Issue Note Suggestion related to SyFy's Krypton: World of Krypton #3 0

[PatrickG]

Issue Note Suggestion related to SyFy's Krypton: World of Krypton #3 (1988)

This issue is the first appearance of Kelex, who became a fairly major recurring fixture in the Superman books as robotic caretaker of the Fortress of Solitude.

It is soon to be perhaps more notable for being the first appearance of Superman's grandfather, Seyg-El, who is the star of the new SyFy series Krypton, which had a teaser trailer drop in the last day. The show adapts the name as Seg-El. Superman's grandfather prior to this had been depicted as Jor-El I, father of Jor-El, first appearance Superman #103 in 1956. Seyg-El has appeared in a handful of other comics and I believe was name dropped in the Dini/Timm animated series.

Another noteworthy character from the new show is Val-El, first appearance Krypton Chronicles #2 (1981).

Since Seg-El is the star of a TV show, the first Seyg-El appearance seems more noteworthy now. (The name is a reference, of course, to Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel.)

Edited April 19, 2017 by PatrickG