Dude, Marvel’s original John Carter Warlord of Mars series has huge four-armed apes – and dig those crazy Martian horses! We totally gotta have one.
– From John Carter Warlord of Mars#2 by Marvel Comics.
If you’re looking to read some John Carter comic books, allow us to be your guide: Dark Horse Comics recently collected all the original Marvel issues and three annuals in the John Carter Warlord of Mars TPB. Check it out! Marv Wolfman worked on a John Carter series at DC before he did it for Marvel. That’s collected in the John Carter of Mars Weird Worlds TPB. Dynamite Entertainment has been publishing Warlord of Mars since 2010, with a number of spin-offs. Disney collected all the original novels in a three-volume Collected John Carter of Mars paperback, for a total of 2656 pages of classic sci-fi adventure!
Now, enjoy these scenes from the original Marvel series!
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