J'onn J'onzz, also referred to as the Martian Manhunter, is a fictional character that appears in publications published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #225 (Nov. 1955).
The character of J'onn J'onzz has featured in other DC Comics-endorsed products such as video games; television series; an animated film and merchandise such as action figures and trading car...
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J'onn J'onzz, also referred to as the Martian Manhunter, is a fictional character that appears in publications published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #225 (Nov. 1955).
The character of J'onn J'onzz has featured in other DC Comics-endorsed products such as video games; television series; an animated film and merchandise such as action figures and trading cards.
The Martian Manhunter debuted in the back-up story "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel" in Detective Comics #225 (Nov. 1955), written by Joseph Samachson and illustrated by Joe Certa; the character is a green-skinned extraterrestrial humanoid from the planet Mars, — "Ma'aleca'andra" in his native tongue (a nod to "Malacandra", the name used by the inhabitants of Mars in C. S. Lewis's novel Out of the Silent Planet) who is pulled to earth by an experimental teleportation beam (originally presented as an attempted communication device)...
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