

MISS MARTIAN (M'gann Mor'zz, aka Megan Morse)
Created By: Geoff Johns & Tony Daniel
First Appearance: Teen Titans #37 (Aug. 2006)
Role: Distaff Counterpart (of J'onn J'onzz), Breakout Character
Group Affiliations: The Teen Titans
PL 11 (338)
STRENGTH 14
STAMINA 14
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8
DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 4
AWARENESS 3
PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Deception 5 (+7)
Expertise (Science) 4 (+10)
Expertise (Streetwise) 4 (+10)
Insight 3 (+8)
Intimidation 5 (+7)
Investigation 8 (+13)
Perception 8 (+13)
Stealth 5 (+8)
Technology 4 (+10)
Vehicles 3 (+5)
Advantages:
Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Grab, Improved Hold, Jack-Of-All-Trades, Languages 3 (Any He Needs), Power Attack, Set-Up, Ranged Attack 8, Takedown, Teamwork
Powers:
Power-Lifting 5 (12,000 tons) [5]
Impervious Toughness 7 [7]
Flight 13 (16,000 mph) [26]
Quickness 6 [6]
Regeneration 4 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [5]
Immunity 10 (Life Support) [10]
"Martian Senses" Senses 7 (Extended Vision 2, Vision Penetrates Concealment, Danger Sense) [7]
"Telepathy" Communication (Mental) 4 (Extras: Area, Selective) [24]
Morph 4 (Any Form) [20]
Mind-Reading 11 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Cumulative, Effortless) (45) -- [69]
- Dynamic AE: "Martian Vision" Blast 12 (Feats: Dynamic) (25)
- Dynamic AE: Shapeshift 2 (Feats: Dynamic) (17)
- Dynamic AE: "Intangibility" Insubstantial 4 (Feats: Selective, Dynamic) (22)
- Dynamic AE: "Invisibility" Concealment 4 (Visuals) (Feats: Dynamic) (9)
- Dynamic AE: "Mind Over Matter" Move Object 10 (Feats: Dynamic) (21)
- Dynamic AE: "Sonic Scream" Damage 8 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (17)
- Dynamic AE: "Telekinesis" Move Object 10 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Damaging) (31)
- Dynamic AE: Mind Control 8 (Feats: Dynamic) (33)
- Dynamic AE: "Psi-Bolt" Blast 8 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Will Save) (25)
- Dynamic AE: "Psi-Wave" Damage 8 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Area- 60ft. Cone) (25)
- Dynamic AE: "Astral Travel" Remote Sensing (Hearing & Vision) 8 (Feats: Dynamic) (25)
- Dynamic AE: "Psionic Shields" Create 8 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Movable) (25)
Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+14 Damage, DC 29)
Martian Vision +10 (+12 Ranged Damage, DC 27)
Mind-Reading -- (+11 Mind-Reading, DC 21)
Psi-Bolt +10 (+8 Ranged Will Damage, DC 23)
Sonic Scream +8 Area (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +14 (+4 Impervious), Fortitude +14, Will +8
Complications:
Prejudice (White Martian)- M'gann is actually one of the hated White Martians, and seeks to avoid being linked to that genocidal race.
Weakness (Fire)- Even proximity to fire has a huge negative effect on M'gann psychologically, but touching it does extra damage- she'll take more damage than an un-powered human from it. Sometimes. Things change A LOT- sometimes it's more psychological, and other times it's basically this all-consuming Death Blast.
Total: Abilities: 102 / Skills: 52--26 / Advantages: 21 / Powers: 179 / Defenses: 10 (338)
Miss Martian- The Most Popular Martian at DC, Now:
-One of the big "New Character Finds" of the 2000s was the creation of Miss Martian in the
Teen Titans book. Kind of ruining the "only Martian" thing the Martian Manhunter had going on, she was a long-lost member of the White Martian race, but mimicked J'onn's appearance. While not ENORMOUSLY popular, she's now one of very few characters in fiction to basically outscore their predecessor in popularity, as you seen Miss Martian in more stuff than you ever seen J'onn in these days! She's had recurring roles in the
Supergirl and
Young Justice TV shows, and features in the new
Justice League Animated Movie as well- the character has gone over really well. Me, I just find her color scheme rather weird- green skin, red hair and a white & blue costume is all kind of a mess when added together- oddly-colored charaters should have either monochromatic costumes (ie. Starfire, Argent, The Hulk/s) or otherwise fairly simple ones- this one kind of has four separate colors fighting for dominance in her design. Maybe that's just me, though.
M'gann the Titan:
-The character's popularity is funny because she was only created because Geoff Johns was disallowed from using Supergirl- he wanted to add her to his
Teen Titans book, but in a rare moment in which their top writer was told "no", he was informed that she was promised to the
Legion of Super-Heroes book. And so Johns had to create a NEW character- ironically, that Legion book would fail and the series would disappear, and Supergirl eventually joined the Titans ANYWAYS, but during a disastrous era that did neither her nor the Titans any good. In any case, she's shown as one of the "One Year Later" joiners of the team, having escaped to Earth via a rocket to avoid the civil war between the Green Martians and White Martians. Initially, she pretended to be a Green Martian, owing to the White Martians' reputation as genocidal mass murderers. She was initially hurt by the suspicion of her teammates, but when she helped them out against Bombshell, the REAL traitor, she was happily accepted.
-However, she leaves the team during Sean McKeever's run- he said it was part of his grand plan, but various circumstances necessitated him dumping SCORES of characters from the book in this era, meaning that each person leaving just hurt the book even more, and mattered less overall. She goes undercover as "Stargirl" and is forced to fight by the Terror Titans, but was instrumental in freeing the other Titans from that group, then rejoins the Titans. Around this time, M'gann starts getting used more and more in various OTHER books, as the Martian Manhunter himself basically leaves comics for the most part. I think DC was always a bit uncomfortable with the "Every Power Ever" J'onn hanging around, as he raises some uncomfortable questions (ie. he SHOULD be the most powerful hero alive, but somehow isn't) and rivals the established "families" too much, being in the Superman/WW/Marvel tier, without being a member of those groups. She is badly injured and leaves the Titans again, helping the whole squad fight Superboy-Prime just as continuity ends. She appears a bit in the New 52.
Powers:
-M'gann's stats are a bit tricky to figure out, as she's in that strange DC Tier shared with Donna Troy, Wonder Girl, Superboy, Mary Marvel, Freddy Freeman, and others, where they're clearly VERY STRONG, but not, like... SUPERMAN strong. Like, where IS she on that level? And... where is she compared to the Martian Manhunter? She's clearly a bit young, but White Martians are just as strong as J'onn is, and HE's really strong. I ended up dropping her stats by just a bit, and lowering her fighting ability, lest she be far and away the best Titan. Still, though... Martians aint' cheap. Especially because she apparently has a bunch of powers that J'onn DOESN'T, such as Mind Control, Telekinesis and a Sonic Scream!