In 1905 Edwin Arnold created a character that many feel changed the
course of Science Fiction and that character's name was Lt. Gullivar
Jones. Though its reception was lukewarm at the time of its
publication, Arnold's tale of Gullivar's journey to mars and falling
in love with a Martian princess is thought by many to have inspired
the Martian tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, written some six years
later. Dynamite Entertainment is proud to bring these characters
together, telling the story of their first meeting!
The time is post Civil War America. Lt. Gullivar Jones, a
distinguished Navy officer, is tired of not receiving the promotion he
feels he deserves and desperately needs to be able to marry his
fiance. While sulking through the streets of New York, Gullivar
encounters an aged man and a strange carpet that appears to have
originated in the far east. Little does he know that this carpet will
become the vehicle that will transport him not only through space but
time as well, as he is hurtled into the past, present, and future of
John Carter's Barsoom. In the past, Gullivar meets the beautiful
Princess Heru, a mysterious Red Woman whose secrets lead him directly
to Barsoom's present, where he forges an uneasy alliance with the
Warlord of Mars John Carter and his beloved wife Dejah Thoris, all
before hurtling into the future where Barsoom faces a threat unlike
any it has known before!