Miss Martian

Lore & Background

M'gann M'orzz is a White Martian who fled to the Vega system to escape the civil war between her people and the Green Martians. Eventually reaching the safety of Earth, she becomes a provisional member of the Teen Titans during the year between the events of Infinite Crisis and the "One Year Later" storyline. On Earth, she simplifies her name to 'Megan Morse.' Upon meeting J'onn J'onzz, M'gann chooses to suppress her White Martian identity and takes the physical form of a Green Martian.

After her feelings were hurt through insensitivity and misunderstanding with her teammates, M'gann left the Titans and began an independent superhero career in Australia. Though the Titans suspected she might have been a traitor, it turned out that her accuser, Bombshell, was the actual traitor. After helping the team defeat Bombshell and proving her loyalty, she was accepted as a full member of the Titans. In the Young Justice animated series, M'gann is the niece of Martian Manhunter, biologically 16 in Martian years (though 48 in Earth years), has twelve sisters, and initially hid her White Martian heritage by adopting a Green Martian form modeled after the star of her favorite sitcom, Hello, Megan!.

Throughout the first season, she joins the Team, enters a relationship with teammate Superboy, meets the star of Hello, Megan!, Marie Logan, and befriends her son Garfield Logan—whom M'gann later saves with a blood transfusion, contributing to his transformation into Beast Boy. M'gann eventually comes clean to her teammates, who accept her for who she is, with Superboy in particular revealing he always knew because of their strong telepathic link.

Reader's Guide

The inciting incident is her arrival on Earth, where she joins the Team and initially hides her White Martian heritage.

Did You Know?

• Miss Martian was created because DC's editorial staff told Geoff Johns he could not use Supergirl, who was a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes at the time.
• Her civilian name Megan Morse comes from Megan, the wife of former Marvel Comics editor Ben Morse, who is a friend of Johns.
• In the Titans Tomorrow storyline, an adult M'gann takes the name Martian Manhunter and is killed by her present-day counterpart.