| “ | I'm coming for you, J'onn J'onzz. | „ |
| ~ Malefic J'onzz. |
| “ | Lies. You and Father are more evil than even I knew, but justice will prevail. I will do to you as you did to me. | „ |
| ~ Malefic to J'onn J'onzz. |
Malefic J'onzz is a supporting character in the CW superhero series Supergirl. He is the brother of J'onn J'onzz who he initially seeks vengeance on for sending him to the Phantom Zone hundreds of years ago during the war on Mars. However, after seeing the error of his ways Malefic forgives J'onn and returns to Mars to make amends for his past mistakes.
He was portrayed by Phil LaMarr as an adult, Marcello Guedes as a boy, and Domonique Robinson as a teenager.
Other Portrayals[]
- In his form of a little girl, he is portrayed by Ellexis Wejr.
- In his form of Kelly Olson, he is portrayed by Azie Tesfai.
- In his form of Alex Danvers, he is portrayed by Chyler Leigh.
- In his form of Pete Andrews, he is portrayed by Sean Astin.
Biography[]
Malefic was close to his brother J'onn growing up and was born with the unique power to control the minds of others which caused his father M'yrnn to lock him away for his own safety. Malefic became embittered of his family during his isolation believing that they hated him due to his inability to connect with the Martian hive mind and sided with the Whit Martians to exterminate his own race for rejecting him. He was sent to the Phantom Zone for his betrayal while all memory of him was erased from the Martians' collective consciousness.
Following the death of Lex Luthor and the defeat of Agent Liberty, Malefic was freed from the Phantom Zone and brought to Earth by Mar Novu to test J'onn J'onzz.
After stealing a Kryptonian ship from a museum, Malefic builds a Phantom Zone projector and uses it to release an alien known as Midnight. After Midnight is defeat by Supergirl and J'onn J'onzz, Malefic appears before his brother and reveals their relation which J'onn later realizes to be true. Malefic later tricks Kelly Olson into revitalizing his suppressed mind control powers and engages J'onn in battle, but escapes once again. He is seemingly sent back to the Phantom Zone after taking control of Alex Danvers, but is actually transported to Lena Luthor's lab where she is able to duplicate his mental inception powers.
J'onn later discovers that Malefic is being held prisoner and the two brothers reconcile after sharing each other's thoughts. Malefic then helps Supergirl and the D.E.O. prevent Lena from unleashing Myriad onto the Earth by using his own personal kinetic energy against Lena's machine, stopping her from mind-controlling the rest of the planet. After defeating Rama Khan, J'onn encourages Malefic to return to Mars and put an end to the war between the Green and the White Martians. Malefic thanks J'onn and leaves Earth using his brother's old spaceship (disguised as a car).
Powers and abilities[]
Malefic uses his powers.
Powers[]
- Martian physiology: As a member of the Green Martian race, Malefic possesses powers that allow him to do extraordinary things:
- Shapeshifting: Malefic is able to change his form at will, even on a cellular level, completely altering his physical appearance, allowing him to transform or mimic other people or animals and other creatures enabling him to spy on and manipulate others.
- Super strength: Malefic possesses great strength allowing him to easily surpass Supergirl with his own super strength in T-Rex's disguise and throw a car into the air.
- Accelerated healing/Invulnerability: Malefic instantly reconstituted part his face when disguised as Alex Danvers after Supergirl used her heat vision on him. Although his human form was burned away, his true alien form underneath was unaffected.
- Poison inducement: Malefic could infect the minds of his fellow Green Martians with the power of H'ronmeer's Curse, weakening them which allowed the White Martians easily overpower the Green during the Civil War on Mars.
- Density-shifting/Intangibility: As a Green Martian, Malefic is able to move through solid objects (such as walls and doors) without difficulty.
- Mind control: Malefic has the ability to enter an individual's mind, thereby allowing him to control that person. He is also able to use his mind based powers to project his consciousness into and overshadow the target to do things they wouldn't normally do.
- Super speed: When Malefic transformed himself into Alex Danvers, he used his incredible speed to evade Supergirl.
- Flight: Malefic is able to travel exponential distances by flying through the air.
Abilities[]
- Hand-to-hand combat: Malefic is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, able to hold his own against Supergirl without using his powers.
- Deception/Manipulation: Malefic could manipulate and deceive others by changing into people that they knew to get what he wanted, like when he tricked Kelly Olson into restoring his mind based powers by shape-shifting into her friend Peter Andrews.
- Multilingual: Malefic speaks both his native Martian language and that of a normal human.
Trivia[]
- This adaptation of Ma'alefa'ak is depicted as far more sympathetic and tragic than his other incarnations. He also redeems himself by making peace with his brother and bringing the Martian civil war to an end.
