DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES WARLORD OF MARS: FALL OF BARSOOM #1 THIS JULY!!! 

April 18, 2011, Runnemede, NJ - After the incredible critical and commercial success of Dynamite's Warlord of Mars and Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris series, comes Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom!  100,000 years before the time of John Carter!  Barsoom is a dying world: its once mighty oceans are receding and its atmosphere grows more tenuous by the day.  The Orovars, who have dominated for a million years, are on the verge of extinction at the hands of the Green Hordes and the emerging Red Martians.  Two Orovars - a Scientist and a General -- race against time to save their people before Mars plunges into barbarism!  Be sure to pick up Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom before it sells out this July!

"I love Barsoom, it's Burroughs first, best creation in my opinion and to delve into its past and tell a story of Mars before John Carter would be good on its own," says writer Robert Napton.  "But I get the icing on the cake of doing it with cover artist Joe Jusko, the foremost Burroughs artist of our day, and an amazing interior artist with Roberto Castro.  What could be better?"

"I'm very proud to work with Dynamite on this new title in the Warlord of Mars universe with the remarkable writer Robert Napton," says artist Roberto Castro.  "Working on the prequel is like a dream, which features a story about the last days of a powerful civilization on the road to destruction."

"Robert is such a fan of Warlord of Mars, and we are really excited to be working with him again," says Dynamite President and Publisher Nick Barrucci.  "And Roberto Castro is an artist who's been around for many years and when we saw his sample pages, we were blow away. We're very fortunate he came on board with us. His art will do Robert's fantastic script justice, and, from the linework we're sending with this PR, we know you'll agree."

"Robert and I have been talking for a bit about finding a spot for him in the ‘warlord' world," added Dynamite Editor Joe Rybandt. "Robert's a big fan, and together, we came at this thing with what we think is a fresh, new approach. The world is so rich, and Burroughs hints at so much of what has come long before the time of John Carter. So, this is our chance to add to that mythos and tell those stories."

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ABOUT DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT:

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, Green Hornet, Vampirella, Warlord of Mars, Project Superpowers, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time and more!

In addition to their critically-acclaimed titles and best selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Garth Ennis, Michael Avon Oeming, Mel Rubi, Marc Guggenheim, Stephen Sadowski, Mike Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner and a host of up and coming new talent!

DYNAMITE is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book publishers and several of their titles - including Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's PROJECT SUPERPOWERS - have debuted in the Top Ten lists produced by Diamond Comics Distributors. In 2005 Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%). The company has also been nominated for several industry awards, including the prestigious Eisner Award.

Dynamite also controls and owns multiple library's, including but not limited to the Vampirella library of casts and characters, The Superpowers library of characters, The Kirby: Genesis world of characters, and the Chaos! Comics universe of characters.