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  • Supergirl, season 5, episode 3, "Blurred Lines," drastically changed the comic book background of Malefic. 1 / 9

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  • Strangely, these changes altered J'onn J'onzz's character more than they did Malefic's. 2 / 9

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  • Malefic was reportedly responsible for killing off the Green Martians with a telepathic plague. 3 / 9

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  • This was due to Malefic's bitterness over being born without a telepathic hive-mind link. 4 / 9

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  • This mirrors the comics, where Malefic engineered a psychic disease to kill his own race. 5 / 9

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  • The show's backstory differed in that Malefic had a hostile psychic power, not a plague. 6 / 9

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  • Malefic was also isolated by his father, leading Malefic to turn against the Green Martians. 7 / 9

  • J'onn sought to ease his father's guilt by telepathically erasing all memory of Malefic's existence. 8 / 9

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  • The battle between the two brothers will be a major part of Supergirl season 5. 9 / 9

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