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WORLD OF KRYPTON #2
Cover Date: August 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Publication Date: 1979-05-08
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
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Chapter Two: "Endings... Beginnings"
Chapter Three: "The Legacy"
Credits:
| Story | Paul Kupperberg |
| Pencils | Howard Chaykin |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Lettering | Shelly Leferman |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (appears in the present, also appears in the past as a time traveler and as a baby, see Comments)
- Jor-El II (elected to the Science Council, 2 Eorx, 9999)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Brainiac (story retold from Action Comics #242)
- Jax-Ur (story retold from Adventure Comics #289; last appearance in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #104; next appearance in Adventure Comics #293)
- Gra-Mo (story retold from Superboy Vol. 1 #104)
- Ni-Van
- an Ice Bird
Other Character(s):
- Jor-El I (grandfather of Superman, father of Jor-El II; dies 22 Ogtal, 9998)
- Dr. Gaf (Jor-El I's physician)
- Director Ven (Chief educator of the Kandor Learning Center)
- Nor-Kann
- Nim-El (brother of Jor-El; uncle of Superman)
- Kim-Da
- Lyla Ler-Rol (mentioned)
- Professor Ken-Dal
- Zor-El
- Science Council of Krypton (Moliom Amn named)
- Rol-Nac (a space traveler; becomes god-father of Kal-El; story retold from Action Comics #378)
- Green Android (destroyed)
- Dr. Mar-Ko
Cameo Appearance(s):
- The Krull (mentioned only; an ancient alien race)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton (in the past via flashbacks)
- Antarctic continent
- Lurvan
- Argo City (mentioned)
- Jewel Mountains
- Kandor (taken by Brainiac)
- Kryptonopolis
- Wegthor (destroyed)
- Krypton (in the past via flashbacks)
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Arctic Circle
- Earth
Comment(s):
- Kal-El is born on 35 Eorx, 9998.
- This issue retells events from a number of different stories;
- Superman Vol. 1 #141 (November 1960): "Superman's Return to Krypton"
- Superboy Vol. 1 #104 (April 1963): "The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone"
- Adventure Comics #289 (October 1961): "Clark Kent's Super-Father!"
- Action Comics #242 (July 1958): "The Super-Duel in Space"
- Action Comics #378 (July 1969): "The Devil's Partner"
- Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Many Worlds of Krypton (March 2018)
Solicitation:
- More stories from Jor-El's taped diary focusing on his crusade to convince the people of Krypton that their planet was doomed!