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Looks kinda grungey. I still like to think of Krypton and its occupants the way the 50s/60s comics did... a sort of scientific ‘world of tomorrow’ in pleasant pastel colors.

Jor El was his Superman’s real pop, right? I get all that confused. There was Mon El and Kal El too, but I forget who was who and what was what. Can’t remember at all Superman’s Kryptonian mother’s name.

Jor-el is the father of kal-el (superman/Clark Kent). Mon-el was a traveler from another planet (daxam) who had the same powers as supes he crashed on earth after exposure to lead (his weakness) poisoned him. To save him superboy placed him in the phantom zone where he stayed until one of the legion of superheroes in the future created a serum to cure him. That hero was Brainiac V, who was a descendent of a slave of one of supermans greatest villains- The computer minded Brainiac. Hope that helps ;-p

Oh there is also zor-el, Kara-el (supergirl), and ....

Jor El was his Superman’s real pop, right? I get all that confused. There was Mon El and Kal El too, but I forget who was who and what was what.

Not allowing for post-silver age revisions, Kal-El is Clark Kent/Superman. I think Hawkman gets to call him by that name (it's a Thanagorian thing). Jor-El is the dad, Lara is his mom, and her maiden name also began with an "L." Supes always had this obssessive/compulsive thing with LL women (Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Lori LeMaris). Zor-El was Jor-El's brother in Argo City, which flew off in one chunk with Zor-El, his wife, and daughter Kara (Supergirl). Kryptonian religion does not allow first cousins to marry, making it considerably stiffer than say, the Old Testament, especially given the circumstances. Ten-million Kandorians who were abducted pre-explosion by Braniac and shrunk, are also around. Why Superman didn't look for a mate in Kandor is beyond me (they can expand and shrink a handful of people, just not the whole city.) Mon-El is a relative to Kal, but I forget the details. Krypto was put in an experimental rocket, that found its way to earth, along with all of those indestructible Kryptonite meteorites. There's more, much more, but that is what's off the top of my head.