The situation becomes more desperate with each passing moment, but should you even care what happens to our main characters? Read on to find out
The official description from Dynamite:
John Carter is far from home, and his enemies have enslaved the mind of his only ally, Tars Tarkas. Carter is left with a brutal choice: kill his greatest friend, or allow Mars to descend into a war that could well destroy the Red Planet. What’s he to do? How about a little impromptu surgery, followed by some serious ass-kicking?
A strong finish was hampered by some cosmetic hiccups, but nonetheless the creative team succeeds in crafting a winner here. Sure there are rough spots but nothing that prevents a smirk from forming right at the climax of an arc with racial animosity as its main focus. In short: the people behind it did a good job.
Arvid Nelson pens the script and for the most part this is a justifiably paper thin entry that throws our characters directly in the line of sight of a proper conclusion. There were some very key sequences that birthed some naturally comedic moments, and for that I give the author due credit for making me grin ear to ear. I did find that the major battle and its predictable finish to be a tad bit underwhelming, but nonetheless I still walked away with a strong sense of completion as yet another adventure on Barsoom came to a close.
The art by Rafael Lanhellass and Marcio Abreu both carried their own unique features, but the truth is the transition between their styles caused a bit of a visual clash. We have one illustrator that’s crisp and clean while the other offers a more chaotic interpretation with a barrage of lines. In the end they worked well enough to carry the text, I just wish one or the other would have been the solo artist for this entry.
Warlord of Mars #30 is a strong comic that proves, through its own means, that the might behind it is still up to being on your pull-list. Recommended.
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