Tars Tarkas
He is a powerful and noble warrior among the fierce Green Men of Mars. He is a close ally and friend of the adventurer John Carter.
Name:
Tars Tarkas
Publisher:
Real name:
Tars
Aliases:
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Intellect
- Leadership
- Longevity
- Stamina
- Swordsmanship
- Telepathy
- Unarmed Combat
- Weapon Master
First issue:
Four Color (1942) #375 Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars
Origin
Tars Tarkas is a fictional character in the Barsoom series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Though a great warrior and leader among his people, the brutal and mirthless Tharks, he possesses a sense of compassion and empathy uncharacteristic of his race.
Born as Tars, he gained the right to be called Tars Tarkas, after he slew a fellow Thark named Tarkas in battle. As a result, Tarkas' wife Sarkoja became his.
By slaying Tal Hajus, their Jeddak (leader), he became their next Jeddak.
Novels
In the first novel, "A Princess of Mars" (1917), with the help of the newly arrived Earthman John Carter, Tars becomes a Jeddak (king) of the Tharks.
