Mon-El

**Mon-El**, is a Daxamite who worked for the Dark Circle and infiltrated the Legion Academy, in an attempt to steal the Miracle Machine.

## Biography

### Infiltrating the Legion

Born on the planet of Daxam, Lar Gand was a great admirer of the Kryptonian civilization and even changed his own name into Mon-El, intending to honor Krypton's greatest family, the House of El. This admiration however caused him to look down upon other people, who were not of Kryptonian, Daxamite or similar heritage. Due to this hatred for what he considered lesser beings, he joined the terrorist group known as the Dark Circle, who wanted to remake the universe in the image of its leader, so that only the strongest would be able to survive. Acting as an undercover agent, Mon-El infiltrated the academy of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and gained their trust, with the ultimate goal of stealing the Miracle Machine, with which the circle could rewrite reality itself.

### Meeting Supergirl

One day, Superman, a Kryptonian hero from a thousand years in the past, decided to bring his cousin, Supergirl, into the future, so she could train with the Legion. Mon-El welcomed them and was honored to meet real Kryptonians. He and Supergirl, otherwise known as Kara, discussed the many achievements of Krypton, as Superman returned to his own time. Mon-El then gave Kara a tour of the complete academy. After their tour was finished, they met Dawnstar, who introduced herself as Kara's roommate. They then wanted to enter the main building, but were stopped by Kara attacking the Coluan hero Brainiac 5, whom she confused with the original Brainiac, even though Mon-El tried to stop her. Later, after Kara had been lectured about not attacking Brainiac again, Mon-El and her joined the other academy members, who introduced themselves to her. Over the next few weeks, Mon-El began to prepare the heist of the machine from the vault and helped the other members of the Dark Circle to infiltrate the academy.

### Breaking into the vault

One night, as Mon-El was making the last preparations for his plan, the academy trainee Triplicate Girl saw him, but was quickly eliminated by the circle, though only one of her three clones died. After Brainiac 5 had falsely been imprisoned for her murder, Kara helped him escape and together, they planned to break into the vault. There, Mon-El was already waiting for them and pretended to be wanting to help them. After Brainiac 5 had opened the final lock however, Mon-El stabbed Kara in the stomach with a Kryptonite dagger and left her to bleed out. As Brainiac 5 tried to help her, Mon-El activated a signal, giving the Dark Circle the command to attack the Academy. After the Legionnaires and trainees were defeated and captured, the true leader of the circle, the original Brainiac, now fused together with the bodies of his clones, appeared and took control of the Miracle Machine. Despite Mon-El's efforts however, Kara and Brainiac 5 were able to escape, leaving them as the only present threat.

### Defeat and imprisonment

While Mon-El and the Dark Circle were searching the area for their escaped enemies, Supergirl and Brainiac revealed themselves to him. He tried to apprehend them, but, after following them for some time, he realized they were mere holograms created by the real Brainiac 5, who, along with Supergirl and some other escaped Academy members, confronted him. Mon-El fought them, but Kara and Brainiac successfully made it to the Miracle Machine and the original Brainiac. They tried to prevent him from altering reality, but were unable to do so. Mon-El triumphantly mocked them, before being incapacitated himself by Brainiac, who wanted to eliminate all those who could ever present a threat to him. However, Supergirl and Brainiac’s descendant were able to beat him and destroy the Miracle Machine, leaving Mon-El and the circle without leader. Desperate, Mon-El tried to take charge and flee, but was prevented from doing so by Supergirl, who finally faced him. After a quick fight, Mon-El tried to reason with her, offering her a place at his side because of her Kryptonian nature, but Kara simply called him out for his errors, before beating him to the ground. Before he could stand up again, Mon-El was confronted by a very much alive Triplicate Girl, or Duplicate Girl, as she started to call herself, and the fight was over. He was later himself imprisoned in the Academy’s cells, along with his former subordinates, before the rest of the Legion showed up.

## Physical Appearance

Mon-El is a tall, muscular and fair-skinned young man with short, black, slick-back hair. He wears a red bodysuit with blue cuffs, boots and cape that wraps completely around his neck, with 2 gold connectors. He also has a blue strip running around his waist which then cuts off with a gold rectangle in the center.

## Powers

* **Daxamite Physiology**: Mon-El was powerful enough that the other legionnaire cadets believed he would be the only one to make it into the main legion team, and Brainiac saw him as a possible threat to his rule. He was able fight with upergirl for a short while, however he ultimately lost in their confrontation.
	+ **Flight:** Mon-El can defy gravity and fly at tremendous speeds, keeping up with supergirl's flight speeds in their battle.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Mon-El possesses tremendous physical strength, enough to lift brainiac-5 by one hand, and in his fight with Supergirl he punches created shockwaves and he was able to rival her for a short while, before being defeated.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: Mon-El could fly and move at great speeds, able to stab Supergirl with a kryptonite dagger before she could react, and keep up with her in their fight.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Mon-El could take attacks from Supergirl, an equally superpowered being, in their fight, although he was noticeably injured by the end of their battle.

## Abilities

* **Deception**: He was able to fool the Legion into believing that Brainiac was apart of the Dark Circle and he also managed to manipulate Supergirl and Brainiac into opening the miracle machine room.
* **Leadership**

## Equipment

* Mon-El Suit: He wears a tight-fitting, red and blue suit with gold ascents as apart of his superhero identity. Its durability is quite great as it was undamaged in his fight with Supergirl.
* Kryptonite Dagger

## Gallery

Mon-El meeting Superman and Supergirl.Mon-El with the academy trainees.Mon-El being taught by Chemical King.Mon-El visiting the vault.Mon-El revealing himself as a traitor.Mon-El as Brainiac's second in command.Mon-El comandeering the remains of the Dark Circle.Mon-El vs Supergirl.DefeatedMon-El imprisoned by the Legion.
## Trivia

* **Mon-El** was created by Robert Bernstein and George Papp and first appeared in DC comics in Superboy #89 in June 1961.
* In the comics, Mon-El is not a villain, nor a member of the Dark Circle. Instead, he is an established member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He also is a descendant of Superman and Superboy (Jonathan Kent), born and raised on the planet New Krypton.
	+ His real name is also Lar Gand, however this may also be true for the Tomorrowverse since he mentions that he changed his name in admiration for the Kryptonians.