Martian Manhunter (Prime Earth)

"*I've gone by many names and taken many forms. And like you, I've realized I have a stake in this world and it's time I started fighting for it.*"
―Martian Manhunter to Batman[src]
**J'onn J'onzz** was a Martian royalty known by humans as the **Martian Manhunter**, as a rite of passage before his time to rule a kingdom, J'onn traveled to Earth, where he posed as a Lieutenant General named **Calvin Swanwick** in the United States Army, and later as Secretary of Defense.

He was present at the time of the Black Zero Event in 2011, holding the position of head of United States Northern Command, and being tasked with preventing any possible threats towards the United States and her interests. Hence, he formed an alliance with the alien hero Superman in order to defeat the extreme threat posed by General Zod and the Sword of Rao.

He met with Bruce Wayne to reveal who he truly is, and warns him of the imminent threats that may come after Lex Luthor's reckoning. He also helped Superman and Wonder Woman locate metahumans to recruit into their Justice League. Two years after this they allied to stop a waging war between the Amazons and the Atlanteans.

## Personality

Martian Manhunter is very serious and pensive. His Swanwick persona, while somewhat gruff by comparison,

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

**Martian Physiology**: Martian Manhunter is among the most powerful beings on Earth, he possesses many of the powers of Superman. The Martian's physiology would seem to be composed of a complex molecular chain that resembles polymer bonds but with the ability to be altered at will. The Martian Manhunter can change his mass, color, relative shape, imitating even clothing if desired. His arsenal of powers includes:

* **Shape-Shifting**: Martians have psionic control of their physical for down to the molecular level. This allows them to a form of shape-shifting that allows them to mimic other forms, **elongate** aspects of their body, **increase or decrease** their physical size, and so on.
	+ **Size Alteration**: As an extension of their shape-shifting abilities martians can alter their size with ease, being able to shrink or grow to gigantic size.
* **Invisibility**: Martians can cause the biopolymers in their bodies to lose their ability to reflect light, making the Martians invisible to normal light and human sight.
* **Phasing**: Martians can go through solid matter.
* **Superhuman Strength**: Martians possess vast levels of superhuman strength and are among the few races that are able to match Kryptonians in terms of raw strength. Martians can easily shatter reinforced concrete and steel, lift and carry houndreds of tons with ease and deliver incredible damage with their blows.
* **Superhuman Stamina**
* **Superhuman Durability**: Martians possess high levels of durability that make them nigh-invulnerable to all forms of damage. Martians can withstand high caliber bullets, powerful energy blast and kinetic impacts without suffering damage.
* **Superhuman Speed**: Martians can process thoughts, move, and react at incredible speed, being able to cover vast distances in little or no time, catch bullets in mid flight, run on water and create afterimages as they run.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes**
* **Regeneration**: Martians have powerful regenerative powers that enable them to regenerate their entire body from a severed limb, they can furtherly enhance their regenerative powers by drawing mass from nearby sources.
* **Flight**:
* **Extrasensory Input**:
* **Longevity**:
* **Super Hearing**:
* **Martian Vision**: Martian visual acuity greatly exceed human norms and allows for a wider range of information to be observed. This includes the following:
	+ **Heat Vision**: Like Kryptonians, Green Martians are able to emit destructive heat vision from their eyes, albeit they aren't as powerful as Kryptonian heat vision.
	+ **Infared Vision**:
	+ **X-Ray Vision**:
	+ **Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Vision**:
	+ **Telescopic Vision**:
	+ **Microscopic Vision**:
* **Telepathy**: Martians have the ability to read the minds of others and project their thoughts to varying degrees. They can also project their mental essences into a gestalt community known as the "Great Mind". Through this, the community can enhance the telepathic strength of other Martians. This power can also enable them to reverse the effects of amnesia or psychological brainwashing.
	+ **Illusions**:
	+ **Possession**:
	+ **Astral Projection**:
	+ **Mind Control**: As an extension of this, Martians can also use the ability to alter a psychological profile of a target, enabling them to manipulate, and in some cases, outright control that individual. This practice is greatly discouraged however, and only rarely used.
	+ **Telepathic Relay**:
	+ **Telepathic Assault**:
* **Telekinesis**: Martians have mind-over-matter abilities and can lift and move objects with their minds. They can also employ their telekinesis in offensive way by discharging telekinetic blasts capable of great concussive power.

### Abilities

* **Expert Actor**: Martian Manhunter is a excellent actor, able to pose as the human Swanwick for years without suspicion, and even fooled Lois into thinking that he was Martha.
* **Expert Combatant**:
* **Expert Tactician**: Martian Manhunter is a highly intelligent individual, an excellent tactician and leader.
* **Leadership**: As a Lieutenant General in the United States Army, Swanwick is able to efficiently lead and order other soldiers out in the field.
* **Indomitable Will**: Martian Manhunter was unafraid of the godlike Superman (eventually befriending him), and was not intimidated by Faora.

### Weaknesses

* **Fire**: Due to an evolutionary reaction, all Martians have a phobia of fire.

## Relationships

	+ Carol Ferris
* Justice League
	+ Bruce Wayne/Batman
	+ Diana/Wonder Woman
	+ Barry Allen/Flash
	+ Arthur Curry/Aquaman
	+ Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
	+ General Zod
	+ Faora Hu-Ul
* LexCorp
	+ Lex Luthor
* Ares
* Ocean Master

## Trivia

* He is the only Justice League member other than Superman to appear in all 3 Superman films.
* Just like in the comics, Martian Manhunter is very fond of chocolate sandwich cookies.
	+ Oreo sponsored *Martian Manhunter* and *Justice League II* because of this.

## External links

* Martian Manhunter (Prime Earth) on DC Database
* Martian Manhunter on DC Extended Universe Wiki
* Martian Manhunter on Wikipedia