Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS "Into the Noobolian Valley"

When Last We Left the First Earthman on Venus...

..."good, friendly people"?

On Amtor, aka Venus?

Alas, time won't tell, since this was the last chapter of the adaptation of Burroughs' Lost on Venus published!

After the previous chapter appeared in DC's Korak: Son of Tarzan #56 (1974), the strip bounced over to its' brother title, DC's Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle #230 (1974) for this one appearance!

Why the strip didn't continue remains a mystery...

Oddly enough, when Korak was re-tooled into the Tarzan Family anthology, combining Tarzan and Korak with the John Carter and Pelucidar strips that had lost their home in Weird Worlds, Carson of Venus also came along...reprinting the strip from the beginning!

Ironically, even the reprinting of the unfinished series was incomplete, ending with the next-to-last chapter of Pirates of Venus, "Duare, Princess of Venus"!

To date, even Dark Horse, (who's reprinting practically everything Burroughs that's been published in four-color form) hasn't issued a compilation of the Carson of Venus series!

You may note the name "Phil Trumbo" under Kaluta's name on the splash page.

Phil is a fellow artist and long-time friend of Kaluta's (going back to the late 1960s) who worked on a number of projects with him, usually uncredited.

Trumbo's still active, working in comics, animation, and licensed publishing and you can see his site HERE.

Next Wednesday, we go from the sublime to the ridiculous as we leave Wein and Kaluta's exquisite Carson of Venus for...well, just be here for it!

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Pirates of Venus & Lost on Venus

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS "Babes in the Woods"

When Last We Left Our Hero...

Note: this tale might be NSFW due to the alien cannibals' (Noobargan) ape-like appearance!

 It wasn't unusual for early sci-fi writers to pattern aliens after stereotypes of non-white humans like Africans, Asians, or Native Americans!
Hell, James Cameron patterned Avatar's Na'vi after the classic stereotype of "primitive yet noble savage" Africans and Native Americans...and that was only a decade ago!
The adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Lost on Venus continues under the typewriter. pencil, pen and brush of Mike Kaluta in DC's Korak: Son of Tarzan #56 (1974).
It's the last appearance of the strip in this book, which goes on for a couple of issues before changing format.
But, it's not the last we see of Kaluta's version of Carson, Duare, and the other inhabitants of Amtor (aka Venus), as you will see next week!

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Pirates of Venus & Lost on Venus

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS "Lost on Venus"

We Have Already Seen...

...wow!
There's a lot of screaming on Venus!

Continue the Saga...
Next Wednesday!

The adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Lost on Venus continues under the typewriter. pencil, pen and brush of Mike Kaluta in DC's Korak: Son of Tarzan #55 (1973-74).
It's a damned good tour-de-force by the young creative, who displays a proficiency that other "hypenates" (creatives who do multiple tasks on a single project) never quite achieve!

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Pirates of Venus & Lost on Venus

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS "Into the Land of Noobol"

We Have Already Seen...

...and Amtorites (Venusians) wonder why the tourist trade stinks!

We're finally into the second Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, Lost on Venus as of this chapter from DC's Korak: Son of Tarzan #54 (1973).

Mike Kaluta continues doing a solid job, both writing and illustrating the adaptation.

Continued...
Next Wednesday!

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Pirates of Venus & Lost on Venus

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS "Catastrophe"

When Last We Left the First EarthMan on Venus...

...ah, the "I hate you...I love you...I hate you!" trope so popular in fiction (and, as I discovered, in real life, too)!

The adaptation of Pirates on Venus sort-of concludes on a semi-cliffhanger with this action-packed chapter from DC's Korak: Son of Tarzan #53 (1973).
(The actual conclusion of the novel takes place in the first couple of pages of the next chapter, when Kaluta (who takes over the scripting for the remainder of the strip's run) knits it and the beginning of the next novel, Lost on Venus, together!

Be here next week as we begin the adaptation of Lost on Venus!

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by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS "Duare: Princess of Venus"

When Last We Left the First EarthMan on Venus...

...now let the fun begin!

OK, it's an unlikely coincidence, but remember, Carson thwarted a previous kidnapping attempt HERE.
Apparently, when he's not nearby, potential kidnappers are far more successful!
The adaptation of Pirates on Venus races along with this action-packed chapter from DC's Korak: Son of Tarzan #52 (1973).

Considering this was a bi-monthly series, writer Len Wein and artist Mike Kaluta felt the pressure to deliver a serialized tale that would hold the audience's interest for two months at a time...and they always delivered!

Be here
Next Wednesday
for the astounding conclusion!

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by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS "Mutiny at Sea"

We Have Already Seen...

BTW, I find it strange an American would take the side of a monarch against rebels.

Note also, the re-drawing of a couple of heads by editor Joe Kubert in the first panel below...

The adaptation of Pirates on Venus races along with this action-packed chapter from DC's Korak: Son of Tarzan #51 (1973).

Considering this was a bi-monthly series, writer Len Wein and artist Mike Kaluta felt the pressure to deliver a serialized tale that would hold the audience's interest for two months at a time...and they always delivered...as you'll see next Wednesday!

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by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS "Terror from the Sky!"

It's not easy when you lose your only friend on an alien world...

...but if there's anything a lifetime of reading/watching science fiction has taught me, it's that things are not as they seem...

There's Always Hope...as We'll See...

Next Wednesday!

Remember, while the "you're not really dead because your alien biology is different from mine" concept is a cliche these days, the novel Pirates of Venus was written in 1932, and was a relatively new idea back then.

(One of the things that drove me nuts about reviews of the movie John Carter was the complaint it was "so derivative" of everything from Flash Gordon to Superman to Star Wars...when the 1911 story Princess of Mars was the inspiration for the aspects of those properties that people were complaining John Carter copied!)

Len Wein and Mike Kaluta keep the story racing along in this chapter from DC's Korak Son of Tarzan #50 (1973).

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by Edgar Rice Burroughs