#36
John
Carter's first appearance in comic format was in The Funnies.
Issue
#30, May 1939 thru Issue #56, June, 1941.
Most of the art was
by John Coleman Burroughs
#30: May, 1939 - 4
pages of JC by an unknown author.
#31: May, 1939 - 4
pages of JC by unknown
#32: June 1939 - 4
pages of JC by unknown
#33: July, 1939 -
4 pages of JC by unknown
#34: August, 1939
- 4 pages of JC by JCB
#35: September, 1939
- 4 pages of JC by JCB
#36: October, 1939
- 4 pages of JC by JCB
#37: November, 1939
- 4 pages of JC by JCB
#38: December, 1939
- 4 pages of JC by JCB
#39: January, 1940
- 4 pages of JC by JCB
#40: February, 1940
- "The Decision" 8 pages of JC by JCB
#41: March, 1940 -
8 pages of JC by JCB
#42: April, 1940 -"Cavern's
Horror" 8 pages of JC by JCB
#43: May, 1940 - "Death
on the Red Desert" 8 pages of JC by JCB
#44: June, 1940 -
8 pages of JC by JCB
#45: July, 1940 -
8 pages of JC by JCB
#46: August, 1940
- "The Battle of Zodanga" 8 pages of JC by JCB
#47: September, 1940
- 8 pages of JC by JCB
#48: October, 1940
- 8 pages of JC by JCB
#49: November, 1940
- 8 pages of JC by JCB
#50: December, 1940
- 8 pages of JC by JCB
#51: January, 1941
- 8 pages of JC by JCB
#52: February, 1941
- 8 pages of JC by JCB
#53: March, 1941 -
6 pages of JC by JCB
#54: April, 1941 -
6 pages of JC by JCB
#55: May, 1941 - 6
pages of JC by JCB
#56: June, 1941 -
"Guardian of the North" 6 pages of JC by JCB
#57: July, 1941 -
The promised JC story, "The Green Men Again!" does not appear.
See
ERBzine 0825
for Funnies Illustrated
Bibliography featuring John Carter
A
Dell Fast Action Story - Feb/Mar, 1940
John Carter's second
comic appearance.
95 b&w interior
illustrations reproduced from
The Funnies nos. 30-39.
Better
Little Book #1402: John Carter of Mars - 1940
209 b&w interior
illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs
Many of the illustrations
are reproductions of panels drawn for The Funnies.
John
Carter of Mars Sunday Strips by John Coleman Burroughs
The strips were
reprinted by Dark Horse in their Tarzan's Lost Adventure serial.
United Feature Syndicate
- December 7, 1941 thru April 3, 1943
69 nine-panel strips
- Some are adapted from The Funnies
The strip was written
by ERB and illustrated by JCB.
After the first 10
weeks the strip features new original story lines.
ERB probably discontinued
the strip because of his
duties as a war correspondent
in the Pacific.
Dell
John Carter of Mars Comics '52/'53 & '63/'64 Reprints
Jesse Marsh art -
Adaptations of PM, GM & WM.
#375: February, 1952
- "The Prisoner of the Tharks" - 32 colour pages
READ
THE GOLD KEY REPRINT HERE
#437: November, 1952
- "The Black Pirates of Omean"
#488: 1953 - "Tyrant
of the North"
The
Martian in British Sun Weekly
Adapted from PM by
D.R. Morton - Drawn by Robert Forest
#507: October 25,
1958 thru #537: May 23, 1959
Read the entire serial
now being featured each week in ERBzine 1388
www.erbzine.com/mag13/1388.html
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