Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Re-reading some John Carter, Warlord of Mars today:
Since Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep brought it up last week, and I got some on sale at the Comic Book Shop about the same time, I dug up my pile of old Marvel John Carter, Warlord of Mars comics. And realized that while I bought several issues I already had, including the first issue; I did get the Annual that I didn't have. Probably finish reading that batch later today, maybe.
I'm not a huge John Carter fan, although I've enjoyed the old Edgar Rice Burroughs novels that I've read. I still have a 1918 edition of the Gods of Mars, that was in my great-grandma's house. No idea if it was hers, which seems doubtful, or a relative's, or if there are been others there at some point. And after about two seconds of looking, you can read it yourself here. In the pre-Internet days when I read it, I had a vague idea that there was a previous book in this series, but no idea how many books it went. Or that it was going to end with a cliffhanger, either.
Also, over at It'sAllTrue.Net, John Carter was the subject of a recent Most Requested Toys feature. I remembered the Trendmasters figures from a few years back...OK, thirteen years or so. Reckon there'll be more figures from Barsoom, someday.
Splash page from John Carter, Warlord of Mars #8, "Flesh May Wither...and Stone May Crumble!" Written and edited by Marv Wolfman, illustrated by Gil Kane and Rudy Nebres. Frontispiece from the Gods of Mars by Frank E. Schoonover.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
That introductory panel has to be the greatest thing I've ever read in my life.
Post a Comment