History ComicBook / WarlordOfMars

** Possibly, one of the reasons Black Martians are depicted as grey-skinned humanoids instead of being just like black humans like [[ValuesDissonance Burroughs had originally envisioned]] was to avoid any UnfortunateImplications by depicting black people as a race of raiders that produces nothing and only steals from others, and the males' favorite pastime is to kidnap women from other races, such as the Red and White Martians. Granted, this is mitigated by the presence of sympathetic Black Martians such as Phondari and Xodar, but still.

The comics also created plenty of original content about the Barsoom mythos, most of which focusng on Carter's love interest [[BreakoutCharacter Dejah Thoris]], who received several miniseries surrounding her as you can see in the list below, and became one of Dynamite's flagship characters, perhaps more so than the actual protagonist. The Barsoom comics are as follows.

* 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. Ironically, they deprived themselves the opportunity to be superhumans like him since they have thickened the atmosphere density in Barsoom during their terraforming process.

** Possibly, one of the reasons Black Martians are depicted as grey-skinned humanoids instead of being just like black humans like [[ValueDissonance Burroughs had originally envisioned]] was to avoid any UnfortunateImplications by depicting black people as a race of raiders that produces nothing and only steals from others, and the males' favorite pastime is to kidnap women from other races, such as the Red and White Martians. Granted, this is mitigated by the presence of sympathetic Black Martians such as Phondari and Xodar, but still.

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

** The BigBad in ''Skeleton Men of Jupiter'' was a KarmaHoudini as a result of AuthorExistingFailure, but he dies in one special issue that more or less serves as sequel/conclusion to the book.

* FanDisservice:

* FantasticRacism: Really prevalent. [[WoobieSpecies The Red Martians]] had it worst of all since they are on the receiving end of ''every other Martian race'' on Barsoom, who use them as nourishment and/or slave labor. And not even these races can stand each other too. Martian racial tensions are almost as bad as [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Nirn's]].

The comics were notoriously faithful to its source material and among the most popular among Dynamite readers given the time the first publication ran and the sheer number of spin-offs created from it. This was, in spite of [[http://www.cbr.com/edgar-rice-burroughs-inc-sues-dynamite-over-john-carter-tarzan/ an ongoing lawsuit that happened in the early 2012]] when Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., the family-owned company of John Carter's creator sued the publisher over trademark infringement, though the matters were finally settled in a friendly manner in 2014.

* ''Warriors of Mars'' (2012) - 5 long {{crossover}} with Literature/GullivarOfMars
* ''Lords of Mars'' (2013-2014) - 5 issue miniseries featuring {{Literature/Tarzan}}

** 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 [[{{Precursors}} the White Martian empire]].

** Jagati Khen in ''Lords of Mars''presents himself [[AlwaysChaoticEvil and the Therns]] to [[{{Tarzan}} Lord Greystoke]] as a noble civilization being oppressed by Red Martian savages lead by the tyrannical John Carter.

* FanDisservice: [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Martian women]] [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace are shown to be very alluring, beautiful]] [[{{Fanservice}} and minimally dressed]]. [[EvilOldFolks Issus]], [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/148983/3386913-3386909-warlord%2Bof%2Bmars%2B12.jpg on the other hand, is not only depicted as gaunt and wizened]], [[{{Squick}} but also dressed just like them]]. Yikes.

** Possibly, one of the reasons Black Martians are depicted as grey-skinned humanoids instead of being just like black humans like [[ValusDissonance Burroughs had originally envisioned]] was to avoid any UnfortunateImplications by depicting black people as a race of raiders that produces nothing and only steals from others, and the males' favorite pastime is to kidnap women from other races, such as the Red and White Martians. Granted, this is mitigated by the presence of sympathetic Black Martians such as Phondari and Xodar, but still.

* 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.

* ''Swords of Sorrow'' (2015) - A CrossoverCrisis featuring Dejah, ComicBook/RedSonja and {{ComicBook/Vampirella}}.

[[caption-width-right:350:Variant cover of 2014's ''John Carter: Warlord of Mars]]

The comics also created plenty of original content about the Barsoom mythos, most of which surrounding Carter's love interest Dejah Thoris, who received several miniseries surrounding her as you can see in the list below, one of which being a regular miniseries that took place roughly 400 years before the events of the comic, detailing her own adventures on Mars and has been noted by many to be one of Dynamite's flagship characters, more so than the actual protagonist. Other spin-offs include the distant past over 100,000 years ago, detailing the fall of ancient Martian civilization and many [[CrisisCrossover crossovers]] with characters such as Literature/GullivarOfMars and {{Franchise/Tarzan}}.

* ''Warlord of Mars'' (2010-2014)
* ''Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris'' (2011-2013)
* ''Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom'' (2011)
* ''Dejah Thoris and the White Apes of Mars'' (2012)
* ''Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars'' (2013-2014)
* ''Warriors of Mars'' (2012)
* ''Lords of Mars'' (2013-2014)
* ''Dejah of Mars'' (2014)
* ''John Carter: Warlord of Mars'' (2014-2015)
* ''Dejah Thoris'' (2016)
* ''Swords of Sorrow'' (2015)
* ''ComicBook/PathfinderWorldscape'' (2016)

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''Warlord of Mars'' is the comic book adaptation of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' book series, published by Creator/DynamiteComics since October 2010. It started out as a ongoing publication that adapted the first three books 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''. From late 2014 to early 2015, the current series has been relaunched as ''John Carter: Warlord of Mars''.

A 6-issue miniseries simply entitled ''Dejah Thoris'' was released in 2016, focusing on the Princess of Helium embarking on a new quest for her identity. John Carter and other Barsoom characters will be featured in a upcoming crossover between Franchise/{{Tarzan}}, TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} and ComicBook/RedSonja called ''ComicBook/PathfinderWorldscape''.

* 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 [[{{Precursors}} the White Martian empire]].

** [[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 and the real Tardos is dead]].

* 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.]].

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

* CrossOver: ''Lords of Mars'' features a crossover between Carter and Literature/{{Tarzan}}, in ''Warriors of Mars'' features [[Literature/GullivarOfMars Lieutenant Gullivar Jones]]. Dejah Thoris would be featured as one of the main leads along with ''Swords of Sorrow'' along with ComicBook/RedSonja and ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}.

* FallenHero: Xerius, once a proud White Martian defender who fought valiantly [[BattleCouple alongside his beloved]] [[ActionGirl Xaraya]]. After [[CynicismCatalyst her death]] at the hands of the First-Born and the Okarans and [[AndIMustScream having his own consciousness trapped inside crystals that kept him alive for thousands of years]], he grew absolutely heartless and cruel. While masquerading as [[spoiler: Tardos Mors]], he replaces [[TheHero John Carter]] as Warlord of Mars, employs the vicious [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Warhoons]] as his enforcers, [[ANaziByAnyOtherName instigates a genocidal campaign against not only the Black and Yellow Peoples]], [[YouAreWhatYouHate but his own people as well]], reducing them to slaves whom he has 10% killed for no good reason, except spite and disgust. He still thinks himself as a savior, however, as he justify his actions as liberating the Red and Green Peoples who have been oppressed by polar races for millenia.

* 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. [[spoiler: Turns out that is a double created by the White Martian spirit Xerius to take control of Barsoom]]. This trope is played yet ''again'' straight when [[spoiler: Tardos]] is seen alive again in ''Dejah of Mars'', despite the one we saw previously was confirmed to be a copy and the real one died long ago.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Xerius hates the White Martians almost as much as his old enemies, the Yellow and Black Martians. He is disgusted by what they have become and wants them purged as well in reparation for what they done to the Red Martians for millenia, nevermind he is one himself despite pretending to be a Red Martian.

A 6-issue miniseries simply entitled ''Dejah Thoris'' was released in 2016, focusing on the Princess of Helium embarking on a new quest for her identity. John Carter and other Barsoom characters will be featured in a upcoming crossover between Franchise/{{Tarzan}}, TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} and ComicBook/RedSonja called ''Pathfinder: Worldscape''.

A new series simply entitled ''Dejah Thoris'' was released in 2016.

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: The Yellow Martians who assist John Carter in ''Warlord of Mars''. In both the comics and the books, they assist Carter into infiltrating Salensus Oll's city and they take control of it after his death. In the following story arc in the comics, its revealed that they 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]].

* TheConspiracy: The second half of ''Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars'' deals with one among radical Tharks that want to secede from 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.

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

** In Green Men of Mars, there is a marriage between a male Thark and a female Red Martian.

** Oll himself decides to make not just Dejah, but Thuvia (a Red Martian herself) and Phaidor (a Thern) his concubines too. [[spoiler: [[KarmicDeath Bad mistake]].]]

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

A upcoming original series simply entitled ''Dejah Thoris'' was announced for 2015.

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: The Yellow Martians who assist John Carter in ''Warlord of Mars''. In both the comics and the books, they assist Carter into infiltrating Salensus Oll's city and they take control of it after his death. In the following story arc in the comics, its 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]].

* AlienInvasion: Some happened - the second series opens up with Mars being invaded by aliens lead by an human just like Carter. ''Dejah Thoris'' prequel has her thwarting an attempted invasion by vampire aliens from Saturn. And at least in one possible BadFuture, Mars was invaded by Earth forces.

''Warlord of Mars'' is the comic book adaptation of EdgarRiceBurroughs' JohnCarterOfMars book series, published by Creator/DynamiteComics since October 2010. It started out as a ongoing publication that adapted the first three books 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''. From late 2014 to early 2015, the current series has been relaunched as ''John Carter: Warlord of Mars''.

* FantasticRacism: Really prevalent. [[WoobieSpecies The Red Martians]] had it worse of all since they are on the receiving end of ''every other Martian peoples'' in Barsoom, who uses them as nourishment and/or slave labor. And not even these races can stand each other too. Martian racial tensions are almost as bad as [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Nirn's]].
** The White and the Black Martians suffer a bad case of AGodAmI and MasterRace and prey on both Red and Green Peoples, relying on slavery of these lesser people for nearly everything, except warfare. Even the Therns themselves are preyed by the First-Born, who [[RapePillageAndBurn regularly raids their land]] and [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty kidnaps their women]].

''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 ongoing publication that adapted the first three books 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''. From late 2014 to early 2015, the current series was been relaunched as ''John Carter: Warlord of Mars''.

A upcoming original series simply entitled ''Dejah Thoris'' was announced for 2015.

** Ras Thavas, who was a merely morally ambiguous in ''Synthetic Men of Mars'' but reforms at the end of the book, is made into an villain that planned to clone Dejah and John and replace them with his creations so he could rule Helium through his puppets.

''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 ongoing publication that adapted the first three books 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''.

* MasterRace: The polar races on Mars regard themselves as superior to the Red People and the Green barbarians, [[FantasticRacism as well as among themselves]]. Irony is that the White, Black and Yellow people are heavily reliant on enslaving these lesser people, who are most numerous, advanced and much more hardy to live on [[Barsoom DeathWorld]]. When the Red People go to war against them, the polar races are usually overwhelmed.

** [[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]].]]

* FantasticRacism: Really prevalent. [[WoobieSpecies The Red Martians]] had it worse of all since they are on the receiving end of ''every other Martian peoples'' in Barsoom. Barsoom's racial tensions are almost as bad as [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Nirn's]].
** The Therns prey on both Red and Green Peoples, using them as slaves and nourishment and in turn, are preyed on by the First-Born, who [[RapePillageAndBurn regularly raids their land]] and [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty kidnaps their women]].
** While the Yellow Martians are a very reclusive people, they are revealed to be mortal enemies with the Green People, for it was they who drove out the Yellow People out of their lands and retreat into the North Pole. The Yellow Martians of Kadabra, who explicitly practice slavery, are said to use rebellious Reds as baits for savage beasts.
** The Green Martians have also been bitter enemies to the Reds. They are the first people to reach a truce after John Carter arrived.

* FantasticRacism: Really prevalent. [[WoobieSpecies The Red Martians]] had it worse of all since they are on the receiving end of ''all other Martian peoples'' in Barsoom.
** The Therns prey on both Red and Green Peoples, and in turn, are preyed on by the First-Born, who [[RapePillageAndBurn regularly raids their land]] and [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty kidnaps their women]].
** While the Yellow Martians are a very reclusive people, they are revealed to be mortal enemies with the Green People.

* FallenHero: Xerius, once a proud White Martian defender who fought valiantly [[BattleCouple alongside his beloved]] [[ActionGirl Xaraya]]. After [[CynismCatalyst her death]] at the hands of the First-Born and [[AndIMustScream having his own consciousness trapped inside crystals that kept him alive for thousands of years]], he grew absolutely heartless and cruel. While masquerading as [[spoiler: Tardos Mors]], he replaces [[TheHero John Carter]] as Warlord of Mars, employs the vicious [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Warhoons]] as his enforcers, instigates a genocidal campaign against not only the Black and Yellow Peoples, but his own people as well, reducing them to slaves whom he has 10% killed for no good reason, except spite and disgust. He still thinks himself as a savior, however, as he justify his actions as liberating the Red and Green Peoples who have been oppressed by polar races for millenia.

* MysticalWhiteHair: Phondari is a Black Martian with platinum blonde hair.
* 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. Though the later mysteriously returns to life, [[spoiler: its later discovered a skull which might have belonged to the true Tardos, due to a diamond teeth he had in life.]]

** Carthoris (a human/Red Martian hybrid) has a few ShipTease moments with Linea (a First-Born princess). Even his father encourages the relationship pursuit, despite their peoples being recently at war, possibly to secure peace between them.

** 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 between the two people. Said White Martian is freaked out by this and considers it [[BestialityIsDepraved akin to bestiality]].

* 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.

* 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. [[spoiler: Turns out that is a double created by the White Martian spirit Xerius to take control of Barsoom]]. This trope is played yet ''again'' straight when [[spoiler: Tardos]] is seen alive again in ''Dejah of Mars'', despite the one we saw previously was confirmed to be a copy and the real one died long ago.