Mon-El

"I want to help you keep the world spinning. To prove that I was spared for a reason."

- Mon-El to Kara

Mon-El is the Prince of Daxam, son of King Lar Gand and Queen Rhea, who crash-landed on Earth after escaping the ravaging of his home planet. While adjusting to living on the new planet, he briefly used the fake identity of "Mike Matthews". After he started to work alongside Supergirl, he became inspired to try and use his new powers to help protect the Earth and become a superhero as well. He then started to introduce himself to their enemies as the "Other Superman".

Early life
Mon-El was born and raised on the planet Daxam, where he was the Prince. He spent most of his life indulging himself in all the benefits of his privileged position so much so that he was known as the "frat boy of the universe". In the fulfillment of his duties, he went to many different planets, including Maaldoria, where his family regularly bought and sold slaves, although he didn't personally agree with it. He also went to Warworld, where he oversaw a battle of the powerful gladiator Draaga, during which the aforementioned was injured by a sword to the right leg. Also, Mon-El once took a girl to the Bismuth Mountains, on Sedenach, presumably for romantic reasons. He has also had past encounters with fifth dimension Imps.

Daxam's demise
The day Krypton was destroyed, its debris showered on to its sister planet, Daxam, causing multiple casualties. Mon-El was in his room with a girl when his guard barged into the room to tell him that he had to evacuate. He took a moment to look out the window to see the devastation before the guard pulled him away, telling him to leave the girl he had been with and come with him. He rushed out of the palace to see that many of his people were hurt and dead around him but the guard told him to forget them as he had to get to safety. They made it to a Kryptonian pod from a visiting delegate who was trying to use it to leave the planet. Mon-El watched his guard angrily kill the delegate in cold blood in retribution for what Krypton was doing to Daxam before he was put in the pod. He then activated it and made his escape from the planet.

Landing on Earth
The pod traveled passing the Well of Stars (a region in space where time is ceased) and got stuck there for decades, before eventually finding its way to Earth where it crash-landed. Supergirl quickly discovered the pod, and she and J'onn J'onzz took the man to the D.E.O. to run some tests. However, they discovered that he had skin that could not be penetrated by a needle and so the man remained comatose. Because of the pod and his apparent vulnerability, both Supergirl and Superman believed him to be a fellow Kryptonian. In his coma, he began to drain some of the nearby energy to help regenerate himself as he was being exposed to Kryptonite.

Escape from the D.E.O.
He eventually came to and escaped into the city, and found his way to a station in hopes of sending a signal to his planet. The signal was detected by Winn and Supergirl, upon finding out he was from Daxam and fearing that he was behind the attack on President Marsdin. Supergirl apprehended Mon-El at the Mount Pride Observatory and temporarily incapacitated him. The next day, she apologized for her prejudice after realizing Mon-El wasn't behind the assault. She told him that Daxam had become a wasteland, as a result of the planet's moon being struck by Krypton's debris that disrupted Daxam's gravitational force. He then realized his only option was to remain on Earth.

Adjustment to living on Earth
In the following days, while Mon-El is under the D.E.O.'s custody while they begin processing him. Mon-El claimed that he was a guard to the Royal Family and had escaped when the prince gave him his place in the pod when Daxam was being destroyed. Kara speaks with him about her parents and what they were and he told her that he about Draaga's weak spot. Later she comes to him and, after she apologized for having treated him harshly in the days before, Kara tells him that she was sent to Earth to protect and educate her cousin, but she was unable to fulfill this mission, so now she will train him.

Soon after, Kara asked Winn to make Mon-El a fake ID as "Mike Matthews", and arranged him a job as a CatCo intern. While Kara tried to coach him in human customs and work ethics, he resisted the boring lifestyle of a desk job, refusing to do any work and engaging in office sex with Eve Teschmacher. Eventually, he was fired from CatCo, then Kara, under Alex's advice, tells him that she will not force him to live as she sees fit and that he can find what he likes.

Mon-El found new work as a loan enforcer, to which Kara is oblivious. Eventually, however, she caught him attacking an alien for his employers. In the heated conversation that followed, she told him she was disappointed and that he was no hero, and in turn, he told her she was not really altruistic, but rather an attention seeker. The exchange left both disheartened.

Path to heroism
Soon after, Kara was seriously injured after a battle with Parasite. After seeing her unconscious and still thinking about what was said during their conversation, he became overcome by guilt and left. Mon-El was found by Alex drinking alone at the underground alien bar. Alex appeared to belittle Mon-El and saying that she believed he was a coward but reminded him that Kara, who constantly put herself in danger and was hurt by Parasite, sincerely believed otherwise. Moved by this, Mon-El took off alone to battle Parasite, however, he was no match for the rampaging monster. In the midst of the destruction, however, Mon-El performed his first heroic deed by saving a by-standing child. With the help of Guardian and a recovered Supergirl, they managed to defeat the threat. Seeing Mon-El redeem himself, Kara thanked him, while also noting Guardian's contribution. That night, Mon-El wandered the streets looking for people to help. Approaching what appears to be a sick homeless man, he was instead subdued by the Cadmus agent in disguise. He was transported to a Cadmus facility, where Supergirl was baited to rescue him. After threatening to kill him with lead, Lillian Luthor succeeded in forcing Supergirl to overload her powers, despite his pleas for Kara not to do it. Cadmus then proceeded to obtain Supergirl's blood for the purpose of obtaining information on "Medusa". Left in the cell, Mon-El and Kara bonded and discussed their fears, and what happens if they do not live through this ordeal. Fortunately, they were rescued by Jeremiah Danvers, who had access to Cadmus IDs, and chose to remain behind for unknown reasons.

Kara, Mon-El and friends celebrated their return at Kara's apartment. She told Mon-El he was brave throughout the ordeal. He replied any courage he had, he learned from her. During this time Mon-El began developing a romantic interest on Kara, asking Winn and James if she was "mated to anyone". James replies that Kara hasn't mated with someone yet.

A few days later, Mon-El is invited have the Thanksgiving dinner with Kara's family and friends. Later, that night, after a rough fight with Hank Henshaw outside the alien bar, Mon-El contracted the Medusa Virus, which was deadly to all alien species except for humans and Kryptonians. Mon-El was then quarantined at the D.E.O., where he soon collapsed from being infected by the virus. Kara went to visit him and apologized as it was her father who created the Medusa Virus. Mon-El told her that he didn't blame her or her father and then moved to share a kiss with her before he passed out. Eliza Danvers was able to extract a sample of the virus to create a cure. After he recovered, he told Kara that he had no memory of his time being sick so didn't remember kissing her. In the aftermath of the incident involving the virus, Mon-El became a bartender at the alien bar due to many aliens having been killed. When Kara came to bar to speak to Maggie about investigating the disappearance of Izzy Williams, Mon-El decided to help her. The two pretended to be a couple of millennials and visited a clinic linked to the disappearances that was offering money rewards for blood tests. Soon they discovered the personnel there are in fact aliens and Kara pursued them through the portal that connects Earth to their planet; despite being told to go get help, Mon-El did likewise and follow her. After realizing the new planet they landed on had a red sun, depriving them of their powers, the two were ambushed by a harmless hermit alien and Mon-El realized they were on Maaldoria, the "Slaver's Moon", a hub of sentient trafficking. Kara and Mon-El were able to infiltrate the slavers' fortress by feigning surrender, and afterward they encountered Roulette, who was partially behind the operation. They also discovered the missing humans, and with them were soon sold to a Dominator. After Mon-El had a talk with Kara about heroism, the slavers ordered the group to start moving. Kara, despite having no powers, attempted to block them from taking the others, only to be hit with electric shocks. As the slavers repeatedly tortured her with their weapons, Mon-El and others, seeing her in agony, were moved by her sacrifice; the group seized the opportunity to disarm the slavers and moved together to escape. Mon-El helped to hold their pursuers off but saw that one of them was aiming a blaster at Kara and moved to shield her. However, a Dominator stopped the guard before he could fire and insisted that Mon-El must not be harmed before bowing to him in respect. Mon-El slightly nods at this before escaping with Kara. They were then helped out of the fortress and taken to the portal by Alex and the strike team that she had assembled. Later that night, Mon-El went to Kara's apartment and tells her he has decided that he wanted to join Kara in her work to protect people. He told her that he wanted to be a superhero on Earth just like her.

Feelings for Kara
Kara started Mon-El with his hero training at the D.E.O. and after a few trials, it seemed like he might be ready to head out to the field. At that time, Livewire had escaped from prison and Mon-El was excited to help Kara track her down. When the police were attacked by two people with Livewire's powers he and Kara went to stop them. Kara told Mon-El to stay and protect the officers while she fought the Livewires. Mon-El shielded them from the lightning but when he saw that Kara was starting to be in trouble, he left the officers to try and save her. He accidentally deflected a lightning blast to one of the officers but luckily Guardian had been there to absorb most of it with his shield. After the Livewires retreated, they saw that Guardian was really Jimmy Olsen. Kara later confronted Mon-El with abandoning the officers and Mon-El defended himself stating that he saw she was in trouble. However, Kara asked if the real reason that Mon-El was doing this was for her, which Mon-El just left her without answering. Later, it was revealed that Livewire had been kidnapped by a scientist to make Livewire soldiers. He overheard Winn calling Jimmy and telling him that he knew where Livewire was even though he told the others that he didn't. He followed after them and arrived to stop the Livewire copies from attacking Guardian. However, the scientist who created them subdued them both. Kara then arrived to help free them and Livewire and together the four stopped the scientist and his soldiers. Mon-El visited Kara at her apartment and confessed that he remembered kissing Kara when he was sick. He also told her that he saved her during the attack because he cared about her. Though he said that he understood that she might not feel the same way but he asked Kara to still work with him and help him become a hero. He then left the apartment with the both of them awkward and flustered.

Kara ran into Mon-El as he was working in the bar where he apologized for being so honest with his feelings as he had heard that men on Earth weren't supposed to do that. Kara however, told him that she was glad he was honest and said that she agreed that the two of them weren't a good match and that she didn't feel the same way. She told him that they didn't match and he needed to keep looking until he found the right one for him. Mon-El nodded before he moved off for another part of the bar. Mon-El went off for Catco and Kara was happy to see him because she wanted to talk to him but then saw that he had been there to meet with Eve Teschmacher for lunch. When Eve left, Mon-El asked if she was okay as he had heard about the attack at the D.E.O. by the White Martians and Kara assured him that everyone was fine. Kara then asked if the lunch with Eve was a date and Mon-El told her it was as Kara had suggested that he needed to find the right one. Eve then came back and Mon-El left with her while Kara left disheartened.

Mon-El served Kara and her friends their drinks when they went to the Alien Bar to meet Alex's boyfriend though it was revealed that she was dating Maggie. Mon-El and Kara felt a little awkward around each other especially when talk of Eve came up between them. Also, that she had been seeing less of Mon-El lately because she had been busy with hero work. He later went to the D.E.O. where he saw Kara venting out frustration on blocks of concrete due to the mounting suspicion towards Lena Luthor. He told Kara that she wasn't wrong to keep believing in Lena as she had a habit of giving people the benefit of the doubt when others said not to. At first, Kara thought that he was trying to add to the mistrust of Lena but told her that he was referring to the faith she gave to him. Kara admitted that she had been avoiding Mon-El not because of work but because she was angry that he had been dating Eve. Or she was before it was revealed that they had gone on one date but it didn't end well as Mon-El had talked about Kara the entire time. Mon-El was confused as why she would be angry when she said that she didn't like him. He later visited Kara in her apartment where she admitted that she did like him. She had said she didn't because she was worried that she wouldn't be able to be with someone and still be the hero she wanted to be. However, she told him that maybe she could have both after all, with him. They were about to kiss but were interrupted with the arrival of the fifth dimensional being Mxyzptlk. When Mxyzptlk started to show off his powers to Kara, Mon-El went and angrily grabbed the being and told him that Kara was already spoken for. Mxyzptlk laughed at Mon-El as he thought that the Daxamite wasn't worthy of her and then whisked him away to the D.E.O. in his underwear. When Kara returned, he and J'onn told her all about beings like him and how his powers were on par with that of magic. He also told her that on Daxam, they had a zero tolerance policy for beings like them because although they knew 'how to party' they tended to take things too far. Kara then pulled him aside and the two of them agreed that what was about to happen before Mxyzptlk showed up was nice and they both wanted to go back to that, especially as how it was the day of Valentine. When Parasite seemingly appeared to be attacking National City, Mon-El went off to help Kara with him but they were surprised by the arrival of Mxyzptlk in a costume that looked like Superman's. It was then revealed that the imp had conjured Parasite as part of a scheme to try and show off his powers to Kara. Mxyzptlk began to mock him and Mon-El angrily suggested that he just say his name backward and go back to his dimension. Kara then asked Mon-El to leave so that they could talk in private as she felt he was starting to lose control. Back at the D.E.O. the two of them got into a heated argument. Kara was angry that Mon-El didn't tell her about the saying the name backward thing to banish Mxyzptlk but he told her that he didn't because it never works as the imp was annoying but not stupid. He then started to accuse her of being blinded by the attention Mxyzptlk was giving her and getting dazzled by his power. He believed that they should just find a way to kill him but Kara argued against it. Mon-El then stormed off to Winn who told him that he managed to find something that might work on Mxyzptlk and Mon-El swiped it. He then called out for Mxyzptlk and challenged him for Kara. Mxyzptlk accepted and transported them to a theater and got them pistols so that they could have a duel. When Mon-El received his pistol, he let out a shot immediately but it had no effect on him. Mxyzptlk easily overpowered Mon-El until he used the device from Winn to take away his powers. The two of them then fought on seemingly even grounds until Mxyzptlk got the device from him and destroyed it. He then suspended Mon-El up above the stage and prepared to shoot him with a lead bullet but Kara arrived. She said that she would marry Mxyzptlk to the shock of both men. When Mon-El visited Kara at her apartment to ask what she was thinking, she told him that the two of them were just too different and weren't going to work. He then left the apartment brokenhearted. After Kara defeated Mxyzptlk, he visited her again and she told him that she had said all that stuff to him so that he would let her go through with her plan. She told him that she didn't mean any of that stuff she said, though stressed that she didn't need him to swoop in and try and save her. Mon-El admitted that he tended to lose his head when it came to her and said that she was his Kryptonite. The two of them then spent the rest of Valentine's Day kissing on her couch.

Mon-El woke up after his night with Kara to find her missing from the room. He then turned on the news to find that Supergirl had been doing heroic deeds all morning through the city. Kara quickly returned, feeling happy. She asked Mon-El if they could keep their new relationship quiet as she didn't want to have everyone crowding around her like her last relationship. Mon-El agreed, though, as soon as they got to the D.E.O. Mon-El happily announced to everyone that they were dating. Kara then went off on a mission with J'onn to hit a Cadmus convoy and they found that they had been transporting Jeremiah Danvers. Mon-El happily welcomed Jeremiah back in front of everyone and listened to Jeremiah's story as well as warning of Cadmus' new weapon using Kara's heat vision. He then pulled Kara aside and told her that he thought Jeremiah wasn't telling the whole truth. Kara told him that he could trust Jeremiah and to not be so suspicious of him as he saved their lives. Mon-El had been invited to the Danvers' family dinner celebration but when he heard that Jeremiah was going to be given his old position back at the D.E.O. he started to protest it. He was then taken aside by Kara and asked why he was still being so suspicious and in front of her whole family. She argued about how he would feel if his father returned and Mon-El told her that he would be worried as he wasn't a nice man and he didn't think that Jeremiah was the same man that everyone remembers after years of being with Cadmus. Kara thought that it was best if Mon-El left before he upset her and her family even more. Jeremiah then offered to walk Mon-El out. Mon-El tried to explain himself to Jeremiah but he told Mon-El that he knew who he really was. He also told Mon-El that Kara would likely not like the truth and then left Mon-El alone and a bit shaken. Mon-El then told Winn of his suspicions about Jeremiah and how it had been too easy to find him after so long. He then asked him for his help in watching Jeremiah and Winn agreed though he asked for a favor in return. When Mon-El asked what it was, Winn told him to not hurt Kara. Later, he and Winn pulled Kara aside and told her that Jeremiah had tried to break into the D.E.O. mainframe as soon as he was alone which seemed to start giving some credence to Mon-El's suspicions. Mon-El met with Winn later as he was hanging out with his new girlfriend and he confessed that he wanted to not be such a terrible boyfriend for Kara. Winn told him that he shouldn't try so hard with Kara as she didn't need someone to protect her or show her off. He just needed to ask her what she needed from him. But then Winn's program located Cadmus' new weapon and Mon-El went off with Kara, Alex and some D.E.O. agents to the site but they found that it was empty. It turned out to be a distraction as Jeremiah went off to hack into the D.E.O and copy files for Cadmus and had also been enhanced with a cybernetic arm. Later, Mon-El visited Kara at her apartment as she was feeling the weight of Jeremiah's betrayal. He then took Winn's advice and asked Kara if she needed him to do anything for her and she asked for him to be there with her. He then sat and took Kara in his arms as she lightly cried into him. Winn then called and revealed that Jeremiah had taken the registration list of all the aliens living in the country.

When Kara was trying to find a way to warn people of what Cadmus was doing by abducting innocent aliens, she was advised to try and write a blog about it. Mon-El helped Kara make the choice if warning the people with the blog was the right choice which she ultimately did. However, it caused her boss Snapper Carr to fire her as she had done it without his approval even if the story was legitimate. Kara was a little sad to have lost her job at Catco but she told him that she still had her job as Supergirl and him and for now, that was enough.

Prince of Daxam
When a ship entered Earth's atmosphere, it sent a message to relinquish over Mon-El to them. Mon-El saw the ship's image and froze at the sight of it though he claimed to not have ever seen the ship before. Kara went to investigate it but it began to attack her when she got close. When Mon-El saw that all of the ship's weapons had a lock on her, he quickly sent a message saying that he was giving himself up to them. Kara asked him why he was giving himself to them but he claimed that he had his reasons and it wasn't worth putting her or anyone else in danger. The ship teleported him to the ship but Kara grabbed onto him in order to go with him. He was shocked that she stowed away with him but they saw that all the people in the ship bowed when they caught sight of him. He then was reunited with his parents Lar Gand and Rhea where he revealed that they were the King and Queen of Daxam. Kara then realized that Mon-El was actually the prince.

His parents set up a dinner between the three of them and invited Kara. He asked his parents how they were still alive and they informed him of fleeing to their ship and how they had to survive off-world after the Kryptonite rained down on Daxam after Krypton's destruction. They also informed him that they intercepted his beacon but it was incomplete which made them try to track him down. His mother informed him that they had their big break on Maaldoria where a Dominator ambassador told them that he had been there to free slaves and went to Earth. This sparked some debate between his parents and Kara on slavery before his father broke it off to ask of how Mon-El escaped. Kara wished to know as well as he had told her a lie and revealed the truth of his escape from his palace chamber and taking the Kryptonian pod from the emissary that his guard killed. Kara excused herself back to Earth and Mon-El followed. When they returned to the D.E.O. Kara was angry that Mon-El lied about his identity. He tried to explain that he knew her opinion of Daxamites and thought that she wouldn't even talk to him if she learned that he was really the prince. He said that this didn't change anything between them but she said that it changed everything as he helped lead and benefit from an awful society that preyed and oppressed people.

Later, Mon-El tried again to explain himself but Kara told him that his mother had come to visit her. He asked her what she had wanted and Kara told her that she wants him to go back to Daxam with them now that the planet's atmosphere had settled but Mon-El didn't want to. Kara then told him that it might be for the best as before his parents arrived, he thought he was the only Daxamite left and he now knows that his parents, his people are still alive. She reminded him that Mon-El was a prince and perhaps it was time for him to act like one. Mon-El again tried to speak to Kara at her apartment to try and get her forgiveness but Kara couldn't find it in her to forgive him for lying for months. She told him that they had to break up and Mon-El then left brokenhearted. He returned to his parents' ship and told them that things were over between him and Kara. They believed that he was going to return to Daxam with them but he told them that he wasn't. He told them that he was tired of being served and primped up. He accused his parents of not really caring about their own people and only concerned with their own power and told them that he was done being their prince. His mother accused Kara for his behavior but he defended Kara and said that even though they weren't together anymore, being near her made him want to be better. He then demanded to be sent back to Earth and told them that they should leave the planet. His father then silently teleported him back to Earth.

At the D.E.O. Mon-El gathered with everyone though Kara tried hard to not make eye contact with him. J'onn announced that they were receiving a new prisoner that was unusual from what they usually got and soon agents brought in the Music Meister. He smiled at all of them and locked eyes on Kara as he sent her into a trance. She was starting to collapse and Mon-El rushed to catch her before she fell. He watched as the Music Meister took her inter-dimensional device to create a breach as he told everyone that now he was off to find the fastest man alive. He then vanished leaving Kara in a comatose state.

Mon-El and J'onn brought Kara to Earth-1 where they found themselves in Star Labs. He met with Barry Allen, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, H.R. Wells, Iris West and Wally West. They asked who he was and informed him that he was Kara's more than friend. He and J'onn told them about the Music Meister and how they followed him to this Earth when he mentioned that he was going after Barry next. Barry promised Mon-El that they would find the Music Meister and bring Kara back. However, the Music Meister placed his spell on Barry so that he was comatose as well. Inside their shared dream world, Kara and Barry managed to find Mon-El's musical double, Tommy Moran who was in love with Iris' musical double Millie Foss. Caitlin then informed them that both Kara and Barry were being drained of their power and that the Music Meister must be taking it for himself. When Cisco, Wally and J'onn managed to bring him in, the Music Meister told both him and Iris that if they wanted Kara and Barry back that they would have to get free themselves but the two of them could help save them if their love for them was strong enough. When Mon-El saw that Kara seemed to be dying along with Barry, he and Iris went to Cisco who helped Vibe them into their minds where they found the two of them dying from being shot. Mon-El apologized to Kara for lying to her about who he really was but she told him that she forgave him. He gave her a kiss at the same time that Iris kissed Barry and the four of them found themselves back in Star Labs where they were in one piece. The Music Meister then revealed that all of this was to teach the superheroes a lesson about love and letting the two of them be saved by it for a change. They bid all of their new friends goodbye and Kara warned Mon-El that if he lied to her again then she would drop a mountain on him.

Personality
Prior to his arrival on Earth, Mon-El apparently use to be a selfish spoiled brat, a party boy and a womanizer as well as being ignorant to what was going on Daxam, despite these negative traits of his at the time, he at least cared about the welfare of his people, during the destruction of Daxam, Mon-El was reluctant to leave his people behind, he only did it because his bodyguard was very insistent; despite this, he felt guilty and undeserving of having survived while his people died.

Mon-El is light-hearted, cheerful, carefree, laid-back and fun-loving. He hates being locked indoors and loves to party. Like all Daxamites, Mon-El dislikes Kryptonians due to their arrogant and self-righteous traits, although he later warms up to Kara. Mon-El also possesses good morals, as he shows guilt and remorse for his actions.

Some people see Mon-El as a coward who runs away at the first sign of danger. However, in truth, he only avoids fights because he doesn't want to get involved unnecessarily, as well as the fact that he has no desire to become a hero. After some word with Alex, however, Mon-El begins to warm up to the idea and also develops a romantic attraction to Kara.

Since Mon-El is new to Earth, he is naïve to how things work on the planet, as well as expressions, holidays, jobs and dangers etc.; when he attempted to have sex with Eve Teschmacher (before this was prevented by Kara) she asked him if he took protection, Mon-El took this as an expression for a weapon like a sword, unaware that it actually means a condom, or when he mistakenly brought over mattress stuffing for Thanksgiving dinner. Despite this, Mon-El is very intelligent, as he is shown to have more knowledge about the Universe than Kara does, due to the fact he was already an adult when he left Daxam at the time of its destruction, well Kara was in her early teens during Krypton's.

When it comes to his feelings for Kara, Mon-El tends to not think straight and loses control of his emotions. Despite this, he has no blind spot when it comes to the people that Kara cares about; when the latter's adoptive father, Jeremiah Danvers was apparently rescued from Cadmus, he was immediately suspicious of him, due to the fact that Jeremiah was Cadmus' prisoner for years and they may have turned him to their side; it turns out that Mon-El was right the entire time.

Mon-El kept his status as the prince of Daxam secret from Kara, as he was afraid of how she would react, as he was fully aware of her dislike towards Daxamites.

Powers

 * Daxamite physiology: Normally, like all Daxamites, Mon-El's capabilities are no greater than a normal human of his physical conditioning. However, once charged by the energy of a blue or yellow sun and metabolized into his body, he becomes able to perform various inhuman feats. While generic for his race (as well as for Kryptonians), upon arriving on earth for a short amount of time it is unknown whether he will develop other powers.
 * Solar energy absorption: While Mon-El's powers are dependent on the energy spectrum from a blue or yellow sun, his body is able to constantly and passively absorb such energy while exposed to it, essentially keeping his reserves fully charged near-constantly. Direct exposure to sunlight will also accelerate his recovery from any injuries he does manage to sustain.
 * Accelerated healing factor: Mon-El's solar charged metabolism accelerates his healing and allows him to burn calories at a fast rate, making him resilient to weight gain. Upon being shot by a bullet made of lead which penetrated the skin of his arm, when the piece was removed he healed instantly.
 * Electrosynthesis: Mon-El's cells harness and absorbed the electrical energy surrounding him, manipulating it to regenerate himself at a cellular level and manifest his own energy source when he was comatose.
 * Contaminant immunity: Mon-El has an immunity to all forms of disease and contaminants on Earth. He also has shown himself to have a particularly high tolerance to alcohol, even those of alien origins.
 * Super leaping: Mon-El is able to perform incredibly high jumps in a single bound.
 * Invulnerability: Mon-El is essentially invulnerable to all Earthly weapons, with needles unable to penetrate his skin. He has sustained damage from meta-humans such as Livewire and recovered with little to no effect on his person. However, his durability has proven to be somewhat weaker than that of Kryptonians and its full extent is unknown.
 * Super speed: Mon-El possesses the ability to move at incredible speeds, far greater than that of any normal human.
 * Super strength: Mon-El's strength is enhanced under a yellow sun, enough to easily kill a normal human if he were to attack them directly. He was able to hold his own against Kara and easily choke her when they first met. Despite this, Winn states, his strength is still not as high as hers.

Abilities

 * Skilled hand-to-hand combatant: Mon-El is a capable unarmed fighter. Training with Kara further improves his fighting skills.
 * Expert marksman/Firearms: Mon-El has proved to possess a certain level of knowledge on the use of firearms.

Weaknesses

 * Lead: Mon-El has a weakness to lead; if lead stayed in his system for too long, he will die from the poisoning.
 * Extreme energy: Extreme amounts of energy, such as Livewire's electricity, while she is at her peak, can be enough to kill Mon-El.
 * Electricity: Despite his invulnerability, Mon-El seems relatively vulnerable to large amounts of electricity. This was seen when fighting against Livewire.
 * Red Sun energy: Like Kryptonians, exposure to the Red Sun will make Mon-El the equivalent of a human being on Earth.
 * Magic: Mon-El is not invulnerable to magic because his powers come from his natural physiology and not supernatural means. Mr. Mxyzptik was able to easily teleport him away to the D.E.O's office in only his underpants in an instant.

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Behind the scenes

 * In the DC comics, Mon-El (alternatively spelled as M'Onel) is the alias of Lar Gand, a Daxamite superhero inspired by a young Superman. He has been also known as Valor.
 * In the comics, Lar Gand is given his famous alias of "Mon-El" by Superman. The name is derived from the day he arrived on Earth, Monday (Mon), and Kal-El's own Kryptonian family name (El). Alternatively, in the post-Zero Hour version, Lar gets the name "M'Onel", which is the Martian word for "Wanderer." Moreover, in real life, Monel is the name of a group of nickel alloys.