Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Martian Manhunter Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2007
On Sale Date: July 25, 2007 Direct Market Date July 25, 2007
Source: Previews, Vol. 17 #4 (#220)

Direct Market Date July 25, 2007
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 544
Editor: Peter Hamboussi

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Impossible Inventions"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Martian Manhunter (of Earth-1)

Artist: Joe Certa

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #279 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #29; next appearance in Detective Comics #280)

Supporting Character(s)

• Captain Harding (last appearance in Detective Comics #278; next appearance in Detective Comics #280)

Villain(s)

• Willy Ward (an escaped convict; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Hiram Horner (an amateur inventor; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Captain Harding asks Martian Manhunter to pretend to be out of town, so that escaped criminal Willy Ward will come out of hiding. J’onn continues to look for Ward as John Jones, but the strange inventions of inventor Hiram Horner, plague his attempts to keep Martian Manhunter presence concealed. Eventually, Ward reveals himself, but one of Horner’s inventions weakens J’onn nearly allowing Ward to escape. J’onn triumphs though by using one of Horner’s other inventions to assist him.