Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025-) #7

Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025) (Single Issues)

by Deniz Camp, Javier Rodriguez (Artist)

After the mind-altering events of the White Martian's first foray on earth, the Agency—a shadowy group with unlimited governmental authority— comes to investigate the strange occurrences in Middleton. John must juggle his job, hiding the Martian, his expanding abilities, and his crumbling relationships, all while living out of a motel. Meanwhile, Bridget wrestles with the revelations of John shared with her before his departure while singlehandedly taking care of Tyler!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Comic Book, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Graphic Novels

Kindle Edition

Published December 24, 2025

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much happens.
But what does happen, happens in Technicolor.



This was a weird one that felt a bit like a throwaway issue, or just plain filler.
a lot of these introspective moments where John is smoking and thinking something, and the Martian kind of repeats it in a different way that is supposed to sound profound.



The White Martian isn't dead and defeated, just hiding. Biding its time. Inside John's son, no less.

Hope the next issue is a bit more exciting, but I'm still heavily invested in this run.

[Machiavelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Know everyone loves this so wanted to try it again but I just don’t get it. Art and colors are unlike anything else right now, so continue to respect it, just don’t understand, so probably on me since everyone else loves it. But think I’m walking away again… glad so many folks love it!

[Colin Post · Rating 4 out of 5]

Doesn’t drop a beat from the brilliance of the first arc. I’m thrilled to see where this one goes, especially with the foreboding threats hinted at in the closing pages. This issue doesn’t dive headlong into the next story, though, preferring instead to savor and reflect on the bombastic conclusion of the previous arc.

[Celina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't seem to be comprehending this comic.

[sam banach · Rating 4 out of 5]

he’s back!!!!

[Arch Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jesus, this issue was a mindfuck.

After the crazy battle with the White Martian, John’s life is forced back into the closest thing to “normalcy” that I think we’ll see. Still dealing with the loss of his relationship after coming clean about the Martian in his head, he is completely lost in immersing himself at work and finally trying to understand and figure out, who or what the green Martian is.

I don’t fully know what it is, but I love the art and this issue.

[Seth Daub · Rating 4 out of 5]

i don’t know what is happening in this. but the art is good

[Cybernex007 · Rating 5 out of 5]

WE ARE SO BACK!! YES!! This team is amazing, the art, the colors, the story, the emotional stakes constantly weighing down on us and asking what makes us human or is there an alien manipulating us…I LOVE IT ALL SO MUCH! We pickup this issue in the aftermath of the last arc, John is now separated from Bridget and Tyler (who is now the host of the white Martian) and he is living in an in-between places motel where there are no illusions and all the pain you see around you is exactly what you get. The Martian can tell something is wrong with John, due to his relationship issues? And wants to help him before his eventual self destruction/breakdown. It’s even to the point that on his way into work he drives the opposite direction just to go by his old house and try and check in on Bridget/Tyler. On the other hand Bridget, while talking to her mom, admits that she misses him but he was never really “here” in the first place, although she does notice something is wrong with Tyler, he is just acting…different, and it seems he is spending a lot more time making monsters with his clay.

Today also marks the end of John’s three month leave of absence with the FBI, but they aren’t ready to send him out into the field just yet, especially after the pile of bodies they found at his house…which were from self defense and he has been cleared of any wrongdoing doing. One of the older agents is very vocal about not wanting John to come back, but he has been overruled and John has been out on desk duty with a stack of papers. This is one of those moments where I just have to glaze the art in this book. I love the scene where he is working on filing papers only for time to pass by diving into to the page. The depth and exhaustion seeping through the page is phenomenal and John finally calls it a day…only to be stopped in the parking lot by the agent who doesn’t like him and who tells John that he is making it his personal business to find out what is going on with him. John can sense the hate on his breath, but he also senses lifelong insecurities coming from his partner and best friend of twenty years dying in his arms of a heart attack. John tells him he understands and gives his condolences for agent Ellis, who he heard was a good man…as John leaves Agent Newell is left stunned and confused John would bring him up. Or is there another hint of confusion there that I’m not entirely getting yet?

As John heads into town we start to see the scope of the impact left from the Martian vision incident at the end of the last issue. Everyone in the town experienced a brief stint of euphoria from the Martian vision, but that also opened everyone up to one another. As the euphoria faded all that is left is shame and that is hanging around everyone’s heads like pollution. “What’s more scary than being seen?” The Martian points out that the white Martian is making victory from defeat in this fear. Which opens the door for a whole lot of other questions as John believed the white Martian was dead. But that’s not entirely possible for the Martian species, death is a physics process and they do not accept the death concept so it does not apply. John pushes further he wants to know what they are but the Martian doesn’t have a way of explaining…but it tries its best. It takes John’s head and opens it up to his own memories. John sees a bright light seemingly traveling through space, bouncing every way until smashing into a rock that split the light into many different colors…with green and white going a completely different direction. Unfortunately the Martian happened to be showing John all of this while John was driving…causing him to crash into a pole. But the key lesson is still there even if we are incapable, as humans, of understanding…the white Martian continues.

As the issue comes to an end, we are greeted with the images of Bridget and John separated but somewhat connected by the Martian vision. Through the cracks in John’s shady motel room ceiling we see that something is laying eyes on him. And once again we are greeted with the genius of Martian vision to see scenes where John is sitting alone, only to reveal I. The light panels where he is with his family once more. But one thing continues to be clear here, like Bridget has mentioned even when he is with them…it’s as if he isn’t there. A lot of the threats we have dealt with in this series have been conceptual, and now we end this issue with a teased threat that’s a bit more literal. We find a man terrified out of his mind as four alien creatures approach him to probe him. Only for one of them to get a call from their boss. Turns out they are being redirected to a mission in Middletown and they are to cease their operations to take alien abductions to help drown out the stock market crash. As the illusion fades the terrified man suddenly realizes that he was not abducted by aliens but real people using something to make him believe they were aliens. He starts to freak out about his rights…and they blow his brains out because of it. I really hope John is able to see the truth.

[Jannes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another issue, another banger!
It’s been a few months since the „attack“ of the white Martian and John is now living in a run down cheap motel and got degraded to a deskjob. He grows lonely and holds on to his job but the Martian calls out that John has depressions and that it won’t end well. Also the white Martian isn’t dead, because you can’t really kill something that is not real, so he will come back some time and can only be defeated by being turned into something else. Also some murderers got send by someone to the city and will be seen more next issue.
As always great stuff, I love the art and the story, it’s so worth it!

[Nick LeBlanc · Rating 4 out of 5]

From art to narrative style, this continues to be one of the most original uses of DC legacy IP that I have ever seen. It remains unexpected. I tried the Absolute Batman run but it slowly seems to be turning into some kind of trite Todd McFarlane extreme-o creature bullshit. But what do I know? People seem to like that I guess--there's no accounting for taste. All I know is that this series will make one hell of a great graphic novel when it is fully compiled.

Read as a single issue.

[ალან სკოტი · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whatever is going on, I am absolutely into it. describing characters mental state this beautifully is just so cool, and I don't know how John thought coming out to his wife about a martian in his head was a good idea...

[Antonio Laguna · Rating 4 out of 5]

El arte de esta serie es una maravilla más de Javier Rodríguez y en cuanto al guión, tras el final del primer arco argumental se plantean idead muy buenas para continuar la historia del detective marciano absoluto.

[Jason Holtzman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This picks up right where we left off, but after such a climatic ending to the last arc, it all feels a little slow. The initial batch of issues felt like a slow burn too though, so I’m not worried. The reveal at the end should be interesting to follow!

[josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5*

[Ushnav Shroff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of fun! Glad to have this series back...

[Powerman61 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting issue of Absolute Martian Manhunter.
The artwork portrays the mental aspect of the character.
The storyline needs more development.

[Andy Waldron · Rating 5 out of 5]

WE ARE SO BACK!!!!

[oish · Rating 4 out of 5]

kind of noir feel to the narration, i like the new lore of the martian being some alien sentience that saved jones and lives in symbiosis with him, killer illustration, may get into this series

[Frodo · Rating 4 out of 5]

moi 13 rue del percebe coded

[Craig Schorling · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good to be back but the extended break made me a little hazy on this one. I continue to love the artwork and the focus on the mental aspects of Martian.

[scarlet♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

poor guy can't catch a break

[Jeremy Durant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing so far

The overall vibe is great, the story is very intriguing so far, and this might be the best comic book art style I’ve ever seen.

[Nicolas Bérard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super excited for this new arc! The art and concepts of this series are incredible

[Cristhian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Capítulo de transición que no llega a los niveles de los pasados pero no por eso es malo.

[Riccardo Papaluca · Rating 5 out of 5]

basically an lsd trip in Comic Book form every issue

[alejandro galvez · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best of Absolute.

So happy this series is back. This is my favorite Absolute series. Loving every page. The art is flat out gorgeous. Lots to love here.

[luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

camp and rodriguez are visionaries, the art style in these comics are INSANE

[Juliano Stefani · Rating 4 out of 5]

New storyline, still facing consequences of the confrontation with the White (apparently weakened, but alive). The art is still superb.