Martian Manhunter
Few characters embody the sweep of DC's history quite like Martian Manhunter, who made his striking debut in Detective Comics #226 back in 1955 — a creation of Edmond Hamilton and Dick Sprang that planted a seed destined to grow across an extraordinary seven decades of comics. Born in the Silver Age's earliest dawn, he has since become one of DC's most enduring presences, racking up some 540 catalog appearances and 25 key issues that collectors prize, with Justice League of America and JLA standing as his most iconic stomping grounds. The company he keeps tells you everything about his stature: his pages are graced by Batman, Superman, The Flash, and their civilian counterparts Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent — the absolute royalty of the DC universe. If you want a character who bridges eras, anchors teams, and has genuinely mattered to superhero comics from the Eisenhower years straight through to today, Martian Manhunter is an essential piece of the puzzle.
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Trivia
- Martian Manhunter wasn't a latecomer to DC's premier super-team — he was one of the seven charter members who stood in the Justice League of America's very first lineup from day one.en.wikipedia.org
- DC put J'onn J'onzz at the center of a major status-quo shake-up by killing him off in Final Crisis, only to bring him back as a headlining resurrection in the 2011 Brightest Day event.en.wikipedia.org
- J'onn J'onzz's origin has gone through more than one overhaul over the years, most notably a significant modernization that scrapped the early 'many Martians' framework in favor of the now-iconic lone-survivor tragedy collectors know today.en.wikipedia.org
- Keith Giffen has written more of Martian Manhunter's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 42 issues.
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