The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: 2004 Post Cereal Justice League Trading Card #5 of 7: Martian Manhunter (s04)

Friday, January 14, 2011

2004 Post Cereal Justice League Trading Card #5 of 7: Martian Manhunter (s04)

12 comments:

mathematicscore said...: First off why is there a hole where J'onn's crotch should be? He certainly looks proud about something...

Second, have you been paying attention to the Flashpoint teasers?
http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/
They've got a number starting on the 13th.

The current reveals suggest that there is a certain amount of red herring with each of the teases. Assuming they are referring to the "Big Seven" with each of the questions, J'onn at first would seem likely to have been experimented on by the Government. But the reveal of the Ring question to be about the Flash shows they're being coy. Looking at the Batman hints: runs Wayne Casinos by day, has red eyes, can survive being superspeed punched into a wall and has a background to his logo is the color of a certain red planet... J'onn J'onnz, Batman from Mars?

No one else seems to see it, and indeed, no one else that is looking is as obsessed with J'onn as I am. Am I crazy, or am I on to something?; January 14, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Diabolu Frank said...: It's a Martian colostomy.

Luke sent me an email about this, but I have 0 interest in a glorified Flash Elseworld by a Kubert. You may be on to something, though. The spaceship that never crashed is surely Abin Sur's?; January 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM
mathematicscore said...: I tend to agree. Supes is a labrat, Flash has something weird with his ring, Diana and Arthur are married, Bruce and Hal are normals and J'onn masquerades as a creature of the night.; January 14, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Diabolu Frank said...: ...Unless it was Superman's ship that never crashed...; January 14, 2011 at 2:16 PM
mathematicscore said...: Yeah, but the "S" Shield appears on a door guarded by troops. I'm pretty confident he's the lab rat. Abin Sur never crashing is the most logical for Hal since "Where is his ring?" has been revealed to be the Flash.

On the other hand, I could be being extra wishful about MM being
Batman. This wouldn't be the first even I was hopeful he would have a big part in only to see him sidelined...; January 14, 2011 at 5:58 PM
Diabolu Frank said...: "Oh awesome-- Martian Manhunter is like, the lead zombie in the biggest DC event of 2009! He's totally going to remain a major figure in this thing past a tease in the first issue and a tie-in Green Lantern! There's no way they'd compile a zombie Justice League with J'Onn at the forefront, then do nothing with them!"; January 14, 2011 at 10:06 PM
mathematicscore said...: Well said. Depressing, but well said...; January 14, 2011 at 11:31 PM
LissBirds said...: Huh?

I skip a few days of reading up on comics news and now I have no idea what's going on! But I've gotten to the point where I really don't care anymore, anyway.; January 15, 2011 at 1:07 AM
Diabolu Frank said...: I've spent a great many hours over my break studying tons of recent comic book news I care nothing about, so count your blessings.; January 15, 2011 at 1:38 AM
Tom Hartley said...: Joe Kubert is still alive! I don't care how crappy mainstream super-hero comics are getting; the world cannot be such a bad place if Kubert still lives.; January 15, 2011 at 6:01 AM
Diabolu Frank said...: I was going to exempt Joe, but I don't want to see him wasted on a Flash crossover, either.; January 15, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Tom Hartley said...: Not like it's the first time poor Joe had to hack it out.; January 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM

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Chronological List of Martian Abilities

01) Mind Reading (1st appearance)
02) Chameleon Metamorphosis (1)
03) Mind-Over-Matter (1)
04) Gold Detection/Extraction (1)
05) Rapid Global Exploration (1)
06) Invisible Form (1)
07) Molecular Attunement [Intangibility] (1)
08) Peering Into The Future (2)
09) Molecular Hypnosis (2)
10) Retrace Thought Processes [telepathic memory probe] (3)
11) Levitation (3)
12) Super-Sensitive Hearing (4)
13) See Through Solids (4)
14) Comparative Invulnerability (4)
15) Super-Vision/Martian Eyesight (4)
16) Lung Power 1,000x Human (5)
17) "Translucent Form" (6)
18) Super Strength (7th)
19) Teleportation
20) Atom Vision (Heat)
21) Nullify Earth's Gravitational Field (8th)
22) Martian X-Ray Vision (10th)
23) "Transparent"
24) Instant Goatee (11th)
25) Counteract Weight On Earth's Atmosphere
26) Materializing Duplicate Objects
27) Super-Lungs (12th)
28) Amazing Martian Eyesight (13th)
29) Martian Ultra-Hearing
30) Martian Mental Energy (TK)
31) Powerful Alien Currents (energy blasts)
32) "Martian Power"
33) Strange Force (14th, remote metal fusing)