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There are some things that everyone knows about Supergirl and her cousin Superman. They possess the powers of super-strength, invulnerability, and flight. They become weakened by exposure to the green glowing rock known as kryptonite. And they hail from the planet Krypton, which exploded when Superman was an infant and Supergirl was a teen.

But what, exactly, was Krypton like? That’s a question that even comic book readers have trouble answering. However, we get some clues in the latest trailer for Supergirl. At the start of the teaser, we see images of young Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) alongside her father Zor-El (David Krumholtz) at a funeral, before the fate of their planet. While the specifics of Krypton are new to the DCU, elements do recall both previous Superman movies and even some variations of the comics.

The concept of Krypton developed slowly and across several different types of media. As a result, there’s rarely been one accepted depiction of the doomed planet. Superman #1 from 1939 first names the planet Krypton, but the first looks at Superman’s parents, Jor-El and Lara (or, Jor-L and Lora, as they were initially called), come in the daily newspaper strips that began that same year. Those strips, and eventually the comic books that followed, present Krypton as a planet filled with intellectually and physically advanced superpeople.

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In the 1960s and ’70s, DC Comics began to further revise Superman’s home planet. First came the addition of a red sun orbiting Krypton, which rendered all of its residents no stronger than an average human. In 1972, the sun is named Roa, for a god worshiped by the Kryptonians, introducing a religious aspect to what was heretofore a society ruled by logic and science.

Important as these elements were, none were as influential as the depiction of Krypton in the 1978 movie Superman. Between the crystalline caverns made by set designer John Barry and the ornate robes created by Yvonne Blake, Krypton became a cold, logical, but regal place.

Superman‘s depiction of Krypton remained popular, even as DC Comics tried to establish an official version with the 1987 miniseries The World of Krypton, written by John Byrne and penciled by Mike Mignola. That series reasserts the Kryptonians’ focus on science, but also develops the planet’s religious side, presenting various factions who worship different deities.

Officially, DC Comics now accepts all stories as canon, which means that most modern depictions of Krypton tend to blend the 1978 movie version with the 1987 World of Krypton, while sometimes nodding to Jor-El’s headband or other Silver Age elements.

That blend of depictions can be seen in the trailer for Supergirl. The movie’s tan color palette may differ from the blue and silver of the 1978 movie, but the robes worn by Kara and her father certainly recall those that Marlon Brando sported as Jor-El. However, the funeral depicted has a religious feel, which seems more like something a cleric from The World of Krypton would lead.

By mixing together elements from the movies and the comics, the Krypton of Supergirl once again reminds us of the approach James Gunn has been taking since becoming Co-Head of DC Studios. He’ll use aspects of the comics and past movies when it helps to set the foundation. But instead of simply repeating what’s been done, he’s moving forward, which makes Supergirl and its image of Krypton something new to everyone.

Supergirl arrives in theaters on June 26, 2026.

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