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Red Sonja John cassaday red sonja.JPG Cover to Red Sonja #1 (June 2005). Pencils by John Cassaday. Colors by José Villarrubia. Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics Dynamite Entertainment First appearance Conan the Barbarian #23 (February 1973) Created by Robert E. Howard (name) Roy Thomas Barry Windsor-Smith In-story information Notable aliases Red Sonya of Rogatino Abilities A sword-master in peak human physical condition, martial arts expert, as well as knowledge and experience of fighting the supernatural. Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a fictional character, a high fantasy sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith, and loosely based on Red Sonya of Rogatino in Robert E. Howard's 1934 short story "The Shadow of the Vulture". She first appeared in the Marvel Comics book Conan the Barbarian #23 (February 1973).

Red Sonja
Red Sonja
Red Sonja
John cassaday red sonja.JPG
Cover to Red Sonja #1 (June 2005).
Pencils by John Cassaday.
Colors by José Villarrubia.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
First appearance Conan the Barbarian #23
(February 1973)
Created by Robert E. Howard (name)
Roy Thomas
Barry Windsor-Smith
In-story information
Notable aliases Red Sonya of Rogatino
Abilities A sword-master in peak human physical condition, martial arts expert, as well as knowledge and experience of fighting the supernatural.
Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a fictional character, a high fantasy sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith, and loosely based on Red Sonya of Rogatino in Robert E. Howard’s 1934 short story “The Shadow of the Vulture”. She first appeared in the Marvel Comics book Conan the Barbarian #23 (February 1973).
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cruise (kro͞oz) v. cruised, cruis·ing, cruis·es v.intr. 1. a. To sail or travel about, as for pleasure or reconnaissance. b. To go or move along, especially in an unhurried or unconcerned fashion: "A whole cache of babies ... cruised imperiously in their strollers, propelled by their mothers or by pairs of grandmothers" (Anne Tyler). 2. To travel at a constant speed or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period.
cruise (kro͞oz)
v. cruised, cruis·ing, cruis·es
v.intr.
1.
a. To sail or travel about, as for pleasure or reconnaissance.
b. To go or move along, especially in an unhurried or unconcerned fashion: “A whole cache of babies … cruised imperiously in their strollers, propelled by their mothers or by pairs of grandmothers” (Anne Tyler).
2. To travel at a constant speed or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period.
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can·dle (kăn′dl) n. 1. a. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light. b. Something resembling this object in shape or use. 2. Physics An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition, later in terms of a carbon-filament lamp, and superseded by the candela. Also called international candle. tr.v. can·dled, can·dling, can·dles To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.
can·dle (kăn′dl)
n.
1.
a. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.
b. Something resembling this object in shape or use.
2. Physics An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition, later in terms of a carbon-filament lamp, and superseded by the candela. Also called international candle.
tr.v. can·dled, can·dling, can·dles
To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.