Ma'alefa'ak is the brother of J'onn J'onzz the Martian Manhunter. Ma'alefa'ak is majorly responsible for the near extinction of the Martian race. He did this by creating a psych plague that burn away any Martian that tried to connect with "The Great One" or the mind of the planet. This is called H'ronmeer's curse or plague. This plague killed all but a few Martian. J'onn, Ma'alefa'ak, and B'arzz O'oomm (Green Beetle). The only reason that J'onn survived is because he and his brother share a almost non-existent portion of each others mind. Through this J'onn escaped to earth but was followed by his brother who was hell bent on ending the last of the Martians to be the only Martian. He attempt many times to kill J'onn and is foiled by various heroes including J'onn himself. Throughout the times we see him we can infer that he is highly intelligent and very narcissistic and has a fiery passion (pun intended) to be the best. He is also responsible for J'onn's terrible fear of fire which is one of his very few weaknesses.
