MISS MARTIAN

Real Name: M'gann M'orzz

Class: Extraterrestrial (White Martian)

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: formerly Teen Titans III

Known Relatives: unnamed parents

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Arizona, San Francisco, formerly Mars

First Appearance: Teen Titans III #37 (August, 2006)

Powers: Like all White Martians. Miss Martian possessed vast superhuman strength, speed and endurance and was a shapeshifter. She disliked her bestial White Martian form, and normally appeared as an attractive green humanoid. She could make herself intangible and invisible, possessed telepathy, flight and Martian Vision, a blast of energy focused through the eyes. She could generate mental psi spikes that caused pain in a target and immobilized them. Miss Martian's main vulnerability was fire.

History: Mars had two dominant species, White Martians and Green Martians, and they held a long standing feud that erupted into bloody war. M'gann's parents sent her on a rocketship to the Vega System to save her from the genocide. Years later. the adult M'gann learned of a green Martian, the Martian Manhunter J'onn J'onzz, who'd made a name for himself as a hero on Earth. She traveled to Earth, and assumed a green-skinned humanoid guise like the Manhunter, calling herself Miss Martian and becoming a hero.

(Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1) - An army of Earth's heroes, including Miss Martian and the Teen Titans, appeared to take Superboy-Prime down during the Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth. The heroes focused on wrecking his armor, because after a year on Oa, and away from a yellow sun his Kryptonian body still wasn't at full strength, and his armor collected sunlight. Superboy bragged that once the sun rose on Earth he'd be at full power. Superboy was battered by Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman, who blamed him for Superboy's death, as well as Supergirl and Power Girl, who blamed him for the death of the Superman of Earth-2. As the fight went against him, Superboy broke down in tears. He tried to wipe them away, saying that it was impossible foir boys to cry, and then whining that no one ever thanked him for sacrificing his Earth to save the multiverse. The battle lasted until dawn, and he flew into the sunrise. As he achieved full power he declared himself the one, true Superman. The Guardians arrived with Sodam Yat, the new Ion, and pitted him against Superboy-Prime.

(Green Lantern IV #25) - The Sinestro Corps War raged on Earth, and while Miss Martian and an army of superheroes battled the Corps the Anti-Monitor prepared to unleash an anti-matter wave to destroy Earth. With Earth’s destruction, the entire 52 would fall, and he would once again rule all that was. The GLC ruptured the heart of Anti-Monitor’s Warworld, the Sinestro Corps central power battery, and created a shield around Warworld and the Monitor. The ensuing blast nearly destroyed the Anti-Monitor, and he was finished off by Superman-Prime, who betrayed him for having destroyed his home, Earth-Prime. GL Hgal Jordan defeated Sinestro in personal combat, and the Sinestro Corps, lacking any leadership, fled Earth. The heroes rejoiced and began rebuilding the damage the Sinestro Corps did.

(Titans II #1) - The Teen Titans were attacked by Trigon’s demons. Trigon was determined to destroy every last Titan, past and present.

(Vigilante III #5, Teen Titans III #70) - Jericho called up the Teen Titans aboard their wing plane to tell them he was going to kill the Titans and use them to do it. They kept him on the phone to trace his call, and this allowed him to infect the wing ‘s computer system with a worm that gave him control over it. Jericho flew the wing to NYC and used it to attack the Titans. The Titans and Teen Titans managed to disable the T-Wing and crash it into the East River without anyone getting injured. Ravager was stowed away on the T-Wing, and told the Titans she waned to help them stop her brother without him getting killed. She also argued with Wonder Girl when she saw Bombshell on the team. Ravager wanted to know why she caught hell for being a former traitor if they’d let other ex-villains on the team. Jericho possessed Raven and spirited away his sister. He told her he was trying to kill he Titans, but only because of the voices in his head. He asked for her help, and she turned him down. Jericho was disappointed in her, he thought she would always be on his side, and pointed out that she was working with heroes associated with Vigilante, who was trying to kill him. He returned her to the Titans and fled to Time Square. The Titans spotted Vigilante, who was following them, and subdued him, though Ravager wanted to keep beating him for trying to kill Jericho. Vigilante promised to not kill Jericho if they promised that Jericho’s killing days were over.

(Titans II #13, Vigilante III #6) - Jericho entered the Hamilton Grande, prepared for a slaughter. He announced that he had rigged explosives throughout the restaurant, and every wealthy patron was his hostage. Using a cellphone video, he recorded himself shooting the hotel manager in the head, and promised to kill a patron every two minutes, unless the Titans arrived to stop him. The Titans confronted Jericho, and tried to reason with him, but he as having none of it, telling them he’d succeed in killing them here his father failed, finally allowing him to overshadow his dad. He’d strapped explosives to his hostages, and held the trigger, guaranteeing that the Titans would die trying to save them. He offered Ravager a chance to escape, but she wasn’t abandoning her teammates. They tussled, and Jericho set off the detonator, and escaped. News crews filmed what appeared to be the dead Titans. Cyborg heard the broadcasts, and ripped off his life-support system, vowing to make Jericho pay. Raven had actually created the illusion of the Titans’ death, and Miss Martian disguised herself as Deathstroke to confront and confuse Jericho. The Titans reached out to Jericho, and Raven tried to enter his mind to heal him, but all she found was darkness. They defeated him, but Vigilante made his presence known, and drew his guns, saying Jericho would kill again if not stopped. Ravager reminded him of his promise, and he slipped away. He later ambushed Jericho’s police convoy, and cut out his eyes so he could never use his power again. The Titans realized too late what Vigilante was up to, and they found Jericho in the back of his transport, bleeding and babbling that he was cured.

(Titans II #17) - The Titans were battling super villain Cinderblock, but they were disorganized, and Wondergirl couldn’t take charge, having lost her confidence after Red Devil’s death. Beast Boy was in San Francisco, and helped them step up and defeat the villain. When he tried to talk to the team about Red Devil’s death they assured him they were fine. He realized they were dealing with their problems the same way he was, by not dealing with them.

Comments: Created by Geoff Johns & Tony S. Daniel.

Miss Martian had a cameo in Titans II #12.

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