Comic Title: Martian Manhunter #4
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1988
On Sale Date: April 19, 1988 Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Copyright Date April 19, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Newsstand Date May 3, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "Welcome Home"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Martian Manhunter (Post-Crisis)

Writer: J. Mark DeMatteis
Artist/Colorist: Mark Badger
Letterer: Bob Lappan

Feature Character(s)

• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #3; next appearance in Justice League International #14)

Guest Star(s)

• Justice League (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #2; next appearance in Captain Atom #16)
• Batman (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #440)
• Blue Beetle (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #2; next appearance in Captain Atom #16)
• Mister Miracle (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #2; next appearance in Captain Atom #16)
• Rocket Red #4 (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #2; next appearance in Justice League International #14)
• Booster Gold (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #2; next appearance in Captain Atom #16)

Other Character(s)

• H'ronmeer (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #3; no further appearances)
• Dr. Saul Erdel (last appearance in Martian Manhunter #3; no further appearances)
• J'onn's daughter (as a spirit; no further appearances)
• J'onn's wife (as a spirit; no further appearances)
• Members of the martian race (as spirits; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Martian Manhunter #3.

New details about J'onn's past are revealed including the fact that Erdel's machine brought him to Earth across space and time. The Mars he left was from centuries earlier.

Synopsis:
J'onn returns to Mars where he is met by H'ronmeer. J'onn tries to fight, but H'ronmeer only wants to talk. The martian god shows J'onn the remains of Mars and hints that the world J'onn left behind was actually centuries in the past.

Back on Earth, the Justice League has tracked J'onn to Erdel's laboratory in Colorado. Batman demands that Erdel use his machine to bring J'onn back to Earth immediately. Erdel refuses. Mister Miracle sides with the scientist against Batman.

On Mars, J'onn is confronted by the ghosts of his family and former people. He begins to remember that a plague threatened his race and claimed the life of his wife. She was consumed in the fires of purification which led to J'onn developing a fear of fire. After his daughter fell victim to the plague, J'onn's anguished mind was responsible for making contact with Erdel's machine. The machine transported J'onn to Earth centuries after Mars had died.

Once his full memories are restored, J'onn is able to make peace with his own past. His mind had been keeping the ghosts bound to Mars for centuries. H'ronmeer brought J'onn back in order to release them. The spirits then transcend the physical plane. After saying goodbye to his long dead people, J'onn contacts Erdel and is brought back to Earth.