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Warlord Of Marz – Ron Marz Takes On John Carter

Published Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:00:00 -0500

by Dan Wickline

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Seriously… is there anyone who seems more suited to write adventure stories on Mars than a guy named Marz?

Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Witchblade) is taking on Edgar Rich Burroughs' creation, John Carter: Warlord of Mars. This comes in the wake of the licensing deal between Dynamite and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., settling their legal differences and opening up the full world of Barsoom to the publisher. Joining Marz on… Mars is newcomer Abhishek Malsuni.

If you don't know about the character, the novels, the comics or the major motion picture from a few years back… John Carter: Warlord of Mars is a science fiction and fantasy series based on the exotic landscape of Barsoom (what they call Mars), where displaced earthling John Carter has to save his adopted world, not to mention his beloved Dejah Thoris, from an enemy like no other he has ever faced. John Carter must truly become a Warlord of Mars against an adversary who is every bit his equal on the savage red planet.

Marz talks about his enthusiasm for the project, "This is literally a job I've been wanting to do since I was twelve years old. I was just the right age when I discovered John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkas, and the wonder of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars. It fired my imagination like almost nothing else. So to finally get a chance to write these characters, to visit that world, is a dream come true for me."

John Carter debuted in 1912 as the lead character in Edgar Rice Burroughs' first novel, serialized as Under The Moons Of Mars in the pulp magazine, The All-Story, and later published as a complete novel retitled A Princess of Mars.

John Carter: Warlord of Mars #1 will be in the September Previews catalog and slated for release in November.