Amar Khan

AMAR KHAN

Real Name: Amar Khan

Class: Human

Occupation: World Army commander

Group Affiliation: World Army

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: The Sentinel, Earth 2

First Appearance: Earth 2 #5 (December, 2012)

Powers: Amar Khan was a trained soldier and military strategist.

History: (Earth 2 #5, 6) - The Green chose Alan Scott as its’ champion Green Lantern to defend the world from a coming threat, and the Grey responded by waking its’ champion Solomon Grundy. Grundy’s revival caused plant life around the world to wither and die, and he attacked the White House to draw Green Lantern’s attention. Grundy went on a murderous rampage, saying the world had its' chance and it was time for life on the planet to end. Commander Amar Khan coordinated the World Army response, with Wesley Dodds and his Sandman extracting the President from the White House to safety. AWOL World Army wonder Hawkgirl and new wonders Flash and Green Lantern fought Grundy, and Amar dispatched Atom, who stepped on Grundy, disabling him, and grabbed Hawkgirl telling her she was coming back to the World Army whether or not she wanted to. Grundy revived, wrapped Atom in fungus, and began absorbing his lifeforce. Flash freed him and the wonders continued their battle, with Green Lantern entering the Grey to face the power behind Grundy. The Grey tried to convince Green Lantern that it was time for life on Earth to end so new life could arise and evolve, even offering him a place by their side as a servant, showing him an image of Sam Zhao and saying they could reuinite Lantern with his love.The World Army determined that Grundy’s presence would mean the end of life on Earth within the day, and having no other choice called in Terry Sloan as an advisor to assist Khan. Khan called him a genocidal lunatic, refusing to work with him, but the World Army council told him he had no choice. Sloan said the only solution was a tactical nuclear strike, and over Khan’s objections nuclear missiles were launched at the White House. Khan had to be physically restrained from attacking Sloan, who said he saw none of the guts of the Amar he knew who fought Parademon’s with only the kirpan given to him by his father figure. Sloan showed him that cities the world over were succumbing to the Grey, still insisting that a nuclear strike was the only option, and saying any loss of life would be an acceptable trade-off. Green Lantern shook off the Grey’s illusion, and realized most of the Grey’s power was tied up in Grundy, so he flew Grundy into space and launched him at the moon where there was no life for him to corrupt and draw power from. He also managed to divert the missile strike, sending the nuclear missiles into space. Khan was relieved that lives had been spare, but Terry Sloan merely found the unfolding events interesting.

(Earth 2 #7) - The World Army council made Terry Sloan their head of the World Army Science Directive over Khan’s objections. Amar disliked the degree of autonomy the council decided to give Sloan, and warned Terry he’d be keeping an eye on him. As part of his working agreement with the world Army Sloan revealed his various hidden bases and hideouts, but Khan suspected he was holding out on the World Army, and with the help of sandman Wesley Dodds he located Sloan’s base in Paris. Wesley and his Sandman raided the base, which was protected by Mr. Terrific, who was now under Sloan’s control. The Sandman subdued him, copied the scientific work Sloan was working on, and then blew up the labs and scientific equipment in the base. Terry Sloan called the World Army Wonder Initiative a failure, and took over the Red Tornado project, assuring Khan that he could get her operational in no time. Sloan told Khan he’d outwitted him at every turn, and wondered if he was playing a game or just stupid, and Khan replied that his advantage was that if the world every found out that Terry Sloan was back people would be calling for his blood. Khan shared drinks with Sandman, reminding him that they were committing treason by going behind the World Army’s back to go after Sloan, and Sandman said that he was dedicated to building a better world, which didn’t involve working with mass murderers.

Comments: Created by James Robinson & Nicola Scott.