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[DC] So the entire race of martians were godlike beings as powerful as Superman before their extinction?

Even Kryptonians weren't powered beings on their home planet. Only after exposing to the yellow sun were they given powers. But were Martian Manhunter's race all super powered shape shifting beings on their home planet?
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They were. 

And one of the major schisms between Green and White martians is that White Martians came to prehistoric Earth and fucked with our genetics (Removed the meta-gene from most of the gene pool) and kept humanity from becoming superpowered, similar to Kryptonians. 

Only a few humans left actually carry the gene thanks to the Whites. And the Greens were outraged they'd go screw with the DNA of another race.