Just finished reading the JCWoM omnibus.  I had only ever read issue #1, so this was all new territory.  I haven't enjoyed a cosmic space drama this much since Starlin's Dreadstar.  Two Thumbs Up!  Highly recommended!  A+!  Smile

I enjoyed every issue!  There wasn't one story that I didn't like.  The longer arcs, "The Air-Pirates of Mars" and "The Master Assassin of Mars" along with the one-shots and annuals make for some very entertaining reading.  Yet everything ties nicely together from #1, all the way to the very last annual.  I like the cast, especially John Carter, Deja Thoris and Tars Tarkas.  I think Tars is my favorite character.  He's definitely the noble monster-warrior!  There are some very intense and suspenseful moments all through the omnibus along with some incredibly panormic landscapes.  As I've mentioned previously, both the writing and the art are fantastic!  I wish more comics were written and drawn like this.

There was only one thing I didn't like, and that's the character intro that is written in the splash page header.  I think it should have been re-written as follows:

A soldier of many battles from many times, a man of two worlds, both Earth and the Planet of War, he was reincarnated to become the greatest warrior of his new home-world.  Now, with his friend Tars Tarkas, he fights to bring peace to the many races of Mars .  Empowered with superhuman strength, he wields his warsword for the glory of Helium and for the love of his beautiful princess, Deja Thoris.  Stan Lee Presents: Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter, Warlord of Mars!

Or something like that!  Laugh

My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!

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