History ComicBook / WarlordOfMars

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Sword of Barsoom is seemingly this, being able to corrupt.

* ChildrenBeingForcedToKill: Dejah's most vivid memory is saving her mother from a Green Martian and killing him at the age of ''8''. Unlike most examples of this trope, which are played for tragedy or horror, it was a moment of triumph for her [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy as she embraced her birthright as a Princess of Helium.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Dejah's father and grandfather]] die offscreen while rebelling against the Yellow Martians. In the books, they survive and return to Helium safely. Subverted when [[spoiler: Tardos Mors]] apparently returns to live, but its [[DoublySubverted]] when revealed that it was merely a copy.

* SomethingOnlyHeWouldSay: When [[spoiler: Tardos Mors]] mysteriously returns to Helium after having died in Okar, he recounts an incident that Dejah had as a child that only they remember, confirming his identity. [[spoiler: Turns out that is not truly Tardos, but an very ancient, very evil Orovar spirit that took his appearance and was able to pick up her thoughts while imprisoned.]]

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Tardos Mors]] returns to life without any explanation inside the Red Spire of Helium, while he was thought to have died far away in the North Pole. This trope is played once again straight when [[spoiler: Tardos]] is seen alive again in ''Dejah of Mars'', despite the one we saw previously was confirmed to be false.

* FallenHero: Xerius

** Defied when Carter suggests to a White Martian if his people have settled on Earth and interbred with the Scandinavians, who are commonly blonde-haired and blue eyed, which would explain the physical similarities. Said White Martian is freaked out by it and considers it akin to bestiality.

** [[BigGood Tardos Mors]] is [[TheGoodKing the proud, virtuous and benevolent Jeddak of Helium]]. During ''Tyrant of Mars'' he turns into a EvilOverlord bent on an genocidal campaign against the polar races of Barsoom [[spoiler: after he comes back to life]]. Subverted when its revealed [[spoiler: that is actually a double created by a evil White Martian spirit.]].

* NeverFoundTheBody: We only hear word that [[spoiler: Mors Kajak and Tardos Mors (Dejah's father and grandfather respectively)]] have been killed during a slave uprising, but their deaths were never shown onscreen. While the latter returns to life, the former's fate is still unknown.

* SomethingOnlyHeWouldSay: When [[spoiler: Tardos Mors]] mysteriously returns to Helium after having died in Okar, he recounts an incident that Dejah had as a child that only they remember, confirming his identity. [[spoiler: Turns out that is not truly Tardos, but an very ancient, very evil Orovar spirit that took his appearance and was able.]]

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Tardos Mors]] returns to life without any explanation.

** [[BigGood Tardos Mors]] is [[TheGoodKing the proud, virtuous and benevolent Jeddak of Helium]]. During ''Tyrant of Mars'' he turns into a EvilOverlord bent on an genocidal campaign against the polar races of Barsoom [[spoiler: after he comes back to life]]. Subverted when its revealed [[spoiler: he has been possessed by an evil White Martian spirit and its not really Tardos himself]].

* ArtifactOfDoom:

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Dejah's father and grandfather]] die offscreen while rebelling against the Yellow Martians. In the books, they survive and return to Helium safely. Subverted when [[spoiler: Tardos Mors is revealed to have been saved by a White Martian spirit. Mors Kajak still remains dead however.]]

* StopWorshippingMe: In ''Lords of Mars'', Carter is venerated as a deity because of his godlike strength and fighting prowess among the Martians. Having recently toppled [[GodGuise the reign of Issus]] and seen the horrors perpetrated by it, he is not fond at all of being seen as a god too.

* Really700YearsOld/ImmortalityBeginsAt20: Martians are very long-lived and might as well be immortal, according to Dynamite. Dejah Thoris, herself is at least 400 years old by the time she meets John Carter, given her prequel series takes place centuries before the books' events.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Talu. He appears like a honorable and just man that rebelled against his cruel uncle and wanted to rule fairly. He reveals rebelled against him in the first place because the Yellow Martians are destined to rule all of Barsoom, not to say hidden from the rest of the world like Oll wanted.]]
* CainAndAbel: Dejah Thoris and her insane brother Kajak.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The conspirators in ''Savage of Mars'' took extreme measures to silence Salensus Oll's concubines after one of them blew the whistle about who was behind the Green People's violent bursts. In fact, had her not warned the heroes about it, they would likely never had figured it out.

* OffModel: It happens frequently, sometimes as result of changing artists, see DependingOnTheArtist. One glaring moment is during ''Tyrant of Mars'', where Helium guards are supposed to be forcibly evicting Therns, Okarians and First-Borns out of their city, but the colorists forgot to distinct them and made them all look like Red Martians.

* ShipTease: An attraction between Carthoris and Linea. [[spoiler: It ends in tears when she dies.]]

* StopWorshipingMe: In ''Lords of Mars'', Carter is venerated as a deity because of his godlike strength and fighting prowess among the Martians. Having recently toppled [[GodGuise the reign of Issus]] and seen the horrors perpetrated by it, he is not fond at all of being seen as a god too.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Dejah's father and grandfather]] die offscreen while rebelling against the Yellow Martians. In the books, they survive and return to Helium safely.

* AFateWorseThanDeath: ''Green Men of Mars'' has a radical cult of Tharks that refuse to make peace with Red Martians kidnap their women [[ToServeMan to serve as food]]. They imprison the women inside a dungeons where [[AnArmAndALeg they have their limbs and organs removed slowly]]. Dejah very nearly suffers the same fate, and even though she escapes physically unscathed, she was severely traumatized and mentally scarred by these events.

* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Linea, a First Born noblewoman that assist the heroes against her father, who is a mad high priest of Issus. [[spoiler: Its revealed she is Issus' granddaughter, making her a Mad Goddess' Beautiful Granddaughter.]]

** Dagur Andalust, the vampire man from Saturn, is one of the few villains to fall in love with Dejah and redeems himself in the process.

* SealedEvilInACan: An ancient, vengeful, NighInvulnerable White Martian spirit is freed from Helium's Red Spire and unleashes catastrophic devastation [[spoiler: when it possess Tardos Mordos]].

** [[spoiler: Salensus Oll]]'s death departs from the source material to pay homage to Jabba the Hutt's death scene in ReturnOfTheJedi.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Talu.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Green Men of Mars'' has a very dark tone featuring TorturePorn and conspiracies and has little to do with PlanetaryRomance tone established in the comics and original books.

* AFateWorseThanDeath: ''Green Men of Mars'' has a radical cult of Tharks that refuse to make peace with Red Martians kidnap their women [[ToServeMen to serve as food]]. They imprison the women inside a dungeons where [[AnArmAndALeg they have their limbs and organs removed slowly]]. Dejah very nearly suffers the same fate, and even though she escapes physically unscathed, she was severely traumatized and mentally scarred by these events.

** [[spoiler: Salensus Oll's death]] pays homage to Jabba the Hutt's death scene in ReturnOfTheJedi.

* AlienInvasion

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The conspirators in ''Savage of Mars'' took extreme measures to silence Salensus Oll's concubines and advisors.

** [[spoiler: Vush Tanzar]] sells out Helium, and by extension Barsoom, to alien invaders out to of pure jealousy for Dejah choosing Carter over him. [[spoiler: She kills him by throwing him off a ship after the Kahori invasion is twarted.]]

* NotMeThisTime: [[AlwaysChaoticEvil The Therns]] are the first suspects behind the Green Martians' sudden violent bursts.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Talu the supposedly benevolent ruler that replaced the tyrannical Salensus Oll]] is revealed to be a power-hungry despot behind a conspiracy to destroy the Green People. Carter even calls him out on this, but [[spoiler: Talu]] disagrees stating that [[spoiler: Oll]]

** [[BigGood Tardos Mors]] is the proud, virtuous and benevolent Jeddak of Helium. During ''Tyrant of Mars'' he turns into a EvilOverlord bent on an genocidal campaign against the polar races of Barsoom [[spoiler: after he comes back to life]]. Subverted when its revealed [[spoiler: he has been possessed by an evil White Martian spirit and its not really Tardos himself]].

* BadFuture: Certain visits into the distant future reveal that Barsoom will be colonized and enslaved by Earth forces, many races have been enslaved and only the last descendant of John Carter resist against them.

* EvilCounterpart: Joshua Clark in the relaunched series. Both are UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar veterans who fought on opposite sides during the conflict, ended up among alien and rose up to become their supreme leaders. He even shares the same initials as John Carter.
* FanDisservice: [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Martian women]] [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace are shown to be very alluring, beautiful]] [[{{Fanservice}} and minimally dressed]]. [[EvilOldFolks Issus]], on the other hand, is not only depicted as gaunt and wizened, [[{{Squick}} but also dressed just like them]]. Yikes.
** Jagati Khen, the BigBad in ''Lords of Mars'' is a [[FatBastard massive, morbidly obese]] [[ReligionOfEvil Holy Thern]] is dressed equally as skimpy instead of using long robes like other male Therns.

* InterspeciesRomance: Not only between [[HeavyWorlder John Carter]] and [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Dejah Thoris]], but the comics contains other original examples.

** Its revealed that the Green Martians were [[spoiler: created by the Okarans as battle drones through interbreeding between [[SuperPersistentPredator apts]], [[KillerSpaceMonkey white apes]] and [[HumanAliens Red Martians]] and they could be controlled mentally.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: The Yellow Martians who assist John Carter in ''Warlord of Mars'' are revealed to have aspirations of conquest, conspiring to turn the Green Martians against the rest of the Barsoomians and breed a race of mutant servants to take over the planet]].
** [[BigGood Tardos Mors]] becomes a EvilOverlord in the ''Tyrant of Mars'' storyline who starts a genocidal campaign against the polar races of Barsoom [[spoiler: after he comes back to life]]. Subverted when its revealed [[spoiler: he has been possessed by an evil White Martian spirit and its not really Tardos himself]].

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: In an alternate future, humans have invaded Mars, driven entire species to extinction and enslaved the sentient people.

** Dagur Andalaust ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent a Vathek]]) falls in love with Dejah ([[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe a Red Martian]]) and offers to make her his vampire bride. [[spoiler: Unlike most villains, he sacrifice himself to destroy his fellow Vathek and save her]].

* MrFanservice: [[HeroicBuild Most]] [[WalkingShirtlessScene Martians]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} men]] of humanoid races could count as male examples of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Green Skinned Space Babes]], but John Carter stands out from other characters (both male and female) due to also appearing completely naked at certain points, albeit with HandOrObjectUnderwear and BarbieDollAnatomy.
* MsFanservice: [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11124/111243883/4825372-dejah+captured.jpg Most]] [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11124/111243883/4854226-hot.jpg Martian]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p15_17.jpg females]] [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe are depicted]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} very faithfully as]] [[DiamondsIntheBuff described in the source material]].

* FanDisservice: [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Martian women]] [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace are shown to be very alluring and beautiful]] [[{{Fanservice}} and very minimally dressed]]. [[EvilOldFolks Issus]], on the other hand, is not only depicted as gaunt and wizened, [[{{Squick}} but also dressed just like them]]. Yikes.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Killing someone while bound, on their knees and unable to defend themselves can be considered something very dishonorable for a ProudWarriorRaceGuy like Tars Tarkas. Not so much when the victim is guilty of MindRaping Tarkas and conspired to destroy his people.

* MrFanservice: [[HeroicBuild Most]] [[WalkingShirtlessScene Martians]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} men]] of humanoid races could count as male examples of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabes]], but John Carter stands out from other characters (both male and female) due to also appearing completely naked at certain points, albeit with HandOrObjectUnderwear and BarbieDollAnatomy.

* EvilCounterpart: Joshua Clark in the relaunched series. He even shares the same initials as John Carter.

* SealedEvilInACan

** [[spoiler: Salensus Oll]]'s death pay homage to Jabba the Hutt's death scene in ReturnOfTheJedi.

** [[TheBrute Thurid]] (a First-Born), [[SmugSnake Matai Shang]] (a Thern) and [[LargeAndInCharge Salensus Oll]] (a Okarian) [[VillainousCrush all become madly attracted to Dejah]], [[RunningGag once again]]. To the point, they will kill each other over who gets her for themselves. Oll decides to make not just Dejah, but Thuvia (a Red Martian herself) and Phaidor (a Thern) his concubines too. [[spoiler: [[KarmicDeath]] Bad mistake.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Salensus Oll]]

* MrFanservice: John Carter is not only [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] [[HeroicBuild and displaying his chiseled physique]], he stands out from other characters due to also appearing naked at certain points, albeit with HandOrObjectUnderwear and BarbieDollAnatomy.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Talu]] the supposedly benevolent ruler that replaced the tyrannical Salensus Oll.

* ShoutOut: In Barsoom's BadFuture, Earth invaders resemble Film/TheRocketeer.

* SealedEviInACan

* BitchInASheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Talu.]]

''Warlord of Mars'' is the comic book adaptation of EdgarRiceBurroughs' JohnCarterOfMars book series, published by Creator/Dynamite Comics since October 2010. It started out as a regular series that adapted the first trilogy in the Barsoom series, but also spawned many original storylines that are exclusive to Dynamite and spin-offs, such as ''Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris'', ''Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars'' and ''Fall of Barsoom''. In late 2014, the current series has been relaunched as ''John Carter: Warlord of Mars'', featuring

* AdaptationalBadass: Dejah Thoris, hands down. She gets upgraded from a PrincessClassic that got regularly kidnapped into a more proactive, action-oriented heroine. She also had much increased focus in the comics than she does in the books, as she faded into the background in later installments after the first one.

** [[BigGood Tardos Mors]] becomes a EvilOverlord in the ''Tyrant of Mars'' storyline who starts a genocidal campaign against the polar races of Barsoom [[spoiler: after he comes back to life]]. Subverted when its revealed [[spoiler: its not the real Tardos and he has been possessed by an evil White Martian spirit]].

* TheQuisling: Vush Tanzar.
* ShipTease: An attraction between Carthoris and Linea. [[spoiler: It ends in tears when she dies.]]

* AdaptationalBadass: Dejah Thoris, hands down. She gets upgraded from a PrincessClassic that got kidnapped regularly into a more proactive, action-oriented heroine. She also had much increased focus in the comics than she does in the books, as she faded into the background in later installments after the first one.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Phaidor gets a load of this. While she follows the same path as her book counterpart, she is portrayed more sympathetically, helps John Carter in certain instances, defends Dejah Thoris from her father and admits that she will never earn Carter's love, all of this happens much earlier than in the books, where she doesn't reform until the very end.

** Tardos Mors becomes a EvilOverlord in the ''Tyrant of Mars'' storyline who starts a genocidal campaign against the polar races of Barsoom [[spoiler: after he comes back to life]]. Subverted when its revealed [[spoiler: its not the real Tardos and he has been possessed by an evil White Martian spirit]].

* ContemptibleCover: Standard for Dynamite to have ''many'' covers featuring [[MsFanservice Dejah]] for comics where her role is minimal or non-existent. It happens mostly on the main series however.

* FanDisservice: [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Martian women]] [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace are shown to be very alluring and beautiful]] [[{{Fanservice}} and very minimally dressed]]. [[EvilOldFolks Issus]], on the other hand, is not only depicted as gaunt and wizened, [[{{Squick}}but dressed just like them]]. Yikes.

* OffModel: It happens frequently.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The Vathek, aka the Vampire Men of Saturn.

* PirateGirl: Phondari, captain of the ''Hammer of Thuria''.

* FanDisservice: [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Most female Martians]] [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace are shown to be very alluring and beautiful]] [[{{Fanservice}} and very minimally dressed]]. [[EvilOldFolks Issus]], on the other hand, is not only depicted as gaunt and wizened, [[{{Squick}}but dressed just like them]]. Yikes.

* MsFanservice: [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11124/111243883/4825372-dejah+captured.jpg Most]] [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11124/111243883/4854226-hot.jpg Martian]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p15_17.jpg females]] [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe are depicted]] as [[DiamondsIntheBuff described in the source material]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} very accurately]].

* BadFuture: Certain visits into the distant future reveal that Barsoom will be colonized and enslaved by Earth forces, many races have been enslaved and only the descendant of John Carter

* AdaptationExpansion: The Dynamite Comics fleshes out some of the character's backstories on what their life was like before the books took place. Also, the setting as whole in ''Fall of Barsoom'', which details the downfall of the White Martian empire.

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: The Yellow Martians who assist John Carter in ''Warlord of Mars'' are revealed to have]].

* CanonForeigner: Too many to count.

* DeathByAdaptation: Dejah's father and grandfather die offscreen while rebelling against the Yellow Martians. In the books, they survive and return to Helium safely.

* MsFanservice: [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11124/111243883/4825372-dejah+captured.jpg Most]] [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11124/111243883/4854226-hot.jpg Martian]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p15_17.jpg females]] are depicted as [[DiamondsIntheBuff described in the source material]].

* AdaptationExpansion: The Dynamite Comics fleshes out some of the character's backstories on what their life was like before the books took place. Also, the setting as whole in ''Fall of Barsoom'', which narrates the downfall of the White Martian empire.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Phaidor gets a load of this. While she follows the same path as her book counterpart, she is portrayed more sympathetically, helps John Carter in certain instances, defends Dejah Thoris from her father and admits that she will never earn Carter's love, all of this happens much earlier than in the books, where she pretty much reforms at the very end.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: The Yellow Martians]].

* MadScientistBeautifulDaughter: Linea, a First Born noblewoman that assist the heroes against her father, who is a mad high priest of Issus. [[spoiler: Its revealed she is Issus' granddaughter, making her a Mad Goddess' Beautiful Granddaughter.]]

''Warlord of Mars'' is the comic book adaptation of EdgarRiceBurroughs' JohnCarterOfMars book series, published by Creator/Dynamite Comics since October 2010. It started out as a regular series that adapted the first trilogy in the Barsoom series, but also spawned many original storylines that are exclusive to Dynamite and spin-offs, such as ''Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris'', ''Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars''. In late 2014, the current series has been relaunched as ''John Carter: Warlord of Mars'', featuring

* AdaptationalHeroism: Phaidor gets a taste a load of this.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: The Yellow Martians.]].

* ContemptibleCover: There are ''many'' covers featuring [[MsFanservice Dejah]] in the front, while she is nowhere to be seen.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Inevitably... In the books, [[LukeYouAreMyFather John takes a painfully long time to realize Carthoris is his son]]. In the comics, they recognize each other almost immediately.

''Warlord of Mars'' is the comic book adaptation of EdgarRiceBurroughs' JohnCarterOfMars book series, published by Creator/Dynamite Comics since October 2010. It started out as a regular series that adapted the first trilogy in the Barsoom series, but also spawned many original storylines that are exclusive to Dynamite and spin-offs, such as ''Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris''

* AdaptationalBadass: Dejah Thoris, hands down. She gets upgraded into
* AdaptationalHeroism:
* AdaptationalVillany: [[The Yellow Martians]].
* CanonForeigner
* ContemptibleCover