Big,
green,
bald DC Comics superhero. Born on
Mars, oddly enough. Has a wide
variety of
superpowers, including
flight,
super-strength,
super-speed,
telepathy,
shapeshifting, and "
Martian Vision" (
heat vision with the
serial numbers filed off). His
real name is
J'onn J'onzz (pronounced "
John Jones"--how
convenient), and he spends his
free time shapeshifting into various
human disguises, giving him whole bunches of
secret identities.
The Martian Manhunter is one of those
grim,
brooding guys, though he's sometimes shown a really
wry sense of humor. His
costume consists of a blue
cape, blue
undershorts, and red cross-your-heart
suspenders--he would not look
out-of-place at one of those super-flamboyant Gay Pride parades.
He is a
founding member of the
Justice League of America, but since there are already so many
superheroes in the
United States, he acts as the semi-
official superhero of the
Southern Hemisphere.