J'emm J'axx is the prince of Mars.
Personality[]
Despite being born and raised within the highest pinnacle of Mars's strict caste system, J'emm is a humble, open-minded, and empathic individual. Charming, polite, and friendly, J'emm treats everyone with respect and acceptance, lacking any prejudices that many Martians has towards each other due to skin color and non-Martians.[4] Taking after his father, J'emm shares many his late father's beliefs, especially regarding to the cooperation between Mars and Earth. In fact, J'emm is even more progressive than his father (who believed in the superiority of the Red Martians) and outright wishes to dissolve the caste system, evidenced by him falling in love with S'yraa S'mitt, a Green Martian, and recognizing that all of Mars's problems is linked to it.[5][6]
Noble by nature, J'emm proved to be proactive and courageous, not afraid to put himself in danger in order to help others, such recovering a strayed Beast Boy during a sandstorm. While typically mild-mannered, J'emm can be assertive and is a well-spoken orator to sway others to his side, especially in pushing back against the racist Consul R'ess E'dda, who constantly belittles J'emm for his youth.[4][5][6]
History[]
Early life[]
J'emm J'axx is the son of King S'turnn J'axx and Queen J'arlia J'axx, thus making him prince of Mars and the future king. Taking after his father, J'emm grew up harboring more "modern" beliefs, disliking the caste system that caused much strife and division among his fellow Martians. At one point, he fell in love with S'yraa S'mitt, a Green Martian with affinity for magic. While the pair deeply loved each other and wished to be married, their affair was short-lived because of their disparate cast status, as King S'turnn forbade their marriage, wanting to keep the royal bloodline "pure" and pressured J'emm to break off their relationship.[6]
2020[]
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At the Royal Palace, J'emm asked his mother if the rumors about Martian Manhunter's death are true. She tells him all they know is there was sabotage of the Zeta-Tube test. R'ess E'dda is certain the "terrorist" Ma'alefa'ak is responsible, but J'emm is not convinced.
J'emm went to the Science Center, where it had been found that Manhunter had made the trip to the Watchtower safely. J'emm believed the explosion and the unsolved murder of his father might be linked, as his father had supported contact with Earth. He tasked Superboy and Beast Boy with investigating the crimes, and psychically transmitted his intelligence to them. Beast Boy reacted violently to the tranfer, and J'emm quickly left after asking to be kept informed.
Later, he met with his mother and E'dda. E'dda protested J'emm having the Earthers investigate the king's murder, but Queen J'arlia decided to allow it.[4]
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After hearing about an attempt on Superboy, Miss Martian and Beast Boy's lives, J'emm visited them at the M'orzz house. After they discussed similarities between that attack and the sabotage of the Zeta-Tube, S'yraa S'mitt arrived, and she and J'emm behaved awkwardly with each other. J'emm asked Superboy to investigate the site of his father's murder, but M'aatt M'orzz reminded Conner of his obligations in preparation for his wedding, though they were able to arrange to do both. M'gann took everyone outside to meet Baby, and Conner, Gar and J'emm took the new Bio-Ship to the Palace.
At the Palace, Conner and Gar examined the Grand Hall. Conner found a familiar residue he couldn't quite place. J'emm offered to join Conner for the building of his wedding altar, noting his lack of male Martian friends.
They collected M'aatt and B'arzz O'oomm at the transport depot. J'emm immediately recognized the former Green Beetle, and acknowledged his work fighting the Reach.[5]
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J'emm and the others worked to build the altar in the oppressive heat. Gar began to hallucinate, and ran off with Conner to the surface, believing he was under attack. J'emm and the others pursued in Baby.[5]
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They found Conner unconscious on the surface and took him aboard. Despite B'arzz's protests, J'emm headed out alone to find Beast Boy. He located him nearby and took him back to Baby.[5]
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At the Royal Arena, J'emm oversaw preparations for his birthday celebration, though he was not celebratory as it was his first birthday without his father. Gar assured him that they would find the king's killer.
Later, J'emm overheard his mother and R'ess E'dda discussing Mars-Earth relations. He was angry to hear E'dda speaking for his father and berated him for it.
That evening, J'emm watched the magic display put on in his honor, but had to be reminded by his mother to look like he was enjoying himself. He saw Conner, M'gann and Gar approach, and asked them what news they had. After they told him that they had found that a G'arrunn female had entered the Palace posing as an A'ashenn servant on the night of the murder, J'emm quickly left to "absorb" the information. In fact, he suspected S'yraa had murdered his father for forbidding their marriage and went to confront her. Conner, M'gann and Gar quickly came to the same conclusion and followed him. When they caught up with her, her magic began to go out of control as she confessed to accidentally killing the king after she tried to beg him to let them marry and he refused her. J'emm had S'yraa arrested, and lamented that had he simply defied his father and married S'yraa, none of this would have happened.
As news of the arrest spread psychically, R'ess E'dda made a speech using the events to call for strict enforcement of the caste system. J'emm then addressed the people, and made a powerful speech against caste prejudice. Queen J'arlia called for the conversation to continue, but for now had the birthday celebration resume.
Later, Conner heard a strange noise beneath the arena. J'emm, M'gann and Gar followed him to investigate and found a bomb that they suspected targeted G'arrunn and B'lahdenn Martians with a virus. Superboy sent the others away as they might be vulnerable. J'emm and the others waited in the evacuated arena, until an explosion went off, apparently killing Superboy.[6]
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J'emm contacted Miss Martian to inform her he had reason to believe Superboy was still alive.[3]
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J'emm and Phantom Girl Zeta'ed over. J'emm explained that Phantom Girl had approached him with her story of Superboy's survival and, though she had not fully opened her mind to him, he believed she was telling the truth. After some false starts, a plan was hatched to rescue Conner from the Phantom Zone by opening a boom tube modified by the Danny Chase on Trombus. J'emm was happy to join the mission, citing the debt Mars forever owed Conner for disabling the gene-bomb.[3]
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The group boom tubed to Trombus, and Danny and the Motherbox opened a boom tube to the Zone. M'gann reached out to Conner psychically, but he refused to come out. She went to lead the group into the Zone to get him, but Ma'alefa'ak took control of the Kaizer-Thrall and used it to subdue J'emm and the others. He was helpless as Conner and three other Kryptonians exited the boom tube, and Conner collapsed due to his injuries.[3]
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J'emm and the others remained pinned as Lor-Zod introduced himself to his parents. Green Lantern Forager was able to overcome the Thrall and make a brief attack, before being taken down by Ma'alefa'ak. The Zods retreated via boom tube, taking Conner and the Thrall with them.
J'emm and the others eventually recovered. The group boarded Bio-Ship and headed for Earth, the most likely place the Zods had gone.[7]
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Powered by both the Cosmic Treadmill and Forager's ring, the Bio-Ship flew at incredible speed.[7]
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The Bio-Ship arrived, and the group quickly detected boom tube activity at the Fortress of Solitude. Ursa Zod, now empowered by the Eye of Ekron, detected them and blasted them out of the sky as they approached. Saturn Girl was able to get off a warning, which allowed Superman and Orion to take the brunt of the blast. Bio-Ship crashed to the ground, and M'gann and Saturn Girl created a psychic illusion to make it appear everyone but Superman had died. The Zods eventually left with Superman as their captive.[7][8]
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Nightwing approached the crash site, and M'gann dropped the illusion. They caught up with each other, and determined to go after Zod and his group with those heroes still standing. J'emm stayed behind to tend to the wounded, with Kid Flash gathering him medical supplies.[8]
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J'emm attended Conner and M'gann's wedding.[8]
Powers and abilities[]
J'emm also likely possesses other typical Martian powers such as shape-shifting and super strength.
Appearances[]
- Season 4
- 02. "Needful"
- 03. "Volatile"
- 04. "Involuntary"
- 17. "Leviathan Wakes" (flashback, no lines)
- 19. "Encounter Upon the Razor's Edge!" (flashback, no lines)
- 20. "Forbidden Secrets of Civilizations Past!" (flashback, no lines)
- 24. "Zenith and Abyss"
- 25. "Over and Out" (no lines)
- 26. "Death and Rebirth" (no lines)
Background information[]
- Jemm, son of Saturn is the ruler of the planet Saturn. He was originally introduced as a cousin of the Martian Manhunter (who was not used at the time in comics), but was rewritten into a Saturnian when Martian Manhunter was used again for the Justice League Detroit. Later comics connect the Saturnians to the Martians.
- This is his first animated appearance.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weisman, Greg (2021-11-08). Question #25264. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ↑ Weisman, Greg (2021-11-08). Question #25268. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Fujita, Akira "Mark" (writer) & Sotta, Christina (director) (May 26, 2022). "Zenith and Abyss". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 24. HBO Max.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Blanchette, Andrew (writer) & Heuck, Vinton (director) (October 16, 2021). "Needful". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 02. HBO Max.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Vietti, Brandon (writer) & Sotta, Christina (director) (October 21, 2021). "Volatile". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 03. HBO Max.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Paredes, Francisco (writer) & Berkeley, Christopher (director) (October 28, 2021). "Involuntary". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 04. HBO Max.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Weisman, Greg (writer) & Berkeley, Christopher (director) (June 2, 2022). "Over and Out". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 25. HBO Max.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Weisman, Greg (writer) & Heuck, Vinton (director) (June 9, 2022). "Death and Rebirth". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 26. HBO Max.