this is my first stab at using him:

U Martian Manhunter - 177
LE Atom - 50
V Firestorm - 86
V Zatanna - 55
E Saturn Girl - 59
E Green Arrow - 42
R Live Wire - 22
R Easy Co. Medic - 9

Strategy:
Live Wire taxis Martian Manhunter. Atom shadows them, perplexing MM's damage & staying remarkably hard to hit. Saturn Girl taxis Green Arrow, perplexing his damage, too. Zatanna taxis Firestorm, and lends her nasty Mystic ability to Live Wire & Saturn Girl. the medic hangs back & heals. lots of free moves, lots of perplex, and mystics to boot.

Shortcomings:
outwit, outwit, outwit. i ain't got none, and it could be nasty to go up against. no really good close combatants, but my flying ranged attackers should keep folks at bay.

what do you guys think?

Outwit ain't that great against the Manhunter as long as he's in stealth. He would absolutely own the 3 big outwits in DC, i.e. Batman, Nightwing, and Deathstroke. I would play him a little differently. Pick up a heavy object with him, hide in stealth and dare people to come and get him. The big problem (very big) is LE Superman. He would own Martian Manhunter. You might drop GA and Livewire, and drop in a Deathstroke or Nightwing, just in case.....

this team is going to be used in a heroes/villains only game, so what if i changed it to this:

U Martian Manhunter - 177
LE Atom - 50
V Nightwing - 72
V Zatanna - 55
E Saturn Girl - 59
V Green Arrow - 50
R Live Wire - 22
R Easy Co. Medic - 9
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Total = 494

it's a little under, but i prefer the R Medic to the E Medic - 2 clicks of support means the medic can push. i dropped Firestorm to add Nightwing & upgrade Green Arrow - to me, the loss of Firestorm's punch is made up for by the addition of outwit and the Batman Ally TA. Satrun Girl & Live Wire now have the ability to move freely, hide in stealth, and zap an attacker back with the Mystic ability. i like it! any other thoughts?

I would try this...but first off, Exp Medic is SO good, simply because the Police team ability is AMAZING.

Martian Manhunter Unique
Nightwing Vet
Livewire Vet
Easy Company Medic Exp
Saturn Girl- Veteran
Steel- Rookie
Hawkman- Rookie
Easy Company Medic- Rookie

Basically, you now have Outwit on your team. To make it even sicker, look at what Livewire and Saturn Girl can do with their wildcards. They now freemove. They now have stealth. They now give +1 attack bonuses. They now can see past stealth. Nuff said right there. Tell me what ya think of it!

***Im unsure of the cost of Vet Livewire...but it may give u EXTRA points left over...make sure to double check point total, but i think its under ifanything!

i thought that the Police ability was akin to the Hydra ability - +1 to the AV. if it were SHIELD, i'd say "go!" 'cause of that +1 to ranged attack damage. but with a +1 AV, i'm just kinda 'eh' because of my team's better than average AV's. i DO like the addition of Steel, tho - forgot about the beauty of the Supes Ally TA. i'll post tomorrow & let you know how it goes - thanks for your advice!

The police ability is just as you said, the Hydra ability. BUT, DC attack values are generally low, and the added benefit that you have all the wildcard taxies to benefit off of it, the bonus is worth the extra 6 or so points. Think of it this way, not only does everyone start off with higher attacks, but when they get damaged they stay higher too. Plus, with no Prob Control in DC, the higher the odds get stacked in your favor, the better. Id suggest you take it still. I like the ability more than SHIELDS even, unless Energy Explosion is being used of course :P