Michael Netzer Online - THE PETITION TO SAVE J'ONN J'ONZZ

MN - J'onn is an iconic character

|2008-01-20 12:21:13

From link:http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/index.php?option=com_content&task=view
&id=288&Itemid=1:

I'm with Michael on this. J'onn at his best has been the
"Spock" of the DCU.

His realtionshiops to superman and Batman in
particular have always entertained me, including Chuck Dixon's quick take in the
new Outsiders series, where Batman lied to J'onn, and lost his trust.

J'onn
should return to his silver-age roots, as John Jones Detective by day, manhunter
by night.

Give Michael the chance to bring this charcter back to his former
glory.

I loved Steve Eglehart's JLA origin of the 1970's that made J'onn the
focus of why the league first got together

Kevin Huxford

|2008-02-21 08:28:25

John and Michael are certainly right here. J'Onn is an iconic character that has
so much about him that can improve the potential of many of the characters
around him, let alone be viable in his own right when written well.

Samurai

|2008-01-20 14:41:13

I agree, don't kill off J'Onn, return him to his old appearance and mission.
Make him a super-heroic Manhunter, someone who chases down and captures villains
on the run from the law. Combine detective work and subterfuge as John Jones
(and other identities as needed) with good old fashioned hero vs villain
battles, and it'll be a hit.

Superman came to Earth as an infant, not really
remembering Krypton, growing up human. J'Onn, though, came to Earth as an adult
and had to learn and adapt, and is still doing so because of his alien
upbringing and life. That can be explored as well, and I'd like to finally see
J'Onn develop relationships with some human supporting cast, something he has
never really had. Supes has Lois, Jimmy, and Perry. Batman has Alfred and
Gordon. Even Red Tornado has Kathy and Treya. But J'Onn has never had a strong
supporting cast, and I think it's time he got some.

Thom Young - Graphic Novel Reviews Editor

|2008-01-20 18:28:01

I agree. Don't kill J'onn. Steve Englehart's origin for the JLA in Justice League of America (first series) #144 is my favorite JLA story of all
time, and J'onn is the central part of that origin.

Zoiber - Hello from Spain

|2008-01-20 20:11:54

Hello! I'm http://www.fotolog.com/martianmanhunter

I translate this initiative
for the spanish people. Just this moth is the 'Martian Manhunter Moth' here, in
Spain.

Save the Martian, save the world!!!

Benton Grey - Love For the B List

|2008-01-20 20:21:27

Hi, I'm with you, J'Onn is at the heart of the DCU, and his character is
necessary in his relationships with others as much as in his own adventures. He
has been the glue that holds the JLA together, and the constant friend of the
heroes in distress. I don't want to see a DCU withou J'Onn.

Crist - From Chile

|2008-01-20 20:40:16

no escribo ingles pero aun asi
pido que no maten a Jonn Jonz

no lo hagan pueden
eliminar a
cualquiero otro pero para que Jonn

/cadenadebronce3 - Save The Martian, Save The Wor

|2008-01-20 21:13:43

Hi from Spain,

Let's try to spread this initiative trough the world from
country to country, from Earth to Mars...!

Spanish comic fans do support this
petition...!

Save the Martian, Save the World...!

Chacaloncito

|2008-01-20 22:36:18

Don't kill the unique Martian Hero!!
Spanish comic fans still suporrting this
iniciative!

Bob Mitchell - We're with you Michael!

|2008-04-04 17:58:54

Well done for doing this Michael! Lots of folk feel the same
way.

http://bobmitchellinthe21stcentury.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/
take-mebut-do
nt-kill-jonn/

Miqque Loveland - Choose Life!

|2008-01-21 01:22:04

J'onzz is a critical counterpoint to Superman, and is required to validate the
existence of "last survivors" in the DCU. Please demolish and send to
oblivion the Smallville incarnation, which sucketh, and return J'onn to the
potent role he should fulfill, with an exellent writer like Mr. Netzer!

Kill
Lois Lane instead.

Jefferson Sergeant - Netzer is Right

|2008-01-21 01:38:27

The Martian Manhunter is an incredible character who hasn't had the opportunity
to reach his full potential. We have seen glimpses of greatness in various
titles, most notably the Ostrander ongoing but the time is right to bring the
character to the forefront.

Mr. Netzer has the skill and the passion to
depict the Manhunter in a way that hasn't been seen since he first handled the
character.

Team Netzer with Ostrander or Morrison and DC has another hit.

Mikael Bergkvist - I wholeheartedly agree.

|2008-01-21 04:24:46

I remember that episode with supergirl, superman and J'onn J'onzz, and I read it
as a kid, in sweden.. and it friggin rocked!

Coco	\|2008-01-21 06:12:29

Only for Colla, U_U

Don't kill unique green man of all times ��

Ron Chevrier

|2008-01-21 07:26:40

Try giving him to one of your top tier writers instead of changing his uniform
and giving him a pointy head. Do not relegate him to the dustbin of comics
history because your ill-considered One Year Later revamp was a dud. Save the
Martian Manhunter.

Daniel Best - Adelaide Comics And Books

|2008-01-21 12:00:24

Don't kill J'onn - kill everyone else in the DC Universe. All of them. One
gigantic big bang and then let's reinvent it all again.

Oh, sorry, that's
been done.

Ok, let's do a phone in to save or kill him...oh, hang on, been
done too.

Perhaps we can have someone break his spine..oh, been
done.

Perhaps we can have someone kill him but bring him abck to life? Been
done too?

Sod it, kill him then. Looks like DC is totally devoid of ideas.
Hey, Johnny DC, here's an idea for you. When a writer runs out of stories, or
can't write a character, instead of killing it off, fire the writer and hire a
new one.

Ground breaking. Keep on keeping Michael! Save that Green Martian.

eli abe - kill him!!!

|2008-01-21 12:17:57

then dc can bring him back to life after a year or two, starting with j'onn 1
"reborn" or "returns" or something and then people will buy lots
and lots of comics!!

Ricardo

|2008-01-21 16:40:41

Jonn Jonnz forever! Bring back his JLI!

Thomas - save j'onn!!

|2008-01-21 16:50:35

Martian Manhunter is easily one of the best characters in the DCU and any sort
of killing of the character will be a shallow gesture to draw attention to a
comic that will already be very over-hyped as it is.

Michael Climek - J'onn

|2008-01-21 17:56:47

J'onn is the bedrock of the DCU. As a member of every version of the JLA (other
than the current one) he deserves better than a cheap death to propel a Crisis
forward.

Save J'onn

Automatedorange

|2008-01-21 21:56:13

DC, please don't kill J'onn, he's one of the best characters you have!

Capitan_Charisma

|2008-01-21 21:59:48

OOOOH HEELLL NOOO!!! don't kill him he's a great character...kill didio...now
that guy deserves it.How many crisis do we need???....and for what? so 5 years
later the dc guys decide that they f**ked up something and the only way to patch
they mistake is to do YET ANOTHER CIRSIS...

EPL - SAVE THE MANHUNTER!

|2008-01-21 23:25:42

I DO NOT WANT THE LAST MARTIAN TO DIE!

IT'S A MATTER OF SAVING SPECIES - LET
HIM LIVE AND ALSO WONDER WOMAN.

cadenadebronce3 - More supporting...

|2008-01-21 23:38:54

Hi Michael,

I wrote yesterday to support your initiative as I knew it from
http://martianmanhunter fotolog.

I do spread your initiative today from my
fotolog http://cadenadebronce3, that deals with comic characters adding a funny
text and their profiles,
posting the original petition I received from
/martianmunhunter fotolog.

I'm also spreading your initiative and your banner
from my poetry blog http://nik0lai.blogspot.com. As a writer I do recognize the
depth of the character and his unassessable contribution to the DC world, and
for extension to the world of the ninth art. It is not possible that such a
complex character from his early conception have to disappear from Dc
comics.

Spain fan comics do support this initiative...!

Save the Martian,
Save the World...!

Anthony - Let J'onn live!!

|2008-01-22 00:21:39

One of the most interesting characters in the DC universe!!!

Davidas

|2008-01-22 00:27:15

MM is one of DC's greatest heroes. Killing him off would be a terrible waste.

Hal Jordan - What side are you?i'm with J

|2008-01-22 01:23:14

Greetings from Spain! you have all our support.Our beloved martian cannot
die!
Beware, mr Didio!Fandom has an eye over you!

Don't kill Martian
Manhunter!not now, not ever!

MN - C'Mon, What is the matter wit

|2008-01-22 02:15:19

From link:"http://michaelnetzer.com/rEvolution/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=286&Itemid=113#josc90"

Stop! Stop! Stop, killing off characters as
an excuse for a story line. Senseless and pointless carnage is not good writing
and killing off characters just to kill them off does not an epic event
make.

The Martian Manhunter deserves not to die. Period. Kill off the annoying
Monitors, Anti-Monitor, Monarch, Superboy-Whine and other crud characters we
have been abused by you with having to read.

Save the Martian Manhunter, and
rid us of the real villains--the hacks that have pretended to be writers and
editors!

max - from argentina

|2008-01-22 02:34:08

DONT KILL JONN - THE DETECTIVE MARTIAN - JONZZ
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLIS...

Mike Valiquette

|2008-01-22 02:42:53

DC, please don't kill MM, he's been my favourite character since I first picked
up his Super Powers action figure.
MV

Joshua Pantalleresco - One of the best

|2008-01-22 02:45:38

One of the most defining moments for me with J'onn goes back to Morrison's JLA
run where J'onn went toe to toe against Asmodel. Asmodel used fire to weaken
J'onn yet he never gave up.

He's one of my favorite characters and one of the
most interesting ones DC has made. He looks at the world completely from an
alien view. And it's fascinating.

Bar none, one of the coolest characters
ever. Save him!

Michael C. - Don't Do It

|2008-01-22 02:58:41

With his rich, lengthy history in the DC Universe, it would be a crime to waste
this character who just hasn't gotten the attention and care he deserves. When
will this madness stop? Why is there a need to kill well-loved second-tier
characters just o boost sales? Whatever happened to well-crafted, original
stories?

Paco Pe�aloza - No need to kill him

|2008-02-13 20:36:50

It'd be a pointlees dead.

People like me who like J'onn will be angry and he's
not so very well known to the non DC comic reader general comunity, so, it won't
even made for a big event world wide, not even like Cam Am's dead. If you have
to kill someone do it to a bigger DC name.

Doc Celokunk - One of the best Heroes of all

|2008-01-22 03:28:07

Dont Kill Martian Manhunter, one of the best. He is all that humankind should
be.
From Spain...Don�t kill Martian Manhunter.

Stephen Schumacher - Spare the Manhunter

|2008-01-22 04:36:51

I agree with the many cogent arguments posted. My own reflections about JJ the
MM was that during the late '60s he faded out of DC continuity, seeming an
out-of-continuity anachronism that was being retconned out existence... which
almost seemed like a good thing. But with Netzer's backup series, followed by
the Oreo-eating comedy JLA and his series core role in Morrison's JLA, the
Martian Manhunter took on a unique and satisfying core role in the DC universe.
But by far my favorite take on MM was the fantastic Ostrander/Mandrake series
(following up on their similarly green and great Spectre series) which was
practically the best thing published by DC during its long run. I have to admit
that I'm no big fan of his current elongated look and weirdo attitude, as
presented in the recent mini-series that I couldn't finish. Return MM to being
the Buddha core of the DC Universe, but don't snuff him for no reason. Instead,
dump the Monitors and Monarch and Exterminators and Eclipso and Granny Goodness
and other tedious murderer characters who have been congesting Countdown.
Thanks, Mike, for jumpstarting this petition with your nice new artwork.

J Kline - Don't Kill Him

|2008-01-22 04:39:05

Unless you're going to bring him back in the very same miniseries like the first
time he died.

Reno Maniquis - Stop the killings!

|2008-01-22 06:11:59

Killing characters is an overused device. And now, the axe may fall on one of
fandom's most loved characters.

I first encountered J'onn from Mr. Netzer's
backup stories in Adventure Comics (though I mistakenly recalled that they were
done by Mike Grell). But it wasn't until Giffen & DeMatteis' Justice League that
I've really come to like the character.

I hope this petition moves DC to go a
step further. Don't kill J'onn, and please bring him back to his original
appearance!

Oscar Salazar - Don`t Kill John

|2008-01-22 07:17:08

One concerned fan, all the way from Costa Rica in Central America, in hopes that
they don`t finish off one of the best characters in DC history. He even got a
decent suit for the first time in 45 years.

Whoever likes the manhunter and is
doing nothing to enlarge this petition is an accesory, so please, sign this
petition!

Axel M. Gruner - Just Don't

|2008-01-22 09:39:20

Killing characters is an overused device. J'onn might be the most underused -
and sometimes the most human - character DC has. Hands off, dudes!

Mark Gibson - Abject Conjecture

|2008-01-22 14:36:28

J'onn is the hub of the DC Universe. All other characters young and old should
be going to him for guidance. Maybe the editors at DC should watch Justice
League Unlimited to learn how to use J'onn in the DC Universe.

Perhaps J'onn
and Red Tornado should be given free hand in aiding the next generation of DC
heroes. Give 'em a Young Justice type team to guide and shape.

There are many
and varied ideas that could pursued all open and ongoing. Death is a cheap trick
and a creative dead-end. Unless you're going for another resurrection... gosh that would be
new and inventive.

Don't kill J'onn!

Jorge - Save him

|2008-01-22 15:27:23

If the Martian is killed the League and the metahuman comunitty will lost an
important member, he�s the most powerful telephath living in the Earth

Jason Bard - Spanish Batman Blog Joins

|2008-01-22 18:48:49

Always the same!! I�m really tired of comic industry making big stupid movements
like this. It was rumored for the past "Infinity Crisis" but if this
time it�s the real deal, is the definitive proof that DC is out of his
mind.

From my humble Batman Blog here in Spain, I join you in the plea for
justice. One of the best characters in the long history of comic books must not
die just becouse of numbers, becouse for us, the fans, is more than just a
"less known character": he is as inspiring and loved as Superman, the
dark knight, Spiderman or any of the big ones. And we want him to remain
so.

I already put the banner on my site and writen a little on your cause. Of
course you have all my support and surely that of my readers.

Thanks for
all!

http://batmanthedarkblog.blogspot.com/

Ron Fortier - Editor Airship 27 Prod.

|2008-01-22 19:58:37

Rather let's kill off stupid editors and publishers who can't figure out how to
write a decent story without killing off
fan favorite characters. Worry about
writing good stories and leave the marketing to the business egg-heads.

Jim Alexander - It must be harder to write a G

|2008-01-22 21:02:40

Don't take the 'easy' way out by killing J'onn. Old School characters that
haven't been tainted by death are becoming increasingly more difficult to find.
Let J'onn live!

Kent Phenis

|2008-01-22 21:54:45

DC should stop the killing and treat their properties with respect. While
Captain Comet may be the first super-hero of the Silver Age, he was viewed more
of a Flash Gordon type character rather than a super-hero. The fact that
Gardner Fox included J'onn in the new Justice League of America is the cement
that J'onn is really the first Silver Age super-hero. He has been treated as
dirt in the past, most notably in the late 60s, and deserves his place in the
DCU. I plea with DC to leave J'onn alone and let him shine as he should, a
staple and core of the DCU.

Rick Bennett

|2008-01-23 02:09:49

I don't understand why DC would kill the Martian Manhunter after making him an
integral part of JLA, Smallville, and The Batman. Would his demise be part of
all this? I've enjoyed this character for years and it would be sad to see him
go.

James Woods - Freelance Writer

|2008-01-23 04:52:18

The Martian Manhunter is an old favorite of mine. I would be highly disappointed
to see him cut from the DCU.

Matthew Minnie - Save J'onn J'onzz

|2008-01-23 05:50:52

Martian Manhunter is as Iconic character as much as Superman,Batman,etc.

keif simon

|2008-01-23 06:47:54

j'onn has always been a cool hero. hopefully dc will see teh support and not
kill him off.

Darren

|2008-01-23 09:26:15

Ex-squeeze me? Wasn't the death of an entire race enough? J'ohn rocks. He
deserves life - Lord knows. the Justice League wouldn't be the Justice League
without him.

Steve Cohen - Moderator

|2008-01-23 09:47:12

THE MANHUNTER FROM MARS is an untapped resource for DC COMICS.
This character
has the potential to be huge in this decade and from now on.
I believe that Dc
could take him a long way by playing up the detective aspect of the character
and making him a CSI type of investigator, or maybe an X-FILES type
character.
For DC to kill off a character with a 50 year historyis to tarnish
its reputation, please return DC to some of its missing former glory and sellig
power by keeping Jonn around.

Stephen Cassidy - Do Not Kill J'Onn J'Onnz!

|2008-01-23 16:10:58

DC, it is "events" like this proposed idea that turned me off to buying
comic books in the first place. Since I came back to reading comics after almost
15 years, Martian Manhunter has become one of my favorite characters. (Primarily
because of the late, lamented John Ostrander/Tom Mandrake series of the late
'90s) Please don't kill that character just for a quick sales boost. As a comic
book reader, those sort of stunts are always transparent and annoying.

Hetor - PLeasE !!!

|2008-01-23 19:05:20

No maten a jonn es el ultimo marciano y seria injusto que una raza desapareciera
asi como asi...

English translation: "Do not kill J'Onn. He is the
last Martian and it is a serious injustice that one race has disappeared as
well, so ..." -MN

Javier

|2008-01-23 19:34:22

Hello i am another pissed off DC comics reader from Spain.

Frank Lee Delano

|2008-01-24 05:47:02

What they said... except where I disagree and am too tired to fight.

Jeff L. - save J'Onn

|2008-01-24 06:39:39

Why is death always the answer with modern DC comics when a character has fallen
out of favor? If nothing else, the Manhunter has become a brand again thanks to
the Justice League animated series, one it would be a shame to just write off in
the comics he originated in. It's unfair to judge a characters popularity and
enduring charm based on a failed relaunch series. To many fans growing up in the
80s and 90s, the Justice League has always included the Martian Manhunter. I for
one would love to see a project such as Michael proposes come to fruition.

Damian Maffei - Don't be mental

|2008-01-24 07:27:50

To whom it may concern,

As an uber-fan of a B- lister from as far back as
memory serves me, I'm all too familiar with my favorite hero getting the
shaft.
The ridding of the Manhunter from Mars would just be silly. What's the
reason for doing it? Because he's not the brooding, anti-hero that we aaaaaaall
love these days?
I'm sure through all the protest and promise, that the
storyline in question would sell and that's all anyone cares about, no?
But then
what?
You've offed one of the center pieces, that as far as I'm concerned,
were and are the heart of DC.
Remember the original Justice League? Before
everyone and their mom's joined?
He was there! See, now you remember.

Instead
of cooking up this fodder to kill a familiar face just for the sake of doing it,
perhaps because his character has been allowed to veer off into no man's land,
why not, hmm... LET SOMEONE THAT CAN WRITE HIM HAVE A CRACK AT IT?

And hey, I'm
not against ridding yourselves of some characters. I'm not that guy. There's
plenty of rubbish available in which you can give a fine send off! I'm more
than happy to provide a list to pick and choose from

That's my first demand,
and it's a two parter. Don't kill him (because remember, that's silly) and put
him in capable hands. I would love to see what Michael does with him. LOVE
IT.
J'Onn and Ray (Palmer), despite being in the same League and partaking in
quite a few adventures together, haven't really... even talked to each other.

So my second demand is more interaction between the Manhunter from Mars and
the Atom (unless you decide to off him as well).

Get to work on that.

Mark - Don't kill J'onn!

|2008-01-24 07:57:31

Many years ago, DC took J'onn out of House of Mystery and the JLA because he was
too redundant and not selling enough of his own book. He disappeared from the
DC Universe for awhile. Then, he showed up in a little story with the JLA about
the Martians on New Mars, and then we saw the Michael Netzer story in Adventure
Comics...

And we found out, he's really very interesting. If you think the
only way to deal with him is to kill him off, consider finding new writers that
have more original thoughts. You don't have to kill off characters that YOU
can't write. Let someone else write them.

There are no bad characters. Just
bad writers that don't know how to write them. A little paraphrase from an
artist DC used to respect (and I hope still does).

Robert K.

|2008-01-24 15:47:47

there have been enough killing of characters in the past couple of years by both
companies. Please don't kill off one of the most unique characters of the JLA.

Todd Gross - One of a Kind!

|2008-01-24 16:58:40

Bottomline, J'onn is unique and cannot be replaced. There is no "legacy"
for another character to take over. Let him live!

Russ Cross - n/a

|2008-01-24 21:28:03

Please do not kill the Martian.

Dale Gonsalves - Enough already

|2008-01-25 02:21:35

Decided to give comics a break and guess what I AM NOT MISSING IT !!!

Thanks
to the big 2 for providing some of the most boring crap in my nearly 20 years of
reading (except Geoff Johns and Ed Brubaker)

I will be returning in another
couple months, but DC is really trying hard to get me to quit completely, first
with this Death of the New Gods nonsense and now this "Let's kill J'onn"
crap.

Mr Dido seems almost as lacking in ideas as Joe Quesada over at Marvel

mordicai - J'Onn is amazing.

|2008-01-25 05:41:27

Oh J'Onny boy...

rob kelly - the shrine chimes in

|2008-01-25 22:02:03

michael-

your mentioning of the Shrine got me finally to write
something:

http://aquamanshrine.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-favorite-martian.html

thanks for all this effort