Usually, I'm all about getting cheap comics, but this was part of a fistful that cost me a bit more than I wanted. But I'd never seen this one before, it lured me in! From 1995, Red Sonja: Scavenger Hunt #1, written by Glenn Herdling, layouts by Ken Lashley, finishes by Harry Candelario. With a fistful of assists: Alex Jubran, Daniel Horn, Joe Pimentel, R Micheletti, Harry Candelario, Edde Wagner, Grant Nelson, Hector Gomez; and a cover from Greg and Tim Hildebrandt.
Although I like Lashley's art, the cover really carries this one: it's a 36-page fetch quest, as Sonja gets sucked into said 'scavenger hunt' after killing a handsy brute at a bar. Or possibly, um, a more adult establishment. Lotta whores in there for a Conan-era bar; but it does set up the line "The legs of a street-walker aren't meant for running," which is a savage burn. The search is on for a fallen warrior woman's mystical suit of armor, although in the usual Red Sonja, sword-and-sorcery tradition, that armor covers less skin than your mom's swimsuit.
Sonja teams up with the "diminutive Pict" Freyda, and meets three other warrior women on the journey; and it's probably not a spoiler to say it doesn't go great for most of them. There's a bit of a twist and some ironic comeuppance in the end, but it's nothing amazing.
Yeesh! I'm glad Ken Lashley's art has come a looooooonnnnngggg way since the 90's, because his work back then has not aged well.
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