Announced today over at MTV Geek, it looks like “MIND MGMT” writer/artist Matt Kindt is transitioning from the now-cancelled “Frankenstein” title at DC over to “Justice League of America,” as he will apparently be penning a new Martian Manhunter-centric back-up co-written with “JLA” writer Geoff Johns. Manhunter (who really deserves his own book if Vibe gets one) will his talents in a spy-centric style akin to what Kindt is known for doing, although he notes that this will be decidedly more fantastic than “MIND MGMT,” which is relatively grounded in the plausible.
As Kindt explains in where he plans to take Manhunter,
To me, Martian Manhunter, you can almost do anything with him because there hasn’t been a definitive take on him yet. We’ll see what ultimately happens, but to me, he’s always been like Superman, except he wasn’t raised by human parents, so he doesn’t have the human element to him. He has all the crazy strength and powers, but he also has a disconnect from humanity.
There’s that element, which I think is going to be interesting to play with, his true alien-ness. You forget Superman is an alien sometimes, but with Martian Manhunter you don’t because of the way he looks. He’s like a man out of place in a way.
For the full interview, check out MTV Geek. Martian Manhunter’s back-up will debut in “Justice League of America” #2 in March, 2013.
