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Summary
Martian Manhunter, also known as J'onn J'onzz and John Jones, is a superhero from the planet Mars and the last surviving member of his race. A martian holocaust killed his wife and daughter, nearly driving him mad until he was brought to Earth in an accident caused by scientist Saul Erdel. His natural abilities include super-strength, super-speed, invulnerability, flight, shape-shifting, intangibility, and telepathy.
He has been a member of almost every incarnation of the Justice League of America. Although he holds great reverence for his homeworld, he has come to greatly respect his adopted world as well and protects it as his home. In his secret identity, to blend into humanity, he is a gritty hard-boiled police officer.
Martian Manhunter was created by Joseph Samachson and Joe Certa, first appearing in Detective Comics #225 (1955)
Powers and Stats
Tier: 2-C
Name: J'onn J'onzz, John Jones, Martian Manhunter
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male, though Martian gender identity is typically very loose and thus, J'onn has identified as female for years on end with complete contentment.
Age: Inconsistent, according to the Guardians of the Universe, the entire Green Martian species is less than 20,000 years old, as they had to deal with their predecessor race, the Burning Martians, prior to that. However, the Ghosts of Mars arc features flashbacks dated J'onn's childhood to 225 million years ago.
Classification: Martian, Manhunter, Justice Leaguer, Detective, Business Founder, Journalist, Farmer, Philosopher, Savior, Hero
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Flight
- Self-Sustenance (Type 1, as shown here[1])
- Shapeshifting (Martians can alter their form all the way down to the molecular level and take any shape they want[2])
- Density Manipulation (Martians can easily control their density and mass, which can be used for a variety of tasks such as phasing or growing in strength)
- Elasticity (Martian's elasticity is comparable Plastic Man's[3])
- Size Manipulation, up to Large Size Type 1 (J'onn can grow in size, becoming as tall as the kaiju he read about. His ancestor, while deathly weak, easily grew to the size of the Sphinx.[4] In the possible future of DC One Million, J'onn would reach Large Size Type 4, as The Source allowed him to become Mars itself.[5]),
- Additional Limbs, Bodily Weaponry and Hair Manipulation (Martians can grow additional limbs, hair, teeth, and bodily weapons such as tentacles, horns, fangs, etc. Many of his transformations include powerful tails, fangs[6], blades, and other natural weapons)
- Cloth Manipulation and Plant Manipulation (Martian attire is often an extension of their body, created by Zo'ok Plants[7], which they can freely manipulate. Has demonstrated the ability to control his cape as if it were any other part of his body.[8])
- Telepathy (J'onn was described as being "immeasurable" in his telepathic powers. Scanned the minds of every living person on Earth.[9] J'onn can even use his powers on those without minds[10])
- Perception Manipulation and Dream Manipulation (Via Mayavana, J'onn can create a reality or dream in someone's mind that is as real as the real world, if not more real, however, the ability can only be used once.[11] Can alter others' perception, such as making them witness memories.[10])
- Self-Perception Manipulation (Can dampen his own ESP powers.[10])
- Hive Mind (Type 2; prior to Hronmeer's Curse, all Martians were connected by the 'Great Voice', a massive network of telepathic communication[12])
- Power Nullification (Martians can bypass ones mental resistances and remove their mind, telepathy, hive mind, ESP, and other mental-related powers)
- Memory Manipulation (Martians can remove memories, even of other Martians. His race can pass down memories.[13] Restored the memories of Justice League zombies[14])
- Astral Projection, Negation, Sealing, and Energy Manipulation ([Manipulated Bette Noir's true form, a mind vampire of pure psionic energy, and sealed her to her physical body.[15])
- Information Analysis (Can analyze structures on a molecular level[16])
- Soul Manipulation (Could interact with the soul of his ancestor.[4] The spiritual battle between J'onn and Fernus lit the Soul Realm entirely on fire.[17])
- Non-Physical Interaction and Sealing (Could manipulate Bette Noir's astral form, which was "pure psionic energy" and forcefully sealed her into her physical form.[15]. His body interacted with the minds of everyone.[18]. His otherself, Fernus, sealed away his soul.[17])
- Mind Negation Nullification (Restored Malefic's telepathy[3])
- Mind Manipulation (Martians have the ability to rip out other minds, which can also be done on humans.[15] They also have the strength to bypass innate mental resistances[19])
- Statistics Amplification (When driven crazy, he enormous muscles.[20])
- Supernatural Willpower (Through his willpower, J'onn resisted the effects of Hronmeer's Curse, the plague that wiped out his species.[12])
- Martial Arts and Weapon Mastery (J'onn is an highly adept combatant who, given his thousands of years as a crime-fighter, has often been pitted as a combat instructor who has taught both members of the the Justice League and Justice Society how to fight.[21][10] Even before his career as a superhero, J'onn was a Manhunter who was trained in hand-to-hand combat[22] and weapon use by the "Masters of Mars."[21] With these skills, J'onn took down an entire group of Parademons and matched Apokolipean Gladiators in combat.[22][23] J'onn has even bested[23] Kanto[24] in sword fights. On Earth, he has further trained with expert fighters such as Wonder Woman, Superman, Flash, and Green Arrow. A quick learner, J'onn has learned techniques from shonen manga he reads in his spare time.[25])
- Fusionism (Martian sex involves both parties temporarily fusing. Martian's can also fuse with inanimate objects, such as the Great Sphinx.[4])
- Absorption, Body Control and Soul Manipulation (Martians have control of their bodies on a molecular level[26] and can create new body parts and move the placement of others, such as creating secondary faces. Martians can even move the brain and soul to other parts of their bodies.[7] Even with errors caused in his body due to bad absorptions, he managed to overcome such issues and force his body to obey him.[3] J'onn has control over every aspect of his physiology, down to the cellular level.[20] J'onn can further utilize even his tongue..[6])
- Light Manipulation and Invisibility (The Manhunter can bend light itself, becoming invisible, which he held for a year straight.[12] Illuminated a dark passage.[4])
- Extrasensory Perception (Can track "TK fields"[15] and feel souls[11] and emotions)
- Stealth Mastery (Regularly disguises himself as a supervillain in order to figure out how they think from the inside and to subtly stop their crimes.[15] Director Bones was terrified that J'onn could sneak into the DEO at any time.[27] Fooled White House guards and Luthor himself that he was high-ranking staff.[28] J'onn can perfectly imitate the mannerisms and personality[29] of seemingly anyone, even with the most scant of knowledge.[30] Used a variety of stealth and fear tactics to take down the Martian Renegades.[8])
- Accelerated Development (J'onn has taken up several unique and sometimes high-ranking jobs such as farmer, teacher, poet, reporter, and CEO, if a person in that job had passed away, and perfectly emulated their skills and learning new ones, without arising suspicion)
- Multiple Selves (Types 1 and occasionally 2. J'onn can split his mind into multiples.[31] Including parts of the mind of his brother, wife, and daughter.[32] Allowed the soul of J'ahrl to reside within him.[4] Temporarily had the soul of himself and Fernus in his body.[17])
- Regeneration (At least Mid-High) and Immortality (Types 2, 3, potentially 7; Regrew his entire body from his arm, which housed his brain at the time.[7] Survived as just a disembodied head and grew his body back after being ripped apart by Wonder Woman. Fernus, another Martian, admittedly of an older species, survived as mere molecules.[33] J'ahrl J'onnz, J'onnz's ancestor, survived as a lifeless husk for five-thousand years.[4] The Renegade Martians were capable of passing their minds into others to live forever.[29])
- Longevity (J'onn's age is inconsistent, but in any case has and will live for an extremely long time. J'onn was shown to last at least 20,000, arguably 30,000 years in the future with no sign of slowing down.[15])
- Damage Reduction (By reducing his mass, he can reduce the damage he receives[15])
- Blessed (As the last Martian, J'onn has H'ronmeer's blessing, and thus has had the god perform miracles for him.[14])
- Fissionism (Split himself from Fernus][33])
- Deconstruction ("Unmade" Fernus, reducing him to molecules[33])
- limited Power Mimicry (Martians constantly study to gain new abilities for their shapeshifting, and J'onn himself has learned techniques from media he's consumed[17][25])
- Pain Manipulation (Via manipulating one's "mental suggestions", J'onn can make people feel painful sensations that aren't there.[30])
- Acrobatics (Can perform super-leaps.[20])
- Shockwave Creation (Has created massive shockwaves, capable of breaking glass from several meters away.[20])
- Body Puppetry (J'onn's addiction manifested into others.[20] Forced others to stare in the sun.[16])
- Possession (Martian Renegades demonstrated this ability, J'onn should be able to perform it if not for his moral constraints.[29])
- Summoning (Capable of calling upon his ancestors for help, but only if he is near the Well of Souls)
- Underground Mobility (J'onn was capable of maneuvering himself through solid stone.[29])
- Breath Attack (Like Kryptonians, Martians can utilize powerful breath attacks, with J'ahrl creating a massive sandstorm with one such gust.][29])
- Healing (After removing the psionic power of the Martian Renegades, he restored J'ahrl back to full strength.[8])
- Biological Manipulation (After his telepathy was removed by Morgan le Fey, J'onn was able to regrow his telepathic organs.[3])
- Weapon Creation and Preparation (Created an armor that resisted the affects of Martian Bloodworms acid, which can completely melt Martians.[34])
- Vehicular Mastery (Shown to be a skilled pilot under both human and martian air and spacecraft.)
- Social Influencing and Morality Manipulation (Caused Arkham inmates to repent.[16])
- Status Effect Inducement (Caused Luthor to go into a catatonic state.[16])
- Animal Manipulation (Communicated with a bird.[18] Mind controlled Krypto.[35])
- Mind Manipulation
- Sound Manipulation (Survived a sonic blast from Sonar, which was strong enough to knock people unconscious)
- Disease Manipulation (The entirety of a Martian's body is a hyper-complex and advanced immune system[36], and J'onn can alter his genetic makeup to contain extremely deadly viruses within himself[37])
- Sleep Manipulation (When Starro caused all of North America, J'onn managed to barely resist it, despite being within the affected area[38])
Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level (Took on the Justice League while controlled by Malefic, including nearly killing Wonder Woman and staggering Superman[39]. Hurt a damaged Black Adam before being overpowered[40]. Overpowered White Martians, who were restraining Kyle Rayner[41][Note 1])
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Can fly across interstellar distances and keep up with the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman in combat)
Lifting Strength: At least Class Y (Pulled Earth alongside Superman and Wonder Woman[42])
Striking Strength: Low Multiverse level
Durability: Low Multiverse level (Withstood a punch from Superman[39])
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Standard Melee Range. Up to Planetary with shapeshifting (J'onn can grow in size, becoming as tall as the kaiju he read about. His ancestor, while deathly weak, easily grew to the size of the Sphinx.[4] In the possible future of DC One Million, the Source allowed J'onn to become Mars itself.[5]). Interdimensional with Telepathy (The spiritual battle between J'onn and Fernus lit the Soul Realm entirely on fire.[17])
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Vast knowledge of earth and alien races throughout the universe, decades of combat experience against all types of foes, accomplished detective, has read and processed the knowledge of every mind on earth multiple times. Created a shapeshifting mineral to serve as an alternative power source[43]. J'onn has taken up several unique and sometimes high-ranking jobs such as farmer, teacher, poet, reporter, and CEO, if a person in that job had passed away, and perfectly emulated their skills and learning new ones, without arising suspicion)
Weaknesses: Martians have a fear of fire.
Feats:
- Scanned the minds of everyone on Earth.
- Looked through the minds of everyone on Earth again.
- Can read minds on a galactic range.
- Turned the Joker sane temporarily.
- Resisted Starro's mind control and shrunk to the size of a blood cell.
- Caused Stinton to hallucinate.
- Mindwiped the entire Justice League at once.
- Linked several Lantern minds together to insert a memory and erased himself from their minds.
- Even while in a coma, was able to mind-control John Stewart.
- Resisted the mind-control of the En'Tarians when every other JLA member failed.
- Nine extremely amplified White Martians couldn't break through J'onns telepathic defenses. They were amplified a "millionfold", i.e, a million times stronger than normal, but J'onn could still resist them.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Telepathy: Arguably J'onn's greatest power, his telepathy can easily shut down minds, alter memories, read the entire contents of a person's mind, read and affect minds on a planetary scale, communicate across vast stretches of space and dimensions, manipulate souls, and affect cosmic beings.
- Shapeshifting: J'onn has free transformation, he can change his size at will, stretch his appendages, increase or decrease his mass (although sometimes this requires absorbing nearby inert mass, like that of the ground of a planet), disguise himself as a human or other being, or an inanimate object, manipulate his body for more effective attacks (such as increasing the size of his lungs for more powerful breath attacks)
- Martian Vision: J'onn is capable of projecting destructive beams of energy from his eyes, these generally aren't as powerful as Superman's heat vision, but they can do formidable damage and are very accurate. They can also be used passively to scan targets with sensory powers.
- Linear Vision: An obscure ability that allows J'onn to resist time manipulation and reality warping to an extent, and also protect his allies from it. However, it requires a great amount of concentration and energy and he can only keep it up for so long.
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Notable Matchups
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References
- ↑ JLA Vol 1 75
- ↑ JLA Vol 1 4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 9
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 25
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 1000000
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Martian Manhunter Vol 22
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 8
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 27
- ↑ Martian Manhunter Vol 2 4
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 18
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Justice League America Vol 1 40
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 0
- ↑ Martian Manhunter Vol 2 21
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 12
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 3
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 JLA Vol 1 84
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 JLA Vol 1 88
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 JLA Vol 1 85
- ↑ Martian Manhunter Vol 2 7
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 24
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 JLA 80-Page Giant Vol 1 1
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 33
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 34
- ↑ Martian Manhunter Vol 2 19
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 2
- ↑ Martian Manhunter Vol 2 29
- ↑ Martian Manhunter Vol 2 6
- ↑ Superman Vol 2 175
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 26
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Martian Manhunter Vol 2 22
- ↑ Martian Manhunter Vol 2 1
- ↑ JLA Classified Vol 1 42
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 JLA Vol 1 89
- ↑ Martian Manhunter Vol 2 32
- ↑ JLA Vol 1 87
- ↑ JLA: Paradise Lost Vol 1 3
- ↑ DC One Million Vol 1 2
- ↑ JLA Vol 1 22
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #7, June 1999
- ↑ World War III Vol. 1 #4, June 2007
- ↑ JLA Vol. 1 #57, October 2001
- ↑ JLA Vol 1 75
- ↑ JLA Secret Files Vol 1 1
Notes/Explanations
- ↑ 52 Universes
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