Posted on May 23, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Sam Humphries (story), Ramón Pérez (art), Jordie Bellaire (colors) The Story: People throw swords at you to show moral support. This really is a different world. The Review: I personally view the purely written mediums of poetry and prose as superior to every other form of art because of how much substance they can [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barsoom, Dejah Thoris, John Carter, John Carter: The Gods of Mars, John Carter: The Gods of Mars #3, John Carter: The Gods of Mars #3 review, Jordie Bellaire, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Ramón Pérez, Sam Humphries | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Sam Humphries (story), Ramón Pérez (art), Jordie Bellaire (colors) The Story: Whoever wrote the gospels on Barsoom clearly didn’t do his research. The Review: Among the many plot elements John Carter sort of threw out there, yet never felt the need to elaborate upon, was the exposure of the Therns as false gods. So [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barsoom, Carthoris, Issus, John Carter, John Carter: The Gods of Mars, John Carter: The Gods of Mars #2, John Carter: The Gods of Mars #2 review, Jordie Bellaire, Ramón Pérez, Sam Humphries, Therns, Thuvia | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 28, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Sam Humphries (writer), Ramón Pérez (artist), Jordie Bellaire (colorist) The Story: Spend some time on Mars and Earth religions start looking pretty good, eh? The Review: Even though I found John Carter visually exciting, bordering on spectacular, ultimately the whole movie fell flat from uneven pacing, clumsy structure, and blandness in the plot and [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barsoom, Dejah Thoris, John Carter, John Carter: The Gods of Mars, John Carter: The Gods of Mars #1, John Carter: The Gods of Mars #1 review, Jordie Bellaire, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Ramón Pérez, Sam Humphries, Tars Tarkas, Therns | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 12, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review, or better yet, IMDB it. The Story: Some of these aliens are green, but they aren’t all little, nor definitely all men. The Review: It’s only fair to warn you that prior to watching this movie, I had zero knowledge of the Barsoom series or mythos other [...]
Filed under: Other, Reviews | Tagged: Barsoom, Dejah Thoris, Disney, Helium, John Carter, John Carter review, Lynn Collins, Sola, Tars Tarkas, Taylor Kitsch, Tharks, Therns, Zodanga | 7 Comments »
Posted on February 5, 2012 by DS Arsenault
By: Mark Rahner (writer), Stephen Sadowski (illustrator), Adriano Lucas (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: “Shell Shock”: After some sparring, John Carter and Tars Tarkas, two old warriors who have become best friends, go over a tale from Tars Tarkas’s past, one that took place just before Carter arrived on Barsoom. [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Adriano Lucas, Barsoom, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Mark Rahner, Mars, pulps, review, Reviews, Stephen Sadowski, Tars Tarkas, Thark, Warlord of Mars Annual #1, Warlord of Mars Annual #1 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 30, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Edgar Salazar (artist), Marcelo Pinto (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The Gods of Mars Part Two: The Black Pirates: John Carter and Tars Tarkas meet Thuvia, formerly a prisoner of the predatory Therns. They use her special talent to try to break out of the valley [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, Black Pirates, Black Pirates of Mars, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Salazar, Gods of Mars, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Marcelo Pinto, review, Reviews, Tars Tarkas, Therns, Thuvia, Thuvia Maid of Mars, Thuvia of Ptarth, Warlord of Mars #14, Warlord of Mars #14 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 14, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Edgar Salazar (artist), Maxflan Araujo (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The Gods of Mars, Part 1: John Carter has been gone from Mars for 10 years. When he is finally able to return, he is in a lush, jungle environment, unlike the deserts he knew. And [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, Carthoris, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Salazar, Gods of Mars, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Maxflan Araujo, Ptarth, review, Tars Tarkas, Thuvia, Thuvia Maid of Mars, Warlord of Mars #13, Warlord of Mars #13 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Carlos Rafael (illustrator), Carlos Lopez (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: When we last left Dejah Thoris and her unlikely ally, the Pirate Queen of Mars, they were trapped in the clutches of dangerous cannibals. **Warning: Very minor spoiler, that anyone ought to have guessed** The Review: [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, Carlos Lopez, Carlos Rafael, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris #8, Dejah Thoris #8 review, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Phondari, Pirate Queen of Mars, review, Reviews, Warlord of Mars, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 6, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (illustrator), Shane Rooks (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Heretics of Mars, Part 3: Using his father’s talent for telepathy, Carthoris has discovered a second amulet of the kind worn by the caretaker of the great atmospheric factory that keeps Mars habitable. When he and [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Arvid Nelson, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, review, Reviews, Shane Rooks, Stephen Sadowski, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars #12, Warlord of Mars #12 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 20, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (artist), Shane Rooks (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Carthoris and Tars Tarkas are in it deep as they are shot down by the Warhoon. And Dejah Thoris is trying to puzzle through the mystery of who framed John Carter while navigating the intrigue between [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Barsoom, Carthoris, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, God of Mars, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, review, Reviews, Shane Rooks, Stephen Sadowski, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars #11, Warlord of Mars #11 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Zodanga | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (artist), Shane Rooks (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: In the time since John Carter has gone back to Earth, Barsoom mourns his loss and a son has been born to him. The Zodangans and the Therns seem to be hanging about with Dejah Thoris [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, review, Reviews, Shane Rooks, Stephen Sadowski, Tardos Mors, Tars Tarkas, Tharks, Therns, Warlord of Mars #10, Warlord of Mars #10 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 16, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Roger Langridge (writer), Filipe Andrade (artist), Sunny Cho (colors), Sana Amanat (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: John Carter is the captive of the green men of Mars and must learn their language. Some Comments Before the Review: I am a long-time Barsoom fan. I discovered John Carter through Marvel’s excellent 1977 series, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Comics, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Dynamite, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Filipe Andrade, John Carter, John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1, John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1 review, Marvel, Princess of Mars #1, Princess of Mars #1 review, review, Roger Langridge, Sana Amanat, Sunny Cho, Tars Tarkas, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (illustrator), Adriano Lucas (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: John Carter has become the Warlord of Mars, by uniting the Tharks of Barsoom under Tars Tarkas, the new Jeddak, and he’s leading them against the forces of Zodanga, to stop the wedding of Dejah Thoris, [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Adriano Lucas, Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Lui Antonio, review, Reviews, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars #9, Warlord of Mars #9 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 1, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Robert Place Napton (writer), Roberto Castro (artist), Alex Guimaraes (colors), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator), Joseph Rybandt (editor) The Story: On the Barsoom of 100,000 years ago, the scientist Tak Nan Lee from Korad races against time to find a way to replenish Mars’ atmosphere before there is nothing left. And he learns something of [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Alex Guimaraes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fall of Barsoom #2, Fall of Barsoom #2 review, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, review, Reviews, Robert Place Napton, Roberto Castro, Warlord of Mars, Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom #2, Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom #2 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 7, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Carlos Rafael (illustrations), Carlos Lopez (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The Colossus of Mars, Part 5: The Jeddak of Yorn, safely embedded in the Colossus, is making thoat meat out of the navies of Greater and Lesser Helium. Dejah Thoris and Valian have a plan, but [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: adventure fantasy, Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, Carlos Lopez, Carlos Rafael, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, pulp fiction, review, Reviews, sword and planet, Warlord of Mars, Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris #5, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #5 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 26, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writers), Lui Antonio (art), Adriano Lucas (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The incomparable Dejah Thoris is the prisoner of the Jed of Zodanga, and a marriage is in the works. All that stands between John Carter and saving the love of his life is the entire Zodangan [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Adriano Lucas, Arvid Nelson, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Lui Antonio, Marvel Comics, review, Reviews, Warlord of Mars #8, Warlord of Mars #8 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Zodanga | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 8, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (artist), Adriano Lucas (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Having led the tharks away from Dejah Thoris, John Carter became lost and is dying in the Martian desert. But, he finds a strange building and after some creepiness, gets past it and back to civilization, [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Adriano Lucas, Arvid Nelson, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Lui Antonio, Princess of Mars, review, Reviews, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars, Warlord of Mars #7, Warlord of Mars #7 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 29, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (artist) Adriano Lucas (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Sola’s story and John Carter’s escape attempt from Thark with Dejah Thoris. What’s Good: Well, all of it. Antonio and Lucas have slapped some beautiful artwork onto the page. Dejah Thoris is obviously the classic beauty [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Adaptation, Barsoom, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, John Carter, review, Reviews, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars #6, Warlord of Mars #6 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 18, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (artist), Adriano Lucas (colors), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: John Carter has his first quiet moments with the incomparable Dejah Thoris. Classic adventure romance, with Burroughs’ trademark curve balls thrown in for good measure… But, more that one Thark has a hate for Carter, and it’s no small [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Adriano Lucas, Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Lui Antonio, Princess of Mars, review, Reviews, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars #5, Warlord of Mars #5 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 11, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Carlos Rafael (illustrator), Carlos Lopez (colors), Marshall Dillow (letters), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Colossus of Mars, Part 1 of 5: Five hundred years before John Carter arrives on Mars, Helium is not the legendary twin cities, but two cities at war, the lesser of which is commanded by Dejah [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, Carlos Lopez, Carlos Rafael, Colossus of Mars, comic book babes, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jeddak, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Marshall Dillow, Mors Kajak, Tardos Mors, WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS, Warlord of mars: Dejah Thoris #1, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #1 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 9, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (artist), Adriano Lucas (colors), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator), Joseph Rybandt (editor) The Story: John Carter, prisoner of the Tharks of Mars, observes the Thark ambush of a strange flying fleet. What’s Good: Nelson, Antonio and Lucas have crafted something great. Nelson continues to adapt Burroughs’ classic Princess of Mars [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Adriano Lucas, Arvid Nelson, comic book babes, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Lui Antonio, Mars, review, Reviews, Tars Tarkas, Thark, Warlord of Mars #4, Warlord of Mars #4 reveiw, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 23, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (artist), Adriano Lucas (colorist), Troy Peteri (letterer) The Story: Continuing one of the classic sci-fi stories of all time, John Carter wakes up on Lowell’s dying Mars of canals, deserts and the warring races struggling to survive. John Carter meets the awesome Tharks. What’s Good: Where the frak has [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Adriano Lucas, Arvid Nelson, Attilan, Barsoom, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Gil Kane, John Byrne, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Lui Antonio, Reviews, Tars Tarkas, Troy Peteri, Warlord of Mars #3, Warlord of Mars #3 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 17, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (illustrator), Adriano Lucas (colorist), Joe Rybandt (editor), based on the stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs The Story: A Tale of Two Planets, Part Two: John Carter’s friend Powell is captured by Apache warriors in Arizona. Tars, a nameless, unproven Thark on Mars, is challenged by Tarkas, an ambitious green [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Adriano Lucas, Arvid Nelson, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Joe Jusko, Joe Rybandt, John Carter, Lucio Parillo, Reviews, Stephen Sadowski, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars #2, Warlord of Mars #2 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 18, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (illustrator), Adriano Lucas (colorist), Troy Peteri (letterer), Joseph Rybandt (editor), created by Edgar Rice Burroughs The Story: John Carter, former confederate cavalry officer, is in Arizona, trying to prospect for gold, but he gets caught up in a tangle with some US cavalry types who have an axe to [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: A Princess of Mars, Adriano Lucas, Arvid Nelson, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, Princess of Mars comics, review, Reviews, Stephen Sadowski, Tars Tarkas, Troy Peteri, Warlord of Mars, Warlord of Mars #1, Warlord of Mars #1 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2010 by DS Arsenault
DS: Hey SoldierHawk! I heard a fangirlish squeal of joy all the way in Canada. What’s that all about? SH: Hey DS! That would have been me, reading that the new Batwoman monthly series–which I have been not-so-patiently waiting for since Rucka and Williams’ run on Detective Comics ended–finally has a release date! According to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Features | Tagged: Batwoman, Burroughs, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC Comics, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Dynamite Entertainment, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Greg Rucka, JH Williams III, John Carter, John Carter Warlord of Mars, Kate Kane, new comics, Princess of Mars, review, Reviews, SoldierHawk, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
