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POINT SIX:
Sole Survivor |
ESTABLISHED
CONTINUITY:
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UNDETERRED
BY THE SCIENCE COUNCIL'S REJECTION OF HIS FINDINGS, JOR-EL ATTATCHES
HIS SON'S BIRTHING MATRIX TO A HYPERDRIVE CAPABLE OF SPACE TRAVEL.
JUST BEFORE THEIR HOMEWORLD EXPLODES, JOR-EL AND LARA SEND
THEIR ONLY SON KAL-EL TO SAFETY ON EARTH, LEAVING HIM THE SOLE
SURVIVOR OF KRYPTON. JOR-EL HAS ALSO MANAGED TO INCLUDE KNOWLEDGE
OF THEIR PLANET'S HISTORY ABOARD THE SPACESHIP, SO THAT KAL-EL
MAY LEARN OF HIS TRUE HERITAGE ONE DAY WHEN HE'S OLDER. |
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SPRINGBOARD:
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AS BRAINIAC
CONTINUES HIS SEIGE OF THE PLANET EARTH, THE KENTS NOW COME INTO
DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE ALIEN VESSEL WHICH WAS SENT TO EARTH
BY JOR-EL FROM KRYPTON TO GATHER KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANET. THE
VESSEL TRANSFORMS INTO A SPACESHIP LARGE ENOUGH FOR A SOLE OCCUPANT,
AND JONATHAN AND MARTHA KENT SEND THEIR ONLY SON CLARK TO
SAFETY ON KRYPTON, MAKING HIM THE EARTH'S SOLE SURVIVOR AS
HIS HOMEWORLD SUCCUMBS TO BRAINIAC'S ATTACK. |
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PUBLISHED
BOOK:
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WHEN
THE TIME COMES FOR THE METEOR TO STRIKE THE PLANET, KENT AND
HIS WIFE LAUNCH BABY CLARK INTO OUTER SPACE IN THE HOPES THAT
HE ALONE MAY SURVIVE THE DESTRUCTION. ONCE IN SPACE, THE
CRAFT IS PULLED THROUGH A SPACE WARP ANOMALY TO THE PLANET KRYPTON. |
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