Jungle King (Pre-Zero Hour)

Jungle King
Pre-Zero Hour‎
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	Jungle King
Other Aliases	Monster Master
Relatives	Marden King (brother), Dez-Nu (father)
Affiliation	Legion of Super-Monsters
Base Of Operations	Lallor
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Race	Lallorian
Citizenship	United Planets Citizen
Marital Status	Single
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Black
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Pre-Zero Hour
Creators	Edmond Hamilton
First Appearance	Adventure Comics #309 (June, 1963)
Appearance of Death	Adventure Comics #309 (June, 1963)

Jungle King was a rejected Legionnaire applicant, who could control animals with his mind.

History

His scientist father had subjected him to a treatment that gave him the power to mentally control any animal. With this power he attempted to apply for Legion membership, but the creature he'd brought with him to demonstrate his abilities went wild after he stopped concentrating on it to address the Legion admission committee. This caused them to judge that his power was not consistent enough that it could be used safely for crimefighting. Angry that he had been rejected (and with the Legionnaires suspecting the treatment that gave him his powers also affected his sanity), he renamed himself Monster Master and used his powers to gather some of the most dangerous creatures in the universe. He formed "The Legion of Super-Monsters" for the purpose of terrorizing people and getting revenge against the Legion. His first attempt at revenge, toppling Sky City, was met with failure when the Legion arrived and stopped the city from being toppled over, however Monster Master and his Super-Beasts managed to escape.

Tracking Monster Master to the planet Inshar, the Legion battled each of the Super-Beasts, and each were swiftly defeated. Ironically, Monster Master met his own demise when he rejected a "gas creature" who was interested in joining his Legion of Super-Monsters, but he was unimpressed by its abilities compared to the other monsters he'd found. The rejected creature killed him by making him a lifeless gas form.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Animal Control

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Footnotes

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