A reboot and redesign of a previous story.

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury. Named after the Roman god of war, it is often referred to as the Red Planet because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.

One question above most has revolved around this planet as constantly as the moon revolves around Earth. Scientists have studied it, others have hypothesized, but many of both have looked up in the sky and wondered. Is there life there?

Mars, called by it's natives Ma'aleca'andra, the Green Martians known as M'yrnn and Sha'sheen gave birth to twin sons, an unusual occurrence among Martians. The firstborn was named J'onn J'onzz, whose name means "Light to the Light." J'onn's brother however, was born a mutant, without a Martian's innate ability to communicate telepathically. He was named Ma'alefa'ak, whose name means "Darkness in the Heart."

So the brothers grew till adulthood.

J'onn became a Manhunter, a police officer, and married a Martian woman named M'yri'ah. The two established a modest home for themselves beneath the windswept Martian plains and gave birth to a daughter named K'hym.

Years passed, and J'onn's brother Ma'alefa'ak grew to despise everything about Martian culture. In an ambitious endeavor to commit full-scale genocide against his own people, he engineered a contagious virus known as H'ronmeer's Curse. The virus reacted to telepathic energy, and carried from one Martian to the next whenever they elected to use their psionic powers. The plague responded to a Martian's innate fear of fire, causing them psychosomatic stress so intense, that their bodies and minds would literally burst into flame.

Meanwhile on the planet Earth, a would-be scientist named Dr. Saul Erdel developed a transmitter machine based upon ancient Martian technology. Seeking to make contact with extraterrestrial life, he aimed his device towards the vicinity of Mars and activated it. The transmitter beam streaked across space, striking the Martian Manhunter. The beam brought J'onn back to Erdel's natural time era, where he collapsed on the ground outside of the doctor's Colorado laboratory.

Erdel brought the distraught Martian inside and attempted to nurse him back to health. The anguish of J'onn's mental state created a psychic bond between the two, and Erdel became aware of the events that took place on Mars. In an effort to heal J'onn's mind, Erdel used the mental link to fabricate a new history for the Martian. He created a back-story inspired by the writings of famous science fiction novelists such as Ray Bradbury and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Eventually, J'onn's sanity was restored, and he was prepared to function in this strange, new world. Erdel put the idea into his head that he should become a great champion, and thus J'onn adopted the heroic guise of the Martian Manhunter.

J'onn had blocked the connection to his planet, blocked the screams of his people.

Mars was a dead world, and if it wasn't now, it would be soon.

Thus, he could not hear his wife and daughter die. He didn't have to.

This was his life now, Earth. As Martian Manhunter, he joined a group of remarkable people, committed to protecting the Earth called The Justice League, accepting his position as the last Martian.

He never stopped to consider that he wasn't.

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