| John Carter of Mars...
...was a comic book series from Gold Key Comics and later from Marvel Comics!
The Gold Key series ran for 3 issues from April 1964 to October 1964.
The Marvel comic books series ran for 28 issues from June 1977 to October 1979.
Both series were based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs' character, John Carter, Warlord of Mars.
John Carter was an Earthman who upon entering a cave encountered a strange light. When the light touched him, he seemed to split into two, one part staying on Earth and the other part teleporting to the planet Mars.
Believe it or not, this was ERB's first hero, pre-dating his work on Tarzan of the Apes, and his son Korak.
There were earlier versions of John Carter, the first being in 1939's The Funnies #30. DC Comics had a version in between Gold Key and Marvel, in the comic book series 'Weird Worlds' in 1972! However he only headlined his own title in the Gold Key and Marvel Comics series.
For those interested in any version of the John Carter Comics run we have several unslabbed comics listed in our eBay Featured Store and eBay Pro Store.
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