[ ] Birthright

[ ] Secret Origin

Pre-Crisis, Superboy was said to have complete recall of his time on Krypton, with the exception of those memories that had been wiped due to kryptonite exposure. To get those memories back, he created a mind-probe in the basement and used it to "revisit" Krypton on occasion.

Let the outpourings of "And THAT'S why I prefer Man of Steel!" begin...

Man of Steel definitely

That's my Superman, the one that really got me hooked on the character.

Anyway --- pretty much everything about Superboy, including the very existence of the character, was retcons. The notion that he could "remember" his life on Krypton pretty much depended on which part of the mythos you happened to tap into. Was it as Seigel and Shuster created the character, with Kal a newborn when he was sent to Earth? Or was it as things were when I started reading, with him a toddler, already talking and fully capable of independent actions?

It's important to remember that his background on Krypton was merely the starting point for S&S, (as origins tended to be in those days and for decades after). It was so unimportant to the story they were telling that Superman himself did not discover his background for something like ten years!

It's important to remember that his background on Krypton was merely the starting point for S&S, (as origins tended to be in those days and for decades after). It was so unimportant to the story they were telling that Superman himself did not discover his background for something like ten years!

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Indeed.  I remember reading somewhere years ago (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that Superman's alien heritege was more or less a simple and quick means to explain Superman's powers, and not something that was expected to become an intricate part of the mythology.

Yet it's funny how some fans get up-in-arms over the "Man of Steel" Krypton for being cold and inhuman compared to the previous incarnation.  These are the same fans who say that Superman after MoS was "too human".  The irony! 

Back in those day, little concern was given to explaining how so perfect a human avatar could have evolved on a distant planet. (There was also some early trouble deciding just HOW distant. In at least one story, Krypton is part of the Sun's family of planets!)

Origins in general were just starting points. They did not have to be fully realized or even logical. And some characters -- The Bat-Man, for instance -- began their adventures without origins!