Red Sonja #1 [Direct]
(August 1983)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
3
Price
1.00 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.25 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
published 4 times a year
On-sale Date
1983-04-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Marvel Age #3, notes a one month delay from 1983-03-15 shipping date, therefore newsstand on-sale date of 1983-05-05.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Red Sonja / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Larry Hama (sketch); Mary Wilshire (pencils)
Inks
Walter Simonson (credited as Walt Simonson)
Colors
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Red Sonja
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Walt Simonson on Twitter and confirmed by Larry Hama on Facebook. Pencils previously attributed here and elsewhere to Jerry Cocchiola, a former Marvel intern.

While Lovers Embrace--Demons Feed (Table of Contents: 1)

Red Sonja / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Dave Simons
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Christie Scheele (credited as Christy Scheele)
Letters
Janice Chiang

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Red Sonja; Mallus (guest appearance); Aldernal (guest appearance); Baberatus (villain)
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Red Sonja
  2. 1. While Lovers Embrace--Demons Feed
    Red Sonja
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Steve Coates
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Peter Croome
  • Jochen G.
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore