A wedding, thieves, a wizard and a dragon all add up to trouble, and a mystery to solve, for our She-Devil With A Sword in this one-shot comic.

You may, like me, be expecting this to be Sonja in a typically noir setting, particularly given that at least one of the variant covers (not mine, obviously, which features Molly Stewart cosplaying as the eponymous swordswoman) plays on that idea. Disappointingly, that’s not the case, and the story doesn’t feel particularly noir-esque either.

Sure, there’s a mystery for Sonja to dig into, as well as some good, old fashioned betrayal too. But other than that, there’s not really much in the way of noir elements, which is pretty disappointing.

That said, if you adjust your expectations accordingly and go in knowing that this is a one-off adventure for Red Sonja, then it’s a very fun issue. It is all very fast paced and the mystery is wrapped up neatly by the end, and perhaps there could have been more room for the story to breathe.

It does deliver on being a solid slice of fantasy action though, and what more can we ask when it comes to Red Sonja?

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