DC Comics’ Martian Manhunter R.I.P.

After reading DC Comics’ “Final Crisis” #1, on sale now, the identity of the character being mourned in the upcoming one-shot tie-in “Final Crisis: Requiem” would seem to be a no-brainer. But CBR News asked writer Peter Tomasi (“Green Lantern Corps,” “Nightwing”) directly just to make sure it was indeed J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter.

“Yes, I can confirm it here, my favorite Martian is indeed, and unfortunately, the lead character in ‘Requiem,’” Tomasi told CBR News. With art by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy and covers by J.G. Jones and Mahnke, “Final Crisis: Requiem” goes on sale July 9.

Tomasi, an editor-turned-writer, shared the Justice League founding member was one of his favorites in the DCU. “My first published writing work featured J’onn. I did two stories in ‘Showcase’ that were drawn by the great Eduardo Baretto. I was also the editor of the ‘Martian Manhunter’ monthly by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake a little while back,” said Tomasi, who added the character himself has a great history.

“Some people would say he’s a poor man’s imitation of Superman, I completely disagree,” said Tomasi. “He’s a rich character with so much inherent drama and a wide variety of powers that, coupled with his idiosyncratic personality, he’s incredibly easy to write, in my opinion. I look forward to one day taking another crack at him in a monthly or a limited series from the writing side of the desk if he ever makes it back into the world of the living.”

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