I know this is old news, but it still stings like it was yesterday. The Martian Manhunter was killed at the end of Final Crisis number 1 and I gotta tell ya, it was a load of @#$&@*#$&!!!!!!! Then, in a one-shot special where the DC heroes reflected on his death, we get a poopy-poor account of how he was lured into the hands of the enemy…..via anonymous Boom Tube?  And he just floats right in?? WHAT IN THE HELL!!!!!!!!!???????
C’mon….you CANNOT tell me that the backbone of the Justice League (not that spinning super-wus Red Tornado) just casually strolls into a Boom Tube where there is probably a great deal of danger waiting at the other side? YOU ARE KIDDING ME, DC!!!!!!! Well, at least a laugh came out of it when Superman made a remark in the next Issue of Final Crisis at MM’s Funeral.  “Let us hope for a resurrection,” he says. Man, Morrison nailed the insanity of the comic book existence with that line. These amazing, caped adventurers have lifted mountains, flown under their own power beyond Earth’s atmosphere and, well, basically raped the laws of physics again and again..and looked damn good doing it. Do you think a little thing like Death could possibly hold it’s considerable permanence in a world like this? Hell NO!!!!!!
The heroes realize the madness of the lives they lead; of the preset bounds they break to maintain at least a sliver of normalcy. Superman, I’m sure, is more aware of this than most, being one of the greater powers in DC’s iconic Pantheon. Superman himself has experienced death and resurrection; has seen it happen to many close colleagues and various other super-friends….He is VERY aware that this may not be the end of the Martian Manhunter but merely an acute epilogue;  a bridge between the end, and prologue to Martian Manhunter Vol. 3, Issue 1. Oh, it could happen….NOW STOP LAUGHING!!!!!!!
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You know he will be back, and Kyle Rayner the Green Lantern is gonna be the one to do it. Read Martian Manhunter 1,000,000, page six. The Justice League have switched place with their future counterparts and GreenLantern “crash lands” on mars. The Martian Manhunter is there, still alive and claims that it was Kyle who saved him in hit DARKEST hour. Darkest? How about “Blackest Night”event going on in the DC univers right now;) You see what this means? it won`t be to long till he`s back among the living/dead (black lantern) and then Kyle Reyner`s gonna save him. Can I get a Hallelluja?
Yeah… you’re right. I just hate being artificially jerked around through contrived stories where hero “X” dies, we go into shock, and then we’re presented with the cliched resurrection of the hero through: “oh that was my clone,” “oh that was me from an alternate universe,” “oh I time traveled,” stereotypical story where we’re back at where we started from.
What do we have so far? Superman died, no wait, there’s 5 Superman’s now, no wait, Superman’s back… whatevah. Batman broke his back, “HOLY CRAP!” No wait, he’s all better now after a psycho took his place and he has absolutelynopainwhatsoever after the snapping of his back and… oh wait, now he’s dead.. but wait.. his skull’s been removed from his dug up coffin and we have this whole Black Lantern thing happening and.. guess we’ll be seeing Bats/Bruce back in cowl and cape some time soon.
Who else is there? Barry Allen… hmmm, I think he’s dead-dead-dead. Not dead-dead, that would be Captain America… who apparently isn’t dead. Who else is dead-dead-dead? .. I would put my money on Max Lord (thank you very much Wonder Woman), the Blue Beetle/Ted Kord is shot in the head, by Max Lord, and is now dead-dead-dead. In fact, we can add one more “dead” to that because Writer Greg Rucka stated, “There was a breeze blowing through his brain, and he was incinerated. How much clearer can it be?” Harsh treatment of poor Ted, but made for good writing and a kudos to DC for making a decision and sticking by it.
Dead-dead-dead? who else… With two fingers shoved into his eye sockets with enough force to blow out the back (.. entire) of his head… I’d say Psycho Pirate! Thank you very much Black Adam.
So… alas… Shinu’s right. Martian Manhunter should be coming around the corner some time soon.