Martian Manhunter

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SuperFriends Comic Book Character
Martian Manhunter
Information
Real name:	J'onn J'onzz
AKA:	John Jones
Species:	Green Martian
Homeworld:	Mars
Universe:	Earth-1A
Hair:	none
Eyes:	red
Base:	Middleton, Colorado JLA Watchtower
Affiliations:	Justice League
Voiced/Played:	???

Justice League of America Team Member

J'onn J'onzz is a green-skinned extraterrestrial humanoid from the planet Mars, who worked as a detective in Middleton under the persona of "John Jones". He is a charter member of the Justice League of America.

Background Information

In the parallel universe, known as Earth-One, the year is 1955 and Professor Mark Erdel (world-famous scientist) is working on a communication device, with the hope of making contact with extraterrestrial life in his lab. Upon its first use, he realizes that he had inadvertently created a teleportation beam. Amazingly, this device pulls J'onn J'onzz to Earth in his Martian form. The shock of the encounter kills Prof. Erdel and leaves J'onn with no method of returning home.

Since the Manhunter (type of law enforcer) from Mars is now on Earth, J'onn J'onzz, decides to use his shapeshifting power to appear human. He then assumes the identity of John Jones and secures a job as a Middleton (a city in the state of Colorado) police detective. All the while, he hopes that Martian technology will advance to a stage that will enable his rescue. Not quite a year later, J'onn J'onzz is able to briefly make contact with his home planet Mars and his parents.

Over the next few years, he had realized that working in the shadows and exacting justice as police detective John Jones was the right course of action, as people everywhere feared an alien invasion. Everything went along smoothly in his hidden persona, until the evening of February 11, 1959. That night everything changed. A panic is generated by the revelation of the presence of Martians on Earth. The invaders had come to earth in search of earth’s newest arrival, the Martian Manhunter. Commander Blanx, and a small squadron of White Martians have been scouring the universe looking for the Manhunter. The Manhunter confronted Blanx, and the White Martians. Their conflict was interrupted by Barry Allen a young and inexperienced Flash. He and the Manhunter partner up, but realize that the civilians, upon seeing the aliens began to panic. The Flash decides to seek help from other well-known heroes. He is able to gain the help of Superman, Batman, Robin and several other heroes. After their success, they decided to keep the alien invasion and the following skirmish a secret, hidden away from the public eye, by not releasing a public statement to the news outlets -– so as not to cause a panic.

Later that year, J'onn reveals his existence as an alien to the world, by openly fighting crime in a green-skinned form.

A few years later (late 1968 in the Earth-1A universe), earth’s mightiest heroes (the Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter and the Green Lantern) are called together again to stop the invading Appellaxians. The assembling resulted in the formation of Justice League of America!

By 1964, Detective John Jones is presumed dead, killed in action by the Idol Head of Diabolu, an artifact which generates supernatural monsters. And so, J'onzz decides to abandon his the civilian identity.

J'onn would serve as a regular member of the Justice League of America over the next several years. On one occasion, a group of evil Martians led by (the now) General Blanx, destroyed the surface of Mars, forcing all the good Martians to leave an colonize another planet. With his homeworld destroyed, J'onn decides to accompany the survivors into deep space to find a new home and bids farewell to his friends in the Justice League.

The Manhunter and Snapper Carr as wax figures in the Hall of Justice.

A few years later (on the parallel universe, known as Earth-1A), young Jr. SuperFriend Marvin is on tour of the Hall of Justice. As they walk through the wax figures, Superman points out the figure of the Manhunter and says that "J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter from Mars, left (Earth) when Mars became desolate and his people went to search for a new world."

Over the next few years J'onn was rarely seen, but he occasionally showed up to help the JLA. The JLA even showed up on ‘New Mars’ occasionally to help J’onn out. Eventually he returned to the JLA full-time.

Powers and Abilities

Manhunter from
Battle At The Earth's Core.

• Super Strength
• Near Invulnerability
• Shapeshifting
• Precognitive Abilities
• Telepathy
• Flight
• Atomic Vision
• Super Speed
• Hurricane Breath
• Invisibility
• Intangibility
• Heightened Senses
• X-Ray Vision
• Microscopic Vision
• Telescopic vision
• Infrared vision

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Weaknesses

• Psychic Pyrophobia: An unusual and unexplained fear of fire.

Appearances

Earth-One Appearance:

• Justice League of America, Vol. 1 #61 (March 1968)

Earth-1A Appearance:

• SuperFriends Comic Book (1976-1981) issue: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-41 (Dec. 1975 / Jan. 1976)

Justice League Team Members

Members of the Justice League

Justice League: Aquaman (founding member) • Batman (founding member) • Superman (founding member) • Flash (founding member) Green Lantern (founding member) • Martian Manhunter (founding member) • Wonder Woman (founding member) Comic Book JLA Team Members: Black Canary • Elongated Man • Red Tornado • Zatanna Zatara Phantom Stranger (part-time Leaguer) • Sargon, The Sorcerer (honorary Leaguer) Other Known Justice Leaguers: The Huntress • Black Orchid • Captain Marvel • Supergirl • Green Fury • Plastic Man • Atom • Green Arrow SuperFriends Founding Members: Superman • Batman • Wonder Woman • Aquaman Hawkman • Samurai • Green Lantern • Flash • Black Vulcan Other Known SuperFriends Members: Hawkgirl • Apache Chief • El Dorado • Rima Junior SuperFriends: Robin • Cyborg • Firestorm Zan • Jayna Marvin White • Wendy Harris Mascots: Gleek • Wonder Dog

Notes

• J'onn J'onzz first appears in Detective Comics, #225 (November, 1955).
• He was created by writer Joseph Samachson and artist Joe Certa.

Trivia

• In his earliest appearances, the Martian Manhunter resembled a normal human, albeit with green skin. He was drawn with standard human eyes and eyebrows. In later years however, creators decided to give J'onn a more alien appearance and provided him with the more modernized beetle-brow look.
• In some of his earliest adventures, the Manhunter possessed the ability to see into the near future. However, there have been scant examples of this, and it is no longer a power that he possesses in modern continuity. By his own account, the Martian Manhunter cannot perceive the future.

Appearances in Other Media

John Jones John Jones is a super-powered alien from the planet Mars, who is working as a homicide detective for the Metropolis Police Department. Before that, he worked as an intergalatic bounty hunter known as Martian Manhunter for Jor-El of Krypton, trapping and imprisoning criminals from the 28 known galaxies. When Jor-El died, John Jones had promised to watch over his son Kal-El in order to make sure that he fulfilled his destiny; apparently, he has been watching Clark from a distance since Jonathan and Martha found him. He is also apparently the last surviving member of an alien civilization that once existed on Mars. John Jones made the ultimate sacrifice in the fall of 2008 saving Kal-El's life again by flying him into the sun and giving up his own powers to restore Kal-El's and now works as a homicide detective for the Metropolis Police Department due to his powers being taken away by fire radiation. John's powers were recently returned to him by Doctor Fate who transported him to Mars, sacrificing his own life in the process at the hand of the villainous Icicle. This version of the Martian Manhunter is based on the Smallville TV series (2001-??) as seen on the CW. - Go to the Smallville Wiki for more on the John Jones

Martian Manhunter Before the invasion of Mars by the Imperium, J'onn lived a normal life with his wife, My'ria'h, and his two children. After that invasion, J'onn took part in the war, and was a member of the strike team that launched his people's final, desperate offensive. J'onn succeeded in releasing the nerve gas that placed the invaders in suspended animation. As the last surviving member of the strike team, and of the entire Martian race, J'onn then sealed the invaders' underground headquarters to keep them paralyzed, and stood guard over it for 500 years. J'onn J'onzz' natural Martian form While J'onn was in a hibernation cycle, astronauts from Earth, including J. Allen Carter, accidentally revived the invaders. He managed to escape Mars and came to Earth to warn humanity of the Imperium. Once on Earth, he was captured by Imperium forces posing as members of the U.S. military. After the Imperium began their invasion of Earth, J'onn reached out telepathically to several heroes on Earth: Superman, John Stewart, Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman and Flash. Superman and Batman, having already encountered the Invaders, freed J'onn, and were joined by the other heroes he had contacted. Banding together, the newly-formed team managed to destroy the Imperium. Mindful of future threats, Superman proposed the formation of the Justice League. J'onn was initially hesitant, but Superman assured him that he didn't have to be alone anymore. This version of Martian Manhunter is based on the Justice League animated series produced for the Cartoon Network from 2001-2004. - For more on Martian Manhunter see article at 'DCAU'

Martian Manhunter Martian Manhunter appears in the animated adaptation of a Darwyn Cooke graphic novel entitled Justice League: The New Frontier. He is voiced by Miguel Ferrer. The film (set from 1953-1960) begins the end of the Korean War, with United States Air Force pilot Hal Jordan. Justice League: The New Frontier is a direct-to-video animated film adaptation of the DC Comics limited series DC: The New Frontier. The film was written by Justice League writer Stan Berkowitz, with Darwyn Cooke, the writer and artist of The New Frontier, serving as story and visual consultant. The video has received a rating of PG-13 for violent content/images and was released on February 26, 2008. - See Official Website: Justice League: The New Frontier - Official Movie Site.