New "Superman" director James Gunn discussed how the film addresses politics, morality, and immigration while highlighting ...

As Western civilization awaits the new Superman movie with a mixture of instinctive excitement (a new Superman movie!) and ...

Krypton, the United States, the whole of planet Earth? Next week, the newest chapter in the Superman saga hits theaters; the ...

The fighter for Truth, Justice and the American Way is back on the big screen. Director James Gunn talks about his ...

Origin and Background Along with Superman himself, the concept of Krypton was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. The planet was first mentioned in 1938's Action Comics #1 ...

This first Krypton was, like the majority of superhero comics at the time, entirely populated by white faces — a fact that led to an embarrassing story in 1971’s Superman.No. 239 that revealed ...

Typically, the destruction of Krypton is depicted as a singular blast that vanquishes all life on the planet in an instant. DC's Absolute Universe has upended a classic Superman story beat by ...

But in “Krypton,” everybody is on a planet circling a red sun and nobody has superpowers. It’s two centuries ago, and Krypton is grim, totalitarian and sectarian. The El family is ostracized.

Map of the planet Krypton from the Superman comics. WP:NFCC#4/wikimedia Start with the red stars. In order to find Krypton, the first thing we’d need to do is identify its star, or at least its ...

The real-life star that could play host to fictional planet Krypton must meet certain characteristics. For one, it must be relatively nearby. The planet is supposed to have self-destructed soon ...