Thanksgiving Turkey RED SONJA "Into the Realm of Darkness" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

...planning to save the world from Queen Gedren's plot to unleash the power of an ancient artifact that could destroy the world, Red Sonja and her allies reach...

Oddly, the comic ends five minutes before the actual end of the movie...

Think the creative women, writer Louise Simonson and penciler Mary Wilshire, just couldn't stomach doing those last few minutes?

BTW, a decade ago, director Robert Rodriguez planned a remake...

...starring his then-paramour Rose McGowan as the chain mail-bikini-clad version of the character, but it died in Development Hell.

in 2015, Rodriguez did produce a motion comic version of Gail Simone's story from Dynamite Comics...

but it's hardly the same.

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Thanksgiving Turkey RED SONJA "Into the Realm of Darkness" Part 2

When Last We Left Sonja and the Barbarian (who isn't Conan, despite being played by the same actor)...

After Queen Gedren and her men kill Sonja's parents and brother, torture her and leave her for dead, a goddess/ghost manifests itself and grants her the strength and skill to avenge herself.

Months later, Gedren attacks the Temple of the Talisman before the warrior-priestesses can destroy the Talisman, a mystical object which has been growing in power and now threatens to destroy the Earth.

The only surviving guard, Varna, tries to escape and is shot by an archer.

But she is rescued by Conan...er...I mean...Kalidor...who then goes to find Varna's sister, Sonja, and bring the warrior-in-training to her mortally-wounded sister...

To Be Continued Saturday at...
Heroines!
Trivia: Sandahl Bergman, who starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian, turned down the role of Red Sonja to play Queen Gedren.

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The Thanksgiving Turkey Cometh...

...and, hoo boy, is it cheesy!

In fact, it's so full of cheese that it takes two RetroBlogs to present it in all its' "glory"!

The action starts at Heroines! on Thanksgiving,  continues here on Black Friday, returns to Heroines! on Saturday, and concludes back here on Sunday!
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Thanksgiving Turkey CONAN THE DESTROYER Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Barbarian...

 ...well, the poster pretty much summarizes the story, so let's jump in as the evil queen's henchman brings the princess back to be sacrificed to the sleeping god Dagoth...

Art by Bob Camp

One thing that may throw readers for a loop is that the Dagoth is colored throughout the comic like a human wearing a leotard instead of a grey stone statue (as in the movie).
So, while he's described as a "sleeping god", without showing him as an immobile statue, the plot point requiring the horn to be inserted to restore his non-stone form is lost!

Working from a screenplay by Stanley Mann based on a plot by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, the adaptation is written by Michael Fleisher and this part of it is laid-out by John Buscema and penciled/inked by Pat Redding, Bob Camp, and Charles Vess!

It appeared in Marvel Super Special #35 (1984) and Conan the Destroyer #2 (1985), but has not been reprinted in the 30 years since, including the various Dark Horse reprint series that purport to be complete re-presentations of all Marvel's Conan material!
BTW, those reprints also leave out the adaptation of the 1982 Conan the Barbarian flick!

Thanksgiving Turkey CONAN THE DESTROYER Part 3

We Have Already Seen...

Conan and his associates are hired by Queen Taramis to assist Princess Jehnna steal a key (which only she can touch) from the wizard Thoth-Anon.
With the key, Jehnna can find the Horn of Dagoth and bring it to Taramis.

However, Taramis has instructed Jehnna's bodyguard, Bombaata, to slay Conan and his entourage once their task is completed.

With the key in hand, Conan and company escape Thoth-Amon's castle, just as it explodes...

Be here tomorrow for the big finale...

Working from a screenplay by Stanley Mann based on a plot by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, the adaptation is written by Michael Fleisher and this part of it is laid-out by John Buscema and penciled/inked by Pat Redding, Bob Camp, and Charles Vess!

It appeared in Marvel Super Special #35 (1984) and Conan the Destroyer #2 (1985), but has not been reprinted in the 30 years since.