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: "Target for a Day"
Pages: 6

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

Artist: Joe Certa

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #249 (1957)

Feature Character(s)

• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Detective Comics #248; next appearance in Detective Comics #250)

Villain(s)

• The Carlson Gang (Reagan, Maegland, and Farley named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• John and Ann (the governor and his wife; no further appearances)
• A police captain (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The leader of the Carlson gang is scheduled to be executed. The members of his gang threaten the governor’s life unless he grants a stay of execution. The governor refuses to give in, and the execution occurs as scheduled.

The police fear for the governor’s safety. He refuses protective custody, but detective John Jones uses his martian powers to disguise himself as the governor. Claiming it to be make-up, he replaces the governor for the days agenda.

The Carlson Gang targets the faux governor at a parade. Jones spots them and defeats them invisibly with his martian breath. Later, two mor gang members attack him by plane. Jones uses his powers to cause lightning to strike down the aircraft. The last member of the gang plants a bomb near the governor. Jones takes out the crook behind a smoke screen created by a boiler. With the gang in custody, Jones gives up the masquerade, and the governor is safe.