Don-El (Earth-One)

Alias: Don-El
Universe: [[Earth-One]]

First Appearance: Unknown

History:

Don-El was a native of the planet Krypton, residing in the city of Kandor. An esteemed member of the noble House of El, he was the only son of scientist Nim-El and his wife, Dondra Klu-Ta. While living in Kandor, Don-El operated as the city's resident police chief. Many years ago, a villain known as Brainiac came to Krypton and shrunk the entire city of Kandor in size, containing it within a specially made invulnerable bottle. Don-El was one of thousands of Kandorians stuck inside the shrunken city for several years. In time, Don-El's cousin, Superman, discovered a way to free the Kandorians and restore them to their proper size. Don-El and his fellow Kryptonians colonized a new Kandor city on the deserted plains of an outer-dimensional world known as Rokyn.

Known powers: Don-El possessed no superhuman powers while living under a red sun. Had he existed on a world revolving around a yellow sun, he would have developed physical attributes equitable to that of Superman.

Notes

• The character of Don-El was created by writer E Nelson Bridwell and artist Curt Swan.

• Don-El's existence is exclusive to Krypton of the Pre-Crisis continuity.

• Don-El is Superman's first cousin. His father, Nim-El, was the brother of Superman's birth-father, Jor-El the Second.

• Don-El's final fate has never been revealed, but it is reasonable to assume that he passed away of natural causes long before the ultimate destruction of Krypton.

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