The fan favorite team of writer John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake fresh off their lengthy run on The Spectre, were ready to take on another caped powerhouse and did so with Martian Manhunter.
In a special introductory #0, J'onn J'onnz's first ongoing series sprang from the pages of the JLA, and in his opening story arc, the Martian hero battled Ma'alefa'ak, his fellow Martian and the creator of the telepathic virus that annihilated all of J'onn's race. Chronicling the Manhunter's journey to earth and his adoption of the identity of police detective John Jones - as well as many other human identities - this reinvention of a classic character ran until issue #36.
