The white martians place their final plans in motion to restore Mars. The only cost, the complete destruction of the planet Earth. Now, the people Martian Manhuter has placed his personality in must decide whose side they are on, while the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance.

The most interesting part about Martian Manhunter #6 is, the way no one is portrayed as a hero or a villain. The entire story is told in a shade of gray. The white martians want to restore their homeland of Mars. To do this, they need to sacrifice the Earth. They do not want to invade the Earth. Instead, they want to save their own planet at whatever cost. This makes them very sympathetic. Even if, their desire to succeed does go too far at times, it never comes across as evil just to be evil. Conversely, watching Martian Manhunter, and the people he has split his personality into, grapple with the idea of saving Earth or restoring Mars is fascinating. While the Martians have been the de facto bad guy so far, the ending of the story flips that completely around and sets up the rest of the arc to portray them as the sympathetic heroes. The entire story is a great display of how important perspective is in defining a hero. Here, anyone could be seen as the hero just as easily as they could be seen as the villain.

Beyond the ideas of right and wrong, the story is full of great character moments and growth. Mr. Biscuits is as funny as every and his discovery of Paul Blart’s Mall Cop is wildly entertaining. Each of the characters, within whom Martian Manhunter has placed his personality, continue to grow in very natural and exciting ways.

The artwork works well throughout all of the chaos occurring on the page. One particular page involving Leo, and wheelchair bound white martian, revealing his powers is breathtaking. The panels of the page work around his grotesque transformation and add to the dire feel of the scene. The character models look good and the action scenes are fast paced. Every character remains distinguishable during large battles where multiple characters are battling at the same time.

Overall, this is a fantastic comic book. The art is strong, the story is exciting, and the morals at play are ambiguous, creating interesting characters everywhere. This series has been a great read for a while now and only gets better with issue #6.

Story: Rob Williams Art: Eddy Barrows
Story: 10 Art: 9 Overall: 9.5 Recommendation: Buy