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John Carter: The Gods of Mars #1 – Review

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 [...]

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John Carter – Movie Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars Annual #1 – Review

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. [...]

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Warlord of Mars #14 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #13 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #12 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #11 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #10 – Review

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 [...]

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John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1 of 5 – Review

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, [...]

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Warlord of Mars #9 – Review

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, [...]

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Warlord of Mars #7 – Review

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, [...]

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Warlord of Mars #6 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #5 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #4 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #3 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #2 – Review

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 [...]

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Warlord of Mars #1 – Review

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 [...]

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Two New Series To Be Freakishly Pumped About

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 [...]

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