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One of Asgard's greatest champions fights her way to true warrior's glory! When her gleaming homeland comes under attack, the sword-wielding Sif leads the battle charge - but her no-holds-barred zeal may be the very thing that brings its walls crashing down! Are the Nine Realms ready for Sif...the Berserker?! When Sif finds herself on an unsuspecting Earth, with no patience for peace, she starts putting out fires with gasoline! Just ask the Superior Spider-Man! Controlling her rages won't be easy - particularly when a certain hammer-wielding, space-faring ex shows up! Can Sif and Beta Ray Bill get beyond their fiery past, and rekindle the flame? Or will a cosmic crisis snuff it out forever? Get to know Sif like never before as you journey into her story! COLLECTING: SIF 1, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (2011) 646-655
About the Author
Kelly Sue DeConnick's work spans stage, comics, film and television. Ms. DeConnick first came to prominence as a comics writer, where she is best known for reinventing the Carol Danvers as "Captain Marvel" at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times best-sellers and been honored with Eisner Awards, British Fantasy Awards and Hugo nominations. Ms. DeConnick's screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023's forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle AWAKENING, which opened at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas in November 2022. Mission-driven, Ms. DeConnick is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to produce non-fiction and educational comics including the "Hidden Voices" and "Recognized" series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis' Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics. In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and recently expanded in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy. Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.
