Ma'alefa'ak (DC)

Evil-doer
Full Name	Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz
Alias	Malefic Malefic Jones
Origin	DC Comics
Occupation	No information
Powers / Skills	Superhuman strength Superhuman speed Superhuman durability Superhuman endurance Regenerative healing factor Flight Invulnerability Intangibility/Phasing Invisibility Shapeshifting Telekinesis Telepathy Martian vision Nine senses
Hobby	Wipe out all the Martians (succeeded) To enslave the Earth
Goals	To kill his brother Enslave the Earth
Crimes	Mass murder Mind-Rape Impersonation
Type of Villain	Vengeful Sibling

“	I'm coming for you, J'onn J'onzz.	„
	~ Ma'alefa'ak in Supergirl.

Ma'alefa'ak is the evil twin brother of Martian Manhunter and an enemy of the Justice League and an archenemy of his brother in the DC franchise.

When a plague on Mars erupted, all of the Martians except Ma'alefa'ak had a weakness to fire. Ma'alefa'ak learned years later that his brother went to Earth and followed him. He's been plotting to defeat his brother and the Justice League since. Ma'alefa'ak encountered his brother more than once.

Powers and abilities

Ma'alefa'ak has super-strength and the ability to shape-shift. He is also a telepath and can live for hundreds of years like his twin brother. Ma'alef'ak can also fly and levitate even has the ability to turn invisible. Unlike other Martians he is not weakened by fire.

In Other Media

Television

• Ma'alefa'ak appears in the third season of Young Justice. This version of the character is M'Comm M'orzz, the younger brother of M'gann and thus a White Martian. His past has made him feel the White Martians are constantly oppressed by the Green and Red Martians (the former of whom he describes as a superstitious, cowardly lot), and seeing them as his enemies, uses the name "Ma'alefa'ak" (a creature feared by the Green Martians on Mars) in order to strike terror in them. In the episode "Away Mission", Ma'alefa'ak (impersonating Orion) attacks the native Bug hives on New Genesis in an attempt to make the Bugs wage war with the New Gods in exchange for him gaining support for his White Martian revolution. After having his identity revealed by M'gann, he is defeated in a psychic battle with her, but manages to escape.
  • Malefic J'onzz appears in the season four finale of Supergirl Monitor frees him from an unknown place and sets him loose on Earth-38 to seek vengeance on his brother J'onn J'onzz.

Film

Justice League: Doom

Malefic appears as one of the lead villains in the film. He is a member of Vandal Savage's new Legion of Doom and is tasked with killing J'onn. He was voiced by Carl Lumbly, who also voiced Martian Manhunter. He ultimately appears to be killed in the film's climax, as he battles his brother he is in the path of the exhaust of Vandal Savage's recently launched rocket.

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