THE MARTIAN WHO STOLE A CITY
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial
Occupation: Invader
Group Membership: Martians
Affiliations: Martians
Enemies: Humans
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mars
First Appearance: Tales Of Suspense I#29/1 (May, 1962)
Powers/Abilities: The Martian possessed enhanced strength. He wielded a gun mounted on a tripod which could fire a beam at any structure and cause it to disappear, sending it and all of its contents to the planet Mars. He also came in a spacecraft which possessed space flight capabilities.
History: (Tales Of Suspense I#29) - The Martian came to Earth and began using his weapon in order to send buildings from Earth to Mars, where his people could study the humans inside, and prepare for an invasion of Earth. Humans soon found his spacecraft, but although they tried to stop him, he would still strike every evening, sending several more homes back to Mars.
However, he was finally brought down when a young man noticed that the Martian struck only at night, and his vessel bore no lighting instruments. Ascertaining that the Martian could not bear intense light, the police bombarded the Martian with powerful lamps, bringing him under their thumb. The Martian showed them how to return everyone who had been captured, then he was set free, and returned to Mars.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee (?) and Jack Kirby.
This is almost certainly NOT set on Earth-616, due to the differences between the Martians here, and the regular-MU Martians.
Big thanks to MD Carter for allowing me to borrow this image from his website, The Monsters of Jack Kirby.
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CLARIFICATIONS: Last updated: 04/22/03
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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