Luscious Dejah Thoris by Frank Cho

And the sight which met my eyes was that of a slender, girlish figure,

similar in every detail to the earthly women of my past life. She did not see me

at first, but just as she was disappearing through the portal of the building

which was to be her prison she turned, and her eyes met mine. Her face was

oval and beautiful in the extreme, her every feature was finely chiseled and

exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of

coal black, waving hair, caught loosely into a strange yet becoming coiffure.

Her skin was of a light reddish copper color, against which the crimson glow

of her cheeks and the ruby of her beautifully molded lips shone with a

strangely enhancing effect.

She was as destitute of clothes as the green Martians who accompanied

her; indeed, save for her highly wrought ornaments she was entirely naked,

nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her perfect and

symmetrical figure.

Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars, 1912

The above quote marks the first time John Carter lays eyes on Dejah Thoris in the plaza of the dead city of Korad. As is usual in Barsoom, both for red and green Martians, she is totally naked, but for some ornaments, which makes possible the feat of Dynamite's least covered character being covered in excess. Well, I do like Burrough's Martian books, almost as much as I like his Tarzan, and despite some hit-and-miss comics, I do like Dynamiye's Dejah Thoris. So, while we wait for this month's first issue of what will be DEJAH THORIS - VOLUME 5, here is the best and sexiest cover from Volume 4, the issue #1 cover variant by Frank Cho who, I believe, perfectly captures the essence of Burrough's Dejah Thoris:

Cover by Frank Cho