It ain’t easy being green. Just ask J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter. He seems to be doing his best Sad Affleck impression on the cover of DC Comics‘ Martian Manhunter #11. But unlike the newest cinematic Batman greeting the darkness, his old friend, J’onn J’onzz is contending with the grim fact that sometimes you simply can’t save everyone. It’s a hard truth for superheroes to process, especially one as altruistic and noble as the Martian Manhunter, but with a mad Martian tyrant on the loose with Earth in his crosshairs, it’s going to take more than altruism and nobility to save the day. Take a peek at exactly what hurdles J’onn will be facing in our exclusive preview of DC Comics’ Martian Manhunter #11 in our gallery below.

Here’s the official synopsis:

“A hero falls when the tyrant Ma’alefa’ak seizes upon the spirit of Mars itself in a last, desperate effort to escape the dying planet and conquer Earth, and not even the power of J’onn J’onzz may be able to save the people of two worlds from annihilation.”

Publisher: DC Comics
Writer: Rob Williams
Artist: Eber Ferreira, Eddy Barrows
Cover Artist: Eber Ferreira, Eddy Barrows
Variant Cover Artist: Klaus Janson, John Romita, Jr.

Martian Manhunter #11 is available at your local comic book shop on April 20, 2016.

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Images: DC Comics

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Dan Casey is the senior editor of Nerdist and the author of books about Star Wars and the Avengers. Follow him on Twitter and ask him about superhero stuff (@Osteoferocious).

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