World of Krypton
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World of Krypton is an American three-issue comic book limited series written by Paul Kupperberg and penciled by Howard Chaykin. It was the comics industry's first Limited series, which addressed DC's problem of newly launched ongoing series too often fizzling out within 10 issues. World of Krypton was published by DC Comics from July to September 1979.
Taking place in the
Background and creation
"The Fabulous World of Krypton" had been a recurring back-up feature in Superman and other titles since the early 1970s. The feature was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and many stories were written by Cary Bates.
The stories comprising World of Krypton were originally scheduled to be published in
At that point, the storyline was revised and released as World of Krypton — comics' first ever limited series.[2][3][4][5]
Bridwell commissioned the project.[2] Paul Kupperberg, a regular contributor to Showcase at the time of the story's conception, wrote the storyline. His brother Alan Kupperberg did uncredited layouts, upon which Chaykin expanded.[3]
Plot
World of Krypton provides a great amount of detail into Krypton's history just before its destruction, along with the life story of
.The individual issues were titled, "The Jor-El Story", "This Planet Is Doomed!", and "The Last Days of Krypton", respectively.
Reception and legacy
World of Krypton's reception was positive, leading to subsequent similar titles and later more ambitious productions such as Camelot 3000 for the direct market in 1982.[2][6]
World of Krypton was reprinted and translated on a number of occasions. It was republished, in part or in whole, in Superman the Comic #2 (K.G. Murray Publishing Company, 1978), The Best of DC #5 (May-June 1980), and Tor Books' World of Krypton (June 1982). It has been translated into German, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Italian.
DC published another World of Krypton miniseries from December 1987 to March 1988. Produced after the
A third miniseries named World of Krypton was published from February to July 2022. Written by Robert Venditti with art by Michael Avon Oeming, it tells Krypton's history in the post-Flashpoint universe.
Collected editions
In 2018, DC published the trade paperback Superman: The Many Worlds of Krypton, which collected both World of Krypton miniseries as well as stories from Superman #233, 236, 238, 240, 248, 257, 266, and The Superman Family #182.
References
- ^ Johnson, Dan (April 2014). "Showcase Presents... Again". Back Issue! (71). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 50–55.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
The worldwide success of Superman: The Movie motivated [DC] to publish more Superman-related titles. With that, editor E. Nelson Bridwell oversaw a project that evolved into comics' first official limited series - World of Krypton...Featuring out-of-this-world artwork from Howard Chaykin, [Paul] Kupperberg's three-issue limited series explored Superman's homeworld.
- ^ a b Callahan, Tim (February 2013). "World of Krypton Comics' First Miniseries". Back Issue! (62). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 59–62.
- ISBN 978-0745306636.
- ISBN 978-0792454502.
- ^ "GHM Columns: GHM Staff: Steve Higgins A+ Graphic Novels ]". Newcomicreviews.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2019.