More information about the planet Krypton than you ever needed to know

Really. [Link]

[W]hen it comes to Superman’s birth place, the planet Krypton, this isn’t the case. In comics, TV and film, Kryptonians have been shown in a variety of ways for many different reasons, operating under sometimes drastically different philosophies. Some designs have worked. Some worked for the story but were limited in appeal. And some were simply lazy and uninspired. The world of Krypton (and as we saw this week in “War of the Supermen,” New Krypton, for that matter) is gone as we know it. But that doesn’t mean we can’t critique it!

So let’s jump into things, shall we? Let’s look at the world of Krypton and how its society’s fashion sense has altered over the years and how this has affected Kal-El, the man called Superman.

I always had a preference for the Byrne era Krypton with its cold sterility counterpointed with the warmth of Kansas and the Kents. This followed the idea that Superman is who he is equally from nurture and nature.