The
jungle lord and and his wife are transported to Mars, where Lord
Greystoke is manipulated by one of the planet’s many sentient races
into battling the planet’s warlord. Events from the comic book
series Lord of the Jungle and
Warlord of Mars, which
only loosely follow the events of Burroughs’ books, are mentioned.
Also, the jungle lord is uncharacteristically naïve here, accepting
a Martian ruler’s claim the warlord is evil with little evidence,
apparently because he feels he fits in more on Mars than on Earth.
Therefore, I consider this series an AU.
The Crossover UniverseTM is a companion blog to the books Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1-2 by Win Scott Eckert, and the forthcoming Crossovers Expanded Volumes 1-2 by Sean Levin. Material excerpted from Crossovers Volumes 1 & 2 is © copyright 2010-2014 by Win Scott Eckert. All rights reserved. Material excerpted from Crossovers Expanded Volumes 1 & 2 is © copyright 2014-present by Sean Levin. All rights reserved.
Wouldn't it also conflict with the Dark Horse series where Tarzan met John Carter? That would more definitely place this in an AU.
ReplyDeleteWell, "John Bloodstone"'s TARZAN ON MARS also purported to be Tarzan and John Carter's first meeting, and Win regarded that claim as fictionalization in the original CROSSOVERS, so not necessarily.
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