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Dynamite Publish Red Sonja Attacks Mars by Jay Stephens in March 2025

Dynamite Entertainment to publish Red Sonja Attacks Mars by Jay Stephens in March 2025

Published Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:57:08 -0600

Article Summary

Red Sonja Attacks Mars sequel by Jay Stephens debuts in March 2025 from Dynamite Entertainment.
Features covers by Jae Lee, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Greg Land, with accompanying trading cards.
Sonja battles Martian invaders, serpent-men, and ancient monster-gods across Hyrkania.
A blend of retro science fiction, sword and sorcery action, and dark comedy awaits fans.

A few years ago, Dynamite published the Mars Attacks Red Sonja crossover and is now doing a sequel, Red Sonja Attacks Mars, written by Dwellings' Jay Stephens, a mystery artist and covers by Jae Lee, Joseph Michael Linsner and Greg Land. And to mirror the history of Mars attacks, each cardstock covered polybagged issue will come with a trading card.

"Sonja is serving out a life-debt when she discovers a sinister prophecy of cosmic foulness from beyond the stars. To stop the imminent destruction of the whole world and her beloved Hyrkania, she must trek from the deserts in the south all the way to the northern shores of the Vilayet Sea. There she will go toe to toe with the big-headed insidious invaders back once more from Mars. Along the way she will face trials too, serpent-men, metamorlocks, and ancient monster-gods in her path. Horror and humor master Jay Stephens, beloved for his genius series Dwellings and contributions to new titles like Tales from the Abyss, writes this new series and is joined by returning artist Fran Strukan. The cross-genre flavors of retro science fiction, sword and sorcery action, and dark comedy are all whipped up into a special Neapolitan twist of entertaining comics brilliance that will have readers crying "ACK ACK!" for more!

"I'm having such a blast! It feels like you could see me drooling over my Norman Saunders (the original Mars Attacks! card creator) art book, which I do more often than would be considered sane," said writer Jay Stephens. "Campy, horrifying, mid-century, and notorious does seem to be my vibe. I'm always striving for that reimagined nostalgia… a sort of irreverent reverence for the things that haunted me as a kid."