Krypton Chronicles Vol 1 1

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"The Search for Superman's Roots"

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Krypton Chronicles Vol 1 #1
September, 1981

Executive Editor

Joe Orlando

Cover Artists

Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano

Writers

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencilers

Curt Swan

Inkers

Frank Chiaramonte

Colourists

Carl Gafford

Editors

Julius Schwartz

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Appearing in "The Search for Superman's Roots"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Allura In-Ze
• Morgan Edge
• Perry White
• Shyla Kor-Onn
• Supergirl
• Van-Zee
• Zora Vi-Lar
• Zor-El

Villains:

• Brenn-Bir

Other Characters:

• Fedra Shu-El (In flashback only)
• Fil-El (In flashback only)
• Gam-El (In flashback only)
• Hal-Vu (In flashback only)
• Jes-Mo (In flashback only)
• Kly-Anth (In flashback only)
• Lesla-Lar (Behind the scenes)
• Marg-Rom (In flashback only)
• Nox-El (In flashback only)
• Pir-El (In flashback only)
• Plen-El (In flashback only)
• Pym-El (In flashback only)
• Shu-El (In flashback only)
• Sin-Dar (In flashback only)
• Sorn-El (In flashback only)
• Tala-El (In flashback only)
• Tantho (In flashback only)
• Thar-El (In flashback only)
• Wir-El (In flashback only)
• Yu-El (In flashback only)

Locations:

• Earth-One

• Fortress of Solitude
• Metropolis

• Galaxy Broadcasting System

• Krypton

• Erkol
• Fort Rozz
• Kandor
• Kryptonopolis
• Lurvan
• |Plain of Wanan
• Urrika

• Rokyn

• Kandor

Items:

• Thought-Tracker Eye

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Search for Superman's Roots"

Morgan Edge calls Clark Kent and Perry White into his office at Galaxy Broadcasting. He informs them that he wants to produce the definitive mini-series biography on Superman and assigns Kent the burdensome task of investigating Superman’s roots. Kent reluctantly agrees to the assignment and secretly changes into Superman shortly after the meeting concludes.

He flies off to his Fortress of Solitude where he finds his cousin, Supergirl, waiting for him. Together, they board a space ship and fly off to the city of Kandor on the planet, Rokyn. When they arrive, dozens of Kryptonians show up to greet them including Van-Zee and Supergirl's parents, Zor-El and Alura.

Van-Zee takes Superman into a special vault in memory of all of the esteemed members of the House of El. They regale each other with stories of Superman's prestigious family line including: Gam-El, the architect of Kryptonopolis, Tara-El, a pioneering diplomat, Pir-El, a respected military commander, as well as many others.

As the Kryptonians research several generations of Superman's family lineage, a mysterious foe sneaks into the vault and releases a rare Kryptonian monster known as a Yagrum. Superman and Supergirl spin around and prepare to face the creature head-on.

Notes

• This limited series takes place in Pre-Crisis continuity.

• Jor-El and Lara appear on the cover to this issue, but do not actually appear in the story itself.

Trivia

• This issue includes a one-page glossary of various people and locations germain to the planet, Krypton.

See Also

• Discuss Krypton Chronicles Vol 1 1 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Krypton Chronicles series
• Images from Krypton Chronicles Vol 1 1

Recommended Reading

• Action Comics
• Phantom Zone
• Superman (Volume 1)
• World of Krypton (Volume 1)

Links and References

• Krypton Chronicles series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Krypton article at Wikipedia