ZARYAN THE CONQUEROR

Real Name: Zaryan

Class: Extraterrestrial (Khund)

Occupation: Intergalactic criminal

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Bork, 30th Century

First Appearance:

Adventure Comics I #304 (January, 1963)

PowersZaryan had a spaceship armed with a freeze-ray and crewed with warrior robots.

History(Adventure Comics I #304) -Intergalactic criminal Zaryan the Conqueror once offered the Legion of Super-Heroes an immense bribe to agree to not oppose him, but they turned it down. The Legion were set to have their annual vote to elect a new leader, and Saturn Girl was the first to arrive at the Clubhouse. A crystal capsule sent from the Trylop Council of Mernl dropped from the sky warning that their computers predicted a Legionnaire would die using their powers during an upcoming invasion of Earth by Zaryan the Conqueror, and Saturn Girl resolved to sacrifice herself to protect her fellow Legionnaires. She used her thought control to nudge the Legion into electing her leader, then used a rainbow bar from their treasury to make medallions with her face printed on them, and demanded every Legionnaire wear one. She demanded the Legionnaires demonstrate effective use of their powers, and was able to temporarily duplicate each member of the Legion’s powers using the medallions they wore, and proceeded to forbid them for using their powers or going on missions during a probation period because she declared they were not using their powers properly. When Zaryan began his invasion of Earth she responded, and warned the other Legionnaires not to follow her because they were on probation. The Legion thought she’d gone mad with power, but Legionnaire Mon-El had observed her actions from the Phantom Zone, and knew her motivations. Sunspots interfered with him communicating with the Legion, but when they lifted he filled in Lightning Lad on the situation, and he flew into space, determined to keep Saturn Girl from sacrificing herself. He blew up Zaryan’s ship with his powers, but was fatally shot with a freeze-ray. The Legion honored him by placing him in a glass coffin with lightning generated over it by a perpetual motion device, and his funeral was attended by Superboy and Supergirl. The Legion placed a statue of Lightning Lad in their Clubhouse as a tribute to the first Legionnaire killed in action.

Comments: Created by Jerry Siegel & John Forte.

Zaryan The Conqueror received a profile in Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #7.

Zaryan's appearance in Adventure Comics I #304 was reprinted in Adventure Comics I #403, 499.

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