Martian Man

> No Nikki, you know guardians business is too dangerous for human children.
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> Martian Man's reminder to Nikki in It's About Time

**Martian Man** was an exiled Martian and superhero of the planet Earth, during his time as a superhero he would become an original member of the Guardians of the Globe. Martian Man would protect Earth until his demise at the hands of Omni-Man.

## History

### Background Information

Long before his arrival on Earth, Martian Man was exiled from Mars by his own race, the exact circumstances of his exile from Mars is entirely unknown. He would eventually arrive on Earth and become a superhero on the planet, during his time on the planet, he would become an original member of the Guardians of the Globe and befriend a human child by the name of Nikki.

### Protecting the President

Martian Man's, along with the rest of his superhero colleagues, the Guardians of the Globe, arrive at the white house to protect the President from a sudden attack by the Mauler Twins.

When one of the Twins attempted to breach the White House, Martian Man and Aquarus worked cooperatively, combining their efforts to toss an APC at the breaching Twin, successfully preventing him from entering the White House. They then proceeded to enter the White House and split up to clear the interior of the building more effectively.

After all civilians and military personnel were evacuated, Martian Man reassembled with his fellow Guardians to assist in fighting against the Mauler Twins. Martian Man used his powers to throw one of the Twins against the other, and successfully restrained them to allow Red Rush to attack them with a flurry of punches. Eventually, the Mauler Twins were defeated and imprisoned.

### Called to Action

Martian Man was in an abandoned building with his friend, Nikki who was motivating Martian Man to stretch as much as he could in order to beat his personal stretching record, which he eventually managed to do. After returning to humanoid form, he temporarily felt exhausted due to excessive exertion. They were interrupted when Martian Man's wristband went off, prompting Martian Man to go to the Guardians' HQ. Nikki asked Martian Man to take her with him, but Martian Man refused, stating that "Guardian business is too dangerous for human children", and flew away.

### Betrayed and Killed

After the arrival of the last Guardian member, Darkwing, Martian Man and the other Guardians discovered they were tricked into meeting at their HQ. It was revealed that Omni-Man was the one who signaled the alert as a bait in order to attack the Guardians all at once. After a brief struggle, Omni-Man was able to grab Red Rush by the head, and slowly began to squeeze it. Martian Man and the other Guardians rushed to help their friend, but they could only watch in utter horror as Omni-Man eventually crushed Red Rush's head, killing him.

Red Rush's death prompted Martian Man to wrap himself around Omni-Man, restraining him and allowing The Immortal and War Woman to attack Omni-Man a few times. Omni-Man quickly broke free from Martian Man's grasp, temporarily disabling him in the process. By the time Martian Man recovered, Omni-Man had murdered Darkwing and Green Ghost, and injured The Immortal and War Woman.

Shortly after, the remaining four guardians team up to defeat their attacker, but Omni-Man manages to grab War Woman's club, and uses it to kills Aquarus, whose body rolls towards Martian Man's feet. Upon seeing his colleague's dead body, Martian Man becomes enraged and once again restrains Omni-Man in place, allowing the two remaining Guardians to pummel away at Omni-Man. However, their advantage would be short-lived, as Omni-Man managed to grab Martian Man's core his stretched form, tearing it out and killing him. Omni-Man then proceeded to brutally murder the remaining two Guardians, before passing out from exhaustion and the injuries he suffered.

### Aftermath

In the bloody aftermath in the Guardians HQ, the Global Defense Agency breached the room and brought in paramedics to check for casualties and recover the bodies. His name was mentioned in Omni-Man's eulogy along with the names of his other deceased colleagues.

Roughly a year after his passing, Martian Man is being honored on a news program along with the other Guardians of The Globe, causing Shapesmith to get the idea of becoming a superhero.

## Physical Appearance

Martian Man, as all other Martians, appears as extraterrestrial being with light olive skin. His head resembles a rectangular shape, with it being naturally long in height. Strangely unlike other Martians, his eyes are purely yellow. As a superhero, he would wear a suit that would be colored light yellow on his chest and middle arms, while his upper and lower body is colored light purple, with the edge of each part sporting white outlines. Due to his shapeshifting abilities, Martian Man is able to contort and elasticize his body to any shape, mostly turning into a bind to constrain his enemies. Like all the other Guardians, Martian Man wore a piece of equipment resembling a wristband that would signal an alert anytime him or any of the other Guardians were needed in action.

## Personality

Martian Man was the kindest of all the Guardians, being shown befriending a homeless child and generally always taking time to save the people of Earth. Due to being from another planet, Martian Man had been shown to be lonely sometimes, with his only friends outside of the Guardians being Nikki. He was also really close with Aquarus as he would probably sympathize with being creatures from other worlds, being extremely enraged when he was slaughtered by Omni-Man along with his other allies.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Martian Physiology**: Martian Man is a Martian, a race of metamorphic aliens inhabiting the planet of Mars, native to an underground city beneath the planets surface. His unique physiology enables him to achieve a multitude of abilities, such as;
	+ **Flight**: Martian Man can comfortably fly in Earth's atmosphere.
	+ **Shapeshifting**: Martian Man's physiology allows him to shapeshift, an ability shared by the Martian Race. This enables him to become elastic which he commonly uses to wrap around enemies; he can even bind Omni-Man (albeit momentarily).
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Martian Man has a considerable degree of strength, demonstrated when he threw a Tank while fighting the Mauler Twins.

## Weaknesses

* **Exposed Core**: Martian Man's weakness is that when he is using his metamorphosis ability, he still has a central core. This is shown in the fight with Omni-Man, as there is a small bump on his stretched out surface. When Omni-Man grabbed it and ripped it out, he immediately died.

## Comic Differences

* As a character, Martian Man mostly stays faithful to the comics, however like the rest of the guardians, he is fleshed out a bit more right before his death.
* Martian Man's design is drastically altered from the comics, being much more greener and muscular, sporting antennas on his head, as well as having white eyes.
	+ His costume colors were completely different in the comics, with his whole suit being light blue, while his accessories being red.
	+ His costume also didn't fully reach down to his arms, with it originally reaching lower to his legs, sporting a cape, and belt.
	+ Unlike his show counterpart, Martian Man had a civilian identity in the comics, shapeshifting into a white muscular male with brown hair, sporting a red shirt and blue jeans.
* His death is slightly different in the comics as he would get his guts ripped out in comparison to the show where his core would get ripped out.

## Trivia

* Martian Man is based on Martian Manhunter from the *DC Comics*.
* Martian Man is the fifth guardian that is killed by Omni-Man.
	+ It Is also unknown where his corpse was during the aftermath of the battle between Omni-Man. It’s likely that his corpse dissolved after his core was torn out.