The Planet Krypton (DC Animated Universe)

**The Planet Krypton** is .

## The Planet Krypton

The Planet Krypton before It's Permanently Destroyed

The Planet Krypton during It's Permanently Destroyed

## Glossary

The following is a glossary of terms related to The Planet Krypton, the birthplace of Superman:

* **Birthing matrix** — A technology developed by Kryptonians that allowed gestation of a fetus outside of the womb. Highly resilient and radiation-proof, the matrix is capable of surviving a journey through hyperspace. The matrix sent by Jor-El to Earth contained his son, Kal-El. It crash-landed on the Kent farm and opened, revealing the infant inside. Kal-El's matrix contained a holographic memory bank which contained all of Jor-El's teachings on his planet's culture and history which played itself back into Kal-El's mind, teaching him instantly about Krypton. That matrix is currently stored in the Fortress of Solitude.
* **The Green Deceased** — The name given to the characteristic radiation poisoning caused by Kryptonium to inhabitants of the planet Krypton. The fusion of the native elements of Krypton into Kryptonium had begun long before its eventual explosion, causing many people to die from radiation. The full extent was not publicly known; it was only the independent research of Jor-El that alerted him to the cause.
* **Jor-El** — Father of Kal-El and An scientist.
* **Kryptonite** - the deadly radioactive remains of the shattered planet
* **Lara Lor-Van** — Mother of Kal-El.
* **The Phantom Zone**

## Biography

**The planet Krypton was born six billion years ago in the Xeno Galaxy in a solar system inhabited by a red sun later named Rao. Thousands of years later, sentient life evolved and led the way to a renowned intellectual society. The planet was conquered by the Vrangs until a Kryptonian named Hatu-El led a successful rebellion. Krypton prospered into an advanced scientific civilization but had its share of internal military conflicts. Unknown until generations later, the uranium core of the planet was becoming increasingly unstable and built up in pressure. According to the Green Lantern Corps, Krypton exists in Space Sector 2813.** The continent of Lurvan is the largest land mass and the most populated of Krypton. The three major cities are located here: Argos City, Kandor, and Kryptonopolis. Kandor is considered Krypton's capital city and has a population of seven million. Four known scientific establishments in the city are Jor-El's laboratory, the Council, the Seismic Institute, and a database that houses the Brainiac system. One of the many tools at Jor-El's disposal is a Macroscope atop his laboratory's roof. The Kandor Skyway, Krypton's highway system, leads out to at least as far as the Gold Volcano. The Gold Volcano erupts pure gold because it makes up most of the sub-crustal magma of the planet. **Jor-El soon discovered the dangerously unstable core and conducted a geological survey in the northern polar region of Krypton to gather proof of his claim. However, Brainiac dismissed his conclusions, and thus the Council did. Unable to let go, Jor-El entered Brainiac's database and learned the truth. The AI was downloading itself into a satellite and planned to launch into space before Krypton imploded. Jor-El barely escaped with his life and made preparations for one last ditch plan: sending his son, Kal-El, into space. He launched the lifeboat just in time, however, several radiated pieces of Krypton followed the lifeboat in hyperspace. It would later be called Kryptonite and be one of Superman's few physical weaknesses. Decades later, on Earth, a new breed of rose was named Krypton.**

## Information

"The Last Son of Krypton", the first part of a three-part pilot episode, depicts Krypton as being basically similar to the pre-Crisis version (it was scientifically advanced, Kal-El appeared to be about two-years-old as in the Silver Age comics, there are depictions of peculiar animals) although with elements of the John Byrne version (such as the appearance of the characters' wardrobe). **Krypton's climate is shown to have both temperate and Arctic conditions. According to commentary on the DVD collection for the show's first season, part of Krypton's appearance was influenced by the artistic style of American comic book artist Jack Kirby.** This version depicted the villain Brainiac indirectly destroying Krypton through a massive sin of omission (and even deception), as the care taking program for the planet. Later episodes have dealt with this issue.

Krypton's climate is shown to have both temperate and Arctic conditions. According to commentary on the DVD collection of the show's first season, part of Krypton's appearance was influenced by the artistic style of American comic book artist Jack Kirby. **This version depicted Brainiac as responsible via inaction for the destruction of Krypton's people (though not the planet itself). Brainiac was the planet's essential A.I. system; he discovered that the planet would explode after several weeks of intense seismic activity. Brainiac knew that if the Kryptonian elders learned of it, he would be tasked with formulating an evacuation plan, but he believed, given the time Krypton had left, that any personal evacuation was pointless, and it would leave him with no time to escape, so he told the elders that Jor-El was mistaken and that the quakes were the result of a polar shift. He secretly uploaded himself and all of Krypton's culture and knowledge onto a satellite, jettisoning him out of Krypton's orbit before the planet's destruction, while the rest of Kryptonian civilization (save for Jor-El and his family) remained unaware of the grave danger they were in until it was too late to evacuate.** Krypton had a "sister planet" named Argo, colonized by Kryptonians many centuries before the destruction of Krypton. Its people had a greater resistance to kryptonite under a yellow sun. On a journey into space, Superman found that the explosion of Krypton pushed the planet from its orbit away from its sun, causing the planet to gradually cool. Its people went into cryostasis to survive, but an accident left Supergirl the only survivor. The remains of Krypton settled into an asteroid belt of kryptonite.

## History

Krypton orbited a red star named Rao, which also seemed to be an object of worship for the Kryptonian culture. It shared its solar system with at least one other inhabited planet, Argo, whose inhabitants shared many physiological characteristics with Kryptonians. **Its climate included both temperate regions, where the majority of the population lived, and sub-freezing temperatures at its polar ice caps.** Shortly before its destruction, the planet was administered by the Science Council, with the aid of Brainiac, an artificial intelligence with planet-wide oversight and control of Krypton. The planet's government seemed to have been peaceful, though a small military force was maintained for defense against outside enemies. This force attempted to seize control of the planet under the leadership of High General Jax-Ur, but the attempt failed, thanks to the efforts of Jor-El. **Jor-El also conducted geological surveys of the planet's subterranean layers, and concluded that the planet was unstable and on the verge of a catastrophic explosion. The Science Council found his conclusions outlandish, and considered the matter settled when Brainiac discounted Jor-El's findings.** Unknown to the Council, Brainiac had secretly concurred with Jor-El, but had refrained from informing the Council so that it could successfully download its data into a satellite, rather than be tasked to organize an evacuation of the planet. In creating Brainiac, the Council had programmed it too well: the artificial intelligence considered the survival of Krypton's history and knowledge of ultimately more importance than that of its people. **Mere minutes before the planet exploded, Jor-El and his wife, Lara, launched their infant son, Kal-El, into space, bound for Earth. Kal-El would grow up to be known as Superman, one of Earth's greatest heroes.** The explosion culminated in a chemical/geological reaction that imbued the remaining fragments of the planet with a specific radiation level that proved harmful and ultimately fatal to Kryptonians and Argoans. Several of these fragments found their way to Earth, where they would be known as Kryptonite. **The shock waves from Krypton's explosion also ravaged the surface of Argo and tore the planet from its orbit, causing it and its inhabitants to slowly freeze over.**

### Aftermath of Destruction

Apart from Kal-El, the only known survivors of Krypton's destruction were Jax-Ur and his lieutenant, Mala, both of whom had been imprisoned in the Phantom Zone prior to the planet's destruction. However, because of the Zone's use as a penal dimension, other Kryptonian criminals may have likewise survived. **A more unfortunate legacy than Kal-El/Superman was Brainiac, which installed itself into an android body, in control of a massive warship, and traveled through the galaxy, "fulfilling" its programming by destroying countless worlds after absorbing their history into its library of knowledge. Thanks to the first meeting of Superman and Brainiac, Superman managed to save an orb containing the history of Krypton and its scientific accomplishments, which he preserved in the Fortress of Solitude.** The inhabitants of Argo likewise died out, with the sole exception of Kara In-Ze, the daughter of the planet's chief physician, Kala In-Ze. Years later, Superman traveled back to Krypton's solar system and found no remains of the planet except an asteroid belt of Kryptonite fragments. He followed a faint distress signal to Argo, and managed to rescue Kara from cryonic stasis, bringing her back to Earth. **As the sole survivor of Krypton, Superman was sought out by the Preserver, an alien conservationist fixated on saving the last members of endangered species.** Bizarro became so carried away by the idea that he was himself Superman that he tried to re-mold Earth's environment to mimic Krypton's appearance.

## Information

*Superman: The Animated Series*, meanwhile, brought Krypton back to its art deco roots with its three-parter “The Last Son of Krypton”. Kryptonian fashion more organically melds the Silver Age robes with the metallic, armor-like accents of Byrne’s *Man of Steel* version. We also get more of Krypton’s unique geography, with tall, blocky cliffs interspersed with strange, alien trees with branches that veer off into right angles. It’s a design choice that fits *Superman: TAS’* visual kinship with *Batman: The Animated Series*.

 **Modern Ages:** *Events depicted during: All of them* **Some time before any of the series proper** | Destruction of Krypton.
 **Deceased Biological Parents are The Best Details:** | Superman Entirely Lost of His biological parents. Jor-El and Lara are shown to be very loving toward their only son, and of course they are killed when Krypton explodes.

#### Notable Regular Kryptonians

* Jax-Ur
* Jor-El
* Kal-El
* Lara-El
* Mala
* Sul-Van
* Superman (Justice Lord)

## Gallery

### Outside Of Krypton

The Green Jets of The Regular-Green Lava that-is Erupted Into-The Sky of The Planet Krypton
## Gallery Within Videos

The Entire Life on The Planet Krypton • The Planetary Destruction of The Planet Krypton ---from--- Superman - The Last Son of The Planet KryptonThe Planetary Deceased on The Planet Argo ---from--- Superman - Little Girl-Lost Episode