Dude could fly, had superhuman strength. The only thing that could hurt him...fire. He gets no respect at all.
Paste...
The Martian Manhunter debuted in the back-up story "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel" in Detective Comics #225 (Nov. 1955), written by Joseph Samachson and illustrated by Joe Certa; the character is a green-skinned extraterrestrial humanoid from the planet Mars, who is pulled to earth by an experimental teleportation beam (originally presented as an attempted communication device) constructed by Dr. Saul Erdel. The Martian tells Erdel where he is from, and is told to send him back will require the Computer Brain's thinking plot to be changed. The shock of the encounter kills Dr. Erdel and leaves J'onn with no method of returning home. The character decides to fight crime while waiting for Martian technology to advance to a stage that will enable his rescue. To that end, he adopts the iden y of John Jones, a detective in the fictional Middletown, U.S.A.[3] He is thought to have been inspired by a story in Batman #78 where a Martian Lawman comes to Earth and teams up with Batman and Robin to capture the Stranger, a Martian criminal called Quork who has stolen a spaceship and come to Earth.
During this period, the character and his back story differ in some minor and some significant ways from modern treatments. Firstly, as with his counterpart, the Silver Age Superman, his power range is poorly defined, and his powers expand over time as the plot demands. The addition of precognitive abilities (Detective Comics #226) are quickly followed by telepathy and flight,[4][5] "Atomic vision", super-hearing,[6] and many other powers. In addition, his customary weakness to fire is only manifested when he is in his native Martian form.
A more significant difference is that at this time, there is no suggestion that Mars is a dead planet or that the character is the last of his kind. Many of the tales of the time feature either Martian technology or the appearance of other Martian characters, Detective Comics #236 (October 1956), for example, features the character making contact with the planet Mars and his parents.
Last edited by RaZon; 04-16-2012 at 11:12 PM.
How would he do in the 100m though?
I want to know on what leg of the 400m relay he'd be on.
I was going to say the same thing.
Dude is ing useless. Nobody wants to rule the ing ocean floor got.
Red suspenders holding up blue-green briefs.
Much respect.
How many thousands of comics featuring Martian Manhunter do you have, RaZon?
While in high school he ran a 4.33. Coming up just short of the 4.32 school record held by Xzulio Dazuio. Dazuio would go on to become the Martian National record holder while at Zuloz State. His 4.11 still stands.
That long second leg, he wasn't all that out of the blocks or on the curve.
The All Time Superhero 4x1
leading off...Mercury
second...John Jones
third...Superman
anchor...Flash
13.23
Last edited by RaZon; 04-17-2012 at 02:54 PM.
You'd have to put Aquaman in with Jones, Green Arrow and Green Lantern as cool until they got around a real Superhero like Batman. Then they were relinquished to the role of more of a sidekick.
I sold all my comic books. Probably had about 500 or so. Totally stupid thing to do...DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Jones never had (unless he got one later) his own comic, he was an afterthought. Short story in the back pages of a Batman/Superman. Hence...no respect. Only Superman among the DC heros could have kicked his ass.
The fastest football players are faster the manhunter? Lame.
Looks to me that he would prefer Superman spank his ass.
You weren't paying attention.
100m...4.33.
As a footballer Jones would have been unstoppable. Even Darrel Green couldn't run with him. As we all know Martians can catch the ball. Unlike Randy Moss, Jones had some shake n' bake also,not just a one trick pony.
What would his music collection consist of?
No not really, I never liked the man of steel. The cat was too ing powerful. Nobody should be that bad to the bone. Just ain't right!
Being he's into green....
Al Green
Green Day
Lee Greenwood
Jack Greene
You're right.
Stay simple, it looks good on you.
I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the gay Martian Manhunter.
So just who was the very first comic book Superhero?
Stop being stupid. Nobody looks good stupid.
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