Queen Sonja Vol. 4: Son of Set

Queen Sonja (Collected Editions)

by Arvid Nelson, Edgar Salazar (Artist)

Thulsa Doom's evil snake-god, Set, is bringing him back from the grave so Doom can have vengeance on Sonja. But Set has his own hidden agenda. As Doom rises from the hellish depths to smash Sonja's palace, Sonja is lucky just to escape with all her limbs attached. Doom owes a heavy debt to his god Set for his new-found power. Set didn't revive Thulsa out of charity; it needs the undead sorcerer to carry out a horrific rite that can only be performed once every thousand years. The results of this dark ritual? Only Set knows the full truth... The Queen Sonja Volume 4 TP collects issues #16-20 the "Son of Set" storyline], along with a complete cover gallery.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, High Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics Manga

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2012

About the author

Arvid has worked on everything from film to video games, but he’s best known for his original comics title, Rex Mundi, published by Dark Horse Comics. The Band of the Crow has occupied his creative memory banks ever since Rex Mundi ended.

Reviews

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Continuing the story of Sonja, Queen of Sogaria. A made-up empire that never appeared in the original stories, and while Conan eventually became a king, Sonja makes kind of a crappy queen.

Now that we're done with flashbacks to teen Sonja, we're back to Sonja defending her kingdom. Who shows up but our old friend, Thulsa Doom? Thulsa is a servant of Set, and he and his magical sugar daddy get along awesomely with their sudden inevitable betrayals.

Again, the mythos here is just made up as the author is going along. Set makes no more sense in this setting than Odin and Thor, though at least I think Set appeared in Robert E. Howard's stories.

Sonja, still sitting on the throne wearing a chainmail bikini, with her personal guard consisting of hot chicks wearing plate mail bikinis. I'm all for cheesecake, but the dialog, and particularly the sudden character shifts in Thulsa Doom and his god, were not well written even by the cheesy standards of this series.

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 4 out of 5]

The saga of Queen Sonja continues, as we get to see past and present foes combine against her, while the lonely warrior faces one difficult choice after another.
Pretty unputdownable read. Fantastic art.
Definitely recommended.

[C.T. Phipps · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm going to say I think QUEEN SONJA: SON OF SET is the weakest of the Queen Sonja series despite the fact I enjoy Thulsa Doom as a character. He basically comes back to life, as Thulsa Doom is prone to do, and proceeds to wreck a horrifying revenge on Sonja and her kingdom. He's so successful in fact that it actually causes Sonja's queendom to feel like a failure and I hate that.

The ending, in particular, where all the women in the city are impregnated by Set before exile is something I also feel like is a major downer. I think Sonja would have looked for a "cure" for that no matter what your opinions on a certain controversial political subject.

Sometimes, you can get too dark in a series and it undermines enjoyment.

[Timo · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a crappy story with clumsy art. Thulsa Doom is way too much used enemy. Hopefully next one is better because Queen Sonja started so good.

[Gareth Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

An average story with decidedly poor art compared to previous volumes. There are interesting parts with Thulsa's revenge but its a by the book story with few surprises. Gail Simones new Red Sonja is leagues ahead of this stuff.