Iluthin (New Earth)

Kanto
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Real Name	Iluthin
Main Alias	Kanto
Relatives	Claudia (wife, deceased)
Affiliation	Darkseid's Elite
Base Of Operations	Apokolips
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	Apokoliptian
Marital Status	Widowed
Occupation	Assassin
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5' 11"
Weight	170 lbs (77 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Fourth World · Earth-One · New Earth
Creators	Jack Kirby
First Appearance	Mister Miracle #7 (April, 1972)
Appearance of Death	Death of the New Gods #3 (January, 2008)

Kanto, formerly known as Iluthin, was Darkseid's chief assassin.

History

The New God Iluthin was a student of Granny Goodness on Apokolips. Iluthin was accused of stealing weaponry from Darkseid's master assassin Kanto-13. Against the request of Kanto-13, young Iluthin was exiled from Apokolips to Earth during the Renaissance period. There, he trained under Italian teachers, and fell in love with a woman named Claudia. But Kanto-13 tracked him to Earth, and at the wedding altar, Kanto-13 attacked them, and killed Claudia. Iluthin and Kanto-13 battled, and in the end Darkseid's assassin was defeated. Darkseid himself came to Earth and destroyed Kanto-13 for failure, and Iluthin returned to Apokolips as Darkseid's new assassin, Kanto.

When Mister Miracle came back to Apokolips, Kanto was one of the obstacles that he faced. Kanto dressed in a quasi-Renaissance fashion.

During Darkseid's attack on the Source, Kanto encountered Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, the one-time Wonder Woman, and defeated her in battle. During this fight it was inferred that Kanto was not only her former teacher but her former lover.

Some time later, a mysterious killer began systematically assassinating the New Gods. While Kanto busied himself spying on Orion, Mister Miracle and Superman, the assassin struck again, killing Kanto. Darkseid's son Kalibak discovered Kanto's remains.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• New God Physiology: As a New God of Apokolips, Kanto is effectively immortal with a lifeline spanning several thousands of years. This does not imply that Kanto cannot be killed however.
  • Immortality
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability He can withstand powerful blows from Martian Manhunter with mere scratches and bruises. When thrown out of Darkseid's Palace towards a firepit,Darkseid said Kanto would be able to survive it .
  • Superhuman Speed .
  • Superhuman Reflexes ,
  • Telepathic Resistance

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced):Kanto was trained in various forms of armed and unarmed combat under Granny Goodness' tutelage,becoming her best student. On one occasion he was able to defeat a entire gauntlet of Granny's students while unarmed. Kanto managed to fight and defeat Artemis in meele combat by predicting her movements via body language and pressure points .
  • Martial Arts
    • Dim Mak: An ancient form of martial arts where you strike vital points of the opponent's body causing paralysis, intense and prolonged pain or death .
• Weaponry
  • Swordsmanship: Kanto is a master swordsman and fighter, and considers his work his art.
  • Marksmanship
• Stealth: Kanto is a master of stealth,able to sneak up even on telepaths.
  

Paraphernalia

Weapons

• Electric Lasso
• Vibro-Shiv
• Fireball Protocols
• Mega-Rod
• Explosive Daggers
• Stun-Gun
• Sonic Whistle: A sonic weapon that causes agony and drives people insane. Its sonic frequency can be used on a specific person or group of people .

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
  

Trivia

• It should be noted that of all the foes Mister Miracle faced while Jack Kirby worked on his titles, Kanto showed a sort of professional respect for Mister Miracle.

Related

• 60 Appearances of Iluthin (New Earth)
• 22 Images featuring Iluthin (New Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Iluthin (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Iluthin (New Earth)

Footnotes

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