No matter, the better point is this- that's an impressive effort by Michael Netzer- give that man a regular series!

I suspect that's why they're killing him (if, indeed, they are) - not for the appearance per se, but because their latest take on the character went over like a lead balloon, and they want to bring him back later in a more "classic" mode.

It was pretty awesome. Trust me on this: I'm a doctor of awesome.

"J’onn is widely recognized by comic book professionals, industry “insiders”, and fans alike as being the father of the Silver Age."

Except, of course, for the ones that don't, like Craig Shutt, author of 'Baby Boomer Comics' and contributor to CBG, who lays out a wonderfully compelling case as to why MM is not the father of the Silver Age.

For my money, having read the issues involved, he's clearly not; he's just another "weird detective" character, one of many that were popular at the time. In general, his early stories were about him trying to use his powers unobtrusively while he fought crime as a policeman. It's very clear, when you look at the timing of his appearances, that he became a "super-hero", complete with the trappings (super-hero name, costume, secret identity, nosy girl who suspects John Jones is the Martian Manhunter, et cetera) as a reaction to the arrival of the Flash, Atom, et al, rather than as a prompt to their existence.

He wasn't the first Silver Age character, he was a pre-Silver Age character who was adapted to the Silver Age. Detective Chimp predated the Flash and is still showing up in super-hero comics, but nobody calls him "the father of the Silver Age", do they?

J'ann J'ones

Wait, is DC One Million still in continuity?

Ugh, frickin' DC Comics...

Okay, here's a good reason: my four-year-old niece LOOOOVES J'Onn. She also recognizes John Stewart as THE Green Lantern.

Which is just awesome to me.

But... this is DC. Never happen.

Actually, there is some debate as to whether J'onn should be considered the start of the Silver Age or not. I've heard convincing arguments by fans, insiders and procs both for and against considering him the start. One of the arguments against using him as the start of the Silver Age for example is that he wasn't really turned into a more traditional superhero until after Barry Allen appeared and the superhero genre started booming again.

Vincent is correct. J'onn is the first Silver Age super-hero. Barry Allen only gets credit because he was the first to cash in on the return of fan attention to super-heroes.
J'onn is widely recognized by comic book professionals, industry "insiders", and fans alike as being the father of the Silver Age.
Just as the original Crimson Avenger is the father of the Golden Age and Superman got the publicity (that's why Morrison had CA's cloak enshrined in the Watchtower).

Get rid of the Skrull chin. And since J'onn's costume doesn't really accomplish anything, how's about making it less '90s armor costume? God, remember the Iron Daredevil, and the Spider Armor?

There was also the rumor that Nightwing would die in Infinite Crisis: the whole Nightwing/Superboy team up during that period seems to point to a double-death.

As for Miss Martian, I can't recall too many characters in the past few years that have had so much potential, only to have it totally wasted. We know about as much about her as we did when she was teased: mostly nothing.

1. They'd kill him off during Final Crisis.
2. Morrison is writing Final Crisis.
3. Morrison wrote DC 1 Million, where Martian Manhunter is alive in the far future.
4. (weakest step) Morrison seems to want to keep internal logic with his own stuff.