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Martians live forever - everyone knows that. So what was Dejah Thoris doing all those hundreds of years before John Carter arrived? Four hundred years before the events of Warlord of Mars took place, Dejah''s nation of Helium was divided into two warring city-states. An unscrupulous overlord from afar encouraged that rivalry to his own advantage, until he discovers a terrible secret from Mars''s ancient past beneath Dejah Thoris'' capital. A secret to kill for! Collecting the first five issues of the hit series in one volume, with bonus material and a complete cover gallery from artists such as Art Adams, Joe Jusko, Paul Renaud, Sean Chen, and Ale Garza.
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No sex please, we're Martians, Nov 18 2011
By Gareth Simon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Volume 1 - The Colossus of Mars TP (Paperback)
This is a collection of the five issues of Dynamite Entertainment's comic book `Warlord of Mars - Deja Thoris Volume 1: Colossus of Mars'. It is a prequel to the graphic novel collection `Warlord of Mars'.The art and scripting is of as reasonable standard for the story, which is basically wholesale slaughter of Martians by Martians in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' original stories. We have red Martians slaughtering red Martians, green Martians slaughtering red Martians, and Red/Green colossi slaughtering both red and Green Martians. We also have fathers killing sons (possibly accidentally) and sons shooting their fathers in the head for the last seat on the escape ship. They were both villains however. There are also many large female bosoms almost, but not quite, totally exposed to the reading public, whereas the men always keep their shorts on, even when hung up in the dungeons or being thrown to ravenous calots to be eaten alive. I wonder if the almost psychopathic slaughter of the Martians by each other is tied to sexual repression - one of the Martian leaders comments that "we have mandated strict procreation quotas in Zodanga", and another one observes that as the green Martians are breeding like rabbits, it is justifiable to exterminate them - though whether it is the Martians repression or the 19th century writer who created them, is open for discussion. It could just be the American comics' publishers' fear of prosecution for publishing comics with objectionable content, of which there have been many cases over the years - wholesale massacre is apparently not considered objectionable though. Anyway, it is all good clean fun, in the great American pulp tradition. I just find the artwork a bit too `cartoony', rather than being in the traditional American adventure comics' more naturalistic style.
As an aside, the Avalon Hill boardgame company many years ago produced a boardgame based on Burroughs' `John Carter of Mars' stories. There was an `Unspeakable Acts' table. On which the female characters would roll a dice if captured by a villain, which would determined if she would commit suicide to avoid the unwanted attentions of her captor, or (if memory serves me) would use the dagger concealed about her person on the villain. The designer took the idea from the fact that Burroughs himself used the term `unspeakable acts' in these situations in his stories. I apologise for this aside, but seeing all the female flesh on display in the comic brought back the memory of the game.
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This is what it's about!, Nov 11 2011
By T. R. R. Comics - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Volume 1 - The Colossus of Mars TP (Paperback)
On Warlord of Mars: Dejah thoris Volume 1-The Colossus of Mars: I wrote earlier about Dynamites Warlord Lord of Mars John Carter and all the problems it had. In that review I only gave the book three stars. There were so many problems with it and I was very disapointed with it being a ERB fan. I also said they needed to get a different artist. I am still going to purchase Volume 2 when it comes out to see if they can fix the problems it had. I also saw this book when I bought the John Carter Graphic Novel. I read John Carter first. Then this book can in the mail. I was bound and determind to read it.Now, Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris is how an ERB's graphic novel should be done! The artwork is increadibly beatiful. When I opened the book I just couldn't put it down the story was great. The art is out of this world. I really hope that Dynamite will keep this series going. It is definately a seller. You have got to get this book if you are a fan of the man! Heck any comic fan should get this book to see how good comics are supposed to be done. Now all the publisher has to do is fix the problems with The John Carter novel and all is good in the world again!
Theodore Raymond Riddle Cartoonist/Creator/Author
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