Well its about time that founding JLA member, Martian Manhunter, got his own ongoing series and a fresh new run, right? Well this isn't so much the case. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not totally bashing this series, but it doesn't really do justice to the manhunter from Mars. This book is filled with good intentions of giving new life to J'onn J'onzz with the 1997 relaunch of the JLA. But unfortunalty John Ostrander (Suicide Squad, Wasteland) and Tom Mandrake (Grimjack, The Specter) start off with a slow pace and never really deliver anything truly exciting.

The series never really has any real goal or accomplishment that is being built tward. Its mainly broken down into a lot of single issue stories involving J'onn's past and family. A few new characters are introduced, Ma'alefa'ak, the disturbed brother of J'onn who tries to take over J'onn's identity, and the returning Jemm, son of Saturn. While most of the issues are not must read material, there are some very interesting aspects like J'onn witnessing the arrival of baby Kal-El to Earth.

The art in this series is very hit and miss. I believe that art quality can only be judged by the person looking at it, but in my personal opinion, I think it sucks. Its just one of those styles that doesn't click with me. Although Bryan Hitch guest draws a number of issues in this series, and I think his work is great stuff.

Over all, this series is bound to be forgotten if it hasn't been already. The series died due to low sales and its well warrented. There wasn't much here worth spending the $1.99 cover price on. While the Martian Manhunter is a great character and a personal favorite of mine, this book doesn't really do much for the character.