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Series consists of 8 boxes of cosplay costume parts and one folder of patterns, lists, cosplan, and a photograph of Wendy Pini in her Red Sonja cosplay. Wendy co-authored Marvel's Red Sonja comic #6 (1977) and was twice the winner of the Red Sonja look-alike contests at SonjaCon in New York City in November 1976, and a convention in Philadelphia in July 1977. She also wore this cosplay for the "Sonja and the Wizard", a 20-minute show where she performed with Frank Thorne as the Wizard at the San Diego Comic-Con in 1978. An article in the Erotic Worlds of Frank Thorne, no. 6, 1991, features and writes about Wendy Pini as Red Sonja at various conventions.
Box 18 Folder 1 Plans, Patterns, Photograph, circa 1976-1978
Cosplay Costume, circa 1976-1978
Box 36 Gloves
Box 37 Bottom piece: Mail Bikini Bottom
Box 38 Arm Bands and Leg Wraps with a Dagger
Box 39 Cloak
Box 40 Top piece: Mail Bra Top with Shoulder Guards
Box 41 Boots
Box 42 Long Sword