Who Is Dejah Thoris? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dejah Thoris is a In the Public Domain comic book character, with over 339 comic issue appearances. Dejah Thoris is the Princess of Mars and the wife of John Carter, the Warlord of Mars.

Who is Dejah Thoris?

Publication History A Princess of Mars She was a character that was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and was representative of a change in fiction to what would later by regarded as pulp fiction – a scantily clad female in action sequences. Although John Carter was ostensibly the star of the series, Dejah generally was depicted as a capable companion, and the first John Carter novel in 1917 made reference to her in its name – A Princess of Mars. The concept of a group of Martians was a popular one in the science fiction writings of the late 19 and early 20 centuries. Edgar Rice Burroughs first wrote stories about a man named John Carter that traveled to Mars (Mars is called Barsoom by its native inhabitants) and met variety of other races long before they were ever put to comic format. Dejah’s origin is thus influenced more so by this genre of fiction and has carried through to modern day comics. The characters in the John Carter franchise have long since passed into the public domain, and the character is essentially free to be used by any company that desires to use her - although that is only true within the United States as Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. (the family company to her cr.

Key facts

Dejah Thoris is of alien origin. The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 339 recorded issue appearances, Dejah Thoris ranks among the most featured characters in comics.