Talk:Martian Manhunter

message: * removal of in-universe perspective
* addition of details of his min-series from the 1980s - one was prestige format, the other was regular.
* rework of the sections headings to reflect publication history not fictional history. 
Please jump in and help. Allemandtando (talk) 00:01, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  my planned edits 

message: When was MM ever a bounty hunter?  He's listed in the category fictional bounty hunters but the article contains no references whatsover to this claim.  I'm removing the category. Lokicarbis (talk) 01:38, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't either. It might be confusion based on the name.--Marhawkman (talk) 10:41, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bounty Hunter? 

message: Was J'onn as strong as superman?
There is a lot of debate about this. Some say he is as strong as superman, while others say he is stronger. I don't think a definite answer has ever been given.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.48.169.154 (talk) 05:17, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Super Strength 

message: Shortly after wrapping up JJ's original solo series the article states, "His appearances with the [Justice] League kept him in the public eye long after his own series was cancelled....From the late 1960s until the late 1970s, J'onn was absent from the JLA, having left Earth to find and become leader of New Mars. This time period is later retconned during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, and his period of absence is never again referenced." Not so. A year after his HoM feature ended (#173, May-June 1968), J'onzz made his first appearance in JLA (#71, May 1969) in some time (since #61, March 1968), leaving Earth with the Martians who have finally come for him. After this, he made very sporadic appearances for over a decade. He teamed up with Superman while World's Finest Comics was temporarily Batman-less (#212, June 1972, Supes having been teleported to New Mars), appeared in one "100 Page Super-Spectacular" issue of JLA (#115, January-February 1975, returning to Earth via spaceship), had a three-issue miniseries in the back of Adventure Comics (#s 449, January-February to 451, May-June 1977) that led directly into a team-up with Supes and Bats in World's Finest (#245, June-July 1977), did another isolated guest shot in JLA (playing cosmic-level chess with Despero in #177, April & 178, May 1980), and permanently resurfaced via yet another appearance in JLA (#228, July 1984), shortly after which the book was severely revamped (the satellite HQ was destroyed, several [big name] members quit, Aquaman became chairman, JJ rejoined fulltime, brand-new members included the similarly enhanced son of Steel the Indestructible Man, and a break-dancer) (JLA #233, December 1984). I don't think I missed anything. Over the course of these appearances, things on New Mars were developed, up to giving J'onn a reason for staying on Earth and rejoining the JLA at the end. I am also unaware of any retconning away, via Crisis or any other method, of this period (other than it being said almost immediately upon Manhunter's return [and therefore before the Crisis] that "John Jones" had disappeared rather than been [seemingly] killed as actually depicted in J'onzz's last Detective story). Indeed, the early issues of the John Ostrander-written Martian Manhunter series (all I read of it because understanding the plot required more knowledge of what was going on concurrently in the League's own series than I had or wanted to get) seemed to deal with J'onzz's off-Earth period heavily, contradicting this assertion. I'd say this article needs a lot of help. --Tbrittreid (talk) 23:30, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  His chronology 

message: Isn't Ma'alefa'ak important have his own page? He killed almost of most all the green Martians.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.57.71.251 (talk) 20:51, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ma'alefa'ak 

message: Shouldn't it be mentioned that, in his early appearances, a comet bewteen Earth and Mars removed his powers for 24 hours? -Golem866 (talk) 15:16, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If, as it sounds, it was an isolated incident in one story and nothing further made of it, I'd say no. But that's just my vote. --Tbrittreid (talk) 22:17, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weakness No. 2 

message: Shouldn't be a section about Martian Manhunter's foes like Ma'alefa'ak and the Human Flame? -Golem866 (talk) 14:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Check out Martian Manhunter#Rogues Gallery. Maybe you could make some corrections (you and it have very different spellings for the first you name) or additions (your second isn't there at all), or just polish the style a bit. --Tbrittreid (talk) 22:56, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foes 

message: I remember reading that he was an enemy of Martian Manhunter. WHo is he? -Golem866 (talk) 21:30, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fernus 

message: The introduction of the newer flash (Barry Allen) is generally considered the beginning of the silver age of comics. So wouldn't Martian Manhunter who predates Barry Allen by slightly over a year be considered a golden age superhero?
174.3.177.193 (talk) 04:31, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really - the Golden Age is rarely dated as this late and the Manhunter evolved into a core part of the Silver Age DC. At the time he began he was really just a science-fiction detective. Timrollpickering (talk) 18:58, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Isn't the Martian Manhunter a Golden Age Superhero?

message: Is there any connection between J'onn's name and the Martian John Bigman Jones from the Lucky Starr series? Omeganian (talk) 19:08, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asimov 

message: There is some conflict recently over whether to list all the different Justice League teams in the infobox, or to list just Justice League and let that cover all the various incarnations of the title. Thoughts? Aristophanes68 (talk) 23:52, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: These are different groups, so, in my opinion, we have to list all of them... Arussom (talk) 00:42, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit-warring on infobox 

message: Why is he called a "Manhunter?"  Is it of any relation to the Manhunters created by the Guardians of Oa (also in the DC Universe)?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.25.50.206 (talk) 11:36, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: He is called a "manhunter" in the same sense as when Batman is called "the masked manhunter". It is simply another word for detective. His creation predates that of the Manhunters from GL and no connection has since been revealed (to my knowledge). --Khajidha (talk) 12:12, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simple Question Unanswered 

message: I am wondering what reliable sources we have on how to pronounce "J'onn J'onzz"
I know recently in Supergirl (TV series) when he (actor David Harewood) first says it in "Human for a Day", it just sounds like him saying "I am John Jones". Possibly a bit softer on the first J like a jjjj than a Juh, if that makes any sense, like less of a sharp enunciation, but otherwise identical.
The foreword for the upcoming Mar 21 episode "Manhunter" confirms it is still spelled the traditional way: "J'onn J'onzz discloses the details of meeting..."
I am wondering at what other moments we have heard the name uttered in audio in canonical products. I would imagine in Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, possible The Batman or Brave and the Bold? Or maybe one of the JLA movies?
Is it always pronounced like John Jones? It just seems really odd for the alien spelling. When I read it in print I imagined something like "Ja-on-nh Ja-on-zz" like a very alien kind of pronunciation to necessitate the strange spelling. Why the apostrophies if there is no function difference between "Jon" and "J'on"?
I am wondering if we could compile all known examples (cite episode numbers and time point) and compare. If there are differences then we could put together a phonetics guide for the article to show the different ways it is pronounced. I just can't remember which episodes of the cartoon or moments in the film where/if this happens. If there was a way to consult transcripts that would be good.
One episode though I am not sure which one has Wonder Woman (actress Susan Eisenberg) say his first name after he appears as this old man and then turns into a red dragon, she says it right before she hugs him and it sounds a lot like it did when he introduced himself in Supergirl TV. Kind of a soft J like you would hear in Jean Claude Van Damme as opposed to Jean Gray. I'm not sure the technical term. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jean#French says pronunciation is ʒɑ̃ so I think the key on how to pronounced the J in J'onn is ʒ also know as Ezh or the tailed Z, or voiced palato-alveolar sibilant. It is also the sound in "treasure" or "precision" according to the article on it. I'll bring it up there as a possible example. 184.145.18.50 (talk) 09:03, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronouncing of name

message: I would like to add the Carl Lumby, the voice of Martian Manhunter in the Justice League Animated Series, also appears as a Martian on Supergirl, as J’onn J’onzz father, M’yrnn J’onzz SharonRae92 (talk) 19:58, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  My Planned Edits 

message: While reading the page on Miss Martian, I clicked on the hyperlink named "Green Martian" and was redirected here. Is there a page on the Green Martian race, and if there is, could someone please change the link? RealActualNoob (talk) 12:27, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misredirect