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###Different versions of Superman at different times in his 75 year history touted him as the Last Son of Krypton. And other versions of the character would include literally millions of survivors he was not initially aware of being held captive in the Bottle City of Kandor.

Different versions of Superman at different times in his 75 year history touted him as the Last Son of Krypton. And other versions of the character would include literally millions of survivors he was not initially aware of being held captive in the Bottle City of Kandor.

###In the Golden Age

In the Golden Age

###In the Silver Age

In the Silver Age

###In the Modern Age, Post-Crisis

In the Modern Age, Post-Crisis

###Different versions of Superman at different times in his 75 year history touted him as the Last Son of Krypton. And other versions of the character would include literally millions of survivors he was not initially aware of being held captive in the Bottle City of Kandor.

###In the Golden Age

###In the Silver Age

###In the Modern Age, Post-Crisis

Different versions of Superman at different times in his 75 year history touted him as the Last Son of Krypton. And other versions of the character would include literally millions of survivors he was not initially aware of being held captive in the Bottle City of Kandor.

In the Golden Age

In the Silver Age

In the Modern Age, Post-Crisis

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The answer to this question depends primarily on editorial fiat. Some periods in Superman's history they wanted###In the Golden Age

Early adventures of the Golden Age Superman had him to truly be, for at least a while, being the Last Sononly survivor of his lost home planet of Krypton. John Byrne's ManBut by the Silver Age of Steel run was such a periodcomics no one counted on the popularity and longevity of this strange immigrant from the stars.

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  • Early versions of Superman (especially the Golden Age Superman) had him being the only survivor of his lost home planet Krypton.

  • But by the Silver Age of comics no one counted on the popularity of this strange immigrant from the stars. Eventually, he would get a cousin (Kara ZorKara Zor-l/Power Girl who debuts in All-ElStar Comics #58, 1976) who. She survived Krypton as well but was sent to Earth in a slower rocket. She would not arrive on Earth until after heKal-L had reached adulthood. He welcomed her, trained her in the use of her metahuman abilities and even allowed her to wear his symbolreplace him on the Justice Society when he retired.

  • His only other interaction with Kryptonians came in the form of the only Kryptonians he ever fought with. U-ban, Mala and Kizo, three brothers formerly of Krypton's Science Council were sent into exile (by Jor-L, of course) for attempting to control all the water on Krypton.

###In the Silver Age

Silver Age Superman was an all-together different character. He would have an entire family of human, metahuman, and alien friends who would become his surrogate family. Superman became family friendly and the tragedy of Krypton's demise was less in the spotlight. The stories were lighter, more fun and often didn't always make a lot of sense.

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  • Silver Age Superman had a cousin as well, Kara Zor-El and colorsher origins were almost the same as Power Girl's but she was a much less strident character and even adopted variations on her cousin's costume. The Superman Family included: The Kents, Jor-El and Lara, the journalist of the Daily Planet, the Superpets, Krypto the dog, Streaky the cat, Beepo the monkey, and Comet the Horse, Lori Lemaris, the Legion of Superheroes and the recurring non-menaces Mister Mxyzptlk and Bizarro.

  • During the Silver Age and thereafter, different continuities will eventually have Superman confront the evil genius Brainiac. Brainiac managed to create a device capable of shrinking an entire city and all of its inhabitants small enough to fit inside a bottle.

  • Later rewrites will have Brainiac become a machine-intelligence spawned on Krypton. In any case, Brainiac was inadvertently responsible for the entire vast city of Kandor and its 6 million inhabitants being able to survive the destruction of Krypton. This becomes one of the most famed artifacts in the Superman Mythos: The Bottle City of Kandor.

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  • During the Silver Age Kal-El would even acquire a collection of Kryptonian superpets (who looked exactly like their Terran equivalents...) complete with intelligence and superhuman powers similar to Superman's. This has not been repeated in later eras except for the creation of Krypto, the Last Dog of Krypton.

  • Over time, other survivors would be less welcome. When Kal-El learned about the Phantom ZonePhantom Zone projector and its White Zone, where prisoners of the former Krypton placed the worst of their criminal element. These terrifying villains would escape the Phantom Zone and periodically wreck havoc. In some realities, they would escape the Phantom Zone and kill every living thing on Earth. The most famous of these commonly called "Phantom Zone villains" were General Dru-Zod, Faora Hu-Ul, and Jax-Ur. There were easily two or three dozen of these reprobates held in the Phantom Zone.

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During the Silver Age and thereafter, different continuities will: The bottle city of Kandor is eventually have Superman either save, find or defeat Brainiac who managed to createplaced on a device capable of shrinking an entire cityplanet called Rokyn and all of its inhabitants small enoughrestored to fit inside a bottleits normal size. This becomes one ofThe Kandorians renamed their city as New Krypton. (v1 Superman # 338, 1979.08)

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###In the most famed artifacts inModern Age, Post-Crisis

In the early Post-Crisis stories, the editorial fiat decreed Superman Mythos: The Bottle City of Kandor.was "the last son of Krypton. During John Byrne's Man of Steel run, there would be no other Kryptonians. They held to this for about a decade.

  • The shrinkray technology was used on Krypton byBottle City would once again reappear in the evil Coluian, Brainiac (later rewrites will have Brainiac become a machine intelligence spawned on Krypton)Post-Crisis Universe. Brainiac inadvertently was responsible forAs in the entire vast city of Kandor and its 6 million inhabitants being able to survive unscathed.

  • Heldprevious continuity, the Kandorians were held prisoner by Brainiac, the Kandoriansand were kept under a red-sun emulator, preventing the Kandorians from developing any superhuman powers unless released from the city. 

  • In the lastPre-Flashpoint iteration of the DC Universe, the Kandorians eventually leaveare released from the bottle and establish New KryptonNew Krypton, a colony planet on the opposite side of Kryptoniansour sun. Let'sThis time, let's just say thisit doesn't end well for the former Kandorians.

  • During the Silver Age Kal-El would even acquire a collection of Kryptonian superpets (who looked exactly like their Terran equivalents...See: Superman: War of the Supermen) complete with intelligence and superhuman powers similar to Superman's. This has not been repeated in later eras except for the creation of Krypto, the Last Dog of Krypton.

  • Kryptonian artifacts would also play a part in the Superman mythos. Devices such as the Eradicatorthe Eradicator would clone Superman and try to impose a more rigid Kryptonian dogma on Earth during the Death of Superman Saga.

  • Finally, there were other descendants of Kryptonians in the DC Universe. The agricultural world of Daxam was filled with former Kryptonians who had left generations before the destruction of Krypton. Daxam orbits a red star, so the Daxamites have no powers there.

  • Due to genetic instabilities, they are highly vulnerable to lead and need scientific intervention if they are to leave their world. Daxamites can become super-powered under a yellow sun or blue sun. Their current iteration in the DC Universe has left their civilization decimated after several occupations by other alien species.

enter image description here

Superman's history is very long and has been through a number of rewrites, continuity changes, complete universal reboots and contingent parallel realities. Sometimes he is truly the Last Son of Krypton (See: Red SonSee: Red Son, and The NailThe Nail) and in some of them he is the head of an entire pantheon of godlike beings. (See: DC: One MillionSee: DC: One Million)

The answer to this question depends primarily on editorial fiat. Some periods in Superman's history they wanted him to truly be the Last Son of Krypton. John Byrne's Man of Steel run was such a period.

  • Early versions of Superman (especially the Golden Age Superman) had him being the only survivor of his lost home planet Krypton.

  • But by the Silver Age of comics no one counted on the popularity of this strange immigrant from the stars. Eventually, he would get a cousin (Kara Zor-El) who survived Krypton as well but would not arrive on Earth until after he had reached adulthood. He welcomed her, trained her in the use of her metahuman abilities and even allowed her to wear his symbol and colors.

  • Over time, other survivors would be less welcome. When Kal-El learned about the Phantom Zone projector and its White Zone, where prisoners of the former Krypton placed the worst of their criminal element. These terrifying villains would escape the Phantom Zone and periodically wreck havoc. In some realities, they would escape the Phantom Zone and kill every living thing on Earth.

During the Silver Age and thereafter, different continuities will eventually have Superman either save, find or defeat Brainiac who managed to create a device capable of shrinking an entire city and all of its inhabitants small enough to fit inside a bottle. This becomes one of the most famed artifacts in the Superman Mythos: The Bottle City of Kandor.

  • The shrinkray technology was used on Krypton by the evil Coluian, Brainiac (later rewrites will have Brainiac become a machine intelligence spawned on Krypton). Brainiac inadvertently was responsible for the entire vast city of Kandor and its 6 million inhabitants being able to survive unscathed.

  • Held prisoner by Brainiac, the Kandorians were kept under a red-sun emulator, preventing the Kandorians from developing any superhuman powers unless released from the city. In the last iteration of the DC Universe, the Kandorians eventually leave and establish New Krypton, a colony planet of Kryptonians. Let's just say this doesn't end well for the Kandorians.

  • During the Silver Age Kal-El would even acquire a collection of Kryptonian superpets (who looked exactly like their Terran equivalents...) complete with intelligence and superhuman powers similar to Superman's. This has not been repeated in later eras except for the creation of Krypto, the Last Dog of Krypton.

  • Kryptonian artifacts would also play a part in the Superman mythos. Devices such as the Eradicator would clone Superman and try to impose a more rigid Kryptonian dogma on Earth during the Death of Superman Saga.

Superman's history is very long and has been through a number of rewrites, continuity changes, complete universal reboots and contingent parallel realities. Sometimes he is truly the Last Son of Krypton (See: Red Son, and The Nail) and in some of them he is the head of an entire pantheon of godlike beings. (See: DC: One Million)

###In the Golden Age

Early adventures of the Golden Age Superman had him, for at least a while, being the only survivor of his lost home planet of Krypton. But by the Silver Age of comics no one counted on the popularity and longevity of this strange immigrant from the stars.

enter image description here

  • Eventually, he would get a cousin (Kara Zor-l/Power Girl who debuts in All-Star Comics #58, 1976). She survived Krypton but was sent to Earth in a slower rocket. She would not arrive on Earth until after Kal-L had reached adulthood. He welcomed her, trained her in the use of her metahuman abilities and even allowed her to replace him on the Justice Society when he retired.

  • His only other interaction with Kryptonians came in the form of the only Kryptonians he ever fought with. U-ban, Mala and Kizo, three brothers formerly of Krypton's Science Council were sent into exile (by Jor-L, of course) for attempting to control all the water on Krypton.

###In the Silver Age

Silver Age Superman was an all-together different character. He would have an entire family of human, metahuman, and alien friends who would become his surrogate family. Superman became family friendly and the tragedy of Krypton's demise was less in the spotlight. The stories were lighter, more fun and often didn't always make a lot of sense.

enter image description here

  • Silver Age Superman had a cousin as well, Kara Zor-El and her origins were almost the same as Power Girl's but she was a much less strident character and even adopted variations on her cousin's costume. The Superman Family included: The Kents, Jor-El and Lara, the journalist of the Daily Planet, the Superpets, Krypto the dog, Streaky the cat, Beepo the monkey, and Comet the Horse, Lori Lemaris, the Legion of Superheroes and the recurring non-menaces Mister Mxyzptlk and Bizarro.

  • During the Silver Age and thereafter, different continuities will eventually have Superman confront the evil genius Brainiac. Brainiac managed to create a device capable of shrinking an entire city and all of its inhabitants small enough to fit inside a bottle.

  • Later rewrites will have Brainiac become a machine-intelligence spawned on Krypton. In any case, Brainiac was inadvertently responsible for the entire vast city of Kandor and its 6 million inhabitants being able to survive the destruction of Krypton. This becomes one of the most famed artifacts in the Superman Mythos: The Bottle City of Kandor.

enter image description here

  • During the Silver Age Kal-El would even acquire a collection of Kryptonian superpets (who looked exactly like their Terran equivalents...) complete with intelligence and superhuman powers similar to Superman's. This has not been repeated in later eras except for the creation of Krypto, the Last Dog of Krypton.

  • Over time, other survivors would be less welcome. Kal-El learned about the Phantom Zone projector and its White Zone, where prisoners of the former Krypton placed the worst of their criminal element. These terrifying villains would escape the Phantom Zone and periodically wreck havoc. In some realities, they would escape the Phantom Zone and kill every living thing on Earth. The most famous of these commonly called "Phantom Zone villains" were General Dru-Zod, Faora Hu-Ul, and Jax-Ur. There were easily two or three dozen of these reprobates held in the Phantom Zone.

enter image description here

During the Silver Age: The bottle city of Kandor is eventually placed on a planet called Rokyn and restored to its normal size. The Kandorians renamed their city as New Krypton. (v1 Superman # 338, 1979.08)

enter image description here

###In the Modern Age, Post-Crisis

In the early Post-Crisis stories, the editorial fiat decreed Superman was "the last son of Krypton. During John Byrne's Man of Steel run, there would be no other Kryptonians. They held to this for about a decade.

  • The Bottle City would once again reappear in the Post-Crisis Universe. As in the previous continuity, the Kandorians were held prisoner by Brainiac, and were kept under a red-sun emulator, preventing the Kandorians from developing any superhuman powers unless released from the city. 

  • In the Pre-Flashpoint iteration of the DC Universe, the Kandorians are released from the bottle and establish New Krypton, a planet on the opposite side of our sun. This time, let's just say it doesn't end well for the former Kandorians. (See: Superman: War of the Supermen)

  • Kryptonian artifacts would also play a part in the Superman mythos. Devices such as the Eradicator would clone Superman and try to impose a more rigid Kryptonian dogma on Earth during the Death of Superman Saga.

  • Finally, there were other descendants of Kryptonians in the DC Universe. The agricultural world of Daxam was filled with former Kryptonians who had left generations before the destruction of Krypton. Daxam orbits a red star, so the Daxamites have no powers there.

  • Due to genetic instabilities, they are highly vulnerable to lead and need scientific intervention if they are to leave their world. Daxamites can become super-powered under a yellow sun or blue sun. Their current iteration in the DC Universe has left their civilization decimated after several occupations by other alien species.

enter image description here

Superman's history is very long and has been through a number of rewrites, continuity changes, complete universal reboots and contingent parallel realities. Sometimes he is truly the Last Son of Krypton (See: Red Son, and The Nail) and in some of them he is the head of an entire pantheon of godlike beings. (See: DC: One Million)

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###Different versions of Superman at different times in his 75 year history touted him as the Last Son of Krypton. And other versions of the character would include literally millions of survivors he was not initially aware of being held captive in the Bottle City of Kandor.

The answer to this question depends primarily on editorial fiat. Some periods in Superman's history they wanted him to truly be the Last Son of Krypton. John Byrne's Man of Steel run was such a period.

  • Early versions of Superman (especially the Golden Age Superman) had him being the only survivor of his lost home planet Krypton.

  • But by the Silver Age of comics no one counted on the popularity of this strange immigrant from the stars. Eventually, he would get a cousin (Kara Zor-El) who survived Krypton as well but would not arrive on Earth until after he had reached adulthood. He welcomed her, trained her in the use of her metahuman abilities and even allowed her to wear his symbol and colors.

  • Over time, other survivors would be less welcome. When Kal-El learned about the Phantom Zone projector and its White Zone, where prisoners of the former Krypton placed the worst of their criminal element. These terrifying villains would escape the Phantom Zone and periodically wreck havoc. In some realities, they would escape the Phantom Zone and kill every living thing on Earth.

During the Silver Age and thereafter, different continuities will eventually have Superman either save, find or defeat Brainiac who managed to create a device capable of shrinking an entire city and all of its inhabitants small enough to fit inside a bottle. This becomes one of the most famed artifacts in the Superman Mythos: The Bottle City of Kandor.

  • The shrinkray technology was used on Krypton by the evil Coluian, Brainiac (later rewrites will have Brainiac become a machine intelligence spawned on Krypton). Brainiac inadvertently was responsible for the entire vast city of Kandor and its 6 million inhabitants being able to survive unscathed.

  • Held prisoner by Brainiac, the Kandorians were kept under a red-sun emulator, preventing the Kandorians from developing any superhuman powers unless released from the city. In the last iteration of the DC Universe, the Kandorians eventually leave and establish New Krypton, a colony planet of Kryptonians. Let's just say this doesn't end well for the Kandorians.

  • During the Silver Age Kal-El would even acquire a collection of Kryptonian superpets (who looked exactly like their Terran equivalents...) complete with intelligence and superhuman powers similar to Superman's. This has not been repeated in later eras except for the creation of Krypto, the Last Dog of Krypton.

  • Kryptonian artifacts would also play a part in the Superman mythos. Devices such as the Eradicator would clone Superman and try to impose a more rigid Kryptonian dogma on Earth during the Death of Superman Saga.

Superman's history is very long and has been through a number of rewrites, continuity changes, complete universal reboots and contingent parallel realities. Sometimes he is truly the Last Son of Krypton (See: Red Son, and The Nail) and in some of them he is the head of an entire pantheon of godlike beings. (See: DC: One Million)