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70-648: The Khunds controlled a vast galactic empire. In the 30th and the 31st centuries, their relationship with the United Planets fluctuated between uneasy détente and open warfare. When the U.P. first discovered the Khundian civilization, the Khunds responded by attempting to conquer Earth. They nearly succeeded with the assistance of Nemesis Kid , a saboteur whom they planted in the Legion of Super-Heroes . Nemesis Kid

140-642: A "pocket universe" created by the Time Trapper , a mysterious being living at the end of the universe. Severely injured and dependent on life-support equipment during a battle with the Time Trapper after Superboy's death , Mon-El dies during the Magic Wars which destroys much of the technology throughout the United Planets . The Time Trapper later revives him, hoping to use his body to preserve his own waning existence, but Mon-El kills him to prevent

210-574: A 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe, Gand appears as the field leader of the Legion of Super-Heroes. It is further revealed that this version, as the entire Legion, is possibly the original one from before the Flashpoint event as they are even aware of these reality-altering events. In Doomsday Clock , Mon-El is erased from existence when Doctor Manhattan alters the timeline. However, he

280-429: A Monday, and "El" for Superboy's own Kryptonian family name (although in 1964, Bob Rozakis wrote a letter to Adventure Comics in which he pointed out the existence of the alloy monel "which had characteristics similar to the hero of the same name"). He adopted a human secret identity (Bob Cobb) to integrate into Superboy's hometown of Smallville . The character was then shown to be immune to kryptonite , which

350-433: A changed future, leading into the threeboot Legion of Super-Heroes comics. Resulting from the 2005–2006 " Infinite Crisis " storyline, time and space once again were realigned and altered, this incarnation of Mon-El and his exploits were thought to have been erased from the timeline. In Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #2, this version of Mon-El resurfaced as well as his post-"Zero Hour" Legion teammates. The character

420-649: A character loosely based on Mon-El, appears in the animated series Legion of Super Heroes , voiced by Yuri Lowenthal . A precursor to the Lar Gand character appeared in the story "Superman's Big Brother", in Superman #80 (February 1953). He was named Halk Kar , and had a logo-less costume almost identical to Superman's, but with the red and blue colors reversed. He was created by Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino . Lar Gand first appeared in Superboy #89 and

490-655: A close analogue of the pre- Crisis Legion to continuity, as seen in The Lightning Saga story arc in Justice League of America and Justice Society of America , and in the Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes story arc in Action Comics . Mon-El is included in their number. In the latter story, it was revealed that Mon-El was banished back into the Phantom Zone by Earth Man . In

560-494: A dose of Brainiac 5's anti-lead serum in a timely fashion. Eltro Gand, a distant descendant of his older brother, sacrificed his life force to restore Mon-El to life. After a long romantic relationship, he and fellow Legionnaire Shadow Lass marry. The Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot removed Superman's adventures as Superboy from the character's history. Mon-El's character history remained unchanged, however, with his encounter with Superboy said to have taken place in

630-539: A duplicate Valor from the Legion's time (a second version of Valor created by the Time Trapper) to take his other self's place, "patched" into the 20th century timeline by Waverider . He was tasked with completing Valor's legendary feats such as stopping the Dominators' second invasion of Earth and seeding the U.P. worlds so that 30th century history would play out as it was supposed to transpire. However, history

700-780: A gray-skinned race of dull-witted, four-armed warriors who serve the Citadelians. Native to the Vega star system. The Brylyx are white-skinned aliens featured in Green Lantern: Mosaic . The Bolovax Vikians are highly communal and technologically advanced. Bolovax Vikians of Bolovax Vik are a dead race. Kilowog of the Green Lantern Corps is the last surviving member of this species. The Bugs of New Genesis are an insectoid race who were spread on New Genesis during their war with Apokolips . They are

770-474: A heroic career in the 20th century as Valor , stopping a second Dominator -led invasion of Earth, freeing thousands of humans who had been experimented on by the Dominators and seeding them on a series of worlds between Dominion space and Earth as a "buffer zone" to prevent future invasions. These colonists had gained metahuman powers due to the experiments and would (by the time of the Legion), evolve into many of

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840-596: A key player in the following The Legion comic book series. With the rest of the Legionnaires, M'Onel is lost when Superboy (Kon-El) and the Teen Titans lose the Persuader 's axe while trying to return to their own time. M'Onel attempts to hold the Legionnaires in a human chain, but is sucked into a vortex . Shikari is the only one who escapes when she is pulled free by the temporal currents. She arrives in

910-489: A limited mastery of Psion technology. The Clementians of Clementia are also known as "Black Mercies". The Green Lantern known as Mother Mercy is the caretaker and ruler of the Clementian race. The Coluans (sometimes known as Yod-Colu ) of Colu are a hyper-intelligent species, one of the most technologically advanced in the known universe. They are most notably represented by the various men and women who hold

980-546: A massive spell allowing him to animate and control the corpses of dead warriors throughout United Planets territory, and use them as an invasion force. U.P. worlds which were conquered by the Khundian empire are not spared from this phenomenon, prompting the Khunds to form a temporary alliance with the Legion. Four superpowered Khunds join the Legion: Firefist , a cyborg; his wife Veilmist , a teleporter; Blood Claw , who possesses indestructible claws; and Flederweb ,

1050-617: A modified version of his red and blue costume (similar to the costume of the Golden Age Halk-Kar) complete with a Superman S-Shield over his left chest. He assists the Science Police in capturing Parasite . Mon-El also attempts to apprehend Bizarro , only to turn back after he escapes to Bizarro World . Upon returning home, Mon-El asks Superboy to reprogram Kelex , the android at the Fortress of Solitude , to repair

1120-528: A prospective female in battle earns her hand in marriage. This species is represented by Maxima - Queen of Almerac - as well as her handmaiden Sazu and her onetime betrothed Ultraa . The Aloi are blue-skinned aliens with ridged foreheads. The Aloi are at war with the Margoi over a device known as the "Grayl". They were represented by Tumlat. The Alstairans of Alstair are one of four technologically advanced and constantly at war spacefaring races native to

1190-440: A society of humanoid bugs that thrive in colonies beneath the surface of the planet. There is occasionally prejudice between these two races, as many of the gods consider the bug-people to be a lesser species. However, there are also instances of mutual compassion and respect. Forager and Mantis are the most prominent members of the race. The Cairnians are members of L.E.G.I.O.N. The Calatonians are an ancient monarchy on

1260-502: A winged bounty hunter. Included in the animated undead force that invaded the planet Sklar are corpses of the many deceased members of the Legion. Blood Claw is killed by Magnetic Kid's undead body. Firefist attempts to murder Devlin O'Ryan , but is seemingly killed himself when Devlin's reflective power repels the Khund's weapon blast back at him. The group manages to defeat Mordru, and the Khunds force Veilmist and Flederweb to resign from

1330-565: Is Circadia Senius, a Chronarch Research Fellow at the Metropolis Time Institute and a friend of Brainiac 5 . The Citadelians of the Citadel are a race of sadistic imperialistic clones, whose intellect and genetic viability degrades with each newly cloned generation. The former tyrant rulers of the Vega star system are now an Empire in decline. The Citadelians use Gordanians and Branx Warriors as their enforcers; they have

1400-568: Is a member of the Dark Circle . The Ardenans are the presumed name of a sentient race of humanoids with orange scaly skin from the planet Arden. They are represented by the deceased Green Lanterns Lodar and Meeno Monak. The Astonians are a minor alien race under a once dying star saved by the Blue Lantern Saint Walker upon facing extinction. Saint Walker is of this race. The Azarathians are people belonging to

1470-508: Is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly in association with the Legion of Super-Heroes , Superboy , and Superman . The character has been reinterpreted over the years, but in all versions serves as a hero with abilities similar to those of Superman, sometimes serving as a substitute for him. Mon-El appears in the second season of Supergirl , portrayed by Chris Wood . Additionally, Superman X,

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1540-491: Is from the planet Thoron, which is in the same star system as Krypton. Years ago, while on a pioneer voyage into space, he landed on Krypton with his damaged rocketship. There he met Jor-El, who explained that Krypton's destruction was imminent and repaired Halk Kar's rocketship, sending him away with the note which had a map from Krypton to Earth on it. Krypton exploded shortly afterward, causing Halk Kar to be put into suspended animation until he drifted to Earth to meet Superman,

1610-430: Is less powerful than he is and – instead of subjecting him to embarrassment over the fact that he may be weaker than his younger brother – opts to use his own powers to cover for Halk Kar's deficiencies. This plan backfires, as Halk Kar begins to assume a superior attitude to Superman and even begins to make romantic advances on Superman's girlfriend, Lois Lane . Finally, Halk Kar recovers his memory, and explains that he

1680-413: Is radioactively poisonous to all Kryptonians. Believing that Mon-El has been deceiving him, Superboy tries to trick him with a fake kryptonite meteor made of lead , which turns out to be Mon-El's weakness. Furthermore, exposure to lead is irreversibly fatal to Daxamites, which Mon-El explains, having regained his memory. Guilt-ridden over inadvertently poisoning him, Superboy saves his life by sending him to

1750-581: Is restored when Superman convinces Manhattan to undo his actions. In The New Golden Age , Mon-El is among the Legionnaires who arrive in the present and confront the Justice Society over their decision to recruit Legionnaire, a young, heroic incarnation of Mordru . A separate, contemporary character named Mon-El appears in the DC All In initiative as the Phantom King , the leader of

1820-579: Is revealed to be an imp as well. The Adaptoids were blob-like creatures in the vicinity of the star Arcturus that traveled to Earth-One in attempt to wipe out the human race. Able to adapt to any threat, they were defeated by the Justice League when they were exposed to the Thanagarian equalizing disease. The Aellans are the yellow-skinned reptilian humanoid peoples of Aello (Stormswift), Demonia, Harpis and Doc of Aello were all members of

1890-467: Is their representative. The Blight are a cybernetic race whose bodies are composed of rotting flesh and villains of the Legion of Super-Heroes . Their leader is Atrophos , chief scientist and engineer vowed to hunt down M'onel for immortality, but were stopped by the Legion. The eight Bloodline Parasites were extraterrestrial lifeforms capable of accidentally activating the human metagene during

1960-412: Is ultimately destroyed by Black Beetle . The Aipitons are the presumed name of a species of small flying insects of the planet Apaiton. They are represented by the deceased Green Lantern Bzzd. The Aquoids are natives of planet Beltair IV. The Aranes of Arane II are a race of light blue-skinned, white-haired humanoids, with tiny blue protruding horns on their foreheads. Rolind Siepur of Arane II

2030-565: The Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds miniseries, which follows after Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes , Mon-El is rescued from the Phantom Zone by his teammates. Upon leaving the Zone, Mon-El once again suffers the effects of lead poisoning, but as in the past, is inoculated with an antidote created by Brainiac 5 . He and Shadow Lass are then sent on a mission to Oa to recruit the immortal Sodam Yat (the last Guardian of

2100-690: The Invasion! crossover. In Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #19 the Khund homeworld had been devastated by the attack of the aliens called 'Ichor'. With the assistance of Etta Candy and Wonder Woman , the Khund homeworld is saved and they gain their own Green Lantern protector. United Planets List of alien races in DC Comics is a list of fictional extraterrestrial races that have appeared in comic book titles published by DC Comics , as well as properties from other media that are listed below, with brief descriptions and accompanying citations. There are countless different extraterrestrial races in

2170-661: The Antares system. The most well known Alstairan is their ruler, the alien plant elemental known as Hyathis . Alstairans are plantlike humanoids with leaves instead of hair. The Anasazi in the DC Comics Universe are metahumans who were resettled to planet Starhaven, represented by Dawnstar . The Andromedans of the Andromeda Galaxy are a race of superhumans similar to Kryptonians and Daxamites. They have red hair, albino skin and blue eyes. One of

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2240-599: The Heroes of Lallor . The events of the "Five Years Later" era were erased from mainstream DC continuity following the Zero Hour limited series. Thus, the saga of the Khundian Legionnaires is currently viewed as non-canonical. However, Veilmist, Firefist, and a shot of Flederweb's arm appeared in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #5, among dozens of Legionnaires pulled out of alternate realities. During

2310-655: The Metropolis Science Police, until he is captured by Sam Lane's Project 7734, who fake his death at the hand of Flamebird and Nightwing . Mon-El manages to escape, but ends up stranded in the Forlorn Dimension, helping Captain Atom to get free from the clutches of Mirabai, the evil queen of the Forlorn and Sam Lane's chief ally. Following his escape, Mon-El returns to Metropolis wearing

2380-731: The Omega Men . The Alien Invaders are the nameless primary antagonists of Armageddon: The Alien Agenda . The Almeraci are a humanoid race of technologically advanced warriors with psionic abilities similar to the Euphorix. The Almeraci are ruled by the House of the Blood Royale, a matriarchy of superpowered monarchs who maintain their bloodline and psionic status through selective breeding. The Almeraci choose mates through ceremonial gladiatorial competitions; whichever male can defeat

2450-476: The Phantom Zone . Generally, the abilities of Lar Gand and other Daxamites are similar to those of Superman and other natives of the planet Krypton (super-strength; speed; flight; x-ray vision, heat vision, microscopic and telescopic vision powers; invulnerability; and super hearing). However, he is vulnerable to the inert element lead , rather than the radioactive element Kryptonite . Mon-El appears as

2520-492: The crossover story Invasion! to become a hero. He briefly joins L.E.G.I.O.N. , where Vril Dox II cures his lead poisoning. He plays a significant part in the Eclipso: The Darkness Within crossover, in which Superman gives him the name "Valor". A solo series Valor about the character lasted for 23 issues, beginning with Lar as an adventurous young man exploring the universe in a spaceship with

2590-435: The "sixth dimension" who created self-aware reality endangering technology. The Changralynians of Changralyn are a race of silicon-based pacifists , they are represented by Broot of the Omega Men . The Children of Tanjent are a psionic race. The peaceful insectoid Circadians of Circadia established a joint human/Circadian settlement in the 30th Century known as Pax Colony. The best known Circadian representative

2660-496: The 20th and 21st centuries, the Khunds were extreme enemies of the Thanagarians because of their planetary proximity. They superficially resemble humans , but average larger and more muscular in build, with pale pink skin. Khunds have codified rules of combat. Khund bodies have much denser bone and muscle tissue than humans. The planet Khundia is a heavy gravity world. The Khunds were part of the alien group that attacks Earth in

2730-465: The Andromedans named Karb-Brak was exiled to Earth because he developed an allergy to superhuman metabolisms, he took the human identity of construction worker Andrew Meda. Superman and Vartox eventually cure Karb-Brak and return him to his homeworld. The Angtuans are inhabitants of the planet Angtu, a world with a thick, noxious atmosphere. Angtu was ultimately destroyed in the 30th century by

2800-478: The DC Comics universe. The vast majority are humanoid in structure. The United Planets is a governing body which is active starting in the 21st century all the way to the 31st century. The planets of the Solar System and Htrae are known members alongside the artificial planet-sized satellites, the buffer planets that were seeded by Mon-El , and the neighboring empires. In the 21st century, they are led by

2870-422: The Legion. Some time later, it is revealed that Firefist survived, and that the Khunds have initiated a plot to destroy Weber's World . Veilmist offers to assist the Legion in foiling the plot, but is killed by Firefist. Flederweb is revealed to be not a Khund, but a mind-controlled member of an unspecified alien race. After he is freed from Khundian control and helps the Legion save Weber's World, Flederweb joins

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2940-415: The Phantom Zone for brief periods of time, and he is considered an honorary Legionnaire. Brainiac 5 later creates a long-term antidote (which still requires periodic ingestion), and he becomes a full member. During his long career, he is written as one of the Legion's three most-powerful members along with Superboy and Ultra Boy , and serves two terms as leader. Mon-El apparently dies after failing to take

3010-399: The Phantom Zone to save him from its collapse. Mon-El is cured of his lead poisoning by a cure left anonymously for him by the Legion. In the 21st century, he adopts the human alias of Clark's cousin "Jonathan Kent" from London, and acts as protector of Metropolis while Superman joins the off-Earth settlement of New Krypton, populated by refugees from the planet's destruction. He briefly joins

3080-533: The Trapper from further manipulating events throughout history. This wipes Superboy's pocket universe out of existence, and alters the timeline. The Trapper's role and powers are usurped by his underling Glorith, and Lar Gand is recast as Valor. In the new "Glorithverse" reality, Lar Gand replaced the non-existent Superboy as the Legion's inspiration. As detailed in the story "The Legend of Valor" ( Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) Annual #2, 1991), Lar Gand would enjoy

3150-469: The Universe ) into the war against Superboy-Prime and the Legion of Super-Villains . Mon-El forms a bond with the reluctant Yat as both a fellow Daxamite and as one who has outlived family and friends. Later on, he is chosen to become a Green Lantern by Dyogene. Before leaving, he told Shadow Lass that even though he is a GL, the Legion, Earth and his friends will always be his family. In The New 52 ,

3220-534: The act of feeding on human spinal fluid . All Parasites had dense exoskeletons and were incredibly strong, they all had the ability to duplicate human form. The Braalians are humans from the colony Braal who possess the metahuman ability of electromagnetic field manipulation. Cosmic Boy and Magno of the Legion of Super-Heroes are their representatives. The Brain-Parasites of Planet X hail from Planet X and use powerful Knowledge-Extractors to steal knowledge from other races. The Branx of Emana Branx are

3290-432: The artificial intelligence Babbage, encountering various aliens and civilizations. After #12 however, things became complex. Glorith had continued altering the timeline, inadvertently recreating the original Time Trapper in the process. Travelling back to when Lar Gand was a young man in another attempt to win his affection, she accidentally caused his death. Attempting to undo the damage this caused history, she called forth

3360-583: The beings of their respective elements. It is because of them that the Justice League first came together. The Appellaxians were defeated by the Justice League. The Appellaxians' creations appear in the Young Justice episode "Salvage", consisting of Golden Roc, Wood God, Stone God, Crystal Creature, and Mercury Monster. Bruno Mannheim combines them into a Golem using a Mother Box, planning to use it as an enforcer for Intergang , before it

3430-534: The corrupt Durlan Thaaros. Zrfff is the homeworld of all 5th Dimensional Imps , including Mister Mxyzptlk , Miss Gsptlsnz , Vyndktvx, Brpxz, Mister Genie (Genro), Quisp, Bat-Mite , Kcid Nosyarg (Larry), Zook , Gazook, and Mopee. The 5th Dimensional Imps appear in Supergirl , consisting of Mxyzptlk and Gsptlsnz / Nyxlygsptlnz. In a Supergirl crossover with The Flash , the Music Meister

3500-438: The events of his own series. He was found by the loan shark of Superboy's agent and was tricked into fighting Superboy as the whole battle was being recorded for the purpose of betting on the winner. When Superboy saw that Valor was sick after he started to become weakened and more disoriented as a result of Vril Dox's anti-lead serum wearing off, Superboy placed him in the "Stasis Zone" (the Phantom Zone by another name), where he

3570-448: The extradimensional Phantom Zone , where he would be able to observe things happening in the outside world, but as a phantom would not age and his lead poisoning would not progress. This provided for a means to use the character in contemporary stories set in the 30th century with the Legion of Super-Heroes . In these stories, Legion member Saturn Girl creates a temporary antidote to his lead poisoning, allowing him to be released from

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3640-469: The grown-up son of Jor-El referred to in the note. Halk Kar returns to Thoron in his repaired rocketship, leaving Superman with the experience of briefly having had a brother. The Halk Kar plot was reused in Superboy #89 (June 1961), in a story set during Superman's career as Superboy , one that simply disregarded the history outlined in the original (a practice common at the time). The character's name

3710-478: The increasingly isolated Daxam and travel the stars, and is brought by his ancestor's ship to its pre-programmed destination: Earth, the Central American continent. February 2007's Action Comics Annual #10, gave a revised version of how Clark Kent met the character. It closely matches the 1960 story, but amnesiac Mon-El is poisoned when Clark tries to test whether he is Kryptonian using kryptonite, and

3780-531: The lead poisoning antidote, is returned to the recreated Phantom Zone by Superman and Chameleon, where he remains until rescued by the Legion in 1,000 years. Whether his long isolation has caused memory loss or he is carefully avoiding a time paradox by never mentioning his 21st century adventures is unknown. In the final issue of War of the Supermen , it is revealed that Billi is pregnant, presumably with Mon-El's child. The events of Infinite Crisis restore

3850-421: The lead poisoning using kryptonite, but this wears off, requiring him to be returned to the Phantom Zone. Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds reveals that this future is not the future of New Earth but instead the future of Earth-Prime. The full actual past of this version of Mon-El is unknown, however he claimed to have known Supergirl and Superman in the past. In conjunction with the crossover " Infinite Crisis ",

3920-519: The mutated native Mano . The Anunnake are reptilian aliens who claim to have killed off the dinosaurs; they are also known as the Hunter/Gatherers. The Anndrann are green-skinned military geniuses from Anndranna who were later banished to Bellatrix and are famed for their weapons of war. Iron has a deleterious effect on their cognitive abilities. The Appellaxians of Appellax are a race of technologically advanced energy aliens from

3990-525: The nature of Daxam, and thus Mon-El, was heavily retconned . He became the remote descendant of a male human and Bal Gand, a female Daxamite who visited Earth during the height of the Maya culture. She returned to Daxam, rather than let her child be born as an apparent demigod on Earth, but programmed her spaceship to return him to Earth if Daxamite xenophobia made that necessary. Generations later, her descendant Lar Gand gives in to his suppressed instinct to escape

4060-543: The parallel universe of Azarath. Raven is an Azarathian. The Barrions of Barrio III are silicon-based lifeforms . They are represented by the Green Lantern known as Chaselon. The Bellatrix Bombers are alien warlords featured in Green Lantern (vol. 3) #20. The Bgztlians are humans from the colony Bgztl who possess the metahuman ability of intangibility. Phantom Girl of the Legion of Super-Heroes

4130-627: The planet Appellax with the ability to create powerful artificial host bodies for their minds. The seven Appellaxians that invaded created bodies that were named Golden Roc (a golden bird-like monster), Wood King (a humanoid wood monster who had power over wood), Stone-God (a humanoid rock monster that can shoot Kryptonite beams from its eyes), Crystal Creature (a humanoid crystal monster who can fire diamond shards), Fire-Lord (a humanoid fire monster with pyrokinesis), Glass-Man (a humanoid glass monster with energy projection), and Mercury Monster (a living pool of mercury). Each of them can turn other beings into

4200-460: The planet Calaton ravaged by the Doomsday creature. The Canopians are a member of Atari Force . Canopians such as Morphea are from New Earth in a parallel universe. The Carggites are humans from the colony Cargg who possess the metahuman ability of duplication. Triplicate Girl of the Legion of Super-Heroes is their representative. The Cathexis are a race of alien super-scientists from

4270-555: The protective lead casing for the meteor both poisons him and restores his memories. He recalls that upon arriving at Earth, a sunspot storm ruptured his fuel cells, causing him to crash (and explaining how his ship missed Central America by thousands of miles, crash-landing in Smallville instead) and lose his memory. Clark again uses a portal to the Phantom Zone to put Mon-El in stasis until his lead poisoning can be cured. In Superman #685 (April 2009), Superman releases Mon-El from

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4340-551: The starship he came to Earth in. He also enters into a sexual relationship with Billi Harper, the Guardian's grandniece. Following a battle with Atomic Skull , Mon-El was invited to join the new Justice League of America at the invitation of Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi) . After helping to save New Krypton and seeding the UP worlds in accordance with time-loop instructions from the Legion, Mon-El, now near death having become immune to

4410-845: The title of Brainiac along with Pulsar Stargrave. The planet Colu was destroyed by the Omega Titans in Justice League: No Justice . The Coluans appear in Legion of Super Heroes , with various members voiced by Kari Wahlgren and Richard McGonagle . This version of the species share a hive mind , and every three solar cycles undergo a data-sharing process known as the Alignment. Additionally, as demonstrated by Brainiac 5, they possess various transformative and technological abilities not shared by their comic counterparts. Lar Gand Lar Gand , known mainly as Mon-El (and alternatively as Valor and M'Onel ),

4480-545: The worlds that would join the United Planets. After completing this task and an indefinite number of other 20th-century ventures, he would be placed in the Bgztl Buffer Zone by the time sorceress Glorith , to be rescued by the Legion in the 30th century. None of these events had otherwise been depicted in comics about the 20th century. In his new history, Lar Gand was inspired by his father's sacrifice in

4550-469: Was changed to Lar Gand, his homeworld was changed to Daxam , and he was made younger to roughly match Superboy's age. He was an explorer who had landed on Krypton, where Jor-El warned him of the planet's imminent destruction and gave him a map to Earth. He suffered amnesia upon landing on Earth, where he met Superboy. As he gained powers like Superboy, the hero concluded that he was a long-lost brother, and named him Mon-El : "Mon" because he landed on Earth on

4620-463: Was created by Robert Bernstein and George Papp . Halk Kar crash-lands on Earth in a rocketship and is rescued by Superman, who discovers that Halk Kar suffers from amnesia . Discovering that Halk Kar has a note from Jor-El (Superman's father) mentioning his son, Superman assumes that Halk Kar must not only be from his own planet Krypton , but he must be a son of Jor-El and thus also his own older brother. Superman quickly realizes that Halk Kar

4690-439: Was exposed and the invasion was repelled. The Khunds opposed the U.P. and the Legion at numerous times in the future. For example, the Khunds and the Dark Circle invaded Earth during the so-called " Earthwar ". It was soon revealed that both groups were being manipulated by the sorcerer Mordru , who almost conquered Earth before being defeated by the Legion. During the "Five Years Later" arc of Legion continuity, Mordru casts

4760-464: Was introduced again following another reboot of Legion history in 2004. In Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #23 (December 2006), Saturn Girl senses a telepathic call for help, which turns out to be Mon-El in the Phantom Zone, suffering from 1,000 years of sensory deprivation and dying from lead poisoning. He is confused as to who put him in the Phantom Zone, but remembers the "S" symbol and attacks Supergirl . Brainiac 5 makes an anti-toxin for

4830-464: Was playing out much earlier than it was supposed to which led to some changes in Valor's exploits. This was one of the many destabilizations of the timestream that eventually led to the 1994 " Zero Hour " storyline, and the "Legion Reboot ". The character appeared again following the "Zero Hour" reboot , in Superboy (vol. 4) #17. He was amnesiac, but had vague memories of his time with L.E.G.I.O.N. and

4900-433: Was trapped for a thousand years before being released by the Legion and a time-traveling Superboy, and injected with Brainiac 5's improved version of his ancestor's serum. To avoid the religious fervor his return would cause, the Legion kept secret the fact this new Legionnaire was the legendary Valor. He took the name M'Onel , which Legion founder R. J. Brande claimed to be Martian for "He Who Wanders". M'Onel would become

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