Week 2 Mars: Martians in Pulp Fiction

Its kinda insane how obsessed people got with the idea of Martians when the "canals" were "discovered."  A pretty common theme I noticed was the idea of Martians with different skin tones.  Rather than various shades of black and white as we have on Earth, Martians practically covered all colors you'd find in a bag of Skittles.  Interestingly enough, this idea is still used in reference to Martians today with DC Comics.  In their version of Mars, there are two types of Martians: Green skinned as seen with J'on Jones (a.k.a. Martian Manhunter), and White skinned, as seen with J'on's niece, M'gann M'orzz (a.k.a. Miss Martian).  The White skinned martians were seen as more violent most of the time, and normally looked more monstrous, though all Martians had the ability to shape-shift, along with a slew of other powers.  There is a really interesting Justice League story where a number of White Martians try and replace the JL, which I will point you to a fun summary here.