MARTIANS
Classification: Extraterrestrial (Martians) humanoid;
pre-Modern era
Location/Base of Operations: Mars (see comments);
(temporarily) an unidentified village in Transylvania
Known Members: At least eight (none identified)
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Vandoom's Monster
First Appearance: Tales to Astonish I#17/1 (March, 1961)
Powers/Abilities: These
extraterrestrials "spoke" telepathically, but displayed no paranormal
physical abilities.
They possessed advanced technology, including gamma
guns--in the forms of personal sidearms and a larger cannon--which could
fire destructive blasts of "ultra gamma rays," and a spaceship.
Average height: Unrevealed (6'; by approximation; see comments)
Eyes: Two (on head)
Fingers: Five (including opposable thumb)
Toes: Unrevealed
Skin color: Bright pink
Traits: Highly aggressive, they possessed horns
protruding from the sides of their heads.
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History:
(Tales to Astonish I#17/1) - Seeking to conquer Earth and
make it a colony of Mars, an invasion force of Martian warriors landed
their spaceship in a Transylvanian village (...because they somehow
knew Transylvania was a backward land, and the weak and ignorant
humans there would be easy to defeat).
But the Martians' mission of conquest was interrupted when
they encountered a living monster wax figure created by Ludwig
Vandoom. When they saw the giant creature lumbering toward them,
the Martians fired their gamma guns at it, but to no effect, for their
weapons proved to be useless against the behemoth.
Vandoom's Monster immediately retaliated and vented its
full wrath upon the Martian warriors, swatting them aside and destroying
their weapons.
The beaten alien invaders gathered up their wounded and
staggered back to their spaceship, then left to tell their fellow
Martians that Earth could not be conquered.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
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Compared to the height of Vandoom's Monster, these
extraterrestrials appeared to be about the same relative size as humans.
Like many other "Martians" claiming to be from Mars, these
extraterrestrials may have just been using that planet for a base of
operations, and may actually be from another world outside Earth's solar
system.
This profile was completed 12/21/2024, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the March, 2025 Mars event.
Profile by Ron Fredricks.
CLARIFICATIONS:
These Martians have no known connections to:
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Martians' spaceship
A space vessel that was capable of (at least)
interplanetary travel (see comments), it carried a crew of at least
eight Martian warriors, along with their weaponry, on a mission to
conquer Earth.
The spaceship landed near a Transylvanian village, but
when the invaders were quickly defeated by Vandoom's Monster, they
concluded that Earth could not be conquered, so they returned to their
own world.
--Tales to Astonish I#17/1
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images: (without ads)
Tales to Astonish I#17/1, p10, pan4 (main image - Martians)
Tales to Astonish I#17/1, p10, pan5 (headshot - Martians)
Tales to Astonish I#17/1, p12, pan2 (Martians fire gamma guns at Vandoom's Monster)
Tales to Astonish I#17/1, p12, pan3 (Martians swatted away by Vandoom's Monster)
Tales to Astonish I#17/1, p10, pan3 (Martians' spaceship landing in Transylvanian village)
Tales to Astonish I#17/1, p12, pan6 (Martians' spaceship leaving Earth)
Appearances:
Tales to Astonish I#17/1 (March, 1961) - Stan Lee (plot/editor), H.E. Huntley (script), Don Heck (pencils/inks)
First posted: 03/28/2025
Last updated: 03/28/2025
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