J'onn J'onzz

**J'onn J'onzz** (also known as **John Jones)** is the tritagonist of the CBS/CW television series, *Supergirl* and a major character in the Arrowverse. He is one of the few surviving Green Martians left with shape-shifting and telepathic abilities. He is an alien refugee on the planet Earth, the leader of the Department of Extra-normal Operations and a member of the Superfriends, operating as the vigilante **Martian Manhunter** in National City. He also acts as both a mentor and father figure for Kara Zor-El and Alex Danvers.After he was revealed to be a Martian, J'onn began going by **John Jones** and a member of Supergirl's team, the Superfriends.

The Martian Manhunter was created by Joseph Samachson and Joe Certa.

## Early History

J'onn J'onzz was the son of M'yrnn J'onzz, the younger brother of Malefic J'onzz, the father of T'ania and K'hym J'onzz, and an unnamed son in possible future and the lover of M'gann M'orzz. He is a Green Martian and allegedly, the last of his kind, before it was revealed his father and brother were still alive. J'onn is both a mentor and father figure towards Kara and Alex, as well as one of the greatest heroes of both Mars and Earth.

After his family was killed by the White Martians, J'onn fled from Mars to Earth, to hide from his enemies as a refugee of the planet. After Jeremiah Danvers' supposed sacrifice, J'onn posed as Hank Henshaw, maintaining a cold and ruthless persona while reform the DEO and later recruit Kara and Alex to keep his promise to  protecting them. After revealing his secret to the Danvers sisters, he goes from a critic of Supergirl to an ally of hers.

During the Anti-Monitor crisis, it is revealed he is the **Paragon of Honor**, where he helped defeat the Anti-Monitor from ultimately destroying the Multiverse. In the new universe created by Oliver Queen and the other Paragons, John was restored as the director of the DEO.

## Personality

after Alex and Kara found out J'onn was the last surviving Green Martian, he became more helpful to Supergirl and her allies. Due to the loss of his family, J'onn felt alone on Earth due to being the only alien on Earth. He seems to empathize with Kara when she first came to Earth, even disguising himself as a woman who looked like her birth mother and telling her it would take time for her to adjust to life on Earth. During the mid-season finale of Season 1 of *Supergirl*, though Astra was killed by Alex, J'onn took the blame to spare the sisters' friendship from deterring. However, when they revealed the truth to Kara, she forgave them both. According to Winn Schott, his nickname for J'onn as "Papa Bear" is a reflection on how J'onn is a father figure towards the younger members of the Superfriends due to him being a father to two daughters.

He is considered one of the most powerful Martians on his world. J'onn is also the Paragon of Honor, due to his high sense of justice. This makes him one of the seven purest individuals in the multiverse. He is also open to his allies, including Kara's friends Oliver Queen and Barry Allen.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Green Martian physiology**
	+ **Accelerated healing factor**
		- **Longevity**
	+ **Camouflage**
	+ **Density Shifting/intangibility**
	+ **Invulnerability:** To be far more denser than average human
	+ **Shapeshifting: T**he ability to alter one's appearance, J'on can transform into other individuals/figures. He can also change his clothes into either what his impersonation was wearing or change into his Martian Manhunter clothes/true form.
		- Malleability: He can stretch and bend h is body
		- Martian Vision: J'onn rarely uses this ability, but he was able to use his incredible vision to see inside a bomb at the airport.
		- Containment Immunity: He is immune to all diseases and contamination
	+ **Super Strength**: J'onn is stronger than normal people. Though he can subdue a Red Kryptonite infected Kara, he could not overwhelm her and instead hurt himself. It is, however, strong enough to punch her through the air with one time, hold a pillar and even manages to punch Non into the air when he and Supergirl were fighting her uncle and Indigo.
	+ **Super Stamina:** He can run or fly without straining himself.
	+ **Super Speed:** J'onn's speed is strong enough to match a Kryptonian. However, he is not as fast as Barry Allen
	+ **Super hearing:** he could hear M'gann when she was in trouble.
	+ **Telepathy:** J'onn can read other people's minds, except for Kryptonians. He was able to overwhelm powerful telepaths, such as Queen Rhea's bounty hunters
		- **Mental Detection:** He sensed Alex's presence at the DEO and knowing when Jemm controlled a DEO guard. Combined with Nia Nal's powers, he can disrupt fifth dimension energy.
		- **Mental shield:** He can shield his mind and others, such as trying to shielding Alex Danvers from the Myriad activated by Non.
		- **Memory manipulation:** He can search the memories of others and can alter or restore people's memories. He wiped the memories of his brother from the Green Martians' mind and was able to restore the memory of his allies from the original multiverse.
		- **Mind control;** He controlled the actions and thoughts of others.
		- **Psionic Blasts:**
		- **Psycic Translation**
		- **Empathy**
	+ **Telekinesis**
	+ **Super Leaping**
		- **Flight**
		- **Shock waves**
		- **Telekinetic shields**
		- **Levitation**
	+ **Opti-chromakinisis:** He has the ability to change his natural color's eye.

## Relationships

* J'onn and Kara (allies, close friends, former enemies; father/daughter relationship)
* Alex and J'onn (father/daughter bond; allies, teammates, co-workers)

## Trivia

* In DC Comics, J'onn J'onzz is a Green Martian from the planet Mars, with a wife and daughter. Unfortunately, he became the sole survivor of Mars. He would later come to Earth and become the **Martian Manhunter**, eventually becoming a founding member and the Justice League.
	+ In the original comics, J'onn had one daughter, but in the Arrowverse, he had two. However, like the DC Animated Universe, he was given two as well.
	+ He was initially portrayed as a Caucasian male detective when in his guise.
* Superman considers J'onn one of the most powerful characters.
* J'onn most likely came to Earth in the 1700s.
* In the original comics, J'onn pretended that M'gann was his niece. In the series, they are changed from uncle and nephew to lovers.
* Despite not being related to them, J'onn considers Kara and Alex as daughters and Esme as a granddaughter.
	+ This is further stated by M'gann about Kara in Season Six, and Kara teased J'onn as being a grandfather to Esme when Alex adopted Esme.
	+ He also walked Alex down the isle during her wedding, a role the father of the bride/groom usually goes through, which further solidifying his father-daughter relationship with her.