Whatever happened to the Manhunter from Mars?

[arbre_rieur]

In the 853rd century, humanity has colonized every planet in the solar system. Life exists on Mars once more.

So what happened to the last survivor of the planet's previous residents? A time-traveling Kyle Rayner learns the fate of a certain green Alien Ace.



The green comet is Kyle Rayner, visiting from the 20th century. He's met by none other than... J'onn J'onzz.



J'onn tells his life story.



Among the many evils he fights over the millennia, there's an alien race called the Swarm. He fights them across the universe, from planet to planet, for 20,000 years before he finally wins.



Darkseid turns Mars into a second Apokalips.

Leading a resistance movement, J'onn eventually defeats him with a trap. He takes Darkseid with him through a Boom Tube straight into the Source.









Before Kyle leaves, J'onn has a message to deliver to his younger self.



And after Kyle departs, J'onn speaks to the wind...

Comments

[fifthie]

I think the most stunning thing about all the dc 1 million stuff is it's optimism.

IDK maybe I've just read too many dour legion reboots or Marvel "WHAT IF: some trivial event? answer THE WORLD IN ASHES" stories but just like here is this story that is like THE FUTURE EVERYBODY

IT'S BALLS

OUT

AWESOME

FUTUREFUCKYEAH

and I mean dang, when does that ever happen?

[psychopathicus_rex]

Yeah, it's refreshing to see a future that just IS, that isn't a utopia or a dystopia, just a future. It's not a perfect future, but it seems everything worked out for the best in the end, and some grand adventures took place in the interim, and really, what more could one ask for?

[bradhanon]

That's because the basic conceptual architect of DC 1,000,000 was Grant Morrison, and he wrote the best line of the whole crossover:

Ted Knight, after meeting the Starman of the 853rd century, calls up Jay Garrick to talk. They talk about how inspiring it is that these stories they started have become legacies, and Ted says "That dream we had when we were young, that crazy idea that we could make things better. It comes true, Jay. It all comes true."

If that doesn't choke you up, you were raised with different ideas about the future than I was.