The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of WARLORD OF MARS #16 from Dynamite Entertainment. Arvid Nelson writes, Edgar Salazar
pencils, Marcelo Pinto colors, and Marshall Dillon letters.
This book is based on the characters by Edgar Rice Burroughs
(and the Disney film that just released). John Carter is transported to Mars,
which is inhabited by several alien races, and epic fantasy ensues. In this
issue, Carter brings down a tyrant and is reunited with a friend just in time
to be captured and sentenced to death.
This is a fast-paced story; there’s enough here to keep the
action moving, and also enough to hint that there’s more going on than we have
seen so far. And that’s a good way to create epic fantasy. There are big things
happening, both in the foreground and in the background. Mr. Nelson keeps those
big things coming and manages to toss in a little humor along the way.
I like where this is going. And more specifically, I like where
it could go. I’m a big fan of storytelling potential in comics, and I can see
much of it here.
WARLORD OF MARS #16 is available now at your FLCS or by
order from dynamite.net.
~Mike
