When Sonja rescues a woman from wolves in the forest, she believes that she’s saved her life. However, thanks to a deal with a demanding boy, who lives at the top of a beanstalk, the woman is far from safe. Sonja takes it upon herself to change the town’s arrangement, and take care of the beanstalk’s inhabitant, for good.

The story itself, with a script by Jordan Clark, cleverly incorporates elements mostly from Jack and the Beanstalk, but with references to a few other fairy tales too.

Andres Labrada’s expressive art keeps the tone light and appealing, but isn’t afraid to lean towards the grotesque when needed.

I really enjoyed this one shot, but I was hugely frustrated when I found that the last section of pages was just one double page spread of ads after another, when it felt like the story was going to continue beyond the page it actually ended on.

Still, that’s a minor gripe for this fun, one-and-done comic that doesn’t require any prior knowledge to enjoy at all.

Many thanks to Empire Comics in Portsmouth, where I found a copy of Red Sonja: Fairy Tales for a very cheap price.

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