Jor-El (or Jor-L in the Golden Age) is a fictional character appearing in titles published by DC Comics. He is Superman's biological father and a leading scientist on the planet Krypton, in the DC Comics Universe. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, he first appeared in a newspaper comic strip in 1939 with Superman.
Jor-El is a Kryptonian, and the husband of Lara. He was a scientist on the planet Krypton before its destruction....
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Jor-El (or Jor-L in the Golden Age) is a fictional character appearing in titles published by DC Comics. He is Superman's biological father and a leading scientist on the planet Krypton, in the DC Comics Universe. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, he first appeared in a newspaper comic strip in 1939 with Superman.
Jor-El is a Kryptonian, and the husband of Lara. He was a scientist on the planet Krypton before its destruction. Jor-El foresaw the planet's fate, but he was unable to convince his colleagues in time to save the inhabitants. He was able to save his infant son, Kal-El (Superman), sending him in a homemade spaceship towards the Earth, just moments before the explosion of Krypton. After constructing his Fortress of Solitude, Superman honored his deceased biological parents with a statue of Jor-El and Lara holding up a globe of Krypton.
Jor-El is usually portrayed as closely resembling the later appearance of Kal-El as the adult Superman.
Jor-El was first...
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