Weird Worlds

    (DC, 1972-1974)
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John Carter, Warlord of Mars and Pellucidar were two very interesting Edgar Rice Burroughs heroes who had previously been languishing as support material in DC’s Tarzan comics. With the birth of Weird Worlds in 1972, these heroes finally got the space they needed to come into their own.

Both John Carter and Pellucidar lived on savage worlds where the sword ruled supreme. In Carter’s case, the world was Mars, populated in Burroughs’ vision by four-armed giant Martians and beautiful princesses. Pellucidar’s world was quite similar (but with intelligent dinosaur creatures instead of Martians—the beautiful princesses were still there, of course).

Although it was not a particularly long-lived series, Weird Worlds was always interesting. Its ideas and style can be seen in later works such as Star Wars and Warlord.
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  • 1
    #1
    Sep 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman  ·  A: Alan Weiss, Murphy Anderson
    Continues John Carter of Mars from Tarzan #209 and Pellucidar from Korak
    13 copies from $1.96
  • 2
    #2
    Nov 1972
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    W: Marv Wolfman, Len Wein  ·  A: Murphy Anderson, Alan Weiss
    Adapts Burroughs’ Pellucidar and Martian novels
    13 copies from $1.75
  • 3
    #3
    Jan 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Marv Wolfman, Len Wein  ·  A: Murphy Anderson, Alan Weiss
    Adapts Burroughs’ Pellucidar and Martian novels
    10 copies from $2.47
  • 4
    #4
    Mar 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Marv Wolfman, Dennis O’Neil  ·  A: Sal Amendola, Michael W. Kaluta
    Adapts Burroughs’ Pellucidar and Martian novels
    7 copies from $1.99
  • 5
    #5
    May 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Marv Wolfman, Dennis O’Neil  ·  A: Sal Amendola, Dan Green
    Adapts Burroughs’ Pellucidar and Martian novels
    11 copies from $0.99
  • 6
    #6
    Aug 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Marv Wolfman, Dennis O’Neil  ·  A: Sal Amendola, Dan Green
    Adapts Burroughs’ Pellucidar and Martian novels
    9 copies from $0.99
  • 7
    #7
    Oct 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Dennis O’Neil, Marv Wolfman  ·  A: Dan Green
    Adapts Burroughs’ Pellucidar and Martian novels; John Carter, Warlord of Mars ends
    7 copies from $1.64
  • 8
    #8
    Dec 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Dennis O’Neil, Howard Chaykin  ·  A: Howard Chaykin
    1st Appearance of Iron Wolf
    14 copies from $1.99
  • 9
    #9
    Feb 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Howard Chaykin, Dennis O’Neil, John Warner  ·  A: Howard Chaykin, Vincente Alcázar
    Indica states VOL 3 #9; Iron Wolf
    17 copies from $0.99
  • 10
    #10
    Nov 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Howard Chaykin, John Warner  ·  A: Howard Chaykin, Vincente Alcázar
    Final Issue
    14 copies from $0.90