja, the bikini chain-mail clad barbarian finds herself in the future and Vampirella, the alien from Drakulon, finds herself in the past. Why? Who cares ... it's just a means to get the two of them together.

It is Russia in 1969. With the help of the Generation Stone, Sonja finds herself in this strange world at this even stranger time.  Vampirella learns of this stranger cutting a swathe through the cold tundra and meets up with Sonja. The two get a long famously and go about with a mission they have in mind.  Two buxom babes in skimpy outfits under one cover!

This duo story is followed up with a pair of shorts, each woman with her own story to tell.

The duo story was mediocre at best.  Red Sonja dealing with the Russian space race? Ummm ... that's really reaching.  Why does she need to be brought out of her time to deal with something so completely foreign to her brain?  Would it not have been easier to send Vampirella back in time for a team-up?

In any case, the art was bad enough to make the book difficult to read no matter how good (or bad) the story.

These are, without a doubt, two of the sexiest women in comics.  There have been a lot of artists who have drawn the comics over the decades and one of the earliest who was superb was José Gonzales.


The same can be said for Red Sonja. One of the most famous interpretations being by Frank Thorne.

But this is how the pair appears here:








Everyone has their own perception of beauty so perhaps this is a style you will appreciate.  For me, who read the early Vampirella and Red Sonja comics, this doesn't stand up well at all.

Looking for a good book? The idea of teaming up Red Sonja with Vampirella in the graphic novel Vampirella/Red Sonja Vol. 1: These Dark Synchronicities, seems great in theory, but the actual product isn't likely to get anyone interested in reading more of either of these great characters.

2 stars

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Vampirella/Red Sonja Vol. 1: These Dark Synchronicities

author: Jordie Bellaire

artist: Drew Moss

publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

ISBN: 9781524115180

paperback, 160 pages


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