Krypton Glossary

The Planet Krypton information :

• All, The

• Alura - the wife of Zor-El and mother of Kara (Supergirl).

• Ampar - A kryptonian term for a commander, captain, or chief officer.

• Argo City

• Bertron

• Bethgar - A kryptonian term for a ruler

• Birthing Matrix

• Black Zero

• Bokos - An island populated by thieves who outlawed honesty and legalized what were deemed crimes elsewhere. Bokos did not join the Kryptonian federation, but remained independent until Krypton died.

• BRENN-BIR - A criminal who joined with two friends, Vas-Quor and Kyl-lbo, to terrorize Kandor when they acquired super-powers from contact with an old crony, Ak-Var. Ak had just been released from the Phantom Zone, and had been affected by Red Kryptonite, which always has unpredictable effects on Kryptonians. Ak-Var helped Superman defeat his former pals. For more on him, see under Van-Zee.

• BUR-EL - An ancestor of Superman who lived five generations after Krypton's Great Flood.

• BYTHGAR - The feminine form of Bethgar; equivalent to Queen or Empress.

• Cleric, The

• Clone Rights Movement

• Clone War

• DANDAHU OCEAN - Krypton's largest ocean; east of Urrika and west of Lurvan.

• DENDARO - Plural of Dendar, a Kryptonian "minute" consisting of 100 thribo, the equivalent of Earth seconds.

• DROTHO - Plural of Droth, a type of large sea-bird that fed chiefly on Silten.

• DRYGUR - Leader; equivalent of an Earth governor or president.

• DRYGUR MOLIUM - The leader of the Science Council.

• Great Purge, The

• Green Death , The

• Jewelled Mountains and Flamebirds

• JOR-EL I - Superman's grandfather, a famous scientist.

• Jor-El

• Kandor

• KARA ZOR-EL - Supergirl's Kryptonian name. Since women took their fathers' full names as last names, her complete Kryptonian name is Kara Zor-El.

• Kem-El

• [[Kryptonian Criminals (Pocket Dimension)

• Kryptonite

• Kryptonium

• KRYPTONOPOLIS - The city of Superman's birth. Actually, this is a rendering of the name in Earth language, using the Greek "polis" (city). The original Kryptonian name is very difficult to pronounce. The city was founded by outcasts from Erkol, mutated by radiation during the Erkol-Xan war. Although they were strange in appearance - and had telekinetic powers - their offspring were normal.

• Lara

• Nyra

• Phantom Zone

• Ran-Z

• Rao and Raoism

• Register of Citizens

• Sen-M and Syra

• Seyg-El

• Torquasm-Vao

• Van-L

• Warsuit

• Zon-Em

• ZOR-EL - Younger brother of Superman's father, Jor-El II. He lived in Argo City, which survived Krypton's doom. When Argo City was destroyed by Kryptonite, he sent his daughter Kara to Earth and managed to project himself and his wife, Alura, into another dimension. His daughter, Supergirl, later freed them. They then went to live in Kandor.