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Mongul was a ruthless and sadistic intergalactic tyrant, the former ruler of Warworld, and one of the greatest enemies of Superman.

Origins

At some point, the Warzoon known as Mongul became the tyrannical dictator of the mobile planetoid Warworld, oppressing its people and barely giving them barely any resources to survive. He ran gladiatorial games to keep them entertained and distracted from uprising, however, capturing powerful creatures from across the galaxy to fight to the death. Mongul was cruel, sadistic, and greedy, yet often calm and charming, always giving off an air of control to intimidate his enemies.[1]

Liberation of Warworld

In the early 2000s, two of Earth's protectors, the noble and driven Kryptonian Superman and the distant Martian J'onn J'onzz were captured by Mongul's forces and brought to Warworld, where they were placed in the games. J'onn managed to escape from them, but Superman was brought before Mongul, who pitted him against his best gladiator, Draga. Unfortunately, Superman bested Draaga, and this combined with his earlier stand against Mongul resulted in circling whispers of a revolution across Warworld, and a rising mentality standing against Mongul and his reign of terror.

Unfazed, Mongul brought Superman to him and gave him an ultimatum: face Mongul and lose in a gladitorial fight against him to make him look better, or Mongul would order Draaga's homeworld destroyed. The two engaged in their combat soon after, with all of Warworld witness to the battle, but as they fought, J'onn and two of Superman's allies, Hawkgirl and Green Lantern, destroyed Mongul's planet-destroying weapon, leaving him with no leverage against Superman, and allowing him to be beaten by Draaga, who beat him senseless for holding him and his homeworld hostage for so long. Mongul was promptly deposed as Warworld's ruler, and Draaga became its new lord and master, a much more fair and honorable ruler than Mongul had ever been.[1][2]

Revenge on Superman

A few years after losing his throne, a vengeful Mongul located a Black Mercy plant, which latches onto a host and paralyzes them by holding them in their greatest fantasy, and traveled to Earth, where he found Superman in his home base on his birthday. He ensnared Superman in the Black Mercy plant, and began plotting to conquer the planet, only to find even more of Superman's allies, the Batman and Wonder Woman, awaiting to give him their own gifts for his birthday.

Wonder Woman fought Mongul long and hard, while Batman wrenched the plant off of Superman, forcing him from his heart's desire. Superman then went into a violent rage against Mongul for making him suffer so much, and the two engaged in their fiercest battle yet, until Wonder Woman got ahold of the Black Mercy plant and dropped it on Mongul, latching him to it and paralyzing him to his heart's desire. It is unknown what happened to Mongul after this, but he was presumably captured.[3]

Powers

  • Warzoon Physiology
    • Invulnerability: Mongul is nearly invulnerable, with powerful skin that hurt Wonder Woman's hands when she punched him, and resulted in no pain on his end. He's gone toe-to-toe with Superman and barely felt the blows until Superman unleashed a very small fraction of his true power.[3]
    • Superhuman Strength: Mongul was able to go toe-to-toe with Superman and Wonder Woman, able to smash them into the ground and barely being a match for the former, while completely besting the latter in combat.[2][3]

Abilities

  • Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): In a fight, Mongul was able to completely dominate Wonder Woman, and Wonder Woman even injured her hands punching him several times in the jaw. During their fight, Mongul even stated that he considered Superman to be the only real threat to his plans for Earth.


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