In 1947, Jesse Marsh - an artist who would inspire generations of comics creators and earn the esteem of professional peers such as industry legends Russ Manning and Alex Toth - won over millions of readers with his four-color vision of Edgar Rice Burroughs" beloved character Tarzan. To the delight of his readers, Marsh would continue to draw Tarzan comics for the following nineteen years. But his passion for Burroughs" creations wasn"t limited to the legendary writer"s jungle lord, and in the early 1950s he teamed up with prolific comics writer Paul S. Newman to breath life into another of Burroughs" beloved heroes: the courageous adventurer John Carter of Mars!