tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890254836433504587.post1271885412900452501..comments2024-02-16T03:31:38.859-05:00Comments on Silver Age Gold: Martian Manhunter is the Laziest Cop EVER . Detective Comics #246Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03555047330587368279noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890254836433504587.post-42880148259057478842010-05-02T21:55:46.714-04:002010-05-02T21:55:46.714-04:00Actually, the whole last living Martian thing didn...Actually, the whole last living Martian thing didn't come into play until 1988. Super Powers was in '85, and there had just been a big Martian invasion 3-parter in JLofA the year before.<br /><br />Going against the current, I've got to agree, J'Onn cursed the heavens every dang time the playing field was leveled back then. It's understandable, I do it myself, but its not so much heroic, right?Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890254836433504587.post-15906059146988265072009-11-13T09:38:31.059-05:002009-11-13T09:38:31.059-05:00Alright, alright, I DID think of that when I was w...Alright, alright, I DID think of that when I was writing this. I understand that MM is just using his natural, Martian abilities. But I DO think he depends on them a little too heavily. Kinda like driving a tack with a sledgehammer.<br /><br />Blaze- great analogy. And yes, I too would like to see these arrest reports. Of course, this was pre-Miranda, so I guess crooks are just lucky J'onn doesn't have the natural Martian evolutionary adaptation of "rubber hose beams" or something.<br /><br />7- Actually during the Silver Age J'onn frequently communicates with his friends and family on Mars... whenever planetary alignment allows. In a later issue I have skimmed but not read, J'onn's little brother T'omm (seriously)visits Earth, acting as a de facto kid sidekick. But only for one story.<br /><br />I have not yet sorted out at what point the rest of the Martians die. When I discovered MM in the 80's (Thank you Kenner Superpowers Collection!) he was already the last.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555047330587368279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890254836433504587.post-91166257629376611482009-11-13T09:23:33.964-05:002009-11-13T09:23:33.964-05:00I agree with Blaze up there. Despite the fact tha...I agree with Blaze up there. Despite the fact that "Chicks really dig when you're the last of something," MM has had a hard life, so give the poor guy a break. He did lose his whole civilization, after all!<br /><br />Wait ... was he actually the <i>last</i> Martian during the Silver Age, or did that get retconned in later?<br /><br />I'm just not up on these things. But then, that's why I'm reading this!<br /><br />~Cheers!The7ofSwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845767296156484749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890254836433504587.post-78733708366937634552009-11-13T08:14:06.988-05:002009-11-13T08:14:06.988-05:00Hey, cut the green guy some slack, monkey descenda...Hey, cut the green guy some slack, monkey descendant. Just suppose you were snatched to the planet of nearsighted quadrapalegics. By carefully taping down your arms and legs and squinting, you could shuffle along in the dirt and disguise yourself as a native. But, you endured this schlumping along because you knew, when no one was looking, you could stand up, run, climb and see five times the distance of anyone else. Okay, now circumstances dictate you HAVE to complete your day armless, legless and nearly blind.<br /><br />I'd moan and whine too...<br /><br />I guess I watch too much procedural crime on TV too. But then, 61% of TV is procedural crime, so what other options are there. It kind of boggles my mind trying to envision John Jones' reports. How he'd have to explain to his captain and D.A. and whoever the exact Probable Cause that led him to arrest these boobs and where is his chain of evidence (did the typical forensic lab back then even have casual access to a microscope as powerful as his martian vision?)Blaze Morgannoreply@blogger.com