Sculpture of a Wellsian Martian Tripod in the town of Woking.

As an adjective, the term "martian" is used to describe anything pertaining to the planet Mars. A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is

However, a Martian is more usually a hypothetical or fictional native inhabitant of the planet Mars. A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is Historically, life on Mars has often been hypothesized, although there is currently no solid evidence of life there at present. Scientists have long speculated about the possibility of life on Mars owing to the planet's proximity and similarity to Earth. Some scientists have theorized that there is meteorite evidence of fossilised microbes. A meteorite is a natural object originating in Outer space that survives an impact with the Earth 's surface ^[1][2]

History of the concept

The planet Mars

The idea of intelligent Martians was popularized by Percival Lowell^[3] and in fiction, especially by Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter (Barsoom) Series, H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds and Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. Percival Lawrence Lowell ( March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was a businessman author mathematician and Astronomer who fueled Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Barsoom is a fictional version of the planet Mars invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political The War of the Worlds (1898 by H G Wells, is an early Science fiction Novel which describes an invasion of England by Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery The Martian Chronicles is a 1950 Science fiction story collection by Ray Bradbury that chronicles the colonization of Mars by humans Despite the observation by Alfred Wallace that Mars' atmosphere was too thin to support an Earth-like ecology, various depictions of a Martian civilization were popular throughout the 20th century. Alfred Russel Wallace OM, FRS (8 January 1823 &ndash 7 November 1913 was an British naturalist, Explorer, Geographer An atmosphere (from Greek ατμός - atmos, " Vapor " + σφαίρα - sphaira, " Sphere " EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of A Civilization is a society in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The first pictures of Mars returned by space probes dashed hopes of contacting Martians, although claims of past Martian civilizations have continued into the twenty-first century (see Cydonia for one such claim). An image (from Latin imago) or picture is an artifact usually two-dimensional that has a similar appearance to some subject &mdashusually Cydonia Mensae is an Albedo feature (region on the planet Mars ( named after a historic city state in Crete)

The real Martians

Main article: Life on Mars

Because of the prevalence of stories containing Martians, the idea of the Martian was for much of the 20th century the default identity of extraterrestrial characters in popular culture. Scientists have long speculated about the possibility of life on Mars owing to the planet's proximity and similarity to Earth. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. If Mars is colonized in the future by humans, the generations descended from the settlers may well be called Martians. Mars is the focus of much speculation and serious study about possible human colonization which might be possible Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there often to colonize the area Some members of the Mars Society, an organization devoted to such colonization, semi-humorously describe themselves as "Martians in exile". The Mars Society is an international Space advocacy Non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the exploration and settlement of Mars. Recent photographs of the Hale (Martian crater) have been found to show what could be evidence of ancient life on Mars. Hale is a 150 by 125 km crater at 357°S 3234°E on Mars, just north of Argyre basin.

It has been suggested by scientists that life on Earth actually originated on Mars and that life arrived on Earth via a comet (see Panspermia). EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 Panspermia ( Gk. πάς/πάν (pas/pan all and σπέρμα ( sperma, seed is the Hypothesis that "seeds" of Life exist already

Martians in fiction

The Martian was a favorite character of classical science fiction; he was frequently found away from his home planet, often invading Earth, but sometimes simply a lonely character representing alienness from his surroundings. Some martians were actually hailed as gods and people created a religion for them. Martians, other than human beings transplanted to Mars, became rare in fiction after the visit of the space probe Mariner 4 to Mars, except in exercises of deliberate nostalgia - more frequently in genres such as comics and animation than in written literature. Mariner 4 (Mariner-Mars 1964 was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode and performed the first successful

Literary Martians

• Aelita. Aelita ( Аэлита) also known as Aelita Queen of Mars, is a silent Film directed by Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov Aelita, Queen of Mars, novel, written by Russian writer Alexey Tolstoy.
• The War of the Worlds (1898) by H. G. Wells. The War of the Worlds (1898 by H G Wells, is an early Science fiction Novel which describes an invasion of England by Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political The Martians are an ancient, advanced race with a tentacled, cephalopod-like appearance. Martians are the race of extraterrestrials from the HG Wells novel The War of the Worlds. The cephalopods ( Greek plural (kephalópoda "head-feet" are the Mollusc class Cephalopoda characterized by They cultivate a "red weed", which is what was giving Mars its red color. They invade Earth with huge tripedal "fighting machines" armed with "heat rays" and "black smoke" (a kind of poison gas), against which human armies of the time are helpless. They conquer London and much of England (and possibly other countries as well), use human beings as a source of nourishment, but are ultimately overcome by terrestrial microbes.
• There were many "additions" to the Wells novel, for example Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds which describes the adventures of Holmes and Watson in Martian-occupied London. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Kevin Anderson edited the anthology "War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches" which describes the events of the Martian invasion as experienced in France, Italy, Russia, India, China, Texas, Alaska, Equatorial Africa and other locations.
• Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote a series of books depicting his character John Carter on Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero In his novels, he refers to Mars as Barsoom. Barsoom is a fictional version of the planet Mars invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories
• Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men, a vast future history published in 1930 and spanning billions of years, includes a long and carefully worked-out account of several Martian invasions of Earth over a period of tens of thousands of years. William Olaf Stapledon ( May 10, 1886 &ndash September 6, 1950) was a British philosopher and author of several influential works Last and First Men A Story of the Near and Far Future is a Science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. Stapledon's Martians - sentient cloudlets composed of countless microscopic particles and capable of drifting across interplanetary space - are completely different from Wells', yet the book shows his influence and follows the general scheme of a drying and dying Mars and of Martians seeking the warmer and wetter Earth. Much later in the book, the humans themselves flee the dying Earth, invade and colonise Venus and exterminate its native intelligent species.
• C. S. Lewis wrote, in Out of the Silent Planet, about three humans visiting Mars, and there meeting three different kinds of native intelligent creatures (sorns, (or séroni), hrossa, and pfifltriggi),^[4] as well as hunting hnakra and meeting the Oyarsa, or eldil in charge of this planet, called Malacandra in the Old Solar language. Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 __FORCETOC__ Out of the Silent Planet is the first Novel of a Science fiction Trilogy written by C
• Raymond Z. Gallun's Seeds of the Dusk, published in 1938, shows the influence of both Wells and Stapledon, but with a special original twist. Raymond Zinke Gallun ( March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an early Science fiction Writer. In the far future, Earth is invaded by sentient plants from Mars, whose specialty is to make use of planets in their "dusk" - i. e. , still liveable but nearing their end. (These plants had actually originated on Ganymede, in the distant past, went on to Mars, continued after long aeons to Earth, and would continue on to Venus when Earth had died too). In this case the invasion is successful and it is the Itorloo, distant descendants of Mankind, who are exterminated by a plague microbe artificially produced by the invaders. But the Itorloo had been an arrogant race, extremely cruel to sentient bird and rodent races which shared the Earth of their time, while the new plant dominant species leaves these alone - so that the reader is left to conclude that on balance, the change might be for the better.
• In four stories by Eric Frank Russell published in the early 1940s and collected in the classic Men Martians and Machines, humans together with very likable Martians are shipmates who go out together into interstellar space, and guard each other's back while encountering various other aliens. Eric Frank Russell ( January 6, 1905 - February 28, 1978) was a British Author best known Not accidentally, Russell's humans included blacks as well as whites - quite unusual for the time. The book can be credited with starting the SF sub-genre of spaceships with a mixed human and non-human crew, which was to reach great popularity with Star Trek. Russell's martians are chess-loving octopoids, with tentacles extending down and out from a central head with large eyes. They can survive in Earth-normal air, but prefer to don low-pressure helmets for comfort. Read today, their description is amusingly similar to that of Kang & Kodos in The Simpsons. Kang and Kodos are a duo of recurring characters in the animated television series The Simpsons.
• Ray Bradbury's short story The Concrete Mixer (1949) inverts the idea of a Martian invasion: the invaders are welcomed with open arms, and fall victim to a not overtly hostile but nonetheless deadly alien culture -- that of Earth. Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• John Wyndham dealt with Martians in two short stories, Time to Rest (1949) and Dumb Martian (1952). John Wyndham was the main Pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British Science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris

Cover of the Spanish version of the book Martians, Go Home

• Fredric Brown wrote Martians, Go Home (1955), a spoof of Wells' Martian invasion concept. Martians Go Home is a Science fiction novel written in 1955 by the American author Fredric Brown. Fredric Brown ( October 29, 1906, Cincinnati &ndash March 11, 1972) was an American Science fiction and Martians Go Home is a Science fiction novel written in 1955 by the American author Fredric Brown. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)
• Many "invasion of Earth" stories owe much to Wells, even when their invaders come from elsewhere in the cosmos. The derivation is especially clear in John Christopher's trilogy The Tripods (1967-1968), depicting boys born on an alien-occupied Earth and dedicating themselves to overthrowing the cruel invaders - who, like Wells' Martians, move about in huge three-legged machines, towering high above the countryside. Samuel Youd (born) is a British Science fiction Author. He has written under the Pseudonyms John Christopher, Stanley Winchester The Tripods is a series of Novels written by Samuel Youd (under the pseudonym "John Christopher" Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Robert A. Heinlein repeatedly used Martians (usually, human beings born and bred on Mars) as characters in his novels and short stories, including:
  • Red Planet (novel) (1949). Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Red Planet is a 1949 Science fiction novel by Robert A Heinlein about students at boarding school on the planet Mars. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Humans have colonized Mars along the model of the British East India Company; two prep-school students discover a Company plot to suppress the colonists, and enlist the native Martians' help. The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or This novel shows one of the last and most detailed visions of the pre-spaceflight Mars of 1880-1950.
  • Double Star (1956). Double Star is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The issue of giving Martians the vote becomes a central issue in Earth politics, and the hero eventually overcomes both his own deep-rooted anti-Martian prejudice and the entrenched political power of the bigots, and helps enfranchise the downtrodden Martians (publication of this book coincided with the early Civil Rights Movement of the Blacks in the US South). See also Protests of 1968 Historically the civil rights movement was a concentrated period of time around the world of approximately twenty years (1960-1980 in
  • Stranger in a Strange Land (1961). Stranger in a Strange Land is a best-selling 1961 Hugo Award -winning Science fiction Novel by Robert A Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An Earthman raised on Mars returns to Earth and creates chaos. Concerned with philosophical and religious subjects.
  • Podkayne of Mars (1963). Podkayne of Mars is a Science fiction novel by Robert A Heinlein, originally serialised in Worlds of If (November 1962 January Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Takes place in space and on Venus, but the main characters originate from a Mars that has been colonized by humans and is an important player in Solar System diplomacy.

Film, television, and radio Martians

Monument commemorating where the martians "landed" in West Windsor New Jersey

• The October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This broadcast was the cause of much confusion when it was aired, with people believing an actual Martian invasion was taking place
• Looney Tunes – Included the cartoon character Marvin the Martian (1948-), a comic foil to Warner Bros. mainstays Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in several animated shorts. Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros Animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969 Marvin the Martian (or Marvin Martian) is a Fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons A double act, also known as a Comedy duo, is a comic device in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners usually of the same Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Daffy Duck is an Animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema.
• Red Planet Mars (1952) - Scientist Peter Graves contacts Martians by radio, they respond by preaching Christianity and thus Communism is defeated. Red Planet Mars was a Science fiction film released in 1952. It starred Peter Graves and Andrea King. Peter Graves (born March 18 1926)is an American film and television Actor.
• Invaders from Mars (1953) – A film, remade in 1986. Invaders from Mars ( 1953) is a Science fiction film designed and directed by William Cameron Menzies from a scenario by Richard Blake based
• Quatermass and the Pit (1958-9) - A British television serial in which a crashed spacecraft is discovered in London, which reveals that humanity on Earth is the result of experiments by a Martian civilisation, now long dead. Quatermass and the Pit is a British television science-fiction serial, originally transmitted by BBC Television in December London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. It was remade as a film in 1967.
• My Favorite Martian (1963-1966) – A television comedy series and film. My Favorite Martian is an American Television Sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and
• Doctor Who - Includes a race native to the planet Mars known as the Ice Warriors
• Invader Zim - In one episode, the main character, Zim, travels to Mars to find out "whatever killed these. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The Ice Warriors is the name given to a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Reptile -like beings in the long-running British science fiction Invader Zim, Branded as Invader ZIM, is an American Animated television series that was produced by and subsequently . . marzoids" in order to destroy mankind himself. When he arrives, he makes contact with a holographic interactive instruction manual pre-programmed by the Martians that explained they worked themselves to extinction transforming all Mars into a space vessel, by adding massive engines using similar technology tested on a nearby planet. When Zim asks why would they do all that, the holographic martian simply responds: "Because it's cool!".
• Captain Scarlet (1967-1968) – The Martians at war with Earth are the Mysterons — an invisible race of superbeings hell-bent on revenge after an unprovoked attack on their Martian city by Captain Black, a Spectrum agent investigating strange alien signals. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The Mysterons are a fictional race of Extraterrestrials which appear in the British Science fiction Supermarionation Television series' Captain Black is the fictional nemesis of Captain Scarlet and recurring Mysteron agent in the 1960s British Supermarionation Science fiction
• Spaced Invaders (1990) – A sci-fi comedy in which dim-witted Martians attempt to invade a small Illinois town during a re-broadcast of Orson Welles 1938 "War of the Worlds". Spaced Invaders is a 1990 Science fiction Comedy directed by Patrick Read Johnson and starring Douglas Barr, Royal Dano George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television
• Biker Mice from Mars (1993-1996, 2006-present) – A cartoon series about three Martian Mice who crash-land on Earth after their ship is attacked by their enemies, the fish-like Plutarkians. Biker Mice from Mars is an animated series created by Rick Ungar that began airing in 1993 in the United States and lasted for three The Mice --leader Throttle, gentle-giant Modo, and wild-mouse Vinnie-- decide to remain on Earth to fight the evil Plutarkian Lawerence Limburger, who threatens Chicago. and then the villainous Catationains in the 2006 revival series.

Mars Attacks!

• Mars Attacks! (1996), – A satirical film directed by Tim Burton, based on the equally satirical, unpunctuated Topps trading card series Mars Attacks (1962); see below in other media). Mars Attacks! is a 1996 Black comedy and Science fiction Movie by Tim Burton based on the popular card series Mars Mars Attacks! is a 1996 Black comedy and Science fiction Movie by Tim Burton based on the popular card series Mars Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human Timothy "Tim" William Burton (born August 25 1958 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Set designer, notable for the quirky For the meat company see Topps Meat Company. The Topps Company Inc A trading card (or collectible card) is a small Card, usually made out of Cardboard or thick Paper, which usually contains an image of a Mars Attacks was a highly popular Science fiction Trading card series released in 1962. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Unlike ordinary martians, they have to wear glass-like helmets to breathe on Earth (they take in nitrogen, not oxygen). One of the martians, dressed as an eerily beautiful woman, chews a stick of nitrogen-based chewing gum so it could both survive and deter suspicion in its disguise. For songs called "Chewing Gum" see Chewing Gum (song Chewing gum is a type of Confectionery traditionally made of Chicle As revealed in a boxing match in the end, the glass is very fragile, as one of the characters easily breaks it with a few punches. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight,
• Mission to Mars (2000), -Martian{s) are shown as tall, feminine humanoids who abandoned their planet after a large meteor struck. Mission to Mars is a 2000 science fiction movie directed by Brian de Palma about a rescue mission to Mars following a disaster However, one of their ships dispatched life forms onto Earth, which at that time contained no life. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• Martian Child (2007), -A child,named Dennis, who is abandoned by his parents, thinks he is a martian. Martian Child is a 2007 Comedy-drama film about a writer who adopts a strange young boy who believes he is from Mars. He is adopted and the man who adopted him goes through the woes of making the child "come back to Earth"". EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001

Martians in comics

• In the DC Comics universe, the Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) (1955) is a superhero and member of the Justice League. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The DC Universe ( DCU) is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place Martian Manhunter is the Superhero alias of J'onn J'onzz, alternately known as John Jones or the Manhunter from Mars, a Fictional character Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. In at least some variations, he is believed to be the last of his race. Other DC creations include Miss Martian and the White Martians. Miss Martian (real name M'gann M'orzz, alias Megan Morse) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the. The White Martians are a fictional extraterrestrial race native to Mars in the DC Comics universe
• In the future world of Marvel Comics' Killraven (1973-), the Martian Masters who orchestrated the invasion in The War of the Worlds returned to Earth a century later and conquered it; they were overthrown by rebels led by the psychic human Jonathan Raven, alias Killraven. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Jonathan Raven, best known as Killraven, the " Warrior of the Worlds " is a fictional Freedom fighter in a post-apocalyptic Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
• Mark Starks' Martian is a superhero graphic novel published in 2006. "Martian" is an intergalactic cop who patrols the galaxy with his female Earthling partner, Terra.
• Mr. Martian of Big Bang Comics is an exile from Mars. Mr Martian (AKA CH'kk Kk'xx - Chuck Cox is a fictional character in Big Bang Comics, who first appeared in Big Bang #21 but didn't receive his own story until Big Bang Comics first appeared in 1994 with five issue mini-series (numbered 0&ndash4 published by Caliber Comics.
• Martians are also rarely-seen protagonists in the web-comic It's Walky. It's Walky! was a daily Webcomic by David Willis. It concerned the adventures of the fictional alien-fighting organization SEMME, and in particular In IW, Martians have left their dying world, denied themselves the opportinity to invade Earth, and founded a galactic-wide empire. They return to take vengeance on Humanity when the few martians on Earth are killed in an elaborate set-up by an alternate dimensions Human refugees.
• One of the central themes in Irregular Webcomic! features a small group of Martians, represented by Lego figurines. Irregular Webcomic! is a Webcomic created by David Morgan-Mar, an Australian Physicist.
• A Martian dragon appears in the fiction-within-a-fiction story "The Heterodyne Boys and the Dragon from Mars", from the steampunk webcomic Girl Genius. Girl Genius is an ongoing Comic book series turned Webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their
• In the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes: Weirdos From Another Planet! by Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes travel to Mars to find a creature with tentacles who fears humans, just as people fear life from other planets. Calvin and Hobbes is a Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative William B "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) an American Cartoonist, is the author of the Comic strip Calvin and Hobbes

Martians in video games

• LucasArts' 1988 graphic adventure game Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders deals with Martians looking to make everybody on Earth totally stupid with a device that nulls brainwaves. LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC is an American Video game developer and publisher. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphical Adventure game, originally released in October 1988[http //web It's hidden in the face on Mars. Cydonia Mensae is an Albedo feature (region on the planet Mars ( named after a historic city state in Crete)
• In the video game Destroy All Humans! (2005), it is mentioned that the Martians were wiped out by the Furons, and in the sequel you wipe out their allies "the Blisk". Destroy All Humans! is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ.
• In the video game Radical Dreamers, the main villain appears as a giant, lime-green, Martian octopus in one scenario. is a Japanese Video game produced by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) in 1996 for the Satellaview add-on for the Nintendo Super Famicom Other references to Mars are made throughout this scenario.
• In the Metal Slug series, the Mars People are very similar to the ones described by H.G. Wells and are constantly trying to conquer Earth. Metal Slug is a series of Run and gun Video games first released on Neo-Geo arcade machines and game consoles created by SNK. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political They also make fun of science fiction movies and strange phenomenon.
• In the turned-based tactics game X-COM: UFO Defense the alien invaders use Mars as a base of operations in which to launch UFO attacks on Earth.
• LucasArts/Konami video game: "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" in some levels appear martians as big Green Brained humanoids carrying a Bubble Gun also a Martian Space Ship appear; several Levels have names of 80's B-movies like: "Martians GO Home!", "The Day of the earth ran away", "Martians need Cheerleadears"

Martians in other media

• The 1962 trading card series Mars Attacks (no exclamation point, unlike the 1996 film based on it) depicts an invasion of Earth by hideous, skeletal Martians. LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC is an American Video game developer and publisher. () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a 1993 Run and gun 'horror' Video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis and Super NES platforms Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A trading card (or collectible card) is a small Card, usually made out of Cardboard or thick Paper, which usually contains an image of a Mars Attacks was a highly popular Science fiction Trading card series released in 1962. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The exaggerated, satirical violence of the series made it a cult favorite. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture.
• The Misfits have various songs related to Martians. The Misfits are an American
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a song entitled "Death of a Martian", although this a tribute to Flea's dog Martian. Red Hot Chili Peppers are Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16 1962 more commonly known by the Stage name Flea, is an Australian-born American Bassist, Trumpet player
• Goodrich High school in Michigan's Mascot is a Martian (Mars), but in the sense of the Roman god of war, not the alien.
• Aoleon The Martian Girl is a book by Brent LeVasseur about a Nebraska farm boy who meets a young Martian girl named aoleon and they go off on ad adventure to stop the evil Luminon from stealing the Earth's milk cows.

See also

• Extraterrestrial life
• Mars in fiction
• Little green men
• Martian scientist
• Venusian

References