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Issue 424

ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. ENCYCLOPEDIA
Presents
THE WARLORD OF MARS
Featuring
J. ALLEN ST. JOHN
FRANK FRAZETTA

Warlord of Mars cover by J. Allen St. JohnWarlord of Mars frontispiece by J. Allen St. JohnWarlord of Mars cover by J. Allen St. John


Frank Frazetta Illustrations
from the
1971 Doubleday Edition
THE WARLORD OF MARS

Frazetta  Doubleday Gods of Mars and Warlord of Mars

AMERICAN PUBLISHING HISTORY
 (Click on the Links to see more cover illustrations)

ERB commenced writing this third Mars novel in June 1913
Alternate writing titles: Yellow Men of Barsoom ~ The Fighting Prince of Mars ~ Across Savage Mars ~ The Prince of Helium ~ The War Lord of Mars
PULP
All-Story Magazine: 1913 December ~ 1914 January - March
     F.W. Small: first issue cover and b/w headpiece in each installment
FIRST EDITION
A.C. McClurg: September 27, 1919 ~ 296 pages
     J. Allen St. John: DJ with same illustration in sepia for frontispiece
REPRINT EDITIONS
A.C. McClurg: 1919
Grosset & Dunlap: many printings 1920 and into the '30s
Grosset & Dunlap: 1940 ~ no frontispiece
ERB, Inc.: March 26, 1948 ~ with St. John frontispiece
Ballantine paperback: March 1963 ~ 158 pages
     Robert Abbett cover
Doubleday Science-Fiction Book Club edition: 1971 with Gods of Mars ~ 336 pages
     Frank Frazetta wrap-around DJ and interiors
Ballantine paperback: October 1973
     Gino D'Achille cover
Ballantine-Del Rey paperback: May 1979
     Michael Whelan cover
Buccaneer Books hardcover: 1983 ~ no DJ or interiors ~ 158 pages
For detailed information see: Robert  Zeuschner's
ERB: The Exhaustive Scholar’s and Collector’s Descriptive Bibliography
See Foreign Edition Covers in Lord Greystoke's British Gallery 
ERBzin-e 281
F.W. Small cover: All-Story Magazine: 1913 December

Chronology Chart for
The Warlord of Mars
From Chronology For the Princess of Mars Trilogy by Fredrik Ekman
Refer to ERBzin-e 507 for notations
ET BT   Event Note
1888        
Mar 9 11;280   Shadowing Thurid 17  
Mar 10 11;281   Encounter with Lakor 18  
Mar 11 11;282   Visual contact with Dejah Thoris    
Mar 14 11;285   At Matai Shang's tower    
Mar 16 11;287   Shot down by Thurid    
Mar 17 11;288   Meeting with Torkar Bar    
Mar 18 11;289   Battle of Kaol    
Mar 19 11;290   Meeting with Thuvan Dihn    
Mar 20 11;291   Kulan Tith has a change of heart    
Mar 22 11;293   Recommenced pursuit    
Mar 24 11;294   Crash against ice barrier    
Mar 28 11;299   Finds the Carrion Caves    
Mar 29 11;300   Helps Talu 19  
Apr 2 11;303   Arrival outside Kadabra    
Apr 3 11;304   Enters Kadabra    
Apr 4 11;305   Accepted as royal guards    
Apr 5 11;307   Thrown into the pit of plenty    
Apr 15 11;316   Battle of Kadabra    
Apr 25 11;326   Talu officially becomes jeddak 20  
May 27 11;358   Departure from Ptarth 21  
Jun 1 11;363   Arrival at Helium 22  

The Warlord of Mars
Chapter Titles
On the River Iss
Under the Mountains
The Temple of the Sun
The Secret Tower
On the Kaolian Road
A Hero in Kaol
New Allies
Through the Carrion Caves
With the Yellow Men
In Durance
The Pity of Plenty
"Follow the Rope!"
The Magnet Switch
The Tide of Battle
Rewards
The New Ruler
CAST OF CHARACTERS
John Carter ~ Dotar Sojat
Dejah Thoris
Thuvia
Phaidor
Xodar
Tardos Mors
Mors Kajak
Carthoris
Thurid
Woola
Matai Shang ~ Father of Therns ~ Holy Hekkador
Lakor ~ a Holy Thern
Torkar Bar ~ Dwar of the Kaolian Road
Kulan Tith ~ Jeddak of Kaol
Thuvan Dihn ~ Jeddak of Ptarth
Talu ~ Prince of Marentina
Salensus Oll ~ Jeddak of Jeddaks of Okar
Solan
Tars Tarkas
Kantos Kan ~ padwar, navy of Helium
Venomous reptiles
Banths ~ Martian lion
Sith ~ gigantic flying insect
Thoats
Apts ~ arctic monsters


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References
Bill Hillman's Illustrated ERB Bibliography
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. Online Encyclopedia
Hillman ERB Cosmos
WM Summary by Various Members of ERBlist
Patrick Ewing's First Edition Determinors
John Coleman Burroughs Tribute
J. Allen St. John Bio, Gallery & Links
Edgar Rice Burroughs: LifeLine Biography
Bob Zeuschner's ERB Bibliography
J.G. Huckenpohler's ERB Checklist
Burroughs Bibliophiles Bulletin
ERB Illustrated Pulp Bibliography
ERBzin-e 247 St. John Barsoomian Art Gallery
ERBzin-e 246 The Burroughs Crater on Barsoom
Huck's Barsoom Gazetteer & Glossary by J. G. Huckenpöhler
G. T. McWhorter's Burroughs Bulletin Index
Bruce Wood's ERB Jacket Store
Ed Stephan's Tarzan of the Internet
Nick Knowles' ERB Paperback Collector
Phil Normand's Recoverings
ERBzin-e Weekly Online Fanzine
ERB Emporium: Collectibles ~ Comics ~ BLBs ~ Pulps ~ Cards
ERBVILLE: ERB Public Domain Stories in PDF
Irwin Porges: ERB: The Man Who Created Tarzan
Clark A. Brady's Burroughs Cyclopedia
Heins' Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bradford M. Day's Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Bibliography


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