Kanjar Ro
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| Kanjar Ro | |
 Justice League of America #3 featuring Kanjar Ro, artist Murphy Anderson, |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Justice League of America vol. 1 #3, (February 1961) |
| Created by | Gardner Fox (writer) Mike Sekowsky (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Kanjar Ro |
| Place of origin | Dhor |
| Abilities | None, but possessed high tech weaponry, including a "Gamma Gong" that renders people motionless. |
Kanjar Ro is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Justice League of America #3 (February 1961) in a story entitled "The Slave Ship of Space". He was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Kanjar Ro is the dictator of the planet Dhor in the Antares star system, Dhor is constantly at war with three other Antarean worlds: Alstair ruled by the plantlike Queen Hyathis, Mosteel ruled by the metal skinned Kromm, and Llarr ruled by the lizard like emperor Sayyar. In his first appearance he enslaved the Justice League with his Gamma Gong, and used them to battle the other three monarchs. The League broke free of his control, and defeated him, imprisoning all four monarchs on a small planet.
Ro escaped, and subsequently made several attempts to conquer Rann, prompting the League's team-ups with Adam Strange. One of these attempts eventually proved successful, at the same time as one of his previous rival monarchs conquered Thanagar. This prompted the first Rann-Thanagar War.
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths Kanjar Ro was introduced in Hawkworld as a plotting bureaucrat in the Thanagarian Ministry of Alien Affairs. This was originally intended to take place prior to JLofA #3, but it was later revealed it was occurring in the present. Ro's pre-Crisis background still exists, however, as his Gamma Gong is kept in the Justice League Watchtower's trophy room.
[edit] Current status
Kanjar Ro has subsequently appeared in both Superman and JLA vol. 3, attempting to conquer planets through force or guile. Kanjar Ro's sister, Kanjar Ru, appeared in Valor as the warden of the Starlag II prison. Kanjar Ro was recently mentioned in Justice League of America #4 in passing by Black Lightning. He later appears in Justice League of America #19 on the planet Cygnus 4019, the intended prison planet for earth's supervillains. After attempting to capture the League (who had come to check on the prisoners) he reveals that he planned to take control of the villains upon their arrival, only for their teleport beams to be redirected elsewhere.
[edit] Other versions
- Kanjar Ro has appeared in the Justice League Unlimited spin-off comic book. His appearance is in issue # 4
[edit] Other media
- Kanjar Ro appeared in an episode of the Justice League animated series as a space pirate, who aided the Manhunters in framing John Stewart.
- He later appears in Justice League Unlimited as a member of the Legion of Doom. He was voiced by Rene Auberjonois
- In Green Lantern comics, an alien race called "the Laroo" have a distinct likeness to Kanjar Ro except they are blue.
