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Issue: Superman: The World of Krypton #[nn]
Publication Date: July 2008
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 05/28/2008
Volume:
Pages: 196
ISBN: 9781401217952
UPC/EAN: 978140121795251499
Price: $16.99 CAD
$14.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Multiple printings.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Superman; Van-L; Vara
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #1 [Direct] published December 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]modified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit from http://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/superman-world-of-krypton.
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Superman: The World of Krypton

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Frontispiece. Illustration taken from the story from World of Krypton (DC, 1987 series) #4.
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Superman: The World of Krypton

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Jor-El
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Title page. Illustrations taken from the stories from World of Krypton (DC, 1987 series) #2 (2nd illustration), #3 (1st & 4th illustrations), and #4 (3rd illustration).
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Table of Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (2nd illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Van-L
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Includes publishing data. Illustrations taken from the stories from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #236 (2nd illustration) and World of Krypton (DC, 1987 series) #1 (1st illustration).
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The World (of Krypton) According to Paul (Kupperberg)

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Paul Kupperberg discusses the different versions of Krypton presented over the years. Illutration taken from the story from World of Krypton (DC, 1987 series) #1.
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The World of Krypton #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Superman; Van-L; Vara
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #1 [Direct] published December 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Pieces

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Van-L; Vara; Kan-Z; Ten-R; Eyra; Ran-L; Gan-M; Han-T; Nyra
Synopsis: On the day that Van-L makes the passage to adulthood, riots rage in Kandor over the rights of the clones created and stored for each Kryptonian citizen in case he or she ever needs a replacement limb or organ. At the party celebrating Van-L's passage, Kan-Z confronts and kills his mother Nyra, who has removed one of her clones so that the clone might develop her own personality and become Nyra's own son's bride. This outrage sparks the Kryptonian Clone Wars.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #1 [Direct] published December 1987
was Pieces [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23
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The World of Krypton #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Van-L (in warsuit)
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #2 [Direct] published January 1988
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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After the Fall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Van-L; Ran-L (in flashback); Sen-M (in flashback); Vara; Eyra (flashback)
Synopsis: A thousand years after the start of the Clone Wars, Van-L walks across the devasted planet of Krypton, remembering the early days of the war, when the group called Black Zero destroyed Kandor. When Van-L finds a group of survivors, he reveals that Black Zero now has a weapon with which it intends to shatter the entire planet.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #2 [Direct] published January 1988
was After the Fall [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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The World of Krypton #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Jor-El
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #3 [Direct] published February 1988
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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History Lesson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Jor-El; Kelex; Nyra (in flashback); Kan-Z (in flashback); Van-L (in flashback); Vara (in flashback); Seyg-L; Jan-L (in flashback); Nara; Lara
Synopsis: As Jor-El watches history imagers which recount how Van-L put an end to Kan-Z's mad schemes to destroy Krypton, he is interrupted by his father, who reveals that Jor-El has been given the rare honor of fathering a child.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #3 [Direct] published February 1988
was History Lesson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23
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The World of Krypton #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Superman; Jor-El; Lara
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #4 [Direct] published March 1988
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Family History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Van-L (in flashback); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Kelex (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback)
Synopsis: Superman reveals to Lois how his father Jor-El took an unusual (for Kryptonians of his time) interest in his gestating son Kal-El, whom he sent to Earth just as a chain reaction within the core of Krypton created so much pressure that it destroyed the planet.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #4 [Direct] published March 1988
was Family History [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23
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Prologue: From out of the Green Dawn...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Jor-El; Kelex; Kelor; Lara; Kal-El
Synopsis: Jor-El attaches his son's gestation matrix to a hyper-light drive in order to send Kal-El to Earth and save him from the destruction of Krypton.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Man of Steel #1 [Standard Cover - Direct] published October 1986
was Prologue: From Out the Green Dawn... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Includes new introductory paragraph. An odd inclusion in this volume, as this entire story was retold nearly verbatim in World of Krypton #4 (the previous sequence).
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Jor-El's Golden Folly

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Jor-El; Kim-Da; Professor Ken-Dal; General Dru-Zod; Lara Lor-Van; Fal-Thu; Waz-Em
Synopsis: Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. But when astronaut Lara Lor-Van stows away in Jor-El's test rocket, the rocket crashes on Krypton's moon Wegthor, and Jor-El has to come to her rescue.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #233 published January 1971
was Jor-El's Golden Folly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Doomsayer!

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Superman; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake Lance]; Dr. Mo-De
Synopsis: Superman tells Green Arrow and Black Canary the story of a Kryptonian scientist whose warnings of impending doom went unheeded because his fellow citizens of Surrus were too distracted by musical flowers.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #236 published April 1971
was The Doomsayer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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A Name Is Born

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Du-Vor; Kryp; Tonn
Synopsis: Du-Vor tells a fellow teacher the story of how two space explorers came to be stranded on ancient Krypton and began the Kryptonian race.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #238 published June 1971
was A Name Is Born [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Man Who Cheated Time

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Zol-Mar; Mal-Va; Thrax-Ol; Ron-Ru
Synopsis: Under the Scarlet Jungle of Krypton lies a condemned device, with which scientist Mal-Va planned to send his assistant Zol-Mar into the past and then return him after 10 minutes. However, Zol-Mar had ambitions of his own and sabotaged the machine, intending to stay in the past and be acclaimed for his mastery of the technologically advanced devices he carried with him. But the experiment, and Zol-Mar's plans, went horribly wrong when the time travel machine sent Zol-Mar in the wrong direction.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #240 published July 1971
was The Man Who Cheated Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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All in the Mind!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Min-Tor; Lan-Nu; Jan-Ar; Sala; Frippe
Synopsis: Kryptonian archaeologists uncover a globe which contains the story of the war between Erkol and Xan. After Xan detonated a bomb, hostilities ceased, but all babies conceived on that day in Erkol were born without thumbs but with enlarged heads. Years later, these children, who had been exiled, discovered that they had also been born with telekinesis. When the children learned that war had resumed and that Erkol was threatened by a doomsday weapon, they attempted to return home to stop the device, but Erkol was destroyed. So the children returned to their city, which they named Kryptonopolis.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #248 published February 1972
was All in the Mind! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Greatest Green Lantern of All!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Green Lantern [Tomar-Re]; Guardians of the Universe; Superman [Kal-El]; Jor-El; Lara; Brainiac
Synopsis: The Guardians of the Universe explain to Green Lantern Tomar-Re that his failure to prevent the destruction of Krypton might not truly be considered a failure, even though the Guardians once thought to make Kal-El the leader of the Green Lantern Corps, because the destruction of Krypton allowed Superman to fulfill his destiny as the universe's greatest champion.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #257 published October 1972
was The Greatest Green Lantern of All! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Face on the Falling Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Mag-El; Jaki; Atlas
Synopsis: In ancient Krypton, two siblings get lost looking for a puzzling object that fell from the sky. As they try to return home, the object helps the pair escape the hazards of the Flame Forest, but they never learn the object's otherworldly origin.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #266 published August 1973
was The Face on the Falling Star! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Stranger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Clark Kent [Superman]; Pete Ross; Jon Ross; Bel-Der; Al-Nei; Jo-Mon; Kam-Va
Synopsis: At Christmas time, Clark tells Jon Ross the story of how on ancient Krypton, when Bel-Der fought to free his fellow men from the tyranny of Al-Nei, a miracle-working stranger named Jo-Mon appeared. Though Jo-Mon spoke only of peace, Al-Nei killed the prophet, but not before he had convinced many men to follow his ways and brought lasting peace to Krypton.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Superman Family #182 published March 1977
was The Stranger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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...And Not a Drop to Drink

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Superman; Morgan Edge; Kro-Na; Zara; Tala-A
Synopsis: Seeing Morgan Edge wasting water during a drought, Superman tells him how on ancient Krypton the people of Erkol discovered a drought was caused directly by the traditional practices of a tribe of nearby hill-dwellers. It was only once the hill-dwellers were convinced to change their ways that the ecological balance could be restored so that civilization on Krypton could be preserved.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #367 [Direct] published January 1982
was ...And Not a Drop to Drink [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Last "Scoop" on Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Fabulous World of Krypton
Character(s): Jor-El; Par-Es; Fel-Kar
Synopsis: A Kryptonian newsman discovers that Fel-Kar, a member of the Science Council, knows that Jor-El is conducting illegal experiments in space exploration, but doesn't understand why Fel-Kar has failed to take any action. Only when he sees Fel-Kar trying to escape Krypton's death throes in Jor-El's unfinished full-size rocket, not the model rocket used to send Kal-El to Earth, does the newsman understands Fel-Kar's plan. So the newsman prevents Fel-Kar from getting to Jor-El's model rocket and files a final article no one will ever read exposing the corrupt official.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #375 [Direct Sales] published September 1982
was Last "Scoop" on Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): World of Krypton
Character(s): Superman; Jor-El; Lara
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Krypton #4 [Direct] published March 1988
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the back cover.

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