Mon-El

Disambiguation: Lar Gand of Daxam

First published in: 1961

Description:

Lar Gand of Daxam arrived on Earth with no memory of his identity. Superboy was convinced that this stranger was his older brother from Krypton, and named him Mon-El (because they met on a Monday). When Mon-El was exposed to a high concentration of lead, he collapsed. The trauma caused him to remember his true identity, and he explained to Superboy that lead is fatal to the people of his world. Superboy projected Mon-El into the Phantom Zone until a cure could be found, but none was discovered until a thousand years later. Upon his release, Mon-El joined the Legion of Super-Heroes. Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Time Trapper manipulated events such that Mon-El's history now occurred in the Pocket Universe.

Glorith later altered the timeline, removing Superboy entirely from Lar Gand's history, and he instead became the 20th century hero known as Valor. Valor eventually became poisoned by lead, spent a thousand years in the Stasis Zone, and joined the Legion, just as he had in the previous timeline. After the Legion's history was rebooted by the events of Zero Hour, Lar Gand was still known as Valor, however he later changed his codename to M'onel.

Notes:

Lar Gand first appeared as Mon-El in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #89 (June 1961). The Glorith reality version of Lar Gand, now named Valor, first appeared in a computer simulation in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 (DC, 1990 series) #13 (March 1990). Lar changed his codename to M'onel in Legionnaires (DC, 1993 series) #37 (June 1996).

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lar_Gand#Mon-El

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Name:

Mon-El

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Relations:

1. alias of - Lar Gand [of Daxam, Mon-El / Valor / M'Onel] (p. 1961)

Group Memberships:

1. Legion of Super-Heroes [Mainstream Universe, 1958-1994 & 2006-2019 (Classic)] (p. 1958)
   1962 - 2019 (formal)
   Notes: Joined in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #300 (September 1962); died and resurrected in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #384 (January 1970); died in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1984 series) #61 (June 1989); resurrected in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1989 series) #3 (January 1990); ceased to exist in #4 (February 1990); death nullified by the Infinite Crisis.
2. Legion of Super-Heroes [Mainstream Universe, 2004-2009 (New Earth / Earth-Prime)] (p. 2004)
   2007 - 2009 (formal)
   Notes: "Posthumously" made a member in Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2006 series) #30 (July 2007).