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    Martian Manhunter

    Character » Martian Manhunter appears in 3630 issues.

    Sole survivor of the Martian people, J'onn J'onzz was teleported to Earth decades ago by Dr. Saul Erdel. Since then, he has adopted Earth as his new home, playing many roles over his time with humanity: detective, secret agent, explorer, and even a founding member of the Justice League.

    Nine Senses?!

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    I don't get the whole "nine senses" thing. It is listed as one of J'onn's many powers but they aren't exactly defined. Does anyone have any ideas?

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    #2  Edited By Twentyfive

    That's just refuse that the writer came up with to wow the readers.

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    To quote an article I found on google, "Most children are taught that the human body has five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. But many neurologists identify nine or more senses, and some list as many as 21".

    So...yeah, that would mean that the Martian Manhunter is sub-human, at least in that regard.

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    @squares: perhaps what they mean by nine senses, is nine more senses then humans have instead of nine senses total.

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    @squares: perhaps what they mean by nine senses, is nine more senses then humans have instead of nine senses total.

    No, I think that's supposed to mean four more senses than humans are typically believed to have.

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    Martian manhunter has the fie human senses plus the ability to tell if another martian(in there true form of course), Martian vision, the power to feel another presents(part of his telepathy), then the power to read mind and tell the location of that person.

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    @darktimecop: its all very simple man

    seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting, sensing other minds, sensing movement (through PK), empathy sensing and……..radiation detection????? well thats my head canon anyway but

    tbh im not sure if separate vision modes count as new senses

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    I don't know what vision powers one would call this:

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    Torch vision probably, lol

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    #11  Edited By McFlicky

    That's not even impressive. Humans already have 9 senses. J'onn is totally normal in that regard

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