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The following is a glossary of terms related to the fictional planet Krypton, the birthplace of Superman: A glossary is a list of terms with the definitions. ...
Lara, Jor-El, and Superman on Krypton. ...
Superman, nicknamed The Man of Steel, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 and eventually became a popular and well-known comic book icon. ...
- All, The - Post-Crisis, The All are a collection of artifacts created by the Cleric's people. They served as links to colonists on hundreds of different worlds by imprinting the memories and goals of each colonist that it came in contact with.
- Alura - The wife of Zor-El and mother of Kara Zor-El (Supergirl).
- Ampar - A Kryptonian term for a commander, captain, or chief officer.
- Bertron - Post-Crisis, the scientist who taught the Kryptonians the science of genetic engineering. He was the creator of Doomsday and was eventually killed by his own creation.
- Bethgar - A Kryptonian term for a ruler
- Birthing matrix - Post-Crisis, the birthing matrix was a technology developed by the 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 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.
- Black Zero - Post-Crisis, a radical off-shoot of the Kryptonian Clone Rights Movement. They were responsible for the destruction of Kandor and the start of the Clone War. Led by Ran-Z it was their doomsday bomb that caused the eventual destruction of Krypton.
- Bokos - An island populated by thieves who outlawed honesty and legalized what were deemed crimes elsewhere. Bokos did not join the Kryptonian federation, but remained independent until Krypton died.
- Brenn-Bir - Pre-Crisis, a criminal who joined with two friends, Vas-Quor and Kyl-lbo, to terrorize Kandor when they acquired super-powers from contact with an old crony, Ak-Var. Ak had just been released from the Phantom Zone, and had been affected by Red Kryptonite, which always has unpredictable effects on Kryptonians. Ak-Var helped Superman defeat his former pals.
- Bur-El - An ancestor of Superman who lived five generations after Krypton's Great Flood.
- Bythgar - The feminine form of Bethgar; a Kryptonian term equivalent to queen or empress.
- Cleric, The - Post-Crisis, the mysterious Cleric belonged to a race of aliens that visited Krypton approximately two hundred thousand years ago. He preached the teachings of the Divine Deity and was responsible for the genesis of the Clone Rights Movement on Krypton. He established a ministry there, but left with a number of his supporters after the Great Purge. However the genetic flaw introduced by Kem-L killed his followers. For thousands of years the Cleric wandered the galaxy acting as guardian of the Eradicator. He was eventually captured by the slavers of Warworld and imprisoned on one of their prison asteroids. The Cleric remained on his prison until he encountered Kal-El, the last Kryptonian, who was on an extended exile from Earth. The Cleric handed over the Eradicator to Kal-El and then died, his mission done. He was buried on that prison asteroid. A projection of the Cleric from the mind Eradicator (now humanoid) in the Phantom Zone, revealed the true origin of the All and the Eradicator.
- Clone Rights Movement - Post-Crisis, the Clone Rights Movement was a movement that began with the teachings of Sem-M on Krypton. It started as a pacifist movement, but developed over time into a major political force. Off branches of the Movement preferred to picket the Clone Banks and hospitals where Clones were used. Supporters of the Movement were often referred to as "Clonies". Eventually the Clone Rights Movement formed such a large force that they rebelled against the ruling authority and started the civil war called the Clone War. During this time radical groups split off of the main Movement, these included Black Zero.
- Clone War - Post-Crisis, the Clone War was a war between the Science Council and the Clone Rights movement. The war was one of the deciding periods in Kryptonian history; it saw the end of the age of art and culture and saw in the start of the age of pure emotionless science. The war destroyed almost the total ecosystem and left the planet a scarred ruin until its death.
- Dandahu Ocean - Krypton's largest ocean; east of Urrika and west of Lurvan.
- Dendaro - Plural of Dendar, this is a Kryptonian "minute" consisting of 100 thribo, the equivalent of Earth seconds.
- Drotho - Plural of Droth, a type of large Kryptonian sea-bird that fed chiefly on Silten.
- Drygur - Leader; the Kryptonian equivalent of an Earth governor or president.
- Drygur Molium - The leader of the Science Council.
- Great Purge, The - Post-Crisis, when Kem-L wanted to eradicate alien influence from Krypton he led a series of roundups and executions collectively known as the Great Purge. During this period (some two hundred thousand years ago) all alien life was eradicated from Krypton. The only being to survive the Purge was the Cleric. All evidence of the killings was concealed by hurling the bodies into the Phantom Zone.
- Green Death, The - Post-Crisis, this was 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 began 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.
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- Jor-El I - Superman's grandfather, a famous scientist.
- Jor-El II - Superman's father.
- Kandor - The former capital of Krypton. Pre-Crisis, Kandor was stolen and shrunk to miniature size by the villain Brainiac; post-Crisis, the city was destroyed prior to the Clone War by Black Zero in a terrorist attack, killing forty million.
- Kara Zor-El - Supergirl's Kryptonian name. Since women took their fathers' full names as last names, her complete Kryptonian name is Kara Zor-El.
- Kryptonopolis - The city of Superman's birth. Actually, this is a rendering of the name in Earth language, using the Greek suffix "-polis" (meaning city). The original Kryptonian name is very difficult to pronounce. The city was founded by outcasts from Erkol, mutated by radiation during the Erkol-Xan war. Although they were strange in appearance - and had telekinetic powers - their offspring were normal. Kryptonopolis became Krypton's capital after the disappearance/destruction of Kandor.
- Lara Lor-Van - Superman's mother.
- Rao and Raoism - Rao was the Kryptonian name for the red dwarf star that their planet orbited. Raoism was the official religion of the planet for hundreds of thousands of years. It can be conjectured that Raoism started as a simple solar religion, but later developed into a complex pantheon - there might be evidence for other lesser Kryptonian gods. Pre-Crisis, Raoism stood as the dominant religion of Krypton until the destruction of Krypton. Post-Crisis, when the establishment clashed with the Clone Rights Movement Raoism, which had never really taken a stance on the Clone issue, brought in teachings that backed the use of Clones. It is thought that Raoism mainly died out after the Clone War.
- Zor-El - Younger brother of Superman's father, Jor-El II. Zor-El lived in Argo City, which survived Krypton's doom. When Argo City was destroyed by kryptonite, he sent his daughter Kara to Earth and managed to project himself and his wife, Alura, into another dimension. His daughter, Supergirl, later freed them. They then went to live in Kandor.
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The Phantom Zone is a fictional dimension in the Superman comic books used predominantly before the DC Comics shared universe retcon with Crisis on Infinite Earths in the 1980s. ...
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Lara, Jor-El, and Superman. ...
Kandor is the name of a fictional Kryptonian city in the Pre-Crisis DC Universe that was shrunken and stolen by the supervillain, Brainiac. ...
Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12 issue comic book mini-series produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to clean up their 50-year-old, convoluted and confusing continuity. ...
Brainiac is a fictional supervillain in DC Comics, most often appearing as an opponent of Superman. ...
Supergirl is a DC Comics superhero, generally considered the female counterpart to Superman. ...
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Lara, Jor-El, and Superman. ...
The Phantom Zone is a fictional dimension in the Superman comic books used predominantly before the DC Comics shared universe retcon with Crisis on Infinite Earths in the 1980s. ...
Rao is a common surname found by immigrants from India. ...
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