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Ryan Comments: Defeated in single combat by a guy wearing a loincloth, set ablaze and hurled onto the waiting weapons of his own men – he was probably not impressing the babe in the bikini.

Published 1975

(Average: 9.00 out of 10)

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Lord Kelvin comments: Tarzan didn’t kill the lion. Tarzan bored him to death.

Published 1951

(Average: 8.54 out of 10)

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Jeremy R. Comments: Featuring Graham Nash as David Innes!

Published 1973

(Average: 8.29 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Is child labour illegal in Australia? Because Deodand Publishing has a 13 year old boy running its Art Department.

Published 2002

(Average: 9.09 out of 10)

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Riki Comments: I won’t let go til you say “Monkey’s Uncle”.

Published 1967

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

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It’s time for Mars Sexytime Honourable Mentions. And it’s a score in more ways than one. Scraping the bottom of the Mars barrel, here are three also-rans that, for various reasons, didn’t meet our STRICT AND RIGIDLY ENFORCED GROUND RULES.

Sex Life on the Planet Mars. I can’t find much info on whether this is comedy, sci-fi or maybe even a mystery. But I’m not surprised it’s written by this guy. Somewhere Capt Kirk is getting a boner.

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A Princess of Mars. Further proof of the benefits of novels losing their copyright and entering the public domain. This is an actual by-the-rules science fiction book cover, but it’s print-on-demand and I didn’t feel like spending a tenner of Tag Wizard’s expense account money to buy a copy.

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Mars Ho! It’s a Kindle ebook cover. I think it’s also paperback but, since nobody is in a hurry to send that cover in, this will just have to do.

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Good Show Sir Comments: Thanks to Cyndi-with-an-i, me, and Sir Douglas Quintet for sending these in.

Published 1986, 2008, and 2017

(Average: 9.00 out of 10)

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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: NEL – ERB – WTF!

Good Show Sir Comments: Synthetic Men Are from Mars, Synthetic Boobs Are from Venus

Published 1972

Thanks to Lulu for sending one in!

(Average: 6.82 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Always check the credentials of your Botox doctor.

Published 1971

(Average: 8.76 out of 10)

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Alice Comments: This worthless flashlight only illuminates ME!

Published 1966

You might remember this from here.

(Average: 6.82 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Baby got Back … to the Stone Age!

Published 2003

Thanks to Jorge for sending this in!

You might remember this from here.

(Average: 8.67 out of 10)

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