Magician from Mars

Magician from Mars
File:Magicianmars1.jpg Magician from Mars
Real Name	Jane Gem (Jane Q-X3/6EM35 )
First Appearance	Amazing Man Comics #7 (1940)
Original Publisher	Centaur
Created by	John Giunta & Malcolm Kildale

Golden Age Origin

In the future, Jane Q-X 3 Gem, the Magician from Mars, is born to a Martian father, Jarl 6EM35, and a Earthling mother, Jane Faro. When she was a baby, she was accidently exposed to "cathode" radiation, which is deadly to humans but which Martians are naturally immune to. Because she was a hybrid of the two, the radiation had an unexpected effect of boosting her brain power to the point where she was capable of changing reality with a thought.

Her powers developed as she grows. By age six, she could "wish" things lke ice cream cones into existence and levitate things through the air. At 16 years old, she lost both of her parents and was raised by her Aunt Vanza, who refuses to allow the girl to travel to Earth. Eventually, she found life on Mars too boring, so she escaped from the "Supersteel Room" prison her aunt locked her in and took passage on a ship to Earth. There, she decided to use her reality-warping abilities to fight evil and oppression. Eventually, she came head-to-head with the Hood, leader of an evil organization with the goal of "Universal Domination."

Her powers included super strength, speed, agility, telekinesis, super-intelligence, and the ability to manipulate matter, nullify gravity, transform her own appearance, and maintain her own youth and beauty indefinitely.

Golden Age Appearances

• Amazing Man Comics #7-11

Notes

• The Magician from Mars was ranked as #4 in the Huffington Post's list of the 10 Most Bada** Comic Book Heroines.

See Also

• Free Universe
• My Opinion Doesn't Matter Blog
• International Hero
• Characters from the Centaur Line