Martian Manhunter

The Martian Detective (J'onn J'onzz) (in English: Martian Manhunter) is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and designed by artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in the story "The Manhunter from Mars" in Detective Comics #225 (November 1955). Martian Manhunter is one of the original seven members of the Justice League of America and one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe.

J'onzz is a native of the planet Mars, known in his native language as Ma'aleca'andra (the name comes from a variant of Malacandra, used by the inhabitants of Mars in the novel Beyond the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis). J'onn possesses abilities beyond those of the average man, including telepathy and the ability to shapeshift. His usual appearance is that of a tall, green, bald humanoid, a form he adopts to look more like Earthlings, although his true appearance is less human and has an elongated head. He is very sensitive to fire; In some stories this is a physical weakness, while in others it is a psychological weakness. The character has appeared in other DC Comics products, including video games, television series, animated films, and products such as action figures and trading cards. The character was ranked #43 on IGN's largest comic book hero list.

Martian Detective was portrayed by David Ogden Stiers in the 1997 live-action Justice League of America television pilot. The character appeared in the series Smallville, played by actor Phil Morris. Martian Manhunter is also part of the main cast of the television series Supergirl and is played by David Harewood. The character also appears in other Arrowverse shows. Harry Lennix plays the character in the DC Extended Universe, making his debut in the 2013 film Man of Steel under the guise of General Calvin Swanwick, while his Martian form appears in Zack Snyder's Justice League.

History

Origin

In his first story, J'onn J'onzz is accidentally teleported to Earth by the scientist known as Dr. Erdel, who, immediately afterwards, suffered a heart attack and died, leaving the Martian stranded on Earth. J'onn is able to use his powers to modify his appearance, so he adopts the identity of police detective John Jones.

Thus, he joins the police, secretly using his powers to help the inhabitants of Earth. In later revisions of the story, John Jones is a deceased police detective, with the Martian Manhunter adopting his identity and his adventures taking place in the fictional town of Middleton, Colorado.

Finally, J'onn reveals his existence to the world, beginning to openly act as a superhero and becoming a founding member of the Justice League. He is then forced to abandon the identity of John Jones when he is "murdered" in public. After this, J'onn would find himself involved in the mystical adventure related to the Diabolu Head for several years.

Later he would adopt the personality of Marco Xavier to infiltrate the international crime cartel known as VULTURE.

A retcon was later introduced incorporating new details into the character's origin, such as the revelation that there was no life on Mars when J'onn was dragged to Earth, everyone having died from the mental plague he had deliberately started. his brother Ma'alefa'ak and who, before beginning to act as a superhero in his authentic form, took on the identity of the Bronze Phantom and fought crime alongside the Justice Experience, a group that was created to fill the gap between the time of the Justice Society and the Justice League.

Justice League

The story of the Martian Manhunter is strongly linked to the Justice League. He is a founding member of the team and was a member during several of its incarnations. His absence in the group occurs during the first period after the creation of the Lunar Satellite, as well as in the formation that it had during the year prior to the events of Infinite Crisis. His appearances with the League kept him a household name even long after his own series (with appearances in Detective Comics and House of Mystery) was cancelled..

In the Justice League International series he is shown to be obsessed with Oreo cookies. Likewise, in Justice League InternationalJ'onnz he reveals that his common appearance is not his authentic Martian form, but rather a 'fusion' of his own. between his true form and a human appearance. This concept is redefined in the series He Solo, where it is explained that His true form is absolutely private and that, even on Mars, His appearance is 'public'. It's the version we were used to. In addition to serving the League under his own identity, he also joins it (under duress), under the identity of Bloodwynd.

Solo adventures

In 1998 the regular series Martian Manhunter began, scripted by John Ostrander and drawn by Tom Mandrake (with collaborations from Bryan Hitch among others). The series lasted 38 issues before being canceled due to poor sales. The series established that J'onn had a crazy brother, Ma'alefa'ak, who used his shapeshifting abilities to impersonate J'onn, capturing and torturing Jemm, Son of Saturn and terraforming part of Earth to make it resemble Mars. This was all part of a grand plan designed to convince the rest of the Justice League that J'onn has become a sociopath. However, J'onn is able to clear his name and defeat Ma'alefa'ak, although his body is practically destroyed when the spaceship he is in explodes (he would later be able to regenerate his body through a single arm).

The series also established the history of the races of Saturn and Mars. The first issue revealed that there was a "authentic" human who responded to the name of John Jones, a police detective who was murdered by his corrupt colleagues, and that J'onn assumed his identity to complete an important investigation.

Apart from this, the Detective appears mainly in the Justice League comic, being the only character who has participated in all the incarnations of the League, with the exception of the version written by Brad Meltzer. From the 1960s to the 1970s, J'onn was absent from the LJA, having abandoned Earth to find New Mars. This plot thread has undergone a retcon after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, and it is now assumed that he was present on the team during that time.

J'onn also made two minor appearances in the Sandman series, in its number 6, in the story "Passengers", in which the Lord of Dreams, Morpheus asks him about his Stone of Dreams. At that moment, J'onn identifies him as a God, and sees Morpheus as a floating face, contrary to the humanoid form with which others see him. He also appears in issue 71, during the 'Awakening' arc, talking to Batman and Clark Kent about dreams.

Grant Morrison established in the LJA series that the Martian Manhunter is the most recognized hero within the Southern Hemisphere and that he maintains a large number of secret identities, many of them outside the United States. However, as a result of two incidents later in the series in which John Jones becomes separated from the Martian Manhunter, he decides to focus on his original human identity and abandon the rest of him.

Fernus

In issues of JLA written by Joe Kelly, J'onn attempts to conquer his fear of fire and makes a deal with the fire-controlling villainess known as Scorch who wants telepathic help. of J'onzz to face his own mental problems. History reveals that 20,000 years ago, a race of extremely dangerous beings called "the Ardientes" They set large fires in order to reproduce asexually. To prevent the Ardientes from destroying the majority of the universe, the Guardians of the Universe divided the species into Green Martians and White Martians, changed their reproduction system, and induced a fear of fire in them. When J'onn confronts his fear of fire, he once again becomes a Fiery One and changes his name to Fernus.

His genetic memory identifies Vandal Savage as a threat, as he killed one of the Ardents on Earth during the Ancient Age. That same genetic memory makes Fernus hate the Green Lanterns, given his association with the Guardians of the Universe.

The Justice League finally defeated Fernus by re-recruiting Plastic Man, who is immune to Fernus' psychic powers and has superior shape-shifting abilities. The story implies that Batman initially recruited Plastic Man as a member of the League to act as a balance in case the Martian Manhunter ever lost control. Meanwhile, the mystical hero Manitou Raven takes two of his companions to Dreamwalk, a psychic plane where they can reach the soul of J'onn J'onzz, imprisoned in the depths of the mind. of Fernus. Helping J'onn fight for his freedom against the mental power of the Martian Ardiente, they manage to make him physically reappear when Fernus tries to reproduce. The other members of the League create a tsunami to submerge both Martians, extinguishing Fernus' flames and thus giving J'onn the advantage.

After destroying Fernus, J'onn mourns Scorch, who has fallen into a coma, and with whom he had fallen in love. In a later story, J'onn tells Superman that his aversion to fire has changed: now he is invulnerable to flames unless they are "flames of passion." or with some other "psychic meaning". It was later revealed that Fernus had always been an autonomous being with a differentiated consciousness and a genetic structure and powers that emerged from J'onn's subconscious when he managed to control his weakness towards fire.

The appearance of Fernus is inspired by the encounter with Sandman, who appeared to the Detective in the form of Lord L'Zoril, the Martian god of dreams, represented by a giant flaming caravel. After J'onzz helped him, the immortal being gave him permission to dream about certain aspects of his lost planet.

Infinite Crisis

Although J'onzz is initially thought to have been killed in the explosion of the Justice League Watchtower, Manitou Dawn, a member of the League, receives a telepathic vision from J'onzz ensuring that ' #34;it will be shown, in due course". She also explains to him that she needs her help to keep the Key under observation, a powerful entity whose abilities J'onn has always been able to control previously.

J'onzz reappears in Infinite Crisis, unconscious and connected to Alex Luthor's vibrational tower, after having been kidnapped by Superboy Prime for being necessary to power the machine that would make the Multiverse return.. Joining J'onn are Lady Quark, Lightning Bolt, Black Adam, Power Girl, Nightshade and Breach. Wonder Girl, Superboy and Nightwing free J'onzz and the others from Alexander Tower, but Superboy dies in the attempt.

Oracle asks J'onzz to telepathically coordinate the heroes' response to the global escape of the Secret Society of Supervillains. The Detective joins the heroes in the Battle of Metropolis against the combined force of the world's greatest supervillains and in the showdown against Superboy Prime. Prime and the villains are defeated.

52 and One Year Later

After the Infinite Crisis, most DC series jump one year in the future in the event that has been named One Year Later. The weekly series 52 is in charge of narrating what happened during that "lost" year.

In 52 #24 it is revealed that J'onn has been working undercover for 6 months. His intentions are to destroy Checkmate in order to avenge the death of Ted Kord (Blue Beetle). The Detective feels guilty since Ted had tried to warn the superhero community about Checkmate. When no one paid attention to him, he decided to investigate himself and Maxwell Lord, whom J'onzz believed to be a friend, murdered Kord.

J'onzz manages to disrupt the organization's operations within the United States but, unfortunately, after a gang of "everyman" causes chaos in Metropolis, Checkmate is reinstated.

During Week 50 and World War III, J'onn J'onzz is the first to confront a rampaging Black Adam. Connecting directly to his mind, he discovers that it is flooded with images of the dark side of humanity, forcing him to withdraw from the fight and rethink his relationship with the Earth's population as a whole. During this process, he abandons several of his active aliases, revealing his true nature to the police detectives he used to work with. When he finally clears his mind, J'onn returns for the final battle and, being severely wounded, heals himself, now showing a form more similar to his Martian appearance to reflect the new knowledge of him. him about himself.

Later, DC Comics published a new limited series about the Martian Manhunter, which spun off directly from the special DCU: Brave New World). This series was written by A.J. Lieberman, drawn by Al Barrionuevo and Bit, focusing on J'onn's search for other possible Mars survivors.

The first issue reintroduces the Golden Age character Roh Kar (now called Roh'Kar). Just when he meets J'onn, a sniper shoots him, killing him, but first he tells J'onn that there are more Martians. J'onn locates and rescues the others, hiding them from government agents and the LJA itself. However, J'onn later discovers that the green Martians he has rescued are actually white Martians who have been hypnotized by a green Martian named Cay'an. When the series ends, the only Martians alive are Till'All, J'onn and Cay'An (Dal'en and Telok'telar are left in a coma). J'onn returns to the Justice League, taking Till'All with him while Cay'An disappears to an unknown destination after his attempt to assassinate J'onn fails.

After this, J'onn was recruited by Batman to be part of his new team of Outsiders, appearing in the third issue of the series Outsiders: Five of a Kind (Marginals: Five of a Kind) along with Thunder, and joining the team later.

Countdown

The second promotional image for the weekly Countdown series appears to show a more muscular Martian Manhunter holding a bloody dagger.

Final Crisis

Detective Marciano has been murdered by Libra, as proof of gaining the trust of the Secret Society of Villains, he was captured during the events that occurred in Salvation Run and in the Issues of Action Comics and Justice League of America prior to Final Crisis.

Blackest Night

He returns from the dead as a servant of the Black Lanterns.

The Brightest day

In issue #8 of Blackest Night, at the end, the Martian detective is revived by a mysterious force called the entity, which would be the cause of life in the entire universe, currently the protagonist of this series.

DC Universe Reboot

After the events of Flashpoint, during the relaunch of the New 52 after the drop in sales of its series, DC Comics reconsidered its origin as it was no longer a founding member of the Justice League of America, and being part of the new incarnation of the StormWatch team, which is a team that was originally published in the Wildstorm publishing label, and that became part of the new DC universe, and in which He was included as founder of said team and was never part of the League.

New 52! The New 52

The writers of the DC Comics publishing house, especially the screenwriter, executive producer and technical supervisor Geoff Johns, have shown in various history books that J'onn J'onnz is "the most dangerous hero in the Universe" 34;, affirming this in many of his current confrontations, obtaining fairly easy victories, even causing the Justice League made up of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg to fall defeated before him, resulting in his departure. of the JL.

In June 2015 DC Comics authorized MARTIAN MANHUNTER v4 # 01 after many years of the last volume, this new individual regular series began its first arc with other alien races close to the green one as the main enemies.

In 2016 his only appearance was in the One-shot DC Universe Rebirth, after that he was missing until 2018, appearing in issue #05 of the Dark Knights: Metal saga, when asked about his disappearance he argued who was hidden among the Thanagarians investigating the mysteries related to NTH Metal and the Dark Multiverse. He currently has new appearances confirmed for the mini-series Justice League: No Justice and a new volume of Justice League as the protagonist alongside Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern John Stewart, Aquaman, Cyborg and Hawkgirl.

At the end of JL No Justice # 04 he is named the leader of the Justice League and has a leading role, as he is the first to find out about the threat called TOTALITY, and during a League mission he visits a man in Thanagar Prime. Martian called The Very Ancient Guardian, which reveals that Perpetua the next threat (related to Totality) before being imprisoned had a combined army of human and Martian DNA, a very powerful one, but after her confinement the Martians took the fire as weakness and humans became mentally weak.

Some humans on Earth experimented on a child to obtain the abominations that we know as White Martians, before dying of old age the Martian Guardian passes his knowledge to J'onn, shortly after this Hawkgirl has to seal herself together with the Source Wall and the Omega Titans to heal the Source and save the Multiverse, so he reveals that he was building a mental paradise for 2 weeks with all the memories of his life, this tender moment leads to a kiss between J'onn J ´onzz and Kendra Saunders.

The moment is interrupted because Brainiac attacks the Source Wall and a desperate J'onzz saves Hawkgirl from dying in the explosion, shortly after he meets with Luthor and reveals that they were both friends in childhood, when J'onn came to the earth for the first time through experiments by extraterrestrial scientists who needed something from him and when they didn't get it, they almost killed him.

Powers and abilities

The Martian Manhunter has been described as "the Swiss Army knife of superheroes." He possesses many powers similar to Superman, specifically superior strength and endurance, flight ability, super-human speed, and 'Martian' vision. at levels close to those of Superman himself. He can also teleport.

Another of the Martian Manhunter's main powers is to alter his shape, which he uses for different purposes, such as taking human form, lengthening his limbs, increasing his size considerably and adopting monstrous shapes. In addition to this, Martian Manhunter can turn invisible (in most Silver Age comics none of his other powers work while he is invisible) and can alter his density to become incredibly tough and even intangible.

In addition to his physical powers, J'onn is also a very powerful telepath, often acting as a "switchboard" among the other superheroes to coordinate the actions of the Justice League. His victory over Despero in JLI revealed that he is capable of using his telepathy to immerse other beings in a state of "complete happiness", but that is an ability he was only capable of. to be used once (in Martian culture, this was a last gift to the dying from their loved ones).

J#39;onn possesses telekinetic abilities. He can move, push and manipulate objects with his mind and can also create invisible shields.

In addition to his mental and physical powers, the Martian Manhunter has nine different senses, although they are not very well defined and are usually forgotten.

In addition to this, J'onn has great regenerative abilities. He has been able to regenerate one of his hands, which was very damaged, but with great effort. In a case like this (of such a large loss of matter), he has to increase his mass through the assimilation of Martian sand.

For most of his existence, J'onn has been shown as a being with significant pyrophobia, with fire being for the Martians his Achilles heel, equivalent to Superman's weakness towards kryptonite. Exposure to fire typically causes J'onn to lose his ability to maintain his physical form, "melting" him. in a mass of green plasma. This has had numerous explanations over the years, but finally, during the story arc Judgment by Fire, it has been revealed that this fear was induced at a genetic level by the Guardians of the Universe 20,000 years ago, when they divided to the Martians "Ardientes" originals in the two groups (the green Martians and the white ones). The Guardians provoked this fear because the physical suffering of others, combined with the physical conditions of an infernal, allowed all the barbaric, ruthless and brilliant 'Fiery' Martians; reproduce asexually. As a species, the fiery Martians existed solely to 'cause suffering, burn and breed', but if they became so fearful of fire that they did not approach it, they would not be able to reproduce. At the end of the story arc, this weakness is partially eliminated and J'onn explains that only psychic flames could affect him, such as the fire of suffering or passion.

Thanks to his wide range of powers, the Martian Manhunter is considered a god, even defeating the Justice League with his own hands several times.

Other versions

• J'onn versions have appeared in most of the Elseworlds starring the Justice League, including: LJA: The nail, LJA: Act of God, the fantastic story Justice League, LJA: The riddle of the beast and Western Justice Riders.

• In 1953, DC Comics published a story, written by Ed Hamilton, in which a Martian green-skinned detective named Roh Kar arrives on Earth and captures a convicted Martian with the help of Batman. This version had devices that allowed him to disappear and teleport.

• In the mini-series Martian Manhunter In 2006, Detective Martian of the Golden Age returns as a Green Detective named Roh'Kar who, before dying, meets J'onn.

• In 52 N° 52, the new Earth-3 is altered by Mister Mind, turning it into an Earth similar to that previously populated by the Crime Union and with a monstrous and winged version of J'onn J'onzz as one of its inhabitants.

• In a number of the Legion of Super-HeroesJ'onn reappears in the XXX century as a known Dream Girl and helps the Legion face Mordru. After Time ZeroThis continuity was erased. In Post-History Time ZeroJ'onn does not appear explicitly; however, the art team hinted that R.J. Brande, the executive of the Legion and President of the United Planets, was J'onn of unknown when he revealed that he had a telepathic training long ago. This happened during the attempt to recover the catatonic Shrinking Violet that had hosted the Ekron Emerald Eye. During the sequence, Brande tries to establish contact with Violet's mind and you can see the silhouette of a Martian in its natural form surrounding Brande.

• In the Elseworlds published in 1994 at the annual Justice League America, J'onn is shown acting like Dr. Jonas 100 years in the future, training new heroes to avenge his teammates, dead long ago.

• In DC 1 million history, the story of J'onn is told after several millennia. The Detective has used various personalities until the XXX century, when he shows himself to help the Legion of Super-Heroes. Ten thousand years later, having elapsed the majority in suspended animation, J'onn faces a great battle against the cosmic destroyer of "Swarm" worlds, who threatened to eliminate humanity; and later, he leads the resistance against the occupation of Mars by Darkseid. When Darkseid and J'onn finally face the judgment of the ancient gods together, J'onn is allowed to restore his home planet to the way he remembers it, becoming physically part of Mars. If consciousness is scattered all over the planet, observing human inhabitants for the rest of the years, being, in fact, immortal.

• In The Dark Knight Strikes AgainQuestion meets J'onn in a bar. J'onn tells him he lost his powers when his third kidney transplant failed, although he indicates that he still has occasional precognitive visions, and that he has seen his death that same night. He also tells Question that Lex Luthor has implanted nanomachines in his brain, altering his brain functions. J'onn and Question leave the bar and are ambushed by a figure that turns out to be the Joker, who incinerates J'onn and himself.

• In the timeline counted in DC 1 million, J'onn remains alive, having become one with the planet Mars, and living in the same sand of the planet. It seems to have become weaker over time, speaking much slower and seemingly incapable of abandoning mars, although it remains active if necessary, being able to communicate telepathically with the Aquaman of the present time when the LJA launches the final attack against Solaris.

• In the series Elseworlds Kingdom Come, J'onn is shown as a shadow of what it was; trying to understand humanity, "he opened his mind to the world -- and was forever shattered by his thoughts." This version of J'onn is weak, it speaks with stuttering and should concentrate to maintain the solidity of its own human body. Although he still has some telepathy, he is unable to cross Lex Luthor's mental shields.

• In LJA: DestinationJ'onn J'onnz came to Earth and adopted the identity of Paul kir, the hero known as Manhunter, after the authentic Kirk was killed in Australia, and joined Thomas Wayne's Gotham Justice League. During this time on the team, J'onn fell in love with Sandra Knight, known as Nightshade, and both married. During a mission in Nevada next to the Clock and the Green Lantern Guy Gardner, the three found the alien Mongul. Mongul took over Guy with an alien parasite called Black Mercy, killed El Clock, and tried to kill J'onn with a neural disruptor. Instead of dying, J'onn's mind began to spread and dissipate all over the Earth, but somehow manages to reunite and create a link with Sandra's mind. She begins to give her visions of the future, and she believes she has gained new power and changes her superheroic identity by that of Destination. But Sandra would be psychologically altered by this ability, although she would have connections with the Justice League and give them information. J'onn J'onzz would later go to a Nevada base, controlling it, where help discover that Mongul has been responsible for genetic alterations in America, and later convince Jor-El that he needs to face Mongul. In his last moments with Sandra, J'onn asks him to forget and continue.

• In the crossover/elseworld Planetary/JLA: Terra Oculta Dr. Erdel works for the billionaire Bruce Wayne, developing a time machine that is based on a bursting light loop. When you are going to visit Wayne, Diana Prince and Clark Kent, looking for a way to stop the Planetary Corporation, Erdel activates the machine, suddenly appearing a "elseworld" version of J'onn J'onnz, as a visitor of another world brought from Earth's prehistory. J'onnz dies in the face of the horror of the present, and no one can help him.

• In Count back to adventure No. 1 represents the Forerunner planet, in an alternative universe where the races of the planets and the dwarf planets of the universe conquer the Earth. The leader of the Martian army and its people is General J'onzz.

• In the Amalgam Comics, Detective Marciano is combined with Professor X and Marvel Comics Skrulls to train Mister X.

Appearances in other media

Television

Live Action

• J'onzz is played by David Ogden Stiers on the live action television pilot Justice League of America 1997. It has difficulty with the change of form, it can only be passed through others for a short period of time, and there is no mention of any other power. He was also played by Miguel Ferrer when he temporarily became Weatherman (the character of Miguel in the film).
• Phil Morris plays Detective Marciano in the television series Smallville. In this show, he represents him as an old friend of Jor-El who came to Earth to monitor Kal-El and help him when he needed him, helping Clark Kent defeat the prisoners of the Phantom Zone who escaped. Detective Marciano sacrifices his powers at the beginning of season eight to save Clark from a fatal wound, sacrificing his own powers by bringing a Clark currently powerless near the sun so that his skills can be restored. After joining the Metropolis police department under the name of John Jones, which is fully restored in the middle of the ninth season of Doctor Fate. Fate chose to open a portal that allows the travel hunter to travel back to Mars long enough for the exposure to his atmosphere to regain his skills.
• Detective Marciano appears on the television programs established in the Arrowversoplayed by David Harewood.
  • Detective Marciano appears in Supergirl. The character operates under the guise of Hank Henshaw. In "Human for a Day", it is revealed that he took Henshaw's identity after the latter died in an attempt to kill him. It also appears in "Hostile Takeover" and " Childish Things", which reveals that he has been living on Earth for 50 years, "Strange Visitor from Another Planet", in which he is forced to expose his identity. At the end of the season, reinstated as director of the Department of Extranormal Operations, chooses to retain Hank Henshaw's shape while interacting with humans.
  • Detective Marciano appears in the Duet episode The Flashwhich is part of a two-part crossover between Supergirl and The Flashin which he joins forces with Mon-El and the allies of Flash, Cisco Ramon, to capture the Music Meister.
  • Detective Marciano appears in the crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths", in which the original universe of SupergirlEarth-38, is destroyed by the Anti-Monitor. He is among the 3 billion who escape Earth-1, is transported to the Fugue Point when Earth-1 is consumed by antimatter, and fights against Anti-Monitor as the Right of Honor. After restarting the universe, discover that the Earths-1 and -38 and the original Earth of Black Lightning they have merged and he is one of the seven people who remember the crisis. This drives him to seek the Paragons allies and restore his memories, as well as the other Paragons, who knows they will be as confused as he is. He also finds Nash Wells, the incarnation of Arrowverso de Pariah, whose memories he restores so that Nash does not forget that he released the Anti-Monitor. Later, after it is discovered that the Anti-Monitor has survived, Detective Marciano participates in the final battle, which makes the Anti-Monitor trapped in a state of perpetual reduction. Although wounded during the battle, he survives and becomes a founding member of the Barry Allen team formed in honor of Oliver Queen.
• In the first episode of TitansDick Grayson gets a call from an "Agent Jones" that could refer to a new iteration from Detective Marciano.

Animation

• J'onzz appears in the animated series of the Justice League, expressed by Carl Lumbly in a South African accent. In this continuity, it is almost always known as "J'onn J'onzz". Lumbly also interprets Detective Marciano's father, M'yrnn J'onzz, at Supergirl.
• Detective Marciano appears in the episode Static Shock"A League of Their Own."
• In Justice League UnlimitedJ'onzz remains almost exclusively in the Watchtower, handling it and serving as mission coordinator, eventually choosing to leave and explore the Earth near the beginning of the third season. He meets the League in the final series "Destroyer". It is in this series that is known as the "Martian Gun Hunter", only once, by the Watch King in "Task Force X".
• Dorian Harewood expresses the character of the animated series The Batman. He uses Detective John Jones' disguise.
• Detective Marciano appears in the television series Young Justice with Kevin Michael Richardson's voice. Miss Martian is Detective Martian's niece in the history of the program.
• Detective Marciano appears in the episode Batman: The Brave and the Bold "Darkseid Descending" with the voice of Nicholas Guest. He's a member of Justice League International. It also appears in "Shadow of the Bat!", "Night of the Batmen!", "Time Out for Vengeance!", "Powerless!" and "Crisis: 22,300 miles on earth!".
• Detective Marciano appears in Justice League ActionWith Crispin Freeman's voice.

Movies

Live Action

• Marciano was to be one of the main characters of George Miller a live action not produced from the movie League of Justice, Justice League: Mortal and was to be played by Hugh Keays-Byrne, but the project was cancelled.
• Detective Marciano appears in the DC Extended Universe played by Harry Lennix.
  • In a series of comments by Zack Snyder on his social media page The Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice As General and then Defense Secretary Calvin Swanwick, it was actually J'onn J'onzz / Detective Marciano. The director said it's a theory he would consider. Lennix himself later stated that although he was not interpreting Detective Marciano's character, "someone else" had wanted him to be the character of a future film.
  • Later, Snyder declared in Vero that Swanwick was to be rebuilt to be Detective Marciano, in the original court of Justice LeagueBut the scene wasn't completed before he left the project.
  • Lennix will repeat his role as Swanwick, who will officially reveal himself as Detective Marciano in Zack Snyder's Justice League. Ironically, the screenplayer The Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and co-creator of Swanwick, David S. Goyer, had previously expressed his dislike for the character of Detective Marciano. However, Goyer was not involved with any of the cuts Justice League.

Animation

• Miguel Ferrer plays Detective Marciano in the animated film Justice League: The New Frontier. The film shows its first adventures after reaching planet Earth.
• Jonathan Adams makes the voice of Detective Marciano in the animated film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. In addition, there is the Crime Syndicate version of Martian Manhunter called J'edd J'arkus'.
• Detective Marciano appears in the animated film Justice League: DoomWith Carl Lumbly repeating his role Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.
• Detective Marciano appears in the animated film Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unitean adaptation of the videogame of the same name, with the voice of Cam Clarke.
• Detective Marciano appears in the animation film Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of DoomWith Dee Bradley Baker's voice. He just got to Earth.
• Detective Marciano makes a cameo in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash. Vandal Savage is seen in a police car.
• Detective Marciano makes an unspoken cameo in the animated film Justice League Dark.
• Detective Marciano appears in The Lego Batman Movie. He's watching the 57th anniversary party of the Justice League. Detective Marciano appears briefly telling a joke to other members, and then carries a conga line in the background.
• The Brave and Bold version of Detective Marciano appears in Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the BoldWith Nicholas Guest repeating his role.
• Detective Marciano appears in the animated film The Death of Superman and his sequel Reign of the Supermenwith the voice of Nyambi Nyambi.
• Detective Marciano makes a brief appearance Teen Titans Go! to the Movies.

Video games

• Detective Marciano is one of the main characters in the video game Justice League HeroesPutting the voice in the original English version of the actor Daniel Riordan.
• In Game Boy Advance games Justice League: Injustice for All and Justice League: Chronicles The animated version of Detective Marciano appears.
• In the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us performs a cameo, on the stage of the Watchtower of the Justice League and then go out as a playable character in DLC.
• In the video game Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes released in June 2012 appears as a playable character.

Parodies and analogues

In recent times there have been few parodies of the Martian Manhunter, mainly due to its concentration on better-known heroes such as Superman or Batman. However, some important parodies and alternative versions are:

• Martian Anteater, a member of Just'a Lotta Animals.
• Mr. Martian, CH'kk Kk'xx (Chuck Cox), a hero of Big Bang Comics.
• Mister X, an amalgam between J'onn and Professor X of Marvel Comics, with Bishop's facial marks of the X-Men. The character, which is part of Amalgam ComicsLooks like Mars though it's actually a Skrull.
• Martian Man, of the Guardians of the Globe, of the series Invincible.
• Mr'rgla Qualt, female character of the series Top 10.
• The Skrull Skymaster Supreme squadron.
• The Role Book Mutants and Masterminds series Freedom City includes imitations of the majority of superheroes, including Pseudo, a telepath alien capable of changing in a way that he is a member of the "Liga de la Libertad" (analogue to the League of Justice).