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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Weird Worlds #1

September, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
16 copies available from $1.90 		Len Wein, Marv WolfmanAlan Weiss, Murphy Anderson
Weird Worlds #2

November, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
15 copies available from $2.00 		Marv Wolfman, Len WeinMurphy Anderson, Alan Weiss
Weird Worlds #3

January, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
11 copies available from $3.00 		Marv Wolfman, Len WeinMurphy Anderson, Alan Weiss
Weird Worlds #4

March, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
7 copies available from $3.00 		Marv Wolfman, Dennis O’NeilSal Amendola, Michael W. Kaluta
Weird Worlds #5

May, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
11 copies available from $2.25 		Marv Wolfman, Dennis O’NeilSal Amendola, Dan Green
Weird Worlds #6

August, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
9 copies available from $2.00 		Marv Wolfman, Dennis O’NeilSal Amendola, Dan Green
Weird Worlds #7

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
7 copies available from $2.00 		Dennis O’Neil, Marv WolfmanDan Green
Weird Worlds #8

December, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
15 copies available from $3.50 		Dennis O’Neil, Howard ChaykinHoward Chaykin
Weird Worlds #9

February, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
17 copies available from $1.27 		Howard Chaykin, Dennis O’Neil, John WarnerHoward Chaykin, Vincente Alcázar
Weird Worlds #10

November, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
14 copies available from $0.90 		Howard Chaykin, John WarnerHoward Chaykin, Vincente Alcázar