In Dynamite's Warlord of Mars comic book miniseries, Sola first meets her father after he and another warrior, Tarkas, rescue her and several other green martians from white apes. Like Dejah Thoris she is kidnapped by Black Martians but is thrown overboard by her captors surviving by sheer luck. Sola is a devoted friend and companion of Dejah Thoris and chooses to accompany her on the final pilgrimage to Dor. The relationship has clearly come to mean a great deal to both father and daughter with unknown but possibly considerable impact on Thark customs given their position as Jeddak and "princess". Sola is the only Green Martian to be acknowledged by her surviving parent, Tars Tarkas. She also tends to his wounds after he fights the white apes. She personally cares for John Carter, sitting watch over him in the night, placing furs on him when the temperature drops. She tolerates the cruelty of Sarkoja, who considers her to be a disgusting atavism, a throwback to the weaknesses of human emotions which the Green Martians have largely discarded. John Carter speculates that this is due to having known the love of her parents early in life. Unlike all other Green Martians, Sola is capable of kindness and compassion. ![]() When Dejah Thoris was captured by the Tharks, Sola befriended her and helped her and Carter to escape. Carter resented her at first, thinking that she was just another captor, but she treated him kindly and soon he became fond of her. When the Earthman John Carter arrived on Mars and was taken in by the Tharks, Sola was assigned to instruct him in the ways of Thark. Sola never told Tars Tarkas that she was his daughter, for fear of his safety. Gozava was brutally tortured for the name of her spouse, but didn't revealed it. Sola was able to escape by blending in with the other children, but her mother was captured. Upon hearing about the crimes that Sola's parents had committed, she reported Gozava to the Thark leader, Tal Hajus. One night an elderly woman named Sarkoja overheard Gozava. ![]() Gozava also told Sola of her father, Tars Tarkas. She taught Sola the customs and language of the Tharks. ![]() After Sola hatched, her mother visited every night. Gozava gave birth to Sola's egg and hid it on top of an abandoned building. For six years they kept their relationship hidden. When Sola's parents met, her mother was lonely outcast and her father, a guard positioned outside the city. Sola was the daughter of Tars Tarkas and Gozava.
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