Miss Martian
Miss Martian | |
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Green Martian | |
Place of origin | Mars |
Team affiliations | Teen Titans Young Justice Justice League Titans |
Partnerships | Martian Manhunter Conner Kent Bart Allen Cassie Sandsmark Amethyst Arrowette Donna Troy Naomi McDuffie Kaldur'ahm Tim Drake |
Notable aliases | Megan Morse, Star-Spangled Kid, Martian girl hunter Mogz (Megan) Miss Supermartian[1] |
Abilities | See list
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Miss Martian (real name: M'gann M'orzz; alias Megan Morse) is a
Publication history
Miss Martian was created by Geoff Johns and Tony Daniel and first appeared in Teen Titans #37 (2006).[2] Miss Martian is named "Megan Morse" after former Marvel Comics editor Ben Morse's wife, Megan (Megan is a friend of Johns).[3] Johns initially created the character when he was told by DC's editorial staff that he could not use Supergirl, who was a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes at the time.[4]
Fictional character biography
Miss Martian is a White Martian known as M'gann M'orzz. She serves as a member of the Teen Titans during the year between the events depicted in "Infinite Crisis" and the "One Year Later" storylines. On Earth, she simplifies her name to Megan Morse.
M'gann M'orzz was originally sent by rocket from Mars to the Vega system to escape the civil war between the Green Martians and the White Martians.[5] To date, it is still unknown when she came to Earth from Vega.
Initially, M'gann pretended to be a Green Martian, like the Martian Manhunter, and joined the Teen Titans. After her feelings were hurt through insensitivity and misunderstanding with her teammates, M'gann left the Titans to be a hero in Australia. Though the Titans suspected she might have been a traitor, it turned out that her accuser, Bombshell, was the actual traitor. After helping the team defeat Bombshell and proving her loyalty, she was accepted as a full member of the Titans.[6]
The .
Megan is attacked by Disruptor of the
Megan finally manages to restore Eddie's rational mind, and the two escape.
Later, however, Megan begins showing signs of being unable to subdue her evil self, such as appearing before the team having chalk-white skin as opposed to her usually preferred green skin. She seems as surprised at this as the rest of the team, and later finally comes to the conclusion to leave the Titans for an unknown period of time. Before leaving, however, she says goodbye to the Titans and admits to Eddie that she will miss him the most, to which he questions if she is comparing him to the
Teen Titans writer Sean McKeever has stated that Megan's departure from the Titans is part of a longer story he was working on and that she will return to the team at a later time.[12]
Megan appears in the final issue of the Terror Titans miniseries, having been posing as
Megan is briefly seen as part of an underground
When Beast Boy returns to lead the Titans in the wake of Kid Devil's death, Megan is the only member of the team who is willing to support him. While the rest of the team is busy arguing with him, Megan is attacked and captured by a new villain known as Wyld. After a vigorous battle, Megan is rescued by her teammates.[14]
At some point prior to this, Megan is seen operating on a solo mission where she defeats
Megan later accompanies her fellow Titans to the city of Dakota to look for
Brightest Day
During
Around this time, the recently resurrected Martian Manhunter contacts Titans Tower to talk to Megan, and is told by Superboy that she has taken a leave of absence from the team. He heads to Australia to find Megan and see if she has any information about a string of murders that seem to have been committed by a fellow Martian, only to find her tied up and severely beaten.[20] While tending to her, J'onn is contacted by the Entity, and Megan's wounds fully recover. She also senses that there is another Martian on Earth.[21] When J'onn asks Megan who did this to her, Megan says she was attacked by a female Green Martian.[5]
After a mission to rescue Raven from Wyld's dimension, Megan is left in a coma.
No longer a member of the Titans, Miss Martian is later attacked by a teenaged psychic named Alexander, who kidnaps her and uses her as bait to lure
Along with a number of other former Titans, M'gann returns to assist the team during their final battle against
The New 52
In September 2011, DC carried out a revision of its superhero comic book line, including its stories and its characters' fictional histories, known as The New 52. In the revised stories, Miss Martian's first appearance is when Red Robin is shown watching a press conference where Lex Luthor shows off photographs of M'gann as part of a presentation about alien life on Earth.[27]
DC Rebirth
DC made another revision of its superhero comic book line, known as the
Characterization
Powers and abilities
Miss Martian possesses abilities similar to Martian Manhunter and all other Martians. She has superhuman strength and stamina comparable to that of a Kryptonian. She is invulnerable and has been shown to repel attacks from the likes of Despero. She can enhance this invulnerability by making herself super dense. This invulnerability also extends to her being able to survive in the vacuum of space. She also has the ability to shapeshift and she can use this to regenerate herself at a rapid rate. Her shapeshifting can be used at will and in an unlimited application, including adopting human or monstrous appearance, elongating her limbs, growing to immense size, altering the chemical composition of her body, etc. This also extends to her being able to expand or lengthen her limbs or to create natural body weapons. This control over her molecular structure also gives her the abilities of invisibility and intangibility.
She is a powerful psychic with major applications of this being telepathy and telekinesis. She can use the telekinesis to manipulate, move, control, levitate many objects. She can also use her telekinesis to fly. Her telepathy is one of her strongest abilities and allows her a wide variety of abilities including mind reading, communication by the mind, projecting her thoughts, creating illusions, locating other sentient beings, mental detection, mental cloak, mental scan, controlling others' minds, manipulating memory, inducing sleep, astral travel, and transferring information to people directly.[31] Her psionic abilities can also manifest themselves in a telekinetic blast/push or a telekinetic shield. A further application of her powers is Martian vision, in which she expels energy from her eyes. Martians have nine senses compared to humans, which gives them stronger perception of the world.[31]
As an adult in the Titans of Tomorrow... Today! storyline, M'gann's default physical form is that of a White Martian having embraced her heritage (and Martian physiology reflecting their state of mind). To compensate for her pyrophobia, adult M'Gann wears a forcefield that protects her from flame.[32]
Weakness
Like all Martians, she can be weakened by fire. This is due to pyrophobia which all Martians suffer from, with fire being the Martian's "Achilles heel", equivalent to Kryptonians' weakness to Kryptonite. Exposure to fire typically causes her to lose control over some of her powers, which leaves her very faint and weakened. It was revealed, during the Trial By Fire storyline,[33] that the Martian weakness to fire is an inbuilt psychosomatic effect, placed in the Martian race long ago by the Guardians of the Universe. The purpose of this was to prevent the Martians from reverting to a previous state in which they were highly aggressive, on the verge of interstellar conquest, and required flames and the psychic suffering of others to reproduce.
Other versions
Earth-16
On
Tiny Titans
In the children's series Tiny Titans, Miss Martian is one of the younger toddlers and part of the "Little Tiny Titans" with Wildebeest and Jericho, often stretching her long, octopus arms to grab objects. She is often seen hugging the older Beast Boy, whom she calls "Bee Bee", due to his ability to turn into a puppy (ironically the opposite relationship of their Young Justice cartoon counterparts).[34]
In other media
Television
- M'gann M'orzz / Miss Martian appears in Dru-Zod and Ursa, from the Phantom Zone. After defeating the Zods, M'gann and Superboy return to Earth for an intimate earthen wedding.
- The Young Justice incarnation of Miss Martian makes a non-speaking appearance in the Teen Titans Go!episode "Let's Get Serious".
- Miss Martian appears in J'onn J'onzz while taking part in Roulette's alien fight club, but tries to keep her distance out of guilt for what her kind did to his until she is forced to give him a blood transfusion after he is attacked by the Parasite, which gradually turns him into a White Martian. Upon being confronted, M'gann offers no resistance, hoping J'onn will kill her, but he imprisons her in the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO)'s headquarters instead. Ultimately, he forgives her for what the White Martians did before she returns to Mars to form a White Martian resistance movement against White Martian oppression.[39]
Film
- The Young Justice incarnation of Miss Martian makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery.
- Miss Martian makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
- Miss Martian appears in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, voiced by Daniela Bobadilla.[40] This version is initially an associate of the Justice League before receiving membership after helping them defeat the Fatal Five.
Video games
- Miss Martian appears as a playable character in Young Justice: Legacy, voiced again by Danica McKellar.
- Miss Martian appears as a playable character in Laura Bailey.
- Miss Martian appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super Villains.
Miscellaneous
- Miss Martian appears in
- Miss Martian appears in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced by Cristina Pucelli. This version is roommates with Killer Frost, Lady Shiva, and Star Sapphire.
See also
References
- ^ "Dial H for Hero #10". dccomics.com. 15 March 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ "The Comic Bloc Forums – View Single Post – Ask Ben Morse". comicbloc.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- ^ Cronin, Brian (April 30, 2017). "Comic Legends: Which Teen Titan Was Created as a Supergirl Fill-In?". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ a b Brightest Day #8 (August 2010)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #37-41 (August 2006-January 2007)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #43 (March 2007)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #51 (November 2007)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #55 (March 2008)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #58 (June 2008)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #60 (August 2008)
- ^ Vaneta Rogers (2008-08-29). "McKeever on Titans, Both 'Terror' and 'Teen'". Newsarama.
- ^ Terror Titans #6 (May 2009)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #75-76 (November–December 2009)
- ^ Justice League: Cry for Justice #4 (December 2009)
- ^ Justice League: Cry for Justice #7 (April 2010)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #81 (May 2010)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #82 (June 2010)
- ^ Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #41 (July 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #6 (July 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #7 (August 2010)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #87 (November 2010)
- ^ Supergirl (vol. 5) #62 (May 2011)
- ^ Supergirl (vol. 5) #63 (June 2011)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #99 (October 2011)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #100 (October 2011)
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 4) #1 (September 2011)
- ^ Titans Special #1 (August 2018). DC Comics.
- ^ Titans (vol. 3) #28-30 (December 2018 - January 2019). DC Comics.
- ^ Titans (vol. 3) #31 (February 2019). DC Comics.
- ^ a b Teen Titans (vol. 3) #60
- ^ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #50
- ^ JLA #84-89 (October–December 2003)
- ^ Tiny Titans
- ^ Cruz, Eileen (2010-04-21). "Toonzone at the Cartoon Network 2010 Upfront (UPDATED 11:45 AM)". toonzone.net. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Kevin (2010-07-23). "Comic-Con 2010: Young Justice Goes Under Cover". UGO Networks. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
- ^ "NYCC 2010: Young Justice Video Presentation & Q&A Live!". Newsarama.com.
- ^ White, Brett (August 11, 2016). ""Supergirl" Season Two Adds Miss Martian, Mon-El". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ "Supergirl Season 3 Episode 3 Review: Far from the Tree". Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ Couch, Aaron (January 7, 2019). "'Justice League vs. The Fatal Five' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Smallville Season 11 Special #1
- ^ Smallville Season 11 Special #4
External links
- Miss Martian at the DC Database