I think it's fair to say that Miss Martian is an underrated character in the DC Universe.
While she has been fairly prominent in the Young Justice animated series, and now in
the Supergirl live action CW show despite deviating significantly in age, Miss Martian
is a character that is full of potential that we'd love to see more of in the comics.
So, today, we're taking a look at this interesting character with our top 10 Miss Martian Surprising
Facts list.
Let's jump in.
10 Age According to Young Justice, Miss Martian's
age in the 2010 run was 48 - 48 in earth years, that is.
The human biological equivalent to that though is much more fitting of what we see physically
- 16 years old.
Martians age approximately three times slower than humans do.
9 Alias Just like the majority of superheroes, Miss
Martian's alias isn't her real name.
It's M'gann M'orzz, which, when human-washed is Megan Morse.
She also operated under the alias Star-Spangled Kid, a mantle several heroes have taken up
over the years, but in her case, during Terror Titans #1, she had shape shifted into a young
male to compete for the Dark Side Club.
She wins their tournament, reveals herself and frees the other combatants.
8 Martian Manhunter While some unfamiliar with the character may
be under the assumption that Miss Martian is the daughter of J'onn J'onzz, aka Martian
Manhunter.
Not the case.
But the two are still relatives.
She's his niece.
Which is treated differently in Young Justice and the comics - in the comics, he treats
her as family, despite the two not being biologically related.
And in Young Justice, Miss Martian is a product of his sister's and a white martian's relationship.
7 Beast Boy In Young Justice, Miss Martian is actually
the one who created Beast Boy.
Or rather his powers.
Garfield Logan was severely injured after an explosion, and received a blood transfusion
from Miss Martian, who used her shape shifting abilities to change her blood type to O-negative
to match his.
This saved his life, and it's why he considers her his blood sister.
6 Fire Like most other martians, M'gann has pyrophobia.
Which means she has a fear of fire.
So how can an entire race share the same phobia?
Well, its actually due to a psychosomatic effect that was placed into the brains of
Martians by the Guardians of the Universe in order to curb their previous aggressive
state and the desire for interstellar conquest.
5 Loves Australia After a rough encounter with Ravager that
left her in tears, M'gann left the Teen Titans and ended up in Australia.
Specifically Sydney Australia.
This is because the landscape there reminded her of Mars.
While it seems that she doesn't have any sort of operational base out there, the character
has noted how much she adored the outback, mainly because of its resemblance to her home.
4 New 52 Miss Martian doesn't really make much of an
appearance in The New 52, but in Teen Titans #1, she appears in photographs that Lex Luthor
shows off during a presentation about alien life on Earth.
Red Robin is watching the press conference.
3 Creation After the events of Infinite Crisis, many
of DC's series were revamped, including Teen Titans.
This is when Miss Martian was created and brought into the fold.
Created by Geoff Johns and Tony S Daniel, it was reported that her character was in
response to Geoff Johns being told he couldn't use Supergirl as part of them team, since
she was already a member of the legion of super-heroes at the time.
2 Shes a White Martian Miss Martian is actually a white martian and
not a green one.
Why is this a big deal?
Well, the history between the green martians and the white martians is not a pretty one.
Its filled with violence and prejudice, with the green martians almost being brought to
extinction because of it.
Feeling ashamed for the actions of her race, and out of the desire to show respect for
Green Martians and their positive attributes, she shape shifted and lied about her identity.
When Martian Manhunter found out, it was jarring, but since he has come to accept her and appreciate
her desire to appear green over white.
1 She Killed Herself Sort of.
Her future self, that is.
M'gann actually decapitates her future self in the Titans of Tomorrow arc, which sort
of acted as a way for her to deal with her ancestry as a white martian - she's manipulated
by her future self, who at first seems swell but later reveals that she's pretty awful,
not letting M'gann aid her friends.
So she briefly turns into her white martian self to defeat herself in battle, which many
saw as a part of her own redemption with her struggle about her true roots.
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