Tuesday, April 26, 2011

John Carter, Warlord of Mars #23 - April 1979

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"The Man Who Makes Murder!" by Chris Claremont, Mike Vosburg, and Ricardo Villamonte.

As if their death-defying climb up a mountain wasn't enough, now Carter and Dejah find themselves in the hands of the Guild of Assassins, the group that tried to kill Carter just a few weeks earlier:
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Back in Helium, Carter's friend Kantos reports to his friend Surbus, a royal guard, that no one has heard from Carter, Dejah Thoris, or Tars Tarkas in a long time, and Kantos fears the worst.

Surbus expresses dismay, but we see that he's actually plotting against Kantos, and is a member of the Guild of Assassins!

We then catch up with John Carter, who is led out of a cramped cell onto the deck of the Guild's ship. Carter pretends to be nearly crippled while he watches the members of the Guild train. When he dares to ask a question, he's given a harsh answer:
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To be continued!


All artists who have the opportunity to draw the comely Dejah Thoris always draw her as buxom and scantily-clad as was possible in a Code-approved book, but Mike Vosburg really short of pushed it here, making her (and the female assassins) especially pneumatic.


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