She made a few appearances in Conan the Barbarian, The Savage Sword of Conan, and Kull and the Barbarians before finally getting her own solo series in 1975. One issue later, Conan declared that she was his equal. That was the author’s ambition and, in Conan the Barbarian #23, their last book together, Thomas and Smith introduced Red Sonja as she was wielding a sword against guards, wearing a long-sleeved chain mail shirt. She could battle at his side and keep her feminine side. Red Sonja was to be a fierce warrior that could be Conan’s match. Howard’s short story “The Shadow of the Vulture.” With artist Barry Windsor-Smith, Thomas created Red Sonja, a character that was loosely based on Red Sonya of Rogatino from Robert E. At the beginning of 1973, the Conan the Barbarian series was a success and writer Roy Thomas wanted to expand Marvel’s sword and sorcery line with a spin-off title.
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