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Martian Manhunter Post-Crisis DC Comics

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: 5-A, 4-B at peak

Name: J'onn J'onzz, John Jones, Martian Manhunter

Origin: DC Comics

Gender: Male

Age: At least a thousand years old

Classification: Alien, Martian, Member of the Justice League

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Immortality (Types 1 and 3), Regeneration (High. Could eventually regenerate from a venom that destroyed the bonds between his molecules[1]. Has regenerated from a puddle of green liquid, his sole arm, and decapitation), Telepathy, Illusion Creation, Mind Manipulation (Scanned the entire population of Earth at least four different times, can scan multiple realities simultaneously, read the minds of everyone in the galaxy, can telepathically shut down minds (Mentally attacked the Flash), and has enthralled Captain Atom), Memory Manipulation (Erased some of the JLA's memories, including Wally West and Superman), Empathic Manipulation (Altered the Red King's emotions after he was vulnerable due to absorbing emotions,[2] calmed a giant alien down by stimulating its pleasure centers), Sleep Manipulation (Kept Vishnu asleep to prevent him from ending all of Creation.[3] Put Diane to sleep with a mental nudge), Soul Manipulation (Can manipulate souls with his telepathy and trap them inside himself, which he has done with the souls of the entire Martian race for over a thousand years. Used telepathy to remove Harley's soul from Diane's body[4]), Enhanced Senses (Including Telescopic, Microscopic, and X-Ray Vision), Extrasensory Perception (Can see the mental aura of someone to look at their emotion), Energy Projection, Shapeshifting (Martians can alter their form all the way down to the molecular level and take any shape they want[5]), Sizeshifting (Able to grow to massive sizes or shrink to the size of a blood cell), Can survive in space, Telekinesis, Matter Manipulation (Can reduce enemies to a subatomic level with his Martian Vision), Gravity Manipulation (Can manipulate gravitons, subatomic particles associated with the force of gravity), Invisibility (Uses it to sneak attack), Heat Vision (his heat vision caused Black Adam to yell in pain, who can tank Power Girl's heat vision which melted gold), Sonic Scream, Super Breath, Durability Negation and Intangibility (Can phase through people to kill them), Air Manipulation (Can contain tornados by speeding around them[6])

Attack Potency: Large Planet level, Solar System level at peak (Consistently shown as equal, or even superior to Superman). Can ignore durability with abilities such as Phasing or Matter Manipulation

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Can fly across interstellar distances and keep up with the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman in combat)

Lifting Strength: Stellar (Comparable to Superman)

Striking Strength: Large Planet level, Solar System level at peak

Durability: Large Planet level, Solar System level at peak (Regeneration and Intangibility render him very difficult to kill)

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Planetary. Interdimensional with telepathy

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[6].

Weaknesses: Fire

Feats:

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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Discussion threads involving Martian Manhunter (Post-Crisis)
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