Red Sonja #5 2000 Turkish Comic Turkey #1 Marvel Feature #5 Conan the Barbarian #67 #68

Red Sonja – Issue #5 – Turkish Edition, Alfa Yayınları (2000)

Description:

This is Issue #5 of the Red Sonja comic series published in Turkey by Alfa Yayınları in 2000, continuing the publisher’s 7-issue biweekly run released that year. As with the other issues in this series, it was printed in Turkish and in black and white, despite the original American comics being published in full color. The cover of this issue uses artwork from Marvel Feature #7 (1975) featuring Red Sonja, selected primarily for its visual appeal and recognizability. However, the interior content does not include the story from that original issue, reflecting a common sales-driven editorial practice in Turkish comic publishing of the period, where striking covers were reused regardless of story alignment.

Inside, the issue presents a compilation of sword-and-sorcery stories drawn from several different Marvel titles. These include Red Sonja Conan’a Karşı from Conan the Barbarian #67 (Part 2), Savaşan Barbarlar from Marvel Feature #5 (The Battle of the Barbarians), Geçmişin ve Geleceğin Kralları from Conan the Barbarian #68, and Tek Boynuzlu At from Red Sonja #1 (The Blood of the Unicorn). This mixture of Red Sonja and Conan-centric material under a single Red Sonja title further illustrates how Alfa Yayınları blended content from multiple original series to create new reading experiences for the Turkish market.

Although marketed as a Red Sonja comic, Issue #5 includes substantial material from the Conan the Barbarian series alongside a classic Red Sonja solo story. This reflects both Red Sonja’s close narrative connection to the Conan universe and the flexible, compilation-based approach of Turkish publishers, who prioritized variety and perceived value over strict fidelity to original issue structures.

Key Features:

• Series: Red Sonja (Alfa Yayınları Turkish Edition, 2000 series)

• Issue Number: Issue #5

• Publisher: Alfa Yayınları

• Publication Year: 2000

• Publication Period: Biweekly, 7 issues total

• Language: Turkish

• Format: Softcover comic

• Printing: Black and white

• Cover Source: Marvel Feature #7 (1975)

• Stories Included:
Red Sonja Conan’a Karşı – Conan the Barbarian #67 part 2
Savaşan Barbarlar – Marvel Feature 1975 #5 (The Battle of the Barbarians)
Geçmişin ve Geleceğin Kralları – Conan the Barbarian #68
Tek Boynuzlu At – Red Sonja 1977 #1 (The Blood of the Unicorn)

• Notable Detail: Cover artwork does not correspond to any of the interior stories; content is compiled from multiple original Marvel series

• Series Scope: 7 issues published in Turkey