Jor-El (DC Animated Universe)

**Jor-El** is The Entirely One of The Planet Krypton's of Kryptonian Foremost Scientists, The Romance Husband of Lara-El, The Son-In-Law Relative of Sul-Van, and The Biological Father of Kal-El.

## History

A brilliant scientist, Jor-El served Krypton's ruling council loyally for many years. At some point, he married Lara, the daughter of Sul-Van, and they had a son named Kal-El. **Sul-Van said once that Jor-El's primary flaw was his ego, that he was incapable of admitting that he could be wrong. Sul-Van may have been correct, but Jor-El never let concern for his reputation stand in the way of doing what he believed necessary.** Among his many accomplishments was thwarting High General Jax-Ur's attempted coup d'état. Discovering intelligence of the uprising, Jor-El gathered a small force of militia and captured one of the rebel parties, using their communications equipment to send out a signal that disabled the rest of Jax-Ur's forces. He did not deign to appear at Jax-Ur's trial, a decision Jax-Ur called cowardice. **Years later, Jax-Ur would call Jor-El "a clever man" with poor judgment in choosing sides.** Conducting research on a series of earthquakes rocking Krypton, Jor-El discovered evidence which he said predicted the planet's imminent destruction. His final five month expedition in the northern polar region only pointed to this outcome. Before sharing his findings with the Council, he prepared a rescue plan for the planet's population that required sending all of Krypton's populace into the Phantom Zone, allowing one person, traveling in a one-man spacecraft, to release them on a new planet. He planned for this destination to be Earth. His proposal was unanimously rejected, with some councilmen scoffing at the absurdity of having everyone take up residence among convicted criminals, no matter how temporary. **However, his findings were deliberately dismissed by the supercomputer Brainiac who the Council decided to believe. Still unwilling to admit that he might be mistaken, Jor-El investigated, and found that Brainiac had deliberately lied in order to give himself time to escape. By then, it was too late, as Krypton was to explode in a matter of hours. Jor-El could only put his backup plan into effect: to use his spacecraft to save his son, Kal. Programming the ship to carry Kal to Earth, Jor-El offered to send Lara with him. She refused, saying that her place was with her husband.** Before the ship departed, Jor-El and Lara recorded a message, telling their son that they loved him, and to always use his powers in a responsible way. **Jor-El watched the ship depart, and then kissed his wife as the world ended around them.** To honor his parents' memory, Superman carved two colossal statues of them in the Fortress of Solitude, holding aloft a globe of Krypton.

Jor-El is The Late-Biological Father of Kal-El, later known as Superman on Earth. When Kal was an infant, Jor-El was a young and brash scientist. His technological expertise had previously helped prevent Jax-Ur's bid for power. The High Council sentenced Jax-Ur and Mala, his second, to the Phantom Zone via a projection device, of Jor-El's design. **Shortly after, Jor-El boldly predicted that planet Krypton was doomed. The planet's artificial intelligence, Brainiac dismissed his theory. The Council quickly sided with Brainiac. Jor-El was shocked to discover Brainiac was deliberately lying and using the remaining time to facilitate its own escape. Brainiac attempted to have Jor-El killed but failed. Jor-El raced home and prepared the lifeboat as an escape pod for his son. He modified his original plan of having one Kryptonian temporarily transport the rest of the population to the Phantom Zone until another planet was discovered. Kal-El would be automatically transported to the distant Earth where its solar system's sun would power him with yellow rays.** While the cold and aloof population of Krypton, Jor-El and Lara truly loved each other and their son, enough to make the ultimate sacrifice. Jor-El left the Phantom Zone Projector and an explanatory holographic cube in the lifeboat. Kal-El would be able to use it when he was of age. Both objects became mainstays in Superman's Fortress of Solitude. The cube helped Superman design and construct the layout and contains archives of Kryptonian information. Superman also erected a memorial, two giant statues of his parents holding the planet Krypton.

## Gallery

Jor-El tries to warn the Kryptonian Science Council of The Planet-Krypton's Destruction.
### Pictures

Moments Before His and Lara-El's Animated DeceasedThe Planetary Destruction of The Planet Krypton