Krypton Kid

Krypton Kid

A Kryptonian teenager, whose real name is Zar-Al. He is sent to Earth in a time-ship by his father, the scientist Zol-Zu, who had been alerted by Jor-El of the impending doom of Krypton, to bring back zeelium, which would “prevent the uranium core of Krypton from exploding.”

Upon arriving on Earth, Zar-Al encounters Superboy, who assists him in trying to locate the needed element, but to no avail. Zar-Al later claims he found some “hidden under deep layers of ocean ooze,” but, unknown to the Boy of Steel, it is only a ruse to prevent Superboy from keeping him from returning home to Krypton to “stand by his father’s side when the end came” (Adv No. 242, Nov 1957: “The Kid from Krypton”).