Over at the news site Comics for Sinners, you’ll find my review of Dynamite Entertainment’s recently published John Carter: Warlord of Mars #1, written by Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Witchblade) and illustrated by newcomer artist Abhishek Malsuni. It’s a restart of Dynamite’s popular Warlord of Mars and Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris series, based on the “John Carter of Mars” novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan, The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth’s Core). Martian princess Dejah Thoris (the wife of Earthman John Carter) has been captured by the latest bad guy planning to destroy the red planet, and she uses the time to conveniently help new readers catch up on all the concepts and main characters that Burroughs introduced in his series; in comics, this is called the “jumping-on point.” If you like pulp adventure and science fantasy, then this may be a title you want to check out. Go over to C4S and give the review a read, and see if John Carter: Warlord of Mars is right for you.
Want to know how John Carter—formerly a Confederate officer and self-described gentleman from Virginia—wound up on the red planet in the first place? Then order a copy of A Princess of Mars, the swashbuckling science fantasy novel that’s also one of StarWarp Concepts’ illustrated classics! Burroughs’s first entry in the Mars series, originally released in 1912, influenced 100 years of science fiction adventure up to Flash Gordon to Star Wars, and was adapted for the screen in 2012 as Disney’s John Carter. The StarWarp Concepts edition features exclusive illustrations by Eliseu Gouveia (The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual #1, Lorelei: Sects and the City, Carmilla). Visit the Princess of Mars product page for all the ordering information.
