Martian Manhunter #1 Review: Stuck In The Past

Writer: Steve Orlando / Artist: Riley Rossmo / DC Comics Martian Manhunter is having a good year. After the New 52 re-launched into DC Rebirth, we hadn’t seen J’onn for almost 2 years. But Scott Snyder plucked our guy out of comic book obscurity and gave him a role in Dark Night’s Metal, then No Justice, and now he’s the Chairman of the Justice League. But that’s not all. You’re reading this now because our resident Green Sad Boi has now got his own series! (Kinda). Over the past few years, DC has done well with these 12-issue maxi-series. It’s a way to get tightly written stories with a solid beginning, middle, and end. Not a lot of room to mess up, but not a lot of room for filler either. So, we’ve gotten some all-time books as a result. Two that come to mind are Omega Men and Mr. Miracle. Both of them written by Tom King. Omega Men flew under the radar but has since become a hit. But Mr. Miracle had that sauce from day one. It took the comics world by storm. With these short and sweet outings proving fruitful, it seemed inevitable that we’d be getting more stories like this. That’s where MSquared fits in. Welcome to the mind of J’onn J’onzz: Martian Manhunter. It’s dark and lonely in here, and we’re about to find out all the sad reasons why. Steve Orlando (Midnighter) & Riley Rossmo (Dark Knights: The Batman Who Laughs) headline the creative team behind the lonely stoic. One of the biggest things to stand out to me about this first issue was that it takes place in the …