In the year 1959, Denver police detective and closeted MartianJohn Jones is visiting New York City for a convention but gets wrapped up in investigating the mysterious murder of a painter. When entering the bar the man was last seen at, he hears talk of "the big question on TV", which John discovers is a wildly popular television quiz show called The Big Question. He visits the set of the program to investigate, hiding himself with his invisibility, and when the contestant, Miss Joy, requests a category different from the one she was directed to, her head explodes. The audience, including junior contestant Patty Marie, panics, but the director insists the explosion was merely special effects, and a doppelgänger Joy emerges from behind a curtain, stepping over the real Joy's body. This replica can see John despite his invisibility, and he flees the set. Jones then encounters musician Perkins Preston at a diner, who tells of a cult warning of "lizard-heads", and a crazed cartoonist, similarly preaching that Satan was a lizard. At the convention, John discusses his confusing trail of leads with a local cop named Jim Swift, who insists on visiting Jones's hotel room to discuss the case further. That night, Swift reveals himself as a "lizard-head" as he and his comrades break down John's door. John puts up a fight, but is forced to flee the scene when a fire, which Martians are averse to, starts in the room. John tries to interrogate music producer Phil Jerry, but Phil bursts into flames before he can divulge any information. John escapes with Perkins Preston and Patty Marie, who had both had frightening encounters with the lizards. The trio escapes the lizards and enter the town of Leavitzville.
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martian, manhunter, american, secrets, this, article, needs, updated, please, help, update, this, article, reflect, recent, events, newly, available, information, december, 2022, three, issue, prestige, format, comic, book, miniseries, published, 1992, comics,. This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2022 Martian Manhunter American Secrets is a three issue prestige format comic book miniseries published in 1992 by DC Comics Written by Gerard Jones and drawn by Eduardo Barreto it stars Martian Manhunter set in paranoid Cold War era America It takes place outside the mainstream DC Universe 1 Martian Manhunter American SecretsPublication informationPublisherDC ComicsScheduleMonthlyFormatLimited seriesGenreSuperheroPublication dateAugust October 1992No of issues3Main character s Martian ManhunterCreative teamWritten byGerard JonesArtist s Eduardo BarretoLetterer s Pat BrosseauColorist s Steve OliffPlot summary editIn the year 1959 Denver police detective and closeted Martian John Jones is visiting New York City for a convention but gets wrapped up in investigating the mysterious murder of a painter When entering the bar the man was last seen at he hears talk of the big question on TV which John discovers is a wildly popular television quiz show called The Big Question He visits the set of the program to investigate hiding himself with his invisibility and when the contestant Miss Joy requests a category different from the one she was directed to her head explodes The audience including junior contestant Patty Marie panics but the director insists the explosion was merely special effects and a doppelganger Joy emerges from behind a curtain stepping over the real Joy s body This replica can see John despite his invisibility and he flees the set Jones then encounters musician Perkins Preston at a diner who tells of a cult warning of lizard heads and a crazed cartoonist similarly preaching that Satan was a lizard At the convention John discusses his confusing trail of leads with a local cop named Jim Swift who insists on visiting Jones s hotel room to discuss the case further That night Swift reveals himself as a lizard head as he and his comrades break down John s door John puts up a fight but is forced to flee the scene when a fire which Martians are averse to starts in the room John tries to interrogate music producer Phil Jerry but Phil bursts into flames before he can divulge any information John escapes with Perkins Preston and Patty Marie who had both had frightening encounters with the lizards The trio escapes the lizards and enter the town of Leavitzville Reception editMartian Manhunter American Secrets won the 1993 Eisner Award for Best Coloring 2 References edit Morse M Spanning the Universes J onn J onzz NerdSpan NerdSpan 1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners www hahnlibrary net Retrieved 2022 12 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Martian Manhunter American Secrets amp oldid 1188170621, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
