Object Details
- Marvel Comics
- Description
- Marvel Feature was created by Marvel Comics as an opportunity to test the popularity of new characters. The second volume of the title, running for seven issues between 1975-1976, featured the female warrior, Red Sonja, a character introduced within the publisher's popular fantasy series featuring author Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian. The fiery haired heroine was a success with readers, leading to the introduction of a self-titled comic in 1977.
- Red Sonja, Marvel's "she-devil with a sword" was loosely inspired by "Red Sonya of Rogatino," a character introduced by Howard in his story The Shadow of the Vulture. Unlike Howard's creation, Marvel's Sonja resides in the same "sword and sorcery" milieu as Conan, living as a mercenary and adventurer. Over the years, the female sword-master has been the subject of numerous interpretations, including a 1985 film starring Bridgette Nielson.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of George R. Zug
- 1976
- ID Number
- 2013.3039.278
- nonaccession number
- 2013.3039
- catalog number
- 2013.3039.278
- Object Name
- comic book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; x 17.145 cm x 26.035 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Comics
- Fantasy
- Record ID
- nmah_1450170
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f150-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
