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Originally posted by Dave:

The course of the character's powers is his Martian physiology - another 1950s flaw, as we now know that green men do not live on Mars.

Spider bites also don't give people super-powers; why don't we kill of Peter Parker?

The Martian Manhinter's big problem is that few writers have been able to do him justice. The only two I can think of are Grant Morrison and Joe Kelly.