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Issue Details

Issue #488
Published 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "John Carter of Mars"

Characters John Carter
Genre science fiction
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Notes painted cover

1 page John Carter of Mars foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "In this tale of high adventure you'll meet..."

Characters John Carter; Dejah Thoris; Tars Tarkas; Salensus Oll; Thurid
Synopsis introduction of characters
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.
Reprinted in John Carter of Mars (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (July 1964)

32 page John Carter of Mars story "Tyrant of the North"

Characters John Carter; Dejah Thoris; Tars Tarkas; Salensus Oll; Thurid; Thuvia; Phaidor; Matai Shang; Talu, Prince of Marentina; Solan
Synopsis John Carter rescues Dejah Thoris when she is kidnapped by Thurid and taken to the forbidden land of Okar in the polar icecap.
Genre science fiction
Script Phil Evans ?; Gaylord Du Bois ?
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Based on the novel "The Gods of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Du Bois script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). The index for John Carter of Mars #2 where this is reprinted shows Phil Evans as the scripter. David Porta in Error Report 1990 (Aug. 11, 2009) says that this script does not appear in "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985), which casts doubt on the story being written by Du Bois.
Reprinted in John Carter of Mars (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (July 1964)

1 page John Carter of Mars filler "The Fantastic Creatures of Mars"

Synopsis Introduction of three animals from this story, the legendary Apt, the Woola and the carnivorous Calot Tree.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.
Reprinted in John Carter of Mars (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (July 1964)

1 page John Carter of Mars illustration

Characters John Carter; Tars Tarkas
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Reprinted in John Carter of Mars (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (July 1964) [as cover]