Martian Manhunter Gets Matt Kindt Co-Written Back-up Series In JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA

Starting with March's JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #2, the series will have a back-up featuring J'onn J'onzz - Martian Manhunter. The back-up series (being called MANHUNTER) will be co-written by Geoff Johns and Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT). In an interview with MTV Geek, Kindt discusses the character and the series.

"Martian Manhunter, you can almost do anything with him because there hasn’t been a definitive take on him yet. We’ll see what ultimately happens, but to me, he’s always been like Superman, except he wasn’t raised by human parents, so he doesn’t have the human element to him. He has all the crazy strength and powers, but he also has a disconnect from humanity. There’s that element, which I think is going to be interesting to play with, his true alien-ness. You forget Superman is an alien sometimes, but with Martian Manhunter you don’t because of the way he looks. He’s like a man out of place in a way."

"To me, we’re going to see him use those in a way we haven’t really seen him use them before. In a way, he’s going to be the ultimate super-spy. [Laughs] That’s probably another reason Geoff asked me to do it, because he knows I love spies. We came up with a neat way of using Martian Manhunter where he’s using his powers in a tricky way."

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #2 hits stores March 6.