Basic martial art skills, and possessed high tech weaponry, including a "Gamma Gong" that renders people motionless.
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Kanjar Ro is the dictator of the planet Dhor in the Antares star system, which is at war with three other Antarean worlds: Alstair, ruled by the plant-like Hyathis; Mosteel, ruled by the metal-skinned Kromm; and Llarr, ruled by the lizard-like Sayyar. In his first appearance, he enslaves the Justice League with his Gamma Gong, and uses them to battle the other three monarchs by threatening to leave all humanity in a paralyzed state, to only be released if all three monarchs spoke Ro's name at the same time. The League defeats all four monarchs and imprisons them on a small planet around which Green Lantern creates an energy barrier.[2]
Ro escapes after the villains crack the barrier, but leaves them behind. Ro makes several attempts to conquer the planet Rann, prompting the League to team-up with Adam Strange. He first uses radiation from Rann's star to empower himself and nearly defeats the JLA, but Adam defeats him with Dhorite. Ro later creates energy clones of himself and the Justice League before the real League stops him.
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot, Kanjar Ro is reintroduced in Hawkworld as a plotting bureaucrat on Thanagar. He subsequently appears in both Superman and JLA (vol. 3) attempting to conquer planets through force or guile. Ro's sister, Kanjar Ru, appears in Valor as the warden of the Starlag II prison. He later appears in Justice League of America #19 on the prison planet Cygnus 4019. After attempting to capture the League, he reveals that he planned to take control of the villains upon their arrival, only for their teleport beams to be redirected elsewhere.
Kanjar Ro appears in Trinity, having disguised himself as Despero to take his place in a ritual and steal power from Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Although the ritual is successful, granting Morgaine le Fey and Enigma great power, Ro gains nothing, due to his deception.[3] Revealed as a fake, Ro flees Morgaine and Enigma, but is confronted by Despero.[4] He barters the location of the imprisoned Crime Syndicate of Amerika in exchange for leniency; after this, he is ignored when he demands vengeance against Morgaine, and is taken to Krona's polar base, from where he radios for the heroes to save himself from Krona. As the Green Lanterns take custody of Despero's armada, Ro reveals he has copied Krona's files and will sell them to the highest bidder.
Kanjar Ro is later seen in Oa's prison cells and works with Kyle Rayner to stop a mass breakout in exchange for a reduced sentence.[5] When the Guardians of the Universe attempt to kill the prisoners, Kyle convinces them to spare Ro due to his earlier actions.[6] After being released from Oa, Ro returns to Dhor and helps Vril Dox's R.E.B.E.L.S. team stop Starro.
Powers and abilities
Kanjar Ro is a cunning strategist and wields advanced alien weaponry. He carries an Energi-Rod that allows him to fly and communicate through hyper-space, as well as a Gamma Gong which can paralyze others when struck.
Kanjar Ro appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Marc Worden.[8][7] In his most notable appearance in the episode "The Rise of the Blue Beetle!", he captures Gibbles to use them as fuel. When Batman and Blue Beetle arrive to stop him, he uses his Gamma Gong to separate the latter from his scarab and bond with it until Jaime uses the gong to defeat him. In subsequent appearances, Ro fights Batman, among other heroes, alongside space pirates and an army of robots before being killed by an alien creature while attempting to destroy the planet Rann.
Kanjar Ro appears in Green Lantern: First Flight, voiced by Kurtwood Smith.[7] This version is an insectoid alien with squid-like facial features. He joins forces with Sinestro to obtain the "yellow element" and have the Weaponers of Qward convert it into a Power Ring for the latter. After doing so, Sinestro kills Ro and frames Hal Jordan for it before briefly resurrecting the former to learn Qward's location.
^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 250. ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
^Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 173. ISBN0-8160-1356-X.
^ abcde"Kanjar Ro Voices (Green Lantern)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 8, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
