Dark Horse to reprint John Carter of Mars comics from 1970's Weird Worlds and Tarzan

Dark Horse to reprint John Carter of Mars comics from 1970's Weird Worlds and Tarzan

Dark Horse Comics is collecting and reprinting the John Carter of Mars stories that were originally published in the 1970's comic books Weird Worlds #1-#7 and Tarzan #207-#209. The forthcoming volume, titled John Carter of Mars: Weird Worlds and scheduled to be released in January 2011, features the handsome work of comics legends Marv Wolfman, Murphy Anderson, Gray Morrow, Sal Amendola, Joe Orlando, and Howard Chaykin.

Looks like fans of Barsoom will be spending more time at the comic book store. Dark Horse has announced John Carter of Mars: Weird Worlds, a new book collecting John Carter's adventures from DC Comics' Weird Worlds and Tarzan series, set for publication January 12, 2011. Unlike the Jesse Marsh book, this one looks to be a paperback book with a price of 14.99. You can see more info at http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=12825

arv Wolfman (W), Howard Chaykin (A), Murphy Anderson (A), Gray Morrow (A), Sal
Amendola (A), and Joe Orlando (I/Cover) On sale Jan 12
FC, 112 pages
$14.99
TPB, 7″ x 10″
Since his serialized debut in All-Story magazine in 1912, the spacefaring
adventurer John Carter of Mars has become one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most
beloved characters. The star of decades worth of novels and comic books, he’s
soon to be immortalized on the silver screen as well, in the upcoming Walt
Disney Pictures major film release John Carter of Mars! 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, and becomes a champion
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!
• Collecting stories originally published in Tarzan #207–#209 and Weird Worlds
#1–#7.
• Featuring the work of comics legends Marv Wolfman, Murphy Anderson, Gray
Morrow, Sal Amendola, Joe Orlando, and Howard Chaykin!
 

2 comments:

Mike Smith said...

This is great news! I've got these comics stashed somewhere in my long boxes, but it would be a pain to find and pull them. I'm so glad to see that this old stuff is getting reprinted. Way to go Dark Horse! By the way, have you seen this article on io9.com: http://io9.com/5616081/how-edgar-rice-burroughs-became-one-of-the-twentieth-centurys-biggest-scifi-authors I just thought it was interesting and wanted to share it with you. Based on the final paragraph, it looks like the author is planning on reviewing all 11 of the Barsoom books in the coming weeks.

August 20, 2010 8:22 AM

NINE9INCHE STUD said...

Maybe the Mike Kaluta Carson of Venus stuff will published too.

[via JCOM Reader and Doc Mars]
Maybe the Mike Kaluta Carson of Venus stuff will published too.