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When it come to extremity ofDC Comics ’ iconicJustice Leagueteam , Martian Manhunteris an important addition toa roster that has many powerful recruit , and in a one - shot issue that see the League fight genetically raise Predators , J’onn J’onzz ’ grossest secret power is revealed . Being a martian of alien origin , J’onn has always had a few odd powers at his administration , but having his learning ability located not in his head but in his organic structure is one that quite literally saved his aliveness .
find out in 2001 ’s heroic crossing over from DC and Dark Horse Comics , JLA versus Predator , by John Ostrander and Graham Nolan , immediately hits the land running as a spaceship piloted by the nefarious Dominator coinage crash lands near the JLA ’s orbiting Watchtower . On guard obligation at the time , Martian Manhunteris capable to teleport the Dominators from their ship straight to the Watchtower before they go up in flames , only to right on away be met by a problem that a scant few characters in the DC Universe had already dealt with before the events of this issue occur : Predators .
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Viciously attacked from the shadows by an unseen Predator , J’onn ’s fate is left up in the melodic line as Barbara Gordon aka Oracle call in all Justice League member uncommitted to help their martian protagonist . Arriving first , Superman andGreen Lantern Kyle Raynerare greeted by a heartbreaking scene . sting on a pike with a lasting locution of gossamer surprise and holy terror fasten on his face , Martian Manhunter ’s beheaded head is display for all to see , scaring the daylights out of both torpedo present to great burden . But it ’s here , after the supposed death of one of their own that J’onn ’s egregious consistency detail is revealed .
Lamenting the deprivation of their supporter , Superman and Green Lantern are surprised to hear the apparently disembodied voice of their colleague directly after , only to see hisactualbody — sans head , of line — scuffle towards them bare second subsequently . Revealed that he would be dead “ if my brains were … in my head,”Martian Manhunter ’s heaven-sent endurance has less to do with being strong enough to stand firm make his headspring literally ripped from his trunk and more about his unknown martian anatomy come in in clutch at just the correct time .
Known to take skull and spinal corduroys as trophies during their crashing hunts , a piranha getting the drop on J’onn is one thing ( their helmets freeze the telepathic power he could have used to locate them ) , but easily take his read/write head from his shoulders without a fight is another . However , and as gross as it may be , J’onn give birth brains in his body bolster byhis iconic shapeshifting powersallow him to not only survive certain expiry but also give him just enough energy to tell his friends that he ’ll be okay , or at least will be until he has time to reattach his straits to his torso and make a full recovery .
So while it might have been stark luck that the Predator in inquiry only went for the straits , J’onn ’s gross power of having brain where they ’re not supposed to be ended up being a vast blessing in disguise . Martian Manhunterand the eternal rest of theJustice League ’s encounter with the ruthlessPredatorspecies may have started on the wrong foot , but fans can remain assure that by the issue ’s oddment , J’onn gets some payback of his own .
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