![]() While the cultures of Barsoom's and Young Justice's Martians do not correspond directly, there are enough subtle tributes to Burroughs writings' to make them worth mentioning. The Barsoom novels also featured Green, White, Yellow and Red Martian races, like Young Justice. Strangely, it has done this by drawing off another universe and its unique vision of what life on Mars might be like the Barsoom novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, which are perhaps most famous for inspiring the 2012 film adaptation John Carter. ![]() The Martian race of Young Justice marks the first attempt by any DC Comics adaptation to try and reconcile the four Martian races into a single culture or continuity. The Red Martians, or Saturnians, were the genetically engineered descendants of an underclass of worker clones created by a Martian expedition that colonized the moons of Saturn. The White Martians were introduced in a 1969 J ustice League comic as a more war-like variant of the Green Martians, whose differences were comparable to the differences between soldier ants and worker ants. The Yellow Martians appeared in a single Wonder Woman story as agents of the Duke of Deception. The other Martian races were established by other stories. This changed following Crisis on Infinite Earths, with J'onn's new background having him unwittingly traveling through space and time and discovering that his civilization had died out thousands of years earlier. Originally, J'onn had been accidentally transported to Earth by an experimental teleportation beam created by an Earth scientist and was unable to return to his family on Mars. The history of DC Comics' Martian race, and the Martian Manhunter, J'onn J'onzz, have been rewritten extensively since his first appearance in 1955. As a result, the show provides an in-depth accounting of the four Martian races and how their wider society functions. All of this pointed to a dramatic conflict that apparently required the Legion of Superheroes to travel back in time to prevent some disaster tied to the Martian race from occurring. Meanwhile, the king was also hated by extremist elements of the repressed White Martian race. For instance, the more conservative elements of the ruling caste disliked the king's progressive reforms. The multiple suspects involved in the case gave Young Justice: Phantoms the opportunity to explore all four of the different Martian castes in detail. Related: Young Justice: Phantoms Cast & Character Guide: Every Voice Actor ![]() This was a matter of great concern, as crime in general and murder specifically were incredibly rare on Mars, due to the inability of any Martian to conceal their crimes from the telepathic hive-mind all Martians share. Despite this unique quality of Martian culture, however, it was still impossible to identify a suspect, as the fallen king had many enemies in all levels of the Martian society. However, shortly after their arrival, the heroes were drawn into the investigation of the recently assassinated Martian king. These episodes detailed how the young couple traveled to Mars, where they planned to hold a traditional Martian marriage ceremony with Miss Martian's family. Picking up one year after the end of Young Justice: Outsiders, the story of the first three episodes of Young Justice: Phantoms primarily focused upon the upcoming marriage of Miss Martian and Superboy.
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