Martian Manhunter: Son of Mars

John Ostrander

Feb 2014 · DC

About this ebook

The Martian Manhunter, one of the key heroes in The New 52, stars in this new title collecting his popular 1998 series. Featuring moody art by writer John Ostrander's frequent collaborator, Tom Mandrake, the story begins as the Manhunter tells Superman about the end of Mars's civilization and how he came to Earth. In his guise as Detective John Jones, he tracks a serial killer and investigates a mystery at Cadmus Laboratories, then saves the entire Justice League from the threat of Malefic. Collects the 1998 MARTIAN MANHUNTER series issues #0-9.

Ratings and reviews

The Manhunter is my favorite DC character. The whole fun of comics is giving yourself another perspective. How would you deal with the world if certain key variables changed for you. This guys back story and his adoption of an alien culture (not the other way around) make for a truly interesting perspective. I don't know why DC doesn't do more with him by I believe they're benching strong material!

I grew up watching many TV shows starring characters from DC Universe, and became very fond with them. Martian Manhunter has always been my favorite, though and getting to see some of the earlier stories containing his origin story in this series was very fun. Enjoyed it a lot.

This comic could easily be produced into a movie as an introduction to Martian Manhunter. I grew up watching justice league and he was always one of my favorites. Now I know why.

About the author

John Ostrander is a renowned comics writer who co-created the science fiction series GRIMJACK with artist Timothy Truman. With his late wife, Kim Yale, he wrote DC's SUICIDE SQUAD. With artist Tom Mandrake, a frequent collaborator, he wrote a lengthy run of DC's THE SPECTRE. Ostrander has also written for Marvel Comics, and for Warp Graphics' ELQUEST. Recently Ostrander has been writing for Dark Horse's line of STAR WARS comics.