Kryptonians
The Kryptonians are a race of humanoid beings that feature in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
During ancient times, their homeworld did not rotate and during this era the only habitable region was the twilight zone between the sunlight area and the dark side. In this era, there were only two tribes left that lacked enough food to support them both. To settle the matter of survival, champions were selected from the tribes to fight with the winner gaining the food for his people. During the battle, the champions learnt of two metals native to Krypton that caused a rock to rotate when they came into contact. Using this knowledge, the champions began to stockpile enough of the metals in two different locations to cause the world to rotate thus allowing both tribes to be saved. (Superman v1 #260)
Modern
The New 52
Overview
Figures within their pantheon and beliefs included:
- Rao :
- Cythonna : Goddess of Ice who ruled Krypton in its earliest era where she pursued Rao until he rejected her whereupon she waged the Wars of Ice and Fire against him until he imprisoned here in the void where she was to remain until the destruction of Krypton. (Superman: The Last God of Krypton v1 #1)
- Yuda : the Mistress of the Moons who was the goddess called upon for love and marriage whose worship diminished following the beliefs in Rao. (Krypton Chronicles v1 #3)
- Trolius : the mythical lord of Krypton's red skies. (Superman v1 #243)
A legend told on Krypton by teachers was that the progenitors of their race were two space explorers that landed on their world during ancient times. These two were a pair known as Kryp and Tonn who were the parents of the Kryptonian race. (Superman v1 #238)
One funeral practice among scientists was that when they died their brains were kept into within spheres so that they could continue to provide counsel to the living and did so to their custodian. (Adventure Comics v1 #323)
Members
- Jor-El :
- Kal-El :
- Garf-Og : male scientist who when he died had his brain placed within a sphere with Jor-El being his custodian and him providing scientific advice. (Adventure Comics v1 #323)
Notes
- Kryptonians were created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster where they made their first appearance in Action Comics v1 #1 (June 1938).
Appearances
- Superman:
- Action Comics:
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