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!!!!!!!