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Bios – Jor El and Lara

Voiced By: Christopher McDonald (Jor-El); Finola Hughes (Lara)
First Appearance: "Last Son of Krypton"
Position: Parents of Kal-El, Deceased

Bio: Jor-El and Lara are Kal-El’s biological parents from the planet Krypton. Jor-El was a highly recognized scientist on Krypton who had predicted the end of the planet. When he approached the High Council of Krypton to warn them, they turned to the all knowing computer of
Krypton, Brainiac for his opinion of Jor-El’s research.

Brainiac concluded that Jor-El was wrong and there was no danger.
However, Jor-El knew Brainiac was lying. He made preparation’s for his only child, his infant son Kal-El, to escape Krypton’s doom by sending him to Earth. Jor-El and Lara fitted the rocket with a special device which when touched by Kal-El, triggers holographic messages and memories of his parents and of his home world.

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