| Miss Martian | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Teen Titans (vol. 3) #37 (August 2006) |
| Created by | Geoff Johns Tony S. Daniel |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | M'gann M'orzz |
| Species | White Martian |
| Place of origin | Mars |
| Team affiliations | Teen Titans Justice League |
| Partnerships | Martian Manhunter |
| Notable aliases | Megan Morse,Star-Spangled Kid, Martian girl hunter Mogz (Megan) Miss Supermartian[1] |
| Abilities | See list
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Miss Martian (M'gann M'orzz; aliasMegan Morse) is asuperheroine appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. An extraterrestrial, she is aWhite Martian who usually appears in stories as a member of theTeen Titans. Created by writerGeoff Johns and artistTony Daniel, she first appeared inTeen Titans (vol. 3) #37 (2006).[2]
Sharon Leal portrayed the character in thesecond season of theArrowverse seriesSupergirl. Leal returned in two episodes of thethird andfifth seasons and returned in thesixth season. Miss Martian was also featured in the animated seriesYoung Justice, voiced byDanica McKellar.
Miss Martian was created byGeoff Johns andTony Daniel and first appeared inTeen Titans (vol. 3) #37 (2006).[2] Miss Martian is named Megan Morse after Megan, the wife of formerMarvel Comics editor Ben Morse, who is a friend of Johns.[3] Johns initially created the character when he was told by DC's editorial staff that he could not useSupergirl, who was a member of theLegion of Super-Heroes at the time.[4]
Miss Martian is aWhite Martian known as M'gann M'orzz, who fled to theVega system to escape the civil war between her people and theGreen Martians.[5] Eventually reaching the safety of Earth, she becomes a provisional member of theTeen Titans during the year between the events depicted in "Infinite Crisis" and the "One Year Later" storylines. On Earth, she simplifies her name to "Megan Morse".
Upon meetingJ'onn J'onzz, M'gann chooses to suppress her White Martian identity and takes the physical form of a Green Martian. After her feelings were hurt through insensitivity and misunderstanding with her teammates, M'gann left the Titans and began an independent superhero career inAustralia. Though the Titans suspected she might have been a traitor, it turned out that her accuser,Bombshell, was the actual traitor. After helping the team defeat Bombshell and proving her loyalty, she was accepted as a full member of the Titans.[6]
TheTitans Tomorrow appear with Miss Martian as a member.[7] She has a different look, having embraced her White Martian heritage. Having changed her name to Martian Manhunter, she is killed by her present-day counterpart. As a result of this encounter, the consciousness of her future self has taken refuge in Megan's own mind.[8] An epilogue to the "Titans of Tomorrow: Today!" storyline depicts Miss Martian eight years in the future; she colludes withLex Luthor andTim Drake, theRobin of the time and with whom she is having an affair, to clone several deceased Titans, includingSuperboy andKid Flash.
Later, however, Megan begins showing signs of being unable to subdue her evil self, such as appearing before the team having white skin as opposed to her usually preferred green skin. She seems as surprised at this as the rest of the team; out of an abundance of concern, she leaves the Titans for an extended period of time.Teen Titans writerSean McKeever has stated that Megan's departure from the Titans was part of a longer story he was working on and that she would return to the team at a later time.[9]
Miss Martian is briefly seen as part of aresistance cell inFinal Crisis #5. She rejoins the Titans in the aftermath of their failed recruitment drive, bringing new membersStatic andAquagirl with her. In the same story, Megan hints that she has rid herself of her future counterpart's consciousness.[10]
Along with a number of other former Titans, M'gann returns to assist the team during their final battle againstSuperboy-Prime and theLegion of Doom.[11] Working together withSolstice, M'gann defeats her old nemesis Sun Girl.[12]
In September 2011, DC carried out a revision of its superhero comic book line, including its stories and its characters' fictional histories, known asThe New 52. In the revised stories, Miss Martian's first appearance is whenRed Robin is shown watching a press conference whereLex Luthor shows off photographs of M'gann as part of a presentation about alien life on Earth.[13]
DC made another revision of its superhero comic book line, known as theDC Rebirth. Miss Martian appears in the revised stories. Here, she has been assigned by Martian Manhunter as theJustice League liaison to watch over the Titans.[14] Miss Martian's nature as a White Martian is revealed to the Titans when she is unable to maintain her disguise after being attacked byBeast Boy, who lost control of himself due to the energy of theSource Wall.Batman tellsDonna Troy that Martian Manhunter's actual intention to place Miss Martian on the Titans was to protect her true nature and keep her safe.[15]
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Miss Martian possesses abilities similar to Martian Manhunter and all other Martians. She has superhuman strength and stamina comparable to that of aKryptonian. She is invulnerable and has been shown to repel attacks from the likes ofDespero. She can enhance this invulnerability by making herself super dense. This invulnerability also extends to her being able to survive in the vacuum of space. She also has the ability to shapeshift and she can use this to regenerate herself at a rapid rate. Her shapeshifting can be used at will and in an unlimited application, including adopting human or monstrous appearance, elongating her limbs, growing to immense size, altering the chemical composition of her body, etc. This also extends to her being able to expand or lengthen her limbs or to create natural body weapons. This control over her molecular structure also gives her the abilities of invisibility and intangibility.
She is a powerful psychic with major applications of this being telepathy and telekinesis. She can use the telekinesis to manipulate, move, control, levitate many objects. She can also use her telekinesis to fly. Her telepathy is one of her strongest abilities and allows her a wide variety of abilities including mind reading, communication by the mind, projecting her thoughts, creatingillusions, locating other sentient beings, mental detection, mental cloak, mental scan, controlling others' minds, manipulating memory, inducing sleep, astral travel, and transferring information to people directly.[16] Her psionic abilities can also manifest themselves in a telekinetic blast/push or a telekinetic shield. A further application of her powers is Martian vision, in which she expels energy from her eyes. Martians have nine senses compared to humans, which gives them stronger perception of the world.[16]
As an adult in theTitans of Tomorrow... Today! storyline, M'gann uses a force field that protects her from fire.[17]
Like all Martians, she can be weakened by fire. This is due topyrophobia which all Martians suffer from, with fire being the Martian's "Achilles heel", equivalent to Kryptonians' weakness toKryptonite. Exposure to fire typically causes her to lose control over some of her powers, which leaves her very faint and weakened. The "Trial by Fire" storyline reveals that theGuardians of the Universe deliberately gave the Martians pyrophobia to render them docile and suppress their aggressive nature.[18]
