Martian Manhunter

J'onn J'onzz
Series	DC Comics
Age	225 Million Years Old
Birthday	Unknown
Sex	Male
Species	Martian
Height	6'7"
Weight	300lbs
Alignment	Lawfully Good

Martian Manhunter is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Background

Mars; the fourth planet in our solar system, coming after our own planet Earth, and currently where we’re trying to go next! In pop culture and media, aliens are often thought of as these green space-men with beady black eyes and technology far beyond our own, many times dubbed as ‘Martians’. DC Comics on the other hand… actually ran with this idea. The planet Ma'aleca'andra was home to the Green Martians, and centuries ago it was a haven of engineering and peaceful prosperity. Somewhere in their history was an uncommon occurrence, a birth of a pair of twins, something not thought of in their people, as such the twins were named J’onn J’onzz and Ma’alefa’ak, which in English means “Light to the Light”, and “Darkness in the Heart”. J’onn came what may in his Martian life, growing up to be a Manhunter (equivalent of an Earth policeman) and settling down in marriage with a Martian woman named M’yri’ah, who gave birth to their daughter K’hym. He really made a life for himself. Unfortunately, he is under the jurisdiction of DC Comics so you already know how this story ends… while J’onn lived a peaceful life, his brother Ma’alefa’ak grew to despise everything regarding their Martian culture, and sought extermination of all of them save himself, which led him to engineer a contagious virus known as the H’ronmeer’s Curse, which was a direct chemical reaction that affected the telepathic minds of Martians, responding to their innate fear of fire, triggering it to unconsciously combust their bodies and minds into flames, and the Martians were now at the mercy of J’onn’s sinister brother. Unfortunately, he could not save any, let alone his own family from the virus, and he bore the pain of watching everything he loved slowly burn away from him.

This was a life that happened centuries ago. Mars then was nothing but a dot in the sky. In the present, people looked to it with larger scopes wondering if there was life to be contacted there. One such scientist named Dr. Saul Erdel was trying to do just that, with his transmitter machine he developed based on a lead it was ancient martian technology. Striking through space and time itself, he aimed the beam towards Mars, which struck J’onn J’onzz at a point centuries before Dr. Erdel would even be born, bringing J’onn to the era where Dr. Erdel would be where J’onn would be found outside the laboratory. In an effort to nurse him back to health, he formed an accidental telepathic link with the Martian, and peered firsthand into the reason for his mental anguish; he saw the atrocities committed by his brother, the loss of his family and people, and in an effort to heal him, the good doctor in good intentions fabricated a new history for J’onn J’onnz, one inspired by his favorite science fiction novelists like Edgar Rice Burroughs or Ray Bradbury, planting the thought in J’onn’s head to become a champion, a hero called… the Martian Manhunter.

But just as his previous life, he would enter this new world tragically. Upon attempts to blend into normal human life, Dr. Erdel had a heart attack upon seeing his shapeshifting ability turn him into a human, going into shock. Before his death, Dr. Erdel knew what would come next, and asked the Martian Manhunter to forgive him for making him a prisoner of the Earth. Dr. Erdel then died, and the telepathic link disappeared… and Martian Manhunter remembered everything. The genocide. The death. The loss. It all came back to him. Yet somehow… he continued. He moved forward, fitting in with human society as a policeman for the town of Middleton named John Jones. Eventually his Martian Manhunter alias was leaked to the public, but his double-life remained a secret thanks to his shapeshifting abilities. Eventually, he put an odd ending to his policeman life. When the Idol-Head of Diabolu expelled a deadly gas cloud, ‘John Jones’ saved a child’s life but was presumed dead by his fellow policemen, and J’onn took this as an opportunity to abandon his double life, and attended his own funeral… and everything started to add up to him about these humans. He wondered why he continued to live, and through his own resolve and dedication to helping people and being accustomed to their life, he realized that through getting lost in the service in others, you find your greatest joy, which for the Martian Manhunter, was to serve the common good and defend Earth, the planet that gave him a home when he lost his own. And he would find more opportunities in that, joining the Justice League of America to embark on even more strange adventures. Nonetheless, in all of those, he would never lose his way to help those who cannot help themselves.

Powers & Abilities

• Martian Physiology: Martian Manhunter has been described as "the Swiss Army knife of superheroes." He possesses many of the powers of Superman. Note: Many, if not all of the Martian Manhunter's powers and abilities are common to members of his race, even if demonstration of such abilities has not been explicitly shown in a canonical resource. His powers come from his alien physiology. Born on Mars over a millennium ago, from a super advanced civilization, boasting advanced technology and genetic modifications over its people, the Martian Manhunter would appear to be a genetically modified being with incredible powers stemming from the changes made in his body. Whether this is their natural state or an advanced state given to only a few individuals is unknown. The Martian's physiology would seem to be composed of a complex molecular chain that resembles polymer bonds but with the ability to be altered at will. The Martian Manhunter can change his mass, color, relative shape, imitating even clothing if desired. The biopolymer is extremely flexible, durable, incredibly strong for a biological material and apparently self-sustaining. According to Superman, if he can count on one hand the number of beings in the known universe he'd be afraid to face in open combat. J'onn J'onzz is at the top of that list. He's the most powerful being on the face of the Earth.  Even John Stewart agrees that J'onn is the single most powerful creature on the planet.  It is unknown if the Martian Manhunter actually needs to eat or not but he has been seen consuming food, particularly "Chocos," a brand of cookies.
  • Shapeshifting, Malleability, Plasticity, Elongation: Arguably one of the most incredible powers possessed by the Manhunter is the ability to shape-shift. He is able to literally control the molecular structure of his body's biopolymers and manipulate them into any construct he desires, in addition to and including his own body. He can form clothing and weapons with non-moving or non-functioning parts. There does not seem to be any limit to the number of people the Manhunter can imitate and has stood in as a double for many famous people. His ability to imitate people and their mannerisms has stood him in good stead for his disguises. He has recently been seen to shape-shift into the size and shape of a common house fly and to enormous sizes comparable to skyscrapers.
    • Size Alteration: As an extension of their shape-shifting abilities martians can alter their size with ease, being able to shrink or grow to gigantic size.
      • Shrinking
      • Growing:
    • Elasticity:
    • Animal Mimicry: J'onn has the ability to turn into animals, such as Tomasso the cat, and turned his head into a bird. Manhunters were trained on how to take the shapes of beasts.
  • Invisibility: The Manhunter can cause the biopolymers in his body to lose their ability to reflect light, rendering the Manhunter invisible to normal light and human sight. With more increased concentration, he can render himself completely invisible along the electromagnetic spectrum, including the infrared and the ultraviolet ranges of the spectrum. This invisibility does not affect every other sense and he could still be detected by touch.
  • Phasing: The Manhunter can phase through solid matter. No explanation of this power has been given, but it might possibly be an aspect of his psionic powers, perhaps shifting his mass into another dimension or out of vibrational phase with other objects in this dimension. Since it is known that he can alter the density of his biopolymers, it may be that he can simply become less substantial than solid matter, thereby decreasing the molecular density of his body by loosening the bonds within the biopolymers, due to - and further demonstrating - the absolute control he has over them.
  • Superhuman Strength: The Martian Manhunter is one of the strongest beings on the planet. The Martian's superhuman strength comes from his Biomorphic structure formed from immensely long and complex molecular chains, augmented with his psionic and telekinetic abilities allowing him to lift incredible weights without these weights crumbling under the stress. The Martian has been seen lifting tankers out of the ocean for vast distances, stalemating powerhouses like Superman, and he has even helped tow the moon and objects as large as the Earth itself together with Superman. J'onn's strength is great enough to the point that he has drawn blood from beings as durable as Kryptonians such as Supergirl by his punches alone. By modifying the density of these biopolymers, the Manhunter can make himself stronger by forcing them into tighter bundles. While at a resting state the limits of his strength are unknown, the Manhunter can lift 100 tons without much effort. He is nearly as strong as the likes of Superman when concentrating his biopolymers to their full capacity.
  • Superhuman Stamina: J'onn's endurance is just as formidable as his strength and invulnerability. He can operate under extreme conditions for an indeterminate period of time without showing signs of fatigue. The exact range of this power is unknown.
  • Superhuman Durability: The biomorphic structure of the Manhunter's body allows him to absorb almost all kinetic energies such as high caliber bullets, shrapnel, or flying debris easily. He can harden his biopolymers by rebinding them and increase his durability to the point where he is nearly on par with Superman. Along with his nigh-invulnerability, his shape shifting makes him even more difficult to harm. Hazardous environments practically do not affect the Martian Manhunter.
    • Toxic Immunity: In addition, Martian Manhunter's immune system protects him from all toxins and diseases (meaning he is unable to succumb to any earthly poison, disease or infection).
  • Superhuman Speed: Either through flight or natural movement, the Martian Manhunter can maintain speed and demonstrates reflexes far in excess to that of most metahumans, and for far longer. Like the power of flight, this is accomplished by manipulating the magnetic fields of energy surrounding his body, as well as ambient gravitational particles. Traditionally, J'onn only uses his superhuman speed while flying. He has admitted that he is not as fast as Superman but this can be argued as he has shown speed feats that are nearly at Superman's level, such as the speed necessary to fly around the earth destroying multiple targets around the planet in seconds, while also managing to save Kyle Rayner in the end. He can process thoughts, move, and react at super speed as well. J'onn has also demonstrated that he is fast enough to comfortably catch bullets and other exceedingly fast projectiles.
    • Superhuman Agility:
    • Superhuman Reflexes:
  • Regeneration: The Martian Manhunter has shown amazing regenerative capabilities. So great are they that he has been able to completely regenerate from nothing but his severed hand, regenerate in moments from nothing more than a puddle of green liquid, and in another instance, survived beheading.
  • Flight: The Martian Manhunter flies by manipulation of gravitons (a subatomic particle associated with the force of gravity), manipulation of magnetic fields and control of his absolute molecular movement (a telekinetic effect). These combine to give him the ability to fly great distances with little fatigue and at great speed. The Manhunter has also been seen flying in space with no difficulty, and in space he can fly at speeds that have allowed him to keep up with the likes of even Superman. J'onn can therefore fly at speeds exceeding the escape velocity of earth (7 miles per second) under his own power.
  • Extrasensory Input: J'onn possesses nine different senses. One of these senses could account for instances of the Manhunter's perceived precognitive abilities.
  • Longevity:
  • Super Hearing:
  • Super-Breath: The inner valves and chambers inside the Martian Manhunter's air canals are very dense and greatly enhanced, allowing him to, much like Superman, create strong hurricane force winds just by exhaling pressurized air from his lungs in an incredibly strong burst.
  • Martian Vision: The actual nature of this power seems to vary depending on the reports. It has been seen to be a bolt of force, directed by the Manhunter's eyes causing considerable damage. It has also been seen to cause flammable objects to catch fire. It also grants J'onn the ability to see into other spectrums of light. J'onn can use his Martian vision to see people and objects that are invisible to others. For example, upon their first meeting, J'onn's power allowed him to see past Gypsy's metahuman camouflage ability; other effects are, at present, unknown.
    • Heat Vision:
    • Infared Vision:
    • X-Ray Vision:
    • Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Vision:
    • Telescopic Vision:
    • Microscopic Vision:
  • Telepathy: The Martian Manhunter is the most powerful telepath on the planet, and is one of the strongest telepathic beings in the Universe. He is able to read the mind of any human with no difficulties, and the only minds that can cause him trouble are insane minds. He can even read the subconscious mind as well. He is able to read minds over great distances and has been known to scan the mind of every person on Earth within a matter of moments. This telepathy extends to distances as far away as the moon, since it is known that the Martian Manhunter can telepathically communicate with someone on Earth while on the moon. It is not known whether there is any limit to the number of people he can be attuned to or whether there are any special requirements to being attuned to him. In addition to reading minds, the Martian Manhunter has a multitude of other telepathic capabilities, one of which allows him to literally reprogram the mind of a subject into believing whatever he wants them to. He can use this ability to help subjects forget things that he does not want them to remember as well as set up post-hypnotic suggestions.
    • Illusion Creation:
    • Possession:
    • Astral Projection:
    • Mind Control: The Martian Manhunter can also control other beings mind's. Insane minds seem to be the only minds he has some trouble controlling.
    • Animal Control: While controlled by Fernus, J'onn took control of Krypto.
    • Mental Probing:
    • Telepathic Relay: Otherwise known as a telepathic link. As a Class 3 telepath, the Manhunter is able to use his telepathic prowess as a relay station for a group of minds, who can then "speak" to each other through him. This relaying ability seems to be limited to the same range as the Manhunter's normal telepathic range.
    • Telepathic Assault: The Martian Manhunter can also use his telepathic abilities in an offensive manner. He has the ability to cause mental shutdown in a target using his psionic powers. The Manhunter does not use this power often due to the invasive nature and harshness of such a telepathic attack.
    • Thought Sensing: The Manhunter can use the mental signature of a being to track it, and can detect life forms by their empathic as well as telepathic signatures. He can detect whether a being is intelligent or not, and can communicate with it empathically if it does not have a communication-driven frame of reference with which normal telepathy may function. He can also detect various states of mind from anywhere in the world.
    • Telepathic Link:
    • Telepathic Augmentation:
    • Mayavana: One of the most prized abilities of the Martians is Mayavana. It is the ability to reach into another mind and create a mental reality as real as any normal reality. The strain of Mayavana is such that it can only be used once in a lifetime, and so is normally used on the one that a Martian loves the most. J'onn used it on the rampaging Despero so that he thought that he had destroyed the JLH (subsequently he reverted to an embryonic state) and therefore saved his friends.
    • Mindscape:
  • Telekinesis: Martians have mind-over-matter abilities and can lift and move objects with their minds. They can also employ their telekinesis in offensive way by discharging telekinetic blasts capable of great concussive power.
  • Matter Absorption: J'onn has the ability to absorb matter and add it to his own mass, he once used this ability to grow to the size of the gigantic Antares and in another occasion to enhance his regenerative abilities.
  • Psionic Blasts:
  • Psychokinetic Field:
• Manhunter Augmentation: As a living weapon of the martian race, J'onn J'onzz grew into a few powers others of his species did not. Such as the ability to arsenalize his metamorphic biomass in more creative and unconventional ways.
  • Organic Construct Creation: J'onn showcased the ability to metamorphos advanced bio-organic weaponry from his own body at will, all of which is powered by his psychokinetic energies as both an energy source and munition's generator.
    • Biological Wears Fabrication: The Martian Manhunter is capable of divesting pieces of his own biomass as perishable armaments, equipment or protective wear which he can use or share with others.
  • Bio-Fusion: J'onn's shapeshifting abilities are so pronounced he could fuse himself into whatever substance he wished too. Turning a mechanical martian city sized battle suit into a new body with which he could pilot and operate.
    • Absorbing Replication:
  • Bio-Fission: He could even replicate himself to an almost indefinite degree, creating thousands if not millions of multi-colored cast off's of himself by force of will. J'onn can just as simply re-absorb his duplicates back into himself if needed.
    • Aspect Expulsion: Whenever J'onn replicates he often pushes parts of his psyche out into the world as well, with many of his duplicates embodying a portion of his own core personality.
  • Adaptation: What truly sets a Manhunter class Martian's metamorphosis apart from other Martian's is the spontaneous adjustment of their Sub-molecular physiology on the fly. Be it with or without conscious thought in order to overcome most any kind of threat.
  • Empathy:
  • Energy Absorption:
  • Memory Manipulation:
  • Sleep Inducement:
  • Retrocogntion:
  • Replication:
  • Astral Projection:
  • Soul Manipulation:
  • Vibration Manipulation:
• Genius Level Intellect: The Martian Manhunter possesses highly advanced reasoning and logic capabilities, and uses them to great effect. Despero once claimed that Ted Kord's mind (IQ 192) was second only to that of J'onn J'onzz. The Martian Manhunter's particularly astute reasoning capabilities and long-term association with Earth's global population gives him an edge in dealing with humans of diverse governments, cultures and religions. As a result, in the northern hemisphere of Earth, the Manhunter is one of many costumed adventurers battling against entropy, yet in the southern hemisphere, he is more well-known than even Superman.
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): J'onn was capable of fighting out a large group of White Martians, long enough for Batman to escape. Martian Manhunter has also received training from Wonder Woman.
  • Eidetic Memory:
  • Pedagogy:
• Investigation: J'onn is an experienced detective thanks to his time as a Manhunter on Mars and as a cop on Earth.
• Weaponry: Is skilled in the use of a trident.
• Meditation: Martians enter a meditative state as a form of sleep.
• Tactical Analysis:
• Leadership:
• Diplomacy:
• Hunting:
• Multilingualism: The Martian Manhunter is able to speak several languages, those include: Martian, English, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, Italian.

Equipment

• Kuru Pendant: The Martian Manhunter owns one of two Kuru pendants. The pendant acts as a repository of ancient Martian lore and knowledge. The second pendant belonged to the late Martian, Roh'kar. J'onn is also known to carry a bag of Chocos with him for snacking. During the Justice League International years, J'onn is shown to be obsessed with Chocos, partially due to Captain Marvel's influence.

Feats

Strength

• Lifted a massive iceburg.
• Punched this unnamed entity through several floors of a building.
• Threw Blockbuster through a wall.
• Lifts up a building.
• Helps Wonder Woman lift a structure she couldn’t lift alone.
• Along with the help of Superman, J’onn stops Brainiac’s Mothership from colliding into Earth.
  • The Brainiac Mothership is HUGE-.
• Physically overwhelms the forces of Aquaman, Mera and Atlantis.
• Restrains both Superman and Flash at once.
• Knocks Despero’s teeth out with a punch.
• Smashed a large boulder against Shazam.
• With the help of Wonder Woman and Superman, they pulled Earth (298.4 Yottatons each).
• States he’s stronger than Superman while absolutely beating the shit out of Sinestro.
  • Sinestro is a match for Hal Jordan who can fight Superman on even terms and travel fast enough to accidentally create a Speed Force singularity.
  • Sinestro’s ring has the power to shake a universe.
• Hurts a Superman infected by the Doomsday Virus.
  • For context, the Doomsday Virus pretty much turns Supes into a version of Doomsday.
• Fought Superboy Prime in a physical bout.
• Can tangle with Darkseid and do just fine.
  • Darkseid can tank an infinite-multiversal attack from Alan Scott.

Speed

• Catches a missile and speed-blitzes the robot that was specifically designed to take him out.
• Blitzes a group of White Martians who could outspeed Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern.
• Moves faster than thought along with fellow Leaguers.
• Brought Superman into his mind mansion in a sixth of a second.
• Jumps into an old man’s brain in a split second.
• Moves across the world in moments.
• Kept pace with a bloodlusted Flash.
• Can read the mind of Flash, who thinks in Attoseconds (fucking ATTOSECONDS).
• Spread his telepathy across Earth within the span of planck time (788.371 duodecillion c).
• Can fight Supergirl quite evenly.
  • Supergirl can fly through time (immeasurable).

Durability

• Punched in the face by Shazam.
• Flies closer to the sun than any living being has.
• Gets slapped around by Aquaman through pillars.
• Robot Superman bashes a tree into J’onn.
• Punched through stone by Lex Luthor.
• Endured getting smashed in the face by Hawkgirl’s mace.
• Gets blasted by Amazo.
• Atrocious slams J’onn through a metal wall.

Skills

• One of the core and founding members of the Justice League of America.
• Has fought Superman, Flash, Ma'alefa'ak, Doomsday, Black Adam, Fernus, Spectre, Marvin the Martian, Superboy-Prime, White Martians, the entire Justice League, and many more!
• Acted as the “Superman” of the southern hemisphere for some time.
• Stopped Darkseid’s invasion of Mars in DC One Million.
• Took part in the mission to stop the Omega Titans.
• Defeated the Omega Knight.
• Helped the Last 52 stop the assault on the Multiverse, later becoming apart of the Totality project.
• Overcame his psychological weakness to fire.
  • Before this, he survived being set on fire for eight hours straight.

Weaknesses

• Vulnerability to Fire: The Martian Manhunter has a psychosomatic fear of fire. The Guardians of the Universe have built in a fear of fire when they first confronted the Burned (Martians). Exposure to fire, causes him to lose his powers, and in the case of extreme fire, to lose his control over his biomorphic form. The Manhunter is more vulnerable in this form and can take damage in this vulnerable state.
• Chocoholism: It has also been suggested that something within J'onn's physiology makes him addicted to the chemicals used in the Earth snack, Chocos. Withdrawal symptoms include violent bursts of rage and loss of intellect. However, these claims have never been accurately substantiated, and may even be false.