Superman #238
Superman #238
Cover Credits
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Murphy Anderson

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Title: "A Name Is Born"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
World of Krypton

Writer: Cary Bates
Artist: Gray Morrow

Reprinted In:
Best of DC #40 (1983)
Superman:The World of Krypton TPB (2008)
Superman:The Many Worlds of Krypton TPB (2018)

Other Character(s)

  • Kryp (an explorer; in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Tonn (a biologist; in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Du-Vor and his colleague (Kryptonian teachers; no further appearances)
  • A group of students (no further appearances)

Comments:
The framing sequence of this story takes place years before then destruction of Krypton. The main sequence takes place far earlier and reveals how the planet came to be inhabited.

Synopsis:
On the planet Krypton years before its eventual destruction, a teacher consults with her colleague Du-Vor. She seeks a way to control her younger students. Du-Vor offers her a story to keep them entertained.

The story begins before Krypton was inhabited. An alien explorer found the new planet and landed his ship on the surface. Along he thought he'd be the first person on the planet, he soon meets another alien who has been shipwrecked.

A lack of common language and a misunderstanding leads to a conflict between the two aliens. Eventually, they make peace. When they return to the the alien's ship, they find it has been rendered inoperative, stranding them both. Then the aliens remove their protective helmets and meet face-to-face. The newly arrived explorer reveals that his name is Kryp. The shipwreck survivor is a woman named Tonn. The two never did leave the planet. Instead they settled the world which would become named for them.


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