Forbidden Planet Recommends - Friday 11th
11 April 2025
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Absolute Martian Manhunter
The story:
Detective john jones was an ordinary man once. An ordinary man, with an ordinary family, and an ordinary house. Until he survived something no ordinary man could have.
Despite being caught at the epicentre of an explosion, jones was found completely unscathed- excpept for one small thing… he’s now having visions.
Memories that aren’t his plague his mind, he appeares to be able to hear the thoughts of others, oh, and there’s a martian talking to him?
But who is john’s martian? Are his intentions as kind as they seem? Is he even real?! Find out for yourself in absolute martian manhunter #1!
We asked our FP Bristol comic expert Meesh about the comic:
Deniz camp and javier rodriguez spin a thrilling, psychedelic detective story that’s as beautiful to look at as it is impossible to put down.
This new take on the martian manhunter is a fascinating one- having the martian and the manhunter (detective) be two separate entities occupying the same body, at war with one another and not being fully aware of each other makes for an incredibly intruiging set up.
While we saw absolute superman and batman come right out the gate with their suits and abilities, detective jones is going to have to struggle to find his. I look forward to the next issue, and seeing the bond between the martian and the man grow.
I give this issue 5 martians out of 5!!!