Red Sonja No. 4
date: label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: maker
content: Marvel Comics
notes: label: Description
content: Red Sonja was first introduced in 1973 within Marvel Comics popular adaptation of author Robert E. Howard's fantasy hero Conan the Barbarian. After headlining a story arc in the comic Marvel Feature the fire haired heroine was given her own comic in 1977.
label: Description
content: Marvel's Red Sonja, the "she-devil with a sword," is 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, she has been the subject of numerous interpretations, including a 1985 film starring Bridgette Nielson.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Fantasy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George R. Zug
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3039.291
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3039
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3039.291
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; x 17.145 cm x 26.035 cm