Dejah Thoris, Volume 2: A Princess of Earth

Dejah Thoris (2019) #2

by Dan Abnett, Sebastián Píriz (Artist)

A Princess Of Earth"
New arc, new artist, new jumping-on point for new readers! Dejah awakes in a mysterious cave, on a confusing planet, full of strange aliens known as "humans...

152 pages, Paperback

First published August 3, 2021

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I was not impressed but the artist's depiction of some of the aspects of this series the story was Ok. Recommended

[Joel Jenkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art styles in this single book vary from "it grows on you" to excellent, to not very good. This doesn't make for a very consistent read.

As for the story, the tone is odd. Abnett makes Sola foul-mouthed, and Tara becomes even more superhuman than John Carter, for some inexplicable reason, when visiting Earth. John Carter and his son Carthoris (changed to Cathoris in this book) are mind-controlled and become the villain's henchmen of the story, killing numerous innocent foes.

In the past, I greatly enjoyed Abnett's work on Majestic (awesome series!), but though there are some nice touches here (like Dejah Thoris visiting author Edgar Rice Burroughs while on Earth), this story didn't come together.