As to Burroughs' literary franchise, I might adapt an observation about Burroughs that I posted on another thread on MR a few years ago...
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By 1911, after seven years of low wages as a pencil-sharpener wholesaler; Burroughs began to write fiction. [...] In 1929, he recalled thinking that
...if people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of those magazines, that I could write stories just as rotten. As a matter of fact, although I had never written a story, I knew absolutely that I could write stories just as entertaining and probably a whole lot more so than any I chanced to read in those magazines.
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And then look at his output in the first three years of publication: Tarzan, Barsoom, Pellucidar, The Mucker, Outlaw of Torn, The Mad King.
Not only was he prolific, he was playing the field. I am amazed at what he achieved in such a short time. As much as I might find details to criticise, I can't help but admire the effort and the result.