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geekwayne's review against another edition
3.0
Dejah Thoris is the princess of Mars from the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. In this graphic novel, Dejah and her people of Helium and the green skinned monstrous looking Thark race have come to a truce. It is a time of peace and Dejah and John Carter are getting ready to celebrate. On a peacekeeping tour, Dejah is kidnapped by Voro, a Thark bent on a gruesome goal.
Voro is a butcher. Rather than any reward or ransom he thinks he could get, his plans are to sell parts of Dejah to the highest bidder for them to eat. He already has captured a number of Helium women and they are in various states of harm. Can Dejah escape this monster and get back to John Carter? Can this shaky truce withstand such horror?
I've read a previous Dejah Thoris graphic novel, and while it was good, this one was much better. You get to see Dejah as a warrior and she is in a pretty horrific predicament. If you've read the books then the familiar characters are here, and you know the state of dress, or rather undress, that the people of Barsoom are in. There is a cover gallery that features alternate and more risque covers. I like what Dynamite has done with this series and would like to read more.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this graphic novel.
Voro is a butcher. Rather than any reward or ransom he thinks he could get, his plans are to sell parts of Dejah to the highest bidder for them to eat. He already has captured a number of Helium women and they are in various states of harm. Can Dejah escape this monster and get back to John Carter? Can this shaky truce withstand such horror?
I've read a previous Dejah Thoris graphic novel, and while it was good, this one was much better. You get to see Dejah as a warrior and she is in a pretty horrific predicament. If you've read the books then the familiar characters are here, and you know the state of dress, or rather undress, that the people of Barsoom are in. There is a cover gallery that features alternate and more risque covers. I like what Dynamite has done with this series and would like to read more.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this graphic novel.
bloodravenlib's review against another edition
3.0
I posted my full review of this over on my blog, The Itinerant Librarian. Click (or copy/paste to your browser) the link below to read the review.
Link: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/02/booknote-dejah-thoris-and-green-men-of.html
Link: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/02/booknote-dejah-thoris-and-green-men-of.html
vintonole's review against another edition
3.0
A bit confusing at times, but generally a good story.
rosepetals1984's review against another edition
4.0
I've followed Dynamite Entertainment's various comic series based upon "Warlord on Mars" and this is one of the better adventures I've come across in a while. The last volumes I perused had Dejah Thoris, one of the main characters, really not doing much of anything and being something of a damsel in distress in environments that really went for show rather than being anything remotely that I could believe. Suffice to say, I was more than disappointed perusing those.
Thankfully, that changes with this particular volume, a compilation of four issues in the "Dejah Thoris and the Green Men" line. Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkkas, and John Carter all make appearances in this volume, but Dejah's taking the reins as she's captured by a rogue group of Green Men who torture and brutalize their prisoners, auctioning off body parts of their victims to the highest bidder. Dejah's on the run and fighting for her life. Fair warning for graphic violence and torture scenes.
The consistency of the artwork is much better in this particular installation, and the story held my attention for all of the thirty minutes it took for me to read it. The volume also contains a full color risque cover gallery, which I appreciated from an artistic rendering perspective (warning: contains graphic nudity).
In sum it was a well written compilation written by Mark Rahner and illustrated by Lui Antonio. I would read future installments of the series based on this one, and I hope the momentum of the storylines and the artwork quality continue with it. It was a quality compilation for what it offered.
Overall score: 3.5/5 stars
Note: I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, from the publisher.
Thankfully, that changes with this particular volume, a compilation of four issues in the "Dejah Thoris and the Green Men" line. Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkkas, and John Carter all make appearances in this volume, but Dejah's taking the reins as she's captured by a rogue group of Green Men who torture and brutalize their prisoners, auctioning off body parts of their victims to the highest bidder. Dejah's on the run and fighting for her life. Fair warning for graphic violence and torture scenes.
The consistency of the artwork is much better in this particular installation, and the story held my attention for all of the thirty minutes it took for me to read it. The volume also contains a full color risque cover gallery, which I appreciated from an artistic rendering perspective (warning: contains graphic nudity).
In sum it was a well written compilation written by Mark Rahner and illustrated by Lui Antonio. I would read future installments of the series based on this one, and I hope the momentum of the storylines and the artwork quality continue with it. It was a quality compilation for what it offered.
Overall score: 3.5/5 stars
Note: I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, from the publisher.
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