John Carter was from Virginian and was a captain in the Confederate Armed Forces. After the war, his money and officer's commission was useless, so he set out to rebuild his life as a prospector in Arizona. He was chased by hostile Arizona natives into a lonely cave, where he was mysteriously transferred to the dying red planet of Barsoom, a fictionalized version of planet Mars. Barsoom is home to a myriad of different races of Martian, including the race to which Carter's wife Dejah Thoris belongs, as well as the green skinned, four armed race of which Tars Tarkas is a representative.
| John Carter, Warlord of Mars | |
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Real Name |
John Carter |
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First appearance |
Under the Moons of Mars (in All Story Magazine, 1912) |
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Original publisher |
Frank Munsey, Dell Publishing |
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Created by |
Edgar Rice Burroughs |
