Kandor
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Kandor is the name of a fictional Kryptonian city in the Pre-Crisis DC Universe that was shrunken and stolen by the supervillain, Brainiac.
In his battle with the supervillain, Superman rescued the city and kept it in his Fortress of Solitude while looking for a way to restore it. In return, the Kandorians provided the superhero with a place where he was an honoured guest, various professionals to assist him when asked and even occasionally assisted him in the outside with the Superman Emergency Squad.
Eventually, Superman was able to restore the population's size and they settled on another planet which revolved a red sun. The Kandorians decided to name their new homeworld Rokyn, which is the Kryptonian word for "gift from God."
Post-Crisis, the bottle city has a somewhat different history, having been created by an alien wizard named Tolos, who trapped representatives of various races (including Valor's uncle) within, in order to possess their bodies. This city is not literally shrunk, but exists in an extra-dimensional space, occasionally connected to the Phantom Zone. Superman has not, as yet, managed to restore it.
Since then, Kandor has undergone many revisions to its history. The city is once again from Krypton (but still populated by non-Kryptonian aliens). The citizens also recall Brainiac stealing their city from Krypton, and not the wizard Tolos. Apparently, a hundred years have passed in the city (while the world outside has aged normally). Because of this, Superman (or the ideal of him) is worshipped as a god in Kandor.
External links
- Supermanica: Kandor (http://supermanica.info/wiki/index.php/Kandor) Supermanica entry on the Pre-Crisis Kandor
- Supermanica Category: Kandorians (http://supermanica.info/wiki/index.php/Category:Kandorians) Supermanica Category page with links to entries on Pre-Crisis citizens of Kandor