Twice-Told-Tales: Manhunters Manhandle Malicious Martians

The blue-caped crusaders clad in shorts and red chest straps heroically battled malicious Martians, who sought to conspire to conquer their neighbors. These men with ties to the Mars in their universes, Martian Manhunter of Earth-One and Atom of Earth-Two, were victorious despite overwhelming odds.

Martians physiology differed  radically in the various universes they occupied. Consider the Manhunters of twin Mars as a case study. J'onn Jon'zz gained powers similar to those of Superman while residing on Earth-One. Roh Kar maintained his normal abilities without gaining additional attributes while visiting Earth-Two.

However, the reverse was also true. How so? Humans from Earth-Two gained superhuman powers on their universe's Mars, while those of Earth-One are still normal on the Mars in their reality. For example, Al "Atom" Pratt gained powers comparable to his Justice Society teammate Superman while on Mars-Two*, while Ray "Atom" Palmer remained unchanged when he and his Justice League allies ventured to Mars-One to aid their former teammate Jon'zz versus the White Martians. But what caused the divergence in superhuman abilities, granting these to Mars-One Martians and Earth-Two humans?

Apparently, this phenomenon is similar to the divergent condition between Kryptonians in each universe. Those Kryptonians living on the homeworld of Earth-Two's Superman possessed superhuman physiques due to the environmental conditions on Krypton-Two. This was not true of those Kryptonians in Earth-One's reality, as they were normal humans on Krypton-One. Perhaps, the presence of a large Blue Flame on Mars-One and a Green Flame on Earth-Two imbued native peoples of each world with the capacity to gain powers on worlds other than their own, as these flames were twin batteries charging Martians and Terrans alike.

Interestingly, a Martian guide immediately welcomed Al Pratt to his world after the Atom there, following the Tiny Titan and his Justice Society allies been exiled into space by their enemies. This individual was most probably Roh Kar, who mentally linked with Al via an Educatograph, which Martians used to teach themselves such things as their native language. Now gaining the Atom's perspective, Roh Kar no doubt experienced the sensory exhilaration of mentally joining the Mighty Mite’s many adventures on Earth-Two.

Years later, Roh undoubtedly appreciated when his mind-mate the Atom gained superhuman strength through exposure to radiation. It seems that the mental bond between the Mighty Mite and the Manhunting Martian was mostly benevolent, although apparently their mental link aroused suspicions within the ranks of the Justice Battalion (which the Justice Society was called during that period of time) due to the Atom’s seemingly odd behavior (as later mentioned in an interview with writer Roy Thomas). 

* Martians in each universe lived on two different Mars, the twin Mars in the same solar systems as Earths One and Two, and a pair of Mars-II's also existed across the universe, accessed via Hyperspace. Both the Atom and Batman of Earth-Two ventured to each Mars, and seemingly gained the same vibrant vigor of these worlds. Meanwhile, J'onn Jon'zz along with his League allies remained their normal selves on each Mars within their own reality.

Policemen Portray Powerfully Prominent Protectors

Wealthy playboy Dirk Giles sought to attract the attention of the girl he loved Hazel. Although she had no feelings for Giles, she was an avid fan of the Martian Manhunter, and so Dirk hatched a scheme whereby he disguised himself as the hero. After a series of feats that replicated some of the abilities of the Manhunter of Mars, he encountered the real alien atlas who attempted to ascertain the motivation for the impersonation. 

However, both J'Onn and Dirk also attracted the attention of a gang set on defeating the resident hero(es), although the pair worked side-by-side to defeat the crooks instead. Hazel did indeed fall in love with Giles, although she made him swear to give up his caped crusader career once and for all.

These two Manhunters, J'Onn/John and Dirk, matched that of Earth-Two's Roh Kar and a Larry Trent, known for his prominent role as part of the Radio Patrol. Roh Kar was a native Martian who was himself a Manhunter, and once journeyed to Earth-Two to team up with Batman and Robin. He never adopted an alias as a human police detective, that role would be filled by Trent.

Police officer Larry Jimmy Trent worked alongside his partner Sandy Keane as the "Radio Patrol", capturing various unusual criminals in New York City during the early 1940's on Earth-Two. Possessing a peak physique and intuitive investigative skills, Officer Trent even brought a young Alexie Luthor to justice, shortly before that villain met his arch-foe Superman.

Trent was inspired towards this crimefighting career due to the influence of Superman, who saved him from a suicide attempt. Larry had previously been a professional boxer until a corrupt manager ended his career, and the Man of Steel impersonated Trent in order to restore his reputation. Once this was accomplished, Larry decided to pursue a new life, like that of another superstrong alien officer in John Jones.

Martian Mighty Mite Manhunter

On April 1, 1942, all active members of the newly formed Justice Battalion... except for the missing Doctor Fate... met in their New York City penthouse. This meeting was cut short by Nazi agents who captured the team and placed them in space-faring rockets, exiling the former Justice Society members to other worlds within Earth-Two's solar system. Was it?

In actuality, the unexpected presence of the being known as Harbinger affected the trajetory of these rockets, which originated from her master the Monitor who sold these to the Nazi scientist Gootsden. Those seven vessels ended up in hyperspace alternate versions of Venus, Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto. All seven heroes had adventures on these planets, as each interacted with their native residents, then reunited once more in space where they returned to their homeworld.

An interesting insight, as mentioned by Roy Thomas, is that one of the members was not the actual hero, but "replaced" by an alien entity. Reviewing their individuals tales, we see whom this culprit ended up being. Returning from these variant worlds of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Pluto, Mercury and Venus... Hawkman, Sandman, Doctor Mid-Nite, Starman, Spectre, Johnny Thunder and Wonder Woman appeared unchanged if more enlightened from their experiences. A seventh hero, the Atom, arrived on this new version of Mars possessing superhuman abilities there due to its atmospheric conditions.

Immediately the Atom met a race of benevolent Martians, who brought him to their city and exposed his mind to the Educatograph. This device was said to open his mind by transmitting via radio waves information, allowing the Atom to comprehend and communicate in the Martians language. Was this all that had been transmitted into his mind?

The mysterious Martian* who found the Atom then enlisted his aid in capturing the leader of the southern nation, Butor, who was poisoning the water of the northern nation. With his new-found abilities, the Atom was able to defeat the rogue Martians, and ensue peace between the two peoples. As his rocketship was repaired and jettisoned away from this new Mars, the Atom's mind now carried far more than linguistic knowledge, it also apparently carried a link between he and the Martians!

How do we know this? In June 1947, an individual known as Thund Dar arrived on Earth-Two, recruiting Batman and Robin whom they long observed, to help them defeat criminal scientist Sax Gola. Gola had developed a crime-ray... a possible modification of the Educatograph (which would have been used on Batman and Robin in order to learn the Martian language)... to turn Martians towards criminal tendencies. Through their observations, the Martians were able to ascertain that Batman and Bruce Wayne were one-in-the-same, which is very important to note as we shall see. Known as the foremost criminologist, Batman was able to defeat Gola and his minions, and then returned to Earth-Two. Apparently, following this tale, the memories of Batman and Robin of their Martian experience were erased, given their surprise at meeting a Martian Manhunter in August of 1953 (confirmed by that Manhunter’s statement to the Dynamic Duo about keeping their Martian society a secret from Earth).

In August 1947, only two months after returning from Mars-Two, Bruce Wayne was called to the bedside of Al Pratt aka the Atom, who had recently been injured. Asking Wayne to take his place at the next meeting of the Justice Society, Wayne arrived to a surprised gathering of heroes. As Doctor Mid-Nite noted, the Atom knew that only members were allowed to attend these meetings. Leaving the room**, Wayne returned as the Batman and aided the Society on the case of the "5 Drowned Men". This adventure occurred before Superman, and later the other members, learned of Batman’s secret identity. And yet, Al knew that Bruce was the Batman, and Bruce knew that Al was the Atom. This was due to their Martian "mind-meld". 

Years later, the Martian Roh Kar of the original Mars had also viewed his heroic idol the Earth-Two Batman, and assumed the title of Manhunter from Mars. He teamed up with the Batman to battle "the Stranger", the only one of Sax Gola's gang still under the influence of the crime ray.

The anatomy of the Martians, from the Atom's first meeting  in 1942, to Thund Dar's in 1947, to Roh Kar's in 1953, had always been changing. However, as Martians have shape-changing abilities, thus highlighting their adaptability to various circumstances they may encounter. As seen in all these appearances, the Martians of Earth-Two's universe do not have the physical strength of their Mars-One counterparts. In fact, humans of Earth-Two gain superhuman attributes on their universe's Mars, as opposed to humans of Earth-One.

The alternate New Mars which Al Pratt traveled to as the Atom was where some Martians migrated, while the Mars of Earth-Two's solar system still had their own inhabitants who remained behind. A similar situation occurred on Mars-One, when the White Skinned Martians of that world devastated it, causing the Green Skinned Martians to migrate from their native planet to their own "New Mars” elsewhere in their universe. Both "New Mars" were accessible from Earths One and Two via hyperspace travel given their distance from these worlds. Roh Kar lived on both Mars-Two and New Mars-Two!*

The Martian lawman mentally connected with Al Pratt through their Educatograph was no doubt in awe of the Atom's exploits throughout the 1940s. In particular, he would’ve been amazed at the Mighty Mite’s superhuman strength and stamina, on par with the Earth-One Martian Manhunter J'onn J'onzz.

As for the untold case, mentioned at the beginning, of the Justice Battallion/Society uncovering the alien in their midst, this is a tale left to be told as these metahuman manhunters would eventually discover the truth.

* The mustached Martian whom Al "Atom" Pratt met was evidentally Roh Kar, before he became the Manhunter from Mars years later.

**Way to go, Alan "Green Lantern" Scott, revealing to this "civilian" Bruce Wayne that Al Pratt and the Atom were one and the same!!!

Twice-Told-Tales: Sinister Scarlet Spacemen vs Scarlet Speedsters

The International Fair was the desired destination of thousands of spectators on Earth-One, and of one sinister spaceman. On the distant planet of Argon, Queen Tatania ordered her best scientists to craft a creation blending cybernetic synthesis of biological genetic and mutational components. Her goal was to create a superhero modeled after the Justice League of America. Although successful in  harnessing the various superhuman abilities of the League members, the Hybrid-android mysteriously went on a destructive rage. 

After leaving portions of Argon devastated, Queen Tatania ordered her minions to use the bio-ray to immobilize then examine the android. Determining it was a destructive menace, the Queen ordered it to be jettisoned into space. However, the craft coincidentally landed on Earth-One, with unwitting witnesses to its arrival unleashing the creature from its rocket-powered cage.

Shortly thereafter, police scientist Barry Allen and his girlfriend reporter Iris West were among those who first saw the Hybrid-android, adopting the blended form of the Flash and Martian Manhunter. Allen transformed into the Flash to combat the being, now causing destruction at the fair. Joined by Martian Manhunter, the pair tried several times at various Fair venues to defeat the android, each time proving unsuccessful in their valiant attempts. What would stop it?

On Earth-Two, decades earlier, three friends of police scientist Jay Garrick and his girlfriend reporter Joan Williams presented them with their newest invention, a flying submarine! The next day, those three men, Winky, Blinky and Noddy, along with Joan and Jay's alter ego the Flash boarded this vessel on its inaugural voyage. What they discovered was that this submarine was capable of travelling through space, and even capable of burrowing through planets. Captive on this vessel, the five friends were carried along to the planet of Mars-Two. However, this Mars was different from one that Jay previously discovered in an earlier tale involving Kriglo spider-like Martians.

Once arriving on this variation of Mars, Flash and his fellows discovered that due to the different atmospheric conditions, they possessed superhman abilities on this new world. The red skinned Martians' leader Jed Bar decided to capture Winky Blinky and Noddy to study their abilities. This led to bitter disappointment, as the alien scientists soon determined that the three were mentally deficient and unsuitable as test subjects. However, the Flash tracked them down and helped the trio escape their captives, then return to the submarine as it was about to launch once more. With Joan, the men left behind this Mars and its inquisitive residents.

As for the Argonians and their android, Martian Manhunter learned of the origin of the Hybrid, and recruited Hawkgirl to pretend to be its Queen, When this scheme failed, it was the appearance of the real Queen Tatania that stopped the android's actions. She accomplished this by apologizing for her previous rejection of its affection for her, which led to it leaving Argon. Exploding into atoms, the Hybrid-android ceased to exist, although soon after another named Super-Duper took its place to taunt and traumatize the Justice League. No corresponding Hybrid-android was developed by the red Martians to battle the Justice Society.

Avenging Aliens Adopt Amazing Abilities

There were two Manhunters from Mars, J'onn Jon'zz who moved to Earth-One and Roh Kar who once visited Earth-Two. But they were not alone, as other heroes from these respective Mars were T'omm Jon'zz... himself once known as a Martian Manhunter ... and Thund Dran, as well as rogues such as B'rett and Vulkor of Mars-One, also Sax Gola and Quork of Mars-Two. 

Each of these individuals had an impact on the third planet from the Sun, both for good and for ill. And would tie into the mythos of the Batman of twin terra-firmas. While J’onn would have a more notable presence, after years operating behind the scenes, Roh only appeared once as himself… although evidence suggests he also operated covertly behind the scenes mentally-bonded to Mighty Mite Justice Society ally of Batman (although that is a tale left to be told for another time).

As a charter member of Earth-One's Justice League, J'onn had carved a niche for himself as a protector of the Denver metropolitan area of that era in the suburb of Middleton. Adopting the alter ego of police detective John Jones, the Manhunter used his various abilities to protect his adopted world.  With superhuman strength, speed, vision, flight as well as shape-shifting and telepathy, J'onn was a formidable hero on par with Superman himself.

After years of working his heroic feats while being invisible, when he was exposed in his true form to humanity he revealed himself to mankind as an alien protector in their midst. He would remain such until eventually returning to his then decimated homeworld, assisting in helping its survivors locate a new Mars to rebuild their civilization.

After some time there, J'onn returned to Earth-One when he became a pariah to his people as a reminder to their failures as a society compared to his noble stand during the Earth-Mars war. At that point, J'onzz resumed his Justice League membership and became leader to a new generation of heroes. He also resumed his John Jones alter ego, now a private investigator. The Jones alias, a superstrong alien detective, mirrored a detective named Trent who was once a superstrong alien himself!

Police officer Larry Trent worked alongside his partner Sandy Keane as the "Radio Patrol", capturing various unusual criminals in New York City during the early 1940's on Earth-Two. Possessing a peak physique and intuitive investigative skills, Officer Trent even brought a young Alexie Luther to justice, shortly before that villain met his arch-enemy Superman.

Trent was inspired towards this crimefighting career due to the influence of Superman, who saved him from a suicide attempt. Larry had previously been a professional boxer until a corrupt manager ended his career, and the Man of Steel impersonated Trent in order to restore his reputation. Once this was accomplished, Larry decided to pursue a new life, like that of another superstrong alien officer in John Jones.

Roh Kar was in pursuit of the criminal from his world known as Quork, who on Earth-Two had adopted the alias of the Stranger. To that end, Kar enlisted the aid of Batman and Robin who were operating in Gotham City where Quork had set up his criminal enterprises. Once the trio apprehended their alien adversary, the Martian Lawman return to his native world with his captive to continue as golden age Manhunter of Mars.

What the Dynamic Duo had failed to disclose with Roh during this case was of how some time prior to this adventure, they had been brought to Mars-Two by another Martian lawman known as Thund Dran, who sought their assistance in capturing the criminal mastermind of his world known as Sax Gola. Batman and Robin were given jet packs and weaponry in their fight against Sax Gola, the same tools which Roh Kar used when he visited their world years later.

Prior to leaving Earth-One, J'Onn assumed another identity after his John Jones alias was presumed deceased, that of international playboy Marco Xavier. Secretly a subcontractor for the villainous organization known as VULTURE, when Xavier seemingly perished his alter ego was assumed by the Manhunter, in order to bring it down along with its mysterious leader Mister Vulture. Turns out, Faceless was the original Xavier.

On Earth-Two, Marco's doppelgänger was British secret agent Richard Spencer, a member of the elite Espionage organization. Presumed killed in a plane crash, Spencer adopted the alter ego of Black X, or Black Ace, and battled various threats around the world. Using his mastery of disguise along with his fighting prowess, Black X operated during the same time period as Larry Trent, only he plied his spy craft abroad until later in his career when he moved to New York City to become a private detective.

Alabaster Avengers Aggravate Adversaries: Blanx & Martler

Commander Blanx and dictator Martler, on the surface, seem to have nothing in common aside from their Martian origins and thirst for power. However, both alien adversaries of mankind faced off against the Men of Steel in their respective universe, leading legions of their people to the third planet for the sun intent on conquest.

Blanx was the leader of the Desert Dwelling White Martians, who were perpetual foes of the Green Martians, at the time led by J'onn Jon'zz the Martian Manhunter. Both vying to capture the potent power source known only as the Blue Flame which heated Mars-One, it was Blanx who defeated J'onn and banished him for thirteen years from their society.

Shortly thereafter through a fluke of science, J'onn ended up on Earth-One and adopted the alter ego John Jones, police detective. Yet secretly, Jon'zz carried out on a career as a costumed crimefighter from behind the scenes. It was Blanx who tracked down his hated foe and with his White Martian force tried to capture Earth

And decades earlier on Earth-Two, Martler was an ego-maniacal warlord who led his fellow Blue Martians (whom he referred to as Solaziz) that had led secluded lives from the more common Green Martians on their world. Seizing upon a scheme whereby they would utilize their superior weaponry versus the more backward humans of their neighboring world.

Apparently, the Blue Martians had obsessed with viewing televised signals from Earth-Two which broadcast the exploits of Hitler's Nazi regime in Germany only a few years prior, and so these war mongers sought to replicate and perfect that madman's dream of total domination of humanity. Welles with nothing but his prop sword in hand made short work of the Solaziz, and enabled the actor to contact Superman. As for Martler, after Superman made quick work of the dictator's space fleet trapping them in orbit around the Moon. Then the pair of humans exiled Martler on a solitary planetoid to no longer menace man.

There were other residents of them red planet, such as the Yellow Martians and the spider-like Kriglo Martians. Also, the mandrills and other animal life forms that existed on both Mars. 

What If: The Martian Manhunters Met?

Twice-Told-Tales: Attack of Alien Antagonistic Armies

Before highlighting the points of commonality between today's twin tales, its good to distinguish between the two in the areas where they diverge. Specifically, our Earth-One tale had as its alien antagonist the Marshal, genetically superior warmonger of Mars II where J'Onn J'Onzz surviving brethren ended up after Mars proved inhabitable. However, Earth-Two's Atom faced the Marshal's counterpart not on his own world but on his universe's Mars II, wherein the evil alien Butor had attacked the peaceloving Martians. That was a separate tale, not connected with this Twice-Told Tale.

The date was July of 1984, one year before the Crisis on Infinite Earths would threaten the entire Multiverse. Twin forces attacked parallel planets, with the aforementions New Martians laying claim to Earth-One while the Commander of another cosmos invaded Earth-Two's airspace. While each antagonistic alien army dueled with members of the Justice League and Justice Society, they specifically went for the centers of power as they perceived them. For the Marshal, this was by  approaching the United Nations with an ultimatium, backed with an arsenal of spacecraft at his disposal. For the Commander, it was by sending his powerful grunts against the United States' Pentagon, consisting of winged apes then legendary menaces.

While the Society battled back and defeated the Commander and his cronies with the aid of Earth-One's Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash and Supergirl, on the quartet's homeworld their League allies barely stymied the incursion of the Martians while losing their prized satallite headquarters. Hence, the Justice League disbanded, in part due to Aquaman's claim that not all members were present to defend the Earth. However, that was because three of their own members were lending a hand aiding the Society, who only had four of their own to tackle their cosmic crisis. So ironically, more Leaguers saving more worlds led to their disbanding, whereas only a handful of Societialites present to protect just their own planet... no problem!

However, there is much left to be told about the Commander who nearly claimed Earth-Two and its entire dimension has his latest prize. Would anyone equal his infamy on Earth-One? Yes, about a year earlier, whom we'll learn more about soon...

Fawcett's Finest: Mighty Mental Men

Pep Pepper was known as the International Policeman, Radar, and had a notable career protecting various lands on Earth-S attacked by the threat of budding Cold War influences following World War II. Around the same time, Kylar was the magnanimous ruler of Mars-S, who protected his people from various treats aided by Captain Marvel Junior. Unlike the Martians of Earth-One, those of Earths Two and S possessed no natural powers of their own.

Radar was an ally of the original older Captain Marvel.  The son of circus performers, Radar inherited unusual strength and mental aptitudes including telepathy and a radar sense. After initially being a performer, Pep's encounter with Captain Marvel ended up leading him to be a telepathic detective with amazing abilities. 

Another policeman on Earth-One was John Jones, who originated from the planet Mars, who patroled Middletown with police partner Officer Saunders. While actually J'Onn J'Onzz aka the Martian Manhunter displayed superhuman physique and mental powers of his own, as Jones he was more subdued and hence relied primarily on his alter ego. 

Assuming the identity of international playboy Marco Xavier, the Manhunter traveled up and down the French Riviera seeking to circumvent the criminal chaos originating from the sinister VULTURE organization and its mysterious leader, Mister V aka Faceless. J'Onn eventually defeated Faceless, who was the original Marco Xavier. 

And the human Marco Xavier was the  Earth-One twin of Earth-Two's British secret agent Richard Spencer, a member of the elite Espionage organization. Presumed killed in a plane crash, Spencer adopted the alter ego of Black X, or Black Ace, and battled various threats around the world.

Police officer Larry Jimmy Trent worked alongside his partner Sandy Keane as the "Radio Patrol", capturing various unusual criminals in New York City during the early 1940's on Earth-Two. Possessing a peak physique and intuitive investigative skills, Officer Trent even brought a young Alexie Luther to justice, shortly before that villain met his arch-foe Superman.

Trent was inspired towards this crimefighting career due to the influence of Superman, who saved him from a suicide attempt. Larry had previously been a professional boxer until a corrupt manager ended his career, and the Man of Steel impersonated Trent in order to restore his reputation. Once this was accomplished, Larry decided to pursue a new life, like that of another superstrong alien officer in John Jones and a telepathic physically fit policeman in Pep Pepper.

Another human inspired by an alien avenger was wealthy playboy Dirk Giles, who sought to attract the attention of the girl he loved Hazel. Although she had no feelings for Giles, she was an avid fan of the Martian Manhunter, and so Dirk hatched a scheme whereby he disguised himself as the hero. After a series of feats that replicated some of the abilities of the Manhunter of Mars, he encountered the real alien atlas who attempted to ascertain the motivation for the impersonation.

However, both J'Onn and Dirk also attracted the attention of a gang set on defeating the resident hero(es), although the pair worked side-by-side to defeat the crooks instead. Hazel did indeed fall in love with Giles, although she made him swear to give up his caped crusader career once and for all.

These two Manhunters, J'Onn/John and Dirk, matched the heroism of Earth-Two's Roh Kar and Larry as well as Kylar and Radar of Earth-S. While Dirk/Martian Manhunter and Roh Kar/Manhunter of Mars were one-hit wonders, their counterparts Larry Trent and John Jones/J’onn Jon’zz had lengthy careers in crime fighting as both licensed lawmen and caped crusaders.

Manhunters of Mars and a Pair of Johns

J'onn J'onzz and Roh Kar were both products of the 1950's. In 1953, Roh Kar teamed up with Batman and Robin of Earth-Two (in Batman #78). J'Onn J'onzz first appeared in an adventure   on Earth-One (in Detective Comics #225). According to the Batman Encyclopedia: "Roh Kar arrived on Earth-Two and was aided by Batman in apprehending the renegade Sax Gola". 

Earth-Two's Batman had previously visited Mars but never had occasion to meet this Manhunter from Mars. On Earth-One, J'Onn was accidentally pulled from his native world by a teleportation device created by Professor Erdel. Possessing superhuman powers on Earth-One, J'Onn posed as the Martian Manhunter.

While J'onn had numerous numerous adventures on Earth-One, both in his adopted home of Middleton and alongside his teammates in the Justice League, Roh only had one chronicled adventure on Earth-Two with Batman and Robin. Although his physical descriptions matches that of the mystery Martian who would years earlier welcome the Dynamic Duo's Justice Society colleague, Al "Atom" Pratt, to Mars. On that world, the Atom gained superhuman powers comparable to those displayed by Jon'zz. One attributed in common was the ability to form mental bonds with others. J'onn manifested this naturally, as had all Martians in his universe. Roh relied on technology such as the Educatograph, which he used on Pratt to teach the young man the Martian language while visiting. That bond seemingly endured for quite sometime following the Atom's return to Earth-Two, when he began developing superstrength due to exposure to radiation.

Roh had to rely on a jet pack and technology to give him the edge in battles with the criminal element. Both of these became known as the Manhunters of Mars One and Two. Like J'Onn and his brother T'Omm, Roh fought crime on Earth. Concurrent to this, J'onzz's civilian alias on John Jones operated as a policemen with hidden powers similar to Larry Trent, a man who's alter ego was for a time adopted by the Superman of Earth-Two which inspired Trent towards crimefighting as a patrolman of Radio Patrol.