Before Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers, and long prior to “Dune,” “Star Trek” and “Star Wars,” there was well known sci-fi author Edgar Rice Burroughs cosmic traveler John Carter of Mars.First appearing in 1912 within serialized tales in The All-Story magazine titled “Under The Moons of Mars,” this stalwart Virginian and previous Civil War captain was amazingly teleported to the unique world of Barsoom (Mars) when hiding out in an Arizona cavern from Apaches while hunting for gold. The story was very first released in unique type in 1917 as “A Princess of Mars.” The heroic character went on to star in a series of impressive Burroughs books all set on Barsoom, where John Carter is raised to the status of never-ceasing warrior and rescuer of the worlds alien inhabitants.Cover art for the new John Carter of Mars comic series originating from Dynamite in April 2022. (Image credit: Dynamite Entertainment) Now following years of tie-in books and spinoff comics, and 10 years after an unfortunate $250 million “John Carter” function by Disney starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, and Willem Dafoe, the charming Martian warlord is charging back into a new continuous comics series this spring from the folks at Dynamite Entertainment.Written by the Eisner Award-winning Chuck Brown (” Bitter Root,” “Aquamen”) and signed up with by well-known illustrator and colorist George Kambadais (” Firefly”), “John Carter of Mars # 1” lands in comic stores this April with a new slate of adventures in the realms of Barsoom and Earth.Cover art for the brand-new John Carter of Mars comic series originating from Dynamite in April 2022. (Image credit: Dynamite Entertainment) The plotline takes location in 1919 as a strange asteroid comprised completely of the elemental compound “Ninth” streaks towards Earth. Its mysterious impacts begin to uncannily mix and change the inhabitants on both Earth and Barsoom. John Carter, The Warlord of Mars, discovers himself torn from the bedrock of his life and loved ones. He has a hard time to understand this cosmic dilemma while hes quickly transferred back to Virginia where he clashes with Martian apes. If these strange events are happening on his house planet, then what odd calamities might be befalling his beloved Barsoom?” Ive always been a big fan of sci-fi and adventure,” said writer Chuck Brown in a Dynamite news release. “Like numerous of us, as a kid I was consumed with Mars and the other planets in our planetary system. Barsoom has such remarkable characters and backstories. Its a big opportunity for George and I to play in this world.” Cover art for the brand-new John Carter of Mars comic series coming from Dynamite in April 2022. (Image credit: Dynamite Entertainment) Dynamites “John Carter of Mars # 1” shows up in April with unique variant covers by Junggeun Yoon, Jonathan Case, and two more by “Dejah Thoris” veteran Joseph Michael Linsner and series interior artist Kambadais.Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook..
