J'onn J'onzz (Earth 19)

Conjectural Title
This subject has not been given a canonical in-universe name, and its title is based on educated speculation. Although a reliable source has not yet been provided, and may never be provided, the article will be named for the most likely guess until then. Thank you, Green Lantern.

The Stranger

Earth 19‎

Gallery

Base Of Operations

Mobile, formerly Mars

Status

Alignment

Neutral

Identity

Secret Identity

Race

Martian

Marital Status

Single

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Red

Hair

No Hair

Skin

Green

Origin

Universe

Earth 19

Creators

Joseph Samachson · Joe Certa

First Appearance
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: The Kryptonian Age #3 (October, 2024)

The Stranger is the last survivor of the ancient Martian civilisation destroyed by the "Doom of Krypton".

History

In the deepest depths of prehistory, an advanced civilisation known as the Kryptonians flourished in Antarctica. A mysterious event known as the "Doom of Krypton" occurred when Earth and Mars were in alignment, destroying both the Kryptonians and the ancient Martian civilisation. All life on Mars was wiped out, except for the Stranger, who was in some form of suspended animation. In 1893, the Stranger awoke, supposedly due to the "Doom" returning in the form of a surviving Kryptonian.^[1]

The Stranger travelled to Earth, posing as a human mystic. He possessed an ancient Kryptonian medallion and sensed the aura of another like it. He followed the medallion's trail to John Constantine, a British sorcerer in service to Queen Victoria, on a barge in the Suez Canal. He hoped that Constantine would know the location of the last Kryptonian and searched his memories, but found that he knew nothing useful.^[2]

He then travelled to Antarctica, which had been the seat of the Kryptonian's civilisation and stowed away on a ship carrying artifacts from the ruins of their ancient city. He was found in the hold by Wonder Woman, a Themysciran who also despised the Kryptonians for what they had done. He suggested they could unite against their common foe, and when he sensed the Doom he teleported them both to Smallville, Kansas.^[3]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Martian Physiology: The average Martian possesses the potential for the following power set:
- Shape-Shifting: Martians have psionic control of their physical for down to the molecular level. This allows them to a form of shape-shifting that allows them to mimic other forms, elongate aspects of their body, increase or decrease their physical size, and so on.
  - Size Alteration: As an extension of their shape-shifting abilities, Martians can easily alter their size, shrinking or growing to gigantic size.^[4]
- Invisibility: Martians can cause the biopolymers in their bodies to lose their ability to reflect light, making the Martians invisible to normal light and human sight.^[5]
- Phasing: Martians can go through solid matter.
- Superhuman Strength:^[5] Martians possess vast levels of superhuman strength and are among the few races that are able to match Kryptonians in terms of raw strength. Martians can easily shatter reinforced concrete and steel, lift and carry hundreds of tons with ease and deliver incredible damage with their blows.^[6]
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Durability: Martians possess high levels of durability that make them nigh-invulnerable to all forms of damage. Martians can withstand high-caliber bullets, powerful energy blasts, and kinetic impacts without suffering damage.^[7]
- Superhuman Speed: Martians can process thoughts, move, and react at incredible speed, being able to cover vast distances in little or no time, catch bullets in mid-flight, run on water and create afterimages as they run.^[8]
  - Superhuman Agility
  - Superhuman Reflexes
- Regeneration: Martians have powerful regenerative powers that enable them to regenerate their entire body from a severed limb, they can further enhance their regenerative powers by drawing mass from nearby sources.^[9]
- Flight^[5]
- Extrasensory Input
- Longevity^[9]
- Super Hearing^[9]
- Heat Vision^[10]
- Martian Vision: Martian visual acuity greatly exceed human norms and allows for a wider range of information to be observed. This includes the following:^[5]
  - Infrared Vision^{[citation needed]}
  - X-Ray Vision^[11]
  - Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision^{[citation needed]}
  - Telescopic Vision^[12]
  - Microscopic Vision^{[citation needed]}
- Telepathy: Martians have the ability to read the minds of others and project their thoughts to varying degrees. They can also project their mental essences into a gestalt community known as the "Great Mind". Through this, the community can enhance the telepathic strength of other Martians. This power can also enable them to reverse the effects of amnesia or psychological brainwashing. ^[5]
  - Illusions
  - Possession
  - Astral Projection
  - Mind Control: As an extension of this, Martians can also use the ability to alter a psychological profile of a target, enabling them to manipulate, and in some cases, outright control that individual. This practice is greatly discouraged however, and only rarely used. ^[13]
  - Telepathic Relay^[13]
  - Telepathic Assault
- Telekinesis:^[14] Martians have mind-over-matter abilities and can lift and move objects with their minds. They can also employ their telekinesis in an offensive way by discharging telekinetic blasts capable of great concussive power.^[15]

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Kryptonian Medallion
- Teleportation

Notes

Martian Manhunter was created by Joseph Samachson and Joe Certa, first appearing in Detective Comics #225. However, the Earth 19 version of Martian Manhunter first appeared in Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: The Kryptonian Age #3 by Andy Diggle and Leandro Fernández.

Trivia

The Stranger's real name has has not been revealed in the pages of a comic.