727 – The Justice League of America!

Well here we are, at the last post from the 1950s, and it’s a milestone event for DC: The introduction of the Justice League of America in The Brave and the Bold #28 (Dec 1959). Written by Gardner Fox, who also created and wrote the Golden Age Justice Society of America, this new team features […]

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629 – Martian Dad Hunter

The early Martian Manhunter stories relied a bit more on J’onn J’onnz interacting with Mars, like earlier in the year when he encountered a Martian criminal on Earth. In Detective Comics #236 (August 1956), he finds a way to contact his parents on Mars through “recent solar explosions… they must have created space energy that […]

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614 – Martian Martian Hunter

In Detective Comics #231 (March 1956), the Martian Manhunter meets another Martian operating as a criminal on Earth, establishing a few more powers of Martians of shrinking, passing through walls as well as enforcing fire as a weakness of Martians. After apprehending him, the criminal explains he was equipped with a “guard belt” which was […]

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607 – The Martian Manhunter!

In Detective Comics #225 (September 1955), another Silver Age superhero debuts: John Jones, Manhunter from Mars. Poor J’onn J’onnz is brought across space (and from an unspecified time period) to Earth by Professor Mark Erdel, who subsequently dies of shock before he can send him back to Mars. J’onn J’onnz reveals he was a scientist, […]

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540 – Manhunter from Mars

Batman and Robin meet a Manhunter from Mars in Batman #78 (June 1953). No, not that Martian Manhunter. This one’s name is “Roh Kar” and is hunting a dangerous criminal who escaped to Earth. Apparently Mars has kept its peaceful civilization a secret from Earth, though they are very familiar with Batman’s exploits. And they […]

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135 – The Vision

As I mentioned before, I never knew there were so many Marvel Comics characters named after obscure Golden Age characters they had introduced decades earlier*. Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (September 1940), introduced a new hero to Timely/Marvel’s Golden Age of Comics: The Vision. No, not the android from the 1960s, but an alien from Jupiter […]

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75 – The Saturn Manhunter?!?

In Action Comics #16 (August 1939), Zatara ventures into space and lands on the planet Saturn, where he encounters a bald, green-skinned man wearing a cape and a distinctive cross across his chest that very much resembles the Martians of the Martian Manhunter era.

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