Red Sonja #10 1987 Turkish Comic Turkey Cover #14 - #10 Indiana Jones #12

Red Sonja – Issue #10 – Turkish Edition, Alfa Yayınları (1987)

Description:

This is Issue #10 of the Red Sonja comic series published in Turkey by Alfa Yayınları between 1986 and 1987. The Turkish run consisted of a total of 13 issues, printed in Turkish and in black and white. This particular issue was published in 1987 and reflects the flexible and commercially driven editorial practices typical of Turkish comic publishing in the 1980s.

As with many issues in this series, the cover artwork does not correspond to the interior content. Visual appeal and recognizability were prioritized over narrative continuity. The cover of this issue reproduces the artwork from the original U.S. edition Red Sonja (1977, 1st Series, Marvel) #14, published in 1979. However, the story from that issue is not included in this Turkish edition.

Instead, the interior content is compiled from different series and storylines, combining Red Sonja material with Indiana Jones adventures, a common practice in Turkish comic publications of the period.

The included stories and their original sources are:

• “Yabancılar” – originally from Red Sonja (3rd Series) #10

• “Indiana Jones: Dördüncü Çivi” Part 2

• “Indiana Jones: Ölüm Kayalığı” – originally from The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #12

Although marketed under the Red Sonja title, this issue once again features substantial Indiana Jones content. The presence of Indiana Jones stories alongside a sword-and-sorcery heroine like Red Sonja highlights how Turkish publishers freely mixed licensed properties, often disregarding original series boundaries and continuity.

Red Sonja, a warrior heroine rooted in the Hyborian Age and closely associated with the Conan mythos, appears here alongside Indiana Jones, a pulp-era adventure archaeologist from an entirely different narrative universe. This juxtaposition provides a clear example of the editorial freedom exercised by Turkish publishers during the 1980s, where cover art served as the main commercial hook and interior content was assembled independently.

Key Features:

• Series: Red Sonja (Alfa Yayınları Turkish Edition, 1986–1987 run)

• Issue Number: Issue #10

• Publisher: Alfa Yayınları

• Publication Year: 1987

• Publication Period: 1986–1987

• Language: Turkish

• Format: Softcover comic

• Printing: Black and white

• Cover Source: Red Sonja (1977 1st Series Marvel) #14 (1979)

• Stories Included:
Yabancılar – Red Sonja (3rd Series) #10
Indiana Jones: Dördüncü Çivi Part 2
Indiana Jones: Ölüm Kayalığı – The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #12

• Notable Detail: Cover and interior stories do not match; includes Indiana Jones material despite being published as a Red Sonja issue

• Series Scope: 13 issues published in Turkey