Marvel's top talents of the 1970s take on Edgar Rice Burroughs' savage swordsman of Barsoom! John Carter, a hunted soldier on the Western frontier, is transported to an alien world filled with six-armed aliens, sinister super-science and the love of his life, the incomparable Dejah Thoris! A must-have science-fiction epic in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Collecting JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS #1-28 and ANNUAL #1-3.
In this volume, John Carter, an ex-soldier turned prospector, is transported to Mars - 'Barsoom, ' as it is known to its natives - under mysterious circumstances. He becomes dedicated to protecting his new home and newly found love, the princess Dejah Thoris, from warring alien civilizations and a host of deadly Barsoomian beasts
John Carter, the Confederate soldier transported to distant Mars, must save his adopted world from an adversary who is every bit his equal on the Red Planet: Captain Joshua Clark, formerly of the Army of the Potomac and now the strategist for a species of star-hopping conquerors. While Carter and his staunch ally, the Thark chieftain Tars Tarkas, lead a legion of united Green Men and Red Men against the alien assailants, Dejah Thoris - the princess of Barsoom - is held captive by the bloodthirsty Clark in the fallen city of Helium. The "Invaders of Mars" storyline is cosmic-scale action and adventure, courtesy of Ron Marz, the groundbreaking writer of Green Lantern!
The peace John Carter brought to Helium and Thark is new and fragile. On the eve of a Red & Green festival to balm age-old hatreds, Dejah Thoris is kidnapped. The ordeal triggers her lingering nightmares of abuse and helplessness at the hands of brutal Tharks. And the kidnapper is nightmare personified: Voro. He caters to a taste some green men never lost: the red meat of Helium women.
Dejah Thoris, the Martian heroine of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic Barsoomnovels, strikes out on her own, proving herself every bit as resourceful anddaring as her famous human consort: John Carter, the Warlord of Mars! Thrill toher solo adventures in this massive Omnibus edition, collecting the first twentyissues of her ongoing comic book series! Four hundred years before JohnCarter would arrive on the Red Planet, the long-lived Dejah Thoris must unitethe forces of Greater and Lesser Helium, two warring city-states, to fend offthe greatest threats ever to plague their lands: a rampaging colossus, pirateraiders, the dreaded Boora Witch, invading vampires from Saturn, and even moreunspeakable menaces! This Omnibus contains thefollowing four graphic novels in one value pricedbook. Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Volume 1- The Colossus of Mars 9781606902455 Warlord ofMars: Dejah Thoris Volume 2 - Pirate Queen of Mars9781606902677 Warlord of Mars: Dejah ThorisVolume 3 - The Boora Witch 9781606903766 Warlordof Mars: Dejah Thoris Volume 4 - The Vampire Men of Saturn9781606904176 Reviews: "Dynamite has a winner with agreat setting, a strong female lead, an unlimited storehouse of adventures, andthe creative team to make it happen. You should be reading." -Weekly Comic Book Reviews "Where else are you going to find an epictale of war, revenge, and deceit set against a Martian backdrop with sexy peoplefighting giant green aliens? Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris has a great hook,that also includes a great story and earns 4 out of 5 Stars." -Major Spoilers
John Carter: Warlord of Mars returns in a new monthly series, officially authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.! Superstar writer Ron Marz finally gets to pen the series he has always wanted to write, with amazing new art talent Abhishek Malsuni joining him. Return to the exotic landscape of Barsoom, as John Carter has to save his adopted world, not to mention his beloved Dejah Thoris, from an enemy like no other he has ever faced. John Carter must truly become Warlord of Mars against an adversary who is every bit his equal on the savage red planet. An amazing new era for John Carter of Mars starts here!
Book One of the John Carter of Mars collections, this edition contains the original text from the first, second, and third of Edgar Rice Burrough's world-famous novels. Originally published from 1917 and 1919, A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, and The Warlord of Mars are science-fiction classics, and the origin of Burroughs's legendary series.
After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars -- an Eden from which none ever escaped alive. The Gods of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second of his Barsoom series. It was first published in The All-Story as a five-part serial in the issues for January-May 1913.[1] It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in September, 1918. Excerpt: For moments after that awful laugh had ceased reverberating through the rocky room, Tars Tarkas and I stood in tense and expectant silence. But no further sound broke the stillness, nor within the range of our vision did aught move.At length Tars Tarkas laughed softly, after the manner of his strange kind when in the presence of the horrible or terrifying. It is not an hysterical laugh, but rather the genuine expression of the pleasure they derive from the things that move Earth men to loathing or to tears.Often and again have I seen them roll upon the ground in mad fits of uncontrollable mirth when witnessing the death agonies of women and little children beneath the torture of that hellish green Martian fete-the Great Games. I looked up at the Thark, a smile upon my own lips, for here in truth was greater need for a smiling face than a trembling chin.
Barsoom is a dying world: its once mighty oceans are receding and its atmosphere grows more tenuous by the day. The Orovars, who have dominated for a million years, are on the verge of extinction at the hands of the Green Hordes and the emerging Red Martians. Two Orovars - a Scientist and a General - race against time to save their people before Mars plunges into barbarism!
