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John Carter & Marvel Comics

Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in Disney's John Carter

  I’m excited for Disney’s John Carter. Some lucky fans got be see a Q & A with director Andrew Stanton hosted by Geoff Butcher of Hero Complex. What I share with director Andrew Stanton is our early love of Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter began with Marvel comics*. Stanton tells why the pre-teen boy in all of us can relate to John Carter of Mars.

  “When you’re 10 or 11 years old, and you’ve discovered girls, but they haven’t discovered you yet, and you’re reading about this ordinary guy that’s suddenly extraordinary on another planet, he’s got the coolest best friend, the coolest pet, and he’s winning the heart of the most beautiful girl in the universe, that’s like a checklist of everything you’ve ever wanted,” Stanton told the audience.

 

John Carter Warlord of Mars #1 courtesy Marvel

“My gateway drug was the Marvel comics of John Carter,” Stanton said. “My friends were drawing these four-armed creatures with tusks, and I said, ‘What are those?’ And they said, ‘Those are Tharks. This is Tars Tarkas,’ and then they threw the comic book at me. … By the time I was in high school finishing [the books], my girlfriends would call them my romance novels.”

Watch the entire interview here.

The legendary Marv Wolfman and Gil Kane created John Carter: Warlord of Mars back in 1977 for Marvel comics and ran for two years. I remember collecting these along with the Star Wars Marvel comics and my first Uncanny X-Men books.

Marvel is publishing new comics based on Edgar Rice Burroughs tales as prequels and sequels to the upcoming movie.

John Carter Comics Explosion

  Edgar Rice Burroughs’ legendary novels comes alive on the big screen in Disney’s John Carter.    

  Taylor Kitsch plays the military officer transported to a bizarre new world. Director Andrew Stanton creates the strange world and warring races of Mars. Lynn Collins plays Princess Dejah Thoris. Collins was on the first season of True Blood an played Silver Fox in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Willem Dafoe plays the warrior Tars Tarkas, one of my favorite characters. 

  Disney’s John Carter arrives March 3rd in theaters.

John Carter The World of Mars courtesy Marvel.com

 

  You can get ready for the big screen adventure with several graphic novels:

 John Carter Worlds of Mars is an all ages series from Marvel collecting John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1-#5. This series features the Earthman’s first encounter with the Princess of Mars, the white apes of Barsoom, and the warrior races, the Tharks. 

 

The Warlord of Mars courtesy Dynamite Entertainment

 

 

 

 

  Dynamite Entertainment publishes several comics based on Edgar Rice Burroughs series. Schedule to arrive Wednesday:

 Warlord of Mars Annual #1 stars Tars Tarkas, the green warrior John Carter will encounter.

Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom Volume #1 focuses on ancient wars on Mars 100,000 years before John Carter’s arrival.

 Warriors of Mars #1 features the Earthman who arrives on Mars before John Carter.

So there are some graphic novels get your Mars- ready for the big screen adventure!