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TheMartian Manhunteris one of DC ’s bang-up heroes , a charter member of the Justice League , and a bedrock of strength for his fellow heroes , but in theMilestone Universe , he is a scoundrel . As readers stay to learn more about Icon ’s past tense , it is clear there are other alien living on Earth — and a demented adaptation of the Martian Manhunter is one . Icon and Rocket Season One # 4is on sale now in mark and digital .
ikon is a centuries - old extraterrestrial , marooned on Earth in the American South in the 1840s . Passing as a man ever since , he wait for the day when Earth ’s technology is germinate enough to touch on his ship so that he might return home . Icon was convert by untried Raquel Ervin to end his isolation and use his powers for trade good . Icon see the system of logic in her statement and put to work alongside Raquel ( taking the name Rocket ) he launch a cause against crime in Dakota City . While the citizens of Dakota havewelcomed Icon with open arms , others in high places have not . As the series has unfolded , readers have watch that Icon has not pass the last 200 days live under the radar — he has been quite active in human affairs . Readers have also learned that other aliens walk the Earth as well , not all of them friendly . One such being , working for a mysterious government representation , came for Rocket ’s mother at the end of payoff three , menace her and everyone she loved .
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AsIcon and Rocket Season One # 4 -written by Reginald Hudlin and Leon Chills , with pencil by Douglas Braithwaite , inks by Andrew Currie and colour by Brad Anderson - opens , the mystifying alien assassin threatens to “ shred ” Rocket ’s mother , and if not for the treatment of the orphic , sword - wielding Xiomara , he might have been successful . Icon and Rocket fall in the conflict , and their combined forces put the alien on the rill . As he retreats , Rocket asks Iconif other extraterrestrials are survive on Earth ; he tells her there are a few and this particular one hunts and defeat them , and also that he is referred to as “ the Manhunter from Mars , ” a phrase first used to account J’onn J’onnzz — the Martian Manhunter .
Martian Manhunter is one of DC ’s most powerful heroes — he possesses nearly all of Superman ’s powers and many others , such as telepathy and contour - shift , as well . TheMartian Manhunter is alsoone of DC ’s most moral fighter , a beacon of hope and light and proof that someone can rise up from a great calamity . Yet in the Milestone Universe , he is a villain , a frigid - blooded killer commit to ridding the Earth of others like him . What led to this alteration in the Martian Manhunter ? Did the trauma of being teleport to Earth , off from his family on Mars , scar him deeply , depart him bitter and angry ? This would explain his alteration in posture and tone . If this is so , this version of Martian Manhunter is not only a sour version of himself , but Icon too : both have spend considerable prison term passing as humans , but whereas Icon has retain his goodness , the Manhunter from Mars has cast away his compassionate nature in the face of humanity ’s ugliness .
It is deserving noting that this Martian Manhunter was neither Green nor White — he was actually orangish . This leads to the possibleness this isnotJ’onn J’onnzz , and could be another foreign altogether , and the nickname is wrong . However , he is also a physique - shifter , so the orangeness - look foreigner could be another form he has taken , all in the stake of deflecting linkup to his true identity element .
TheMartian Manhunteris oneof DC ’s most unshakeable heroes , never wavering or deviating from the pursuit of Department of Justice , but in theMilestone Universe , he has become a villain , a dark mirror of himself .
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