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| Rama Khan | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | JLA #62 (March 2002) |
| Created by | Joe Kelly Doug Mahnke |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Atlantean |
| Team affiliations | League of Ancients |
| Abilities | Magic manipulation Can turn Jarhanpur soil into fire, earth, or wine |
Rama Khan is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. He first appeared inJLA #62 and was created byJoe Kelly andDoug Mahnke.
Rama Khan's earliest appearance is 1,004 BC, with no information given about his exact birth date. Khan journeyed toAtlantis from the faraway land ofJarhanpur and became its ruler alongsideGamemnae. However,Manitou Raven learned that Gamemnae had manipulated theLeague of Ancients to stop the Justice League ruining her own vision of the future, Gamemnae killing the rest of the League of Ancients after the Justice League's apparent death and absorbing Khan and others into herself.
In the 21st century, Rama Khan reappears in Jarhanpur as its elemental defender. When he kidnaps a boy and separates him from his mother because the child is his spiritual successor, Khan finds himself in conflict with theJustice League. He breaksWonder Woman'sLasso of Truth, resulting in reality rewriting itself as it is defined by belief rather than truth.[1][2] Although Jarhanpur's nature as living land protects it, the League resolve to stop the chaos before the world becomes defined by the beliefs of every individual person on the planet. They confront Khan once again, during which Wonder Woman accepts why the Lasso had broken: when she confirmed that Khan was telling the truth about the need for a successor to his position, her denial of this truth caused the lasso to break. With this self-discovery, Diana repairs the Lasso, restoring reality. As an aftereffect of this restoration, the land rejects Khan; he is now focused more on preserving his position than respecting the wishes of the land, which wishes to help Diana and her teammates rescue its people.[3]
Rama Khan's abilities are largely based on his birthplace, Jarhanpur. With the aid of magic, Khan can turn a handful of its soil into fire, granite, or wine. Khan is also super strong, immortal, and a skilled magician.
Rama Khan appears in thefifth season ofSupergirl, portrayed byMitch Pileggi.[4] This version is a high-ranking operative ofLeviathan fromKrypton's sister planet Jarhanpur who possesses the abilities of seismic wave generation, geokinesis, andKryptonite manipulation. He first arrived on Earth during theMesozoic and caused a number of cataclysmic events, such as thebiblical flood, theeruption of Mount Vesuvius, the526 Antioch earthquake, theYellow River Flood, and the1970 Bhola cyclone.[5][6][7]
