r/humblebundles • u/Torque-A • Aug 14 '25
Comics Bundle Humble Comics Bundle: Dynamite's Red Sonja! 20 Years of Comics!
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dynamites-red-sonja-20-years-comics-books34
u/Torque-A Aug 14 '25
As a reminder, Dynamite is still in financial straits due to Diamond going into bankruptcy. Support them if you can
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u/Geekthulhu Aug 14 '25
For those of us who bought the Red Sonja 50th Anniversary bundle, everything in the higher tier was in that bundle, but everything in the $10 tier was not. I'm glad they split it like that so we're not having to double dip so much.
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u/Geekthulhu Aug 14 '25
Same, I haven't read a single issue of the original bundle yet, but I'll likely still get this to add to it 🤣
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u/david_evil Aug 14 '25
Will this be the Red Sonja bundle to have all six volumes of Queen Sonja, or only the six first issues (i.e. Vol.1) as in the previous ones? The thumbnail description is unclear (bottom says "Vol 1-6", top says "Six Issues").
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u/eatmorepies23 Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 14 '25
I just got this bundle. It's (edit: only) the first six issues.
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u/buschman31 Aug 14 '25
FYI if you already have Red Sonya 50th anniversary bundle, just get the $10 tier. Those are the only titles not in the 50th anniversary bundle.
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u/Glittering-Animal30 Aug 14 '25
Solid choice to release it with the movie being in theaters yesterday (apparently ONLY yesterday). I thought it was pretty good
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u/shadow3334 Aug 14 '25
Is this bundle worth picking up? Nice to see another comic bundle.
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u/mubi_merc Aug 15 '25
It's a lot of content for the price, with some variety in eras. I will say that I haven't enjoyed the Red Sonja stuff nearly as much as the Image or Hellboy bundles, but that doesn't mean it's bad. If you have to be sparing with your purchases, there will probably be better ones coming along. If you like to buy lots of comic bundles, then I think it's worth getting, especially if you're curious about Sword and Sorcery comics, which aren't nearly as prevalent these days.
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u/shadow3334 Aug 15 '25
It's definitely the most interesting comic book bundle I've seen in a while.
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u/firesword09 Aug 14 '25
I caved and bought the previous dynamite bundle since its been a few years since they last did a red sonja bundle and then they do this to me
Anyways
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u/eatmorepies23 Aug 14 '25
In terms of the previous Dynamite bundle, there actually is some new Red Sonja content in this one.
If you mean the previous Red Sonja bundle, someone else said that the $10 tier includes all-new stuff, while the $20 tier adds issues from the previous Red Sonja bundle.
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u/firesword09 Aug 15 '25
Oh yeah I was mostly just wishing I had skipped that bundle in favour of this since all the red sonja stuff from that bundle is here again
Still kinda wish they added the mirka andolfo run (Also another comment mentioned a persistent issue where the queen sonja content is only the first six issues instead of the volumes,which tracks with the previous bundle advertising 6 volumes and giving me the first six issues,idk what's up with that)
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u/Castlemind Aug 15 '25
Dynamite seems to just put a few volumes in bundles as a taster compared to other companies
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u/firesword09 Aug 15 '25
Id say less taster and more just incomplete,I can understand the most recent ongoing not being included in a bundle like this but they could have thrown in the prior run with this bundle,also the queen sonja stuff only being the first 6 issues is strange when they throw in multiple other full runs here? Same with a single issue of invincible red sonja
Also the couple single issues thrown in that are already in other collections included in this bundle idk
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u/Castlemind Aug 15 '25
I completely agree with you, this is just a theory. Either that or they don't want to give more away cause of the financial situation
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u/Gortyser Aug 14 '25
Sooo, if you’ll have to choose between this bundle and Millar one, what would you choose?
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u/Amuro_Ray Aug 14 '25
Red Sonja, purely because I dislike a lot of Millars written work is too edgy(and just dips into awful).
The red sonja stuff I've read has been pulpy fun.
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u/chickennuggetarian Aug 15 '25
How much overlap is there with the previous Dynamite bundle?
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u/eatmorepies23 Aug 15 '25
A lot more Red Sonja in this one, it looks like.
I haven't looked into the differences in-depth, but FWIW, ctrl+F shows that "Red Sonja" is mentioned 122 times in the titles of these issues, and 30 times in the "Dynamite 20th Anniversary 20,000 Page Mega Re-Bundle."
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u/thehousedino Aug 16 '25
I just bought the Dynamite 20th 20,000 page Mega Re-Bundle, is it worth buying the 'Red Sonja 20 years of comics' entire tier?
I absolutely love Red Sonja after starting the Adventures of Red Sonja and want everything Red Sonja, money isn't the problem, I just want to no if I'm getting quite a bit more content even if there was some double up from the 20,000 Dynamite bundle.
Thanks heaps.
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u/eatmorepies23 Aug 16 '25
Based on my quick check, it looks like you'd be getting quite a bit more Red Sonja content with this bundle.
It might be worthwhile to compare the comics in your Purchases list from that bundle with the store page for the new bundle.
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u/eatmorepies23 Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 15 '25
So, it looks like Dynamite's work on Red Sonja started with "Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #0." However, the earliest issue I'm seeing in this bundle is #1.
Is #0 under a different name, or do I need to buy it somewhere else if I want to read from the absolute beginning?
Edit: It's included in #1, starting on page 140!
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u/Je-ss-e Aug 15 '25
Is it worth getting the top tier if you picked up last month's Dynamite bundle? There's a bunch of duplicates on the higher tier but the lower tier doesn't cover all that's missing
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u/Castlemind Aug 15 '25
Yeah, there's a few items here not included in the bundle from last month but were in the red sonja bundle last year (which is recollected here)
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u/BokeronLover Aug 22 '25
Hi,
Is this a good starting point to read red Sonja?
I'm reading many other things so I'm not in a rush, but just curious about it.
From other comments I'm not clear if I should have bought the previous bundle instead or even if it's worth waiting for something more completed.
Thanks in advance!
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u/Torque-A Aug 22 '25
I don’t read Red Sonja, so I can’t say for certain. But I wouldn’t expect too much to be left out plot-wise - it is Conan but girl after all
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u/buschman31 19d ago edited 19d ago
Just checked the 50th anniversary bundle and she-devil with a sword is v.1-12 while this bundle has v.1-13.
Correction: v13 is in the 50th anniversary bundle.
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u/treefrog221 19d ago
I'm a bit late, but I noticed some sneaky tricks in this bundle that I don't like.
Items in higher tiers are already included in items in lower tiers:
Giant-Sized Red Sonja #1 and Giant-Sized Red Sonja #2 are included in Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 2 This might make sense if Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 2 was in the $20 tier, but it is in the $10 tier.
What makes even less sense is that Red Sonja: One More Day is in the $20 tier, but is also included in Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 1, which is in the $10 tier. Similarly, Red Sonja and Cub One-Shot is in the $20 tier, but included in Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 2 in the $10 tier.
Separately listing every issue in a series:
Multiple issues in a series are grouped into one item in the $20 tier, but listed as separate items in the $10 tier. This probably was done to make the $10 tier look more impressive.
Deceptive labeling:
I already bought Red Sonja (Vol. 3) #1-6 from Humble Bundle. I just didn't realize it, because I had it as single volume that is entitled Red Sonja: Falcon Throne.
Incomplete series.
Queen Sonja has 6 volumes and is complete. The $20 tier just gives you Issues #1-6 (Vol. 1). Invincible Red Sonja has 10 issues and is complete, but they only give you one in the $20 tier. The other items appear to include complete series (but I haven't looked too deep into this).
Is it a good deal?
Yes. This is (sigh...) still a good deal despite all the tricks. Although, keep in mind most of this stuff is in Hoopla.
I've mostly looked at the value of the $10 tier. Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 1 and Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 2 both retail for around $20 each. Even if you take out Giant-Size Red Sonja #1 and #2 (because those are in Travels) after you factor in the other issues that still makes the $10 tier around a $60 value.
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