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WORLD OF KRYPTON #1
Cover Date: July 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Publication Date: 1979-04-10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Paul Kupperberg |
| Pencils | Howard Chaykin |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Lara Lor-Van (marries Jor-El and becomes Lara Jor-El)
Villain(s):
- Tron-Et (story retold from Superman Vol. 1 #234/2)
- 'Template:Matricomp (destroyed)
- Anr-Mu (an android; destroyed)
- Nali-Ilv (a criminal; dies; story retold from Superman Vol. 1 #234/2)
- Ed-Ilv (Nali-Ilv's brother; poses as Nali-Ilv; story retold from Superman Vol. 1 #234/2)
Other Character(s):
- Jor-El (grandfather of Superman, father of Jor-El)
- Nim-El (brother of Jor-El; uncle of Superman)
- Kru-El
- Director Ven (Chief educator of the Kandor Learning Center)
- Kim-Da
- Nor-Kann (earliest chronological appearance)
- Ral-En (earliest chronological appearance; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #154/2)
- Professor Ken-Dal
- General Zod (earliest chronological appearance, same as Superman Vol. 1 #233/2; next in flashback in DC Comics Presents #84)
- Jax-Ur (appearance same as Superman Vol. 1 #234/2; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #117/2)
- a priest
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton (in the past via flashbacks)
- Antarctic continent
- Lurvan
- Jewel Mountains
- Kandor
- Kryptonopolis
- Space Center
- Vathlo Island
- Vathlo Island Tracking Station
- Unknown
- Glacial City
- Glacial City Tracking Station
- Valdunia Tracking Station, Tufu Island
- Glacial City
- Wegthor (first colonists arrive, 33 Ogtal 9995)
- Krypton (in the past via flashbacks)
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Arctic Circle
- Earth
Comment(s):
- Flashbacks to Krypton take place between from 1 Norzec 9982 and 47 Ullhah 9997.
- This issue retells events from a number of different stories;
- Superman Vol. 1 #233/2 (January 1971): "Jor-El's Golden Folly"
- Superman Vol. 1 #234/2 (February 1971): "Prison in the Sky"
- Superman Vol. 1 #246/2 (December 1971): "Marriage, Kryptonian Style!"
- Story continues next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Many Worlds of Krypton (March 2018)
Solicitation:
- Superman listens to a taped diary of his father, Jor-El. In it, he recounts his early childhood all the way to his marriage with Lara!