Krypton (Superman)
Krypton is a fictional planet in the stories about the science fiction hero Superman and the title or title component of numerous book and comic publications by the US publisher DC Comics , which publishes the Superman comics. As a registered trademark, Krypton is owned by entertainment company WarnerMedia , the parent company of DC Comics.
Krypton as an American commonplace
The story of the destruction of Krypton, which also represents the genre-common origin story of the superhero Superman, is practically part of American folklore today . It describes how krypton is destroyed by a natural disaster (or by a nuclear accident). Only the babies Kal-El and his cousin Kara zor-el survived this disaster because Kal-El's parents, the scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara, put them in a small rocket that sends them on their way to Earth. There Kal-El and his cousin Kara, who look like humans but have superhuman abilities as Kryptonians, are adopted by the farming couple Kent, whom Kal-El baptizes with the name Clark Kent and his cousin with the name Kara Kent. Eventually they become the heroic Superman and Supergirl.
Krypton is also the namesake for the mineral kryptonite, which comes from there .
Publications under the title Krypton
As early as 1978, the writer Elliot S. Maggin used the name Krypton in the title of his novel Last Son of Krypton . Kevin J. Anderson published the novel The Last Days of Krypton in 2007 .
DC Comics itself first used the name Krypton in 1981 in the title of a comic series. From July to September 1979, DC published a mini-series limited to three issues that shed light on the history of the planet and went by the name of World of Krypton . The mini-series Krypton Chronicles , also limited to three issues, followed from September to November 1981 . In this, Superman tries to come to terms with the life of his Kryptonian ancestors.
From December 1987 to March 1988, DC finally released another four-part miniseries entitled World of Krypton . The miniseries, written and drawn by the Briton John Byrne , offers the reader a foray into the history of the planet that Byrne overhauled after the reboot of the Superman comic series in 1986/1987.
Other uses of the term
WarnerMedia uses the name Krypton for numerous merchandising products: for example there are breakfast boxes and pajamas with Krypton motifs and / or names and even a Krypton roller coaster , the Superman: Krypton Coaster .