Line #0 Awesome/RedSonja


1	!!Marvel Comics
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3	* In Red Sonja's first appearance, Conan the Barbarian 23# "Shadow of the Vulture", she rescues Conan the Barbarian not just once but twice. The first time by letting him in the city she's captain of the guard of and then rescuing him when he's a prisoner of some bandits working for the mysterious Vulture.
4	* In Sonja's first appearance in ''Marvel Feature'' has her single-handedly steal the Serpent Tiara from an army, get captured by her treacherous employer for his RoyalHarem, stab him with his own dagger, and then defeat TheDragon in single combat.
5	* Sonja actually rescues a ''unicorn'' from captivity and rides it away from the warlord who wants to steal its horn.
6	* Her famous team up with Spider-Man against Kulan Gath that was so popular, it was a team up that happened a second time.
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8	!!Dynamite Comics
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10	* Red Sonja in "Birth of The She-Devil" making it a years-long quest to be TheAtoner for letting a young girl get enslaved by a mad SocialDarwinist. This involves killing a Sultan, killing a giant squid, making peace with her hated foster foster, and slaying his army of mad drug-upped followers.
11	** This comic also has great moment where Red Sonja responds to being offered the queenship of a realm by saying, "I am no lady" but giving her rescued young woman the option instead. She also suggests the king to get to know her before marrying her.
12	* Red Sonja in "Queen of Plagues" has several:
13	** Gail Simone's revisiting of her origin story has her hunt down and butcher every one of the raiders who destroyed her village at age fourteen, using a combination of bowmanship and her knowledge of the land.
14	** Red Sonja manages to defeat a group of murderous raiders while blinded by the plague. She does so by listening for their splashing around in the water and smelling the Deep Ones.
15	** She manages to play detective enough to deduce the plague is actually a poison being used to take over the region [[spoiler: and the king's son is responsible for it]]. It highlights that Red Sonja is not just a magnificent warrior but also a brilliant mind as well despite her DumbMuscle reputation in Gail Simone's series.
16	* In ''The Art of Blood and Fire'', Sonja takes a job from a Stygian NephariousPharaoh in order to free 1000 slaves in exchange for throwing him the biggest party ever. This requires her traveling across the land and dealing with bog cannibals, crooked guardsman extorting prostitutes, an evil beastmaster, and more. When the Pharoah proves reluctant to honor her word, her friends all team up to help overthrow him.
17	* In ''The Forgiving of Monsters'', Sonja has several.
18	** Sonja destroys her sword hands, which results in a mortal injury, rather than harm an innocent under a curse.
19	** Sonja's friends get one of their own when they all come to rescue her.
20	** Sonja manages to defeat Death itself in single combat by attacking the space between her chainmail bikini (Death is choosing Sonja herself as AFormYouAreComfortableWith).
21	** Sonja forgives the final member of the war band that slaughtered her family to let herself have peace.
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23	!![[Film/RedSonja 1985 Film]]
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25	* The battle between the holy warrior women and Gedren's attacking army in the opening scene. True the ladies eventually lost, but they acquitted themselves well while fighting at equal numbers, it's only after being outnumbered that they lose.
26	* Kalidor making quick work of Gedren's soldiers who followed Varna, beheading the last of them in slow motion.
27	* Kalidor and Sonja fight in a BestHerToBedHer sword duel, and the both of them display their very best. They are truly equals and fight till exhaustion, and end the thing on a draw.
28	* He may be an annoying RoyalBrat most of the time, but you've got to be impressed by Prince Tarn's BadassBoast. You go little prince, you go!
29	--> '''Prince Tarn:''' Now hear me, Gedren! It is I, Prince Tarn of Hablok... Here to revenge myself on the tyrant of Burkubane!
30	* Sonja confronts Gedren in a final sword duel, skewers her and throws her in the lava rift the Talisman opened, before throwing the Talisman itself in it.

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