When last we left John Carter and Tars Tarkas, they had escaped into the rafters of the Guild of Assassins' ship and were attacking their captors in secret:
As Mordin tries to delay the inevitable, we see Tars Tarkas on a separate mission: to retrieve a cache of radium rifle shells, which he is going to use as explosives in the bowels of the ship.
Tal Mordin tries gamefully to distract Carter long enough so he can grab his sword and strike the first blow, but Carter manages to block it with his wrist gauntlet. The battle moves on into another room, and Carter sees he's outnumbered:
...to be continued!
In what had to be the shortest cancellation ever, John Carter, Warlord of Mars was back just two months after it was announced cancelled in the previous issue!
There's no letters page in this issue, so other than the small "He's Back!" blurb on the cover, there's no acknowledgment that this is kinda unusual, or that John Carter had been gone at all!
In what had to be the shortest cancellation ever, John Carter, Warlord of Mars was back just two months after it was announced cancelled in the previous issue!
There's no letters page in this issue, so other than the small "He's Back!" blurb on the cover, there's no acknowledgment that this is kinda unusual, or that John Carter had been gone at all!
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