Zor-El
| Zor-El | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Action Comics #252 (May 1959) |
| Created by |
Otto Binder (writer) Al Plastino (art) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Cyborg Superman |
| Species | Kryptonian |
| Place of origin | Krypton |
| Team affiliations | Black Lantern Corps |
| Abilities | Under a yellow sun, the same as his daughter Supergirl. |
Zor-El is a Kryptonian that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is the younger brother of Jor-El, husband of Alura, father of Supergirl, and paternal uncle of Superman.
Zor-El first appeared in Action Comics #252 (May 1959) and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino.
In pre-Crisis continuity, Zor-El was a climatographer on Krypton, and one of the only scientists to believe his older brother Jor-El's predictions about the impending destruction of Krypton. When the planet exploded, Argo City was somehow blown safely into space with a life-giving bubble of air around it (a later version of the story in Action Comics #316 (September 1964) has the city saved by weather dome that Zor-El had constructed). The explosion had turned the ground beneath Argo City into Kryptonite, but Zor-El and the other survivors covered the surface with sheets of lead. The Kryptonians managed to keep alive for many years, and Kara was born a short time after the destruction of Krypton. The end for Argo City came when a meteor storm punched holes into the lead sheeting, exposing the survivors to the deadly kryptonite radiation. Zor-El managed to build a rocket and use it to send his daughter Kara to Earth. Fearing that Superman would not recognize her because he had left Krypton as an infant, Kara's parents provided a costume based closely on the Man of Steel's own.
It was later revealed to Supergirl through Zor-El induced dreams that her parents had teleported away into the Survival Zone (similar to the Phantom Zone) during Argo's final moments. Supergirl was able to rescue them in Action Comics #310 (March 1964), and Zor-El and Alura went on to live in Kandor. When the bottle city was enlarged, Zor-El and Alura resettled on New Krypton/Rokyn.
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