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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

AMERICAN PUBLISHING HISTORY
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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 Thuvia, Maid 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

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