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DC’sSupermanis best bang for being fabulously solid , a consecrate superhero and ally , and perhaps most important of all , being an immigrant from another planet that has long since been destroy . But at least in the continuityof Richard Donner ’s 1978 Superman picture show , Krypton is live and well , albeit hold captive by sinister force . InSuperman ' 78 # 3 , written by Robert Venditti with art by Wilfredo Torres and color by Jordie Bellaire , the Christopher Reeve version of the Man of Steel finally do home - but not by choice .
InSuperman ' 78,the story picks up straight off after the first plastic film . The exotic synthezoid Brainiachas descended to Earth with the desire to capture and catalogue Kal - El , as a Kryptonian is classify as an " invading species " that could be harmful to the major planet . Seeing the power of his enemy and the devastation Brainiac ’s already let loose upon Metropolis , Superman willingly accompanies Brainiac to his ship revolve the planet ( while a genuinely jubilant Lex Luthor smiles from below ) .
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To his horror , Superman realizes that Brainiac has captured K of beings - and even more surprisingly , has project out a way to shrink their habitats so they could be better stored on his ship ( which is already immense in size ) . Brainiac zaps Superman and seemingly vaporizes him , but Clark soon awaken up in an unfamiliar surroundings full of ashen , crystalline construction . Other beings in white robes emerge to recognize him , and one in particular wears a familiar " S " shield on his chest . It ’s Superman ’s father , Jor - El(in the semblance of the late Marlon Brando ) , and Superman is finally home .
This is a lurid ontogeny for those who have seenthe early Donner Superman films , especially the first . Superman has never visited Krypton and knows only slightly more about it than the average citizen does in the DC universe - that is to say , precious little . The 1978 film memorably did forth with the classical 1960s Buck Rogers - esque designs of Krypton get word in the funnies and favored a more staring , monochromatic design - perhaps indicative of the fact that Kryptonian scientific discipline has stagnate in the Richard Donner universe and costless thinkers like Jor - El are discredited and poke fun .
Superman has jaunt back in fourth dimension to Krypton several time in the main DC persistence ( though in all example , Krypton could not be economise ) . The Christopher Reeve adaptation of the character has never seen his home , and outside of conversation with the double of his fatherin the Fortress of Solitude , does n’t even lie with what it look like . Krypton is as foreign toSupermanas it is to the reader - and despite coming home , Clark is no closer to feeling like he belongs .
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