History Literature / TheLastDaysOfKrypton

* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: Throughout the course of the story, Jor-El discovers not one, but ''three'' threats that could spell the end of the Krypton. First, he was afraid that their sun Rao could go supernova. Then it was pressure building up in their planet's core. Then an impending comet collision. [[spoiler: But in the end, it's none of these things. The Ruling Council decide to throw Jor-El's Phantom Zone projector into a giant hole created to deal with threat 2, despite Jor-El's repeated warnings that the projector is actually a self-contained singularity. Said singularity proceeds to ''eat'' the planet's core, causing the loss of mass to destabilize and destroy the world.]]

* AssholeVictim: In-universe example; Gur-Va is brutally murdered in his jail cell, but no one cares and when left with the mystery of who killed him, the Sapphire Guards barely look into it.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: One of Zod's defining characteristics.

* KangarooCourt: Zoe sees his war crimes tribunal as this. [[VillainHasAPoint He's not entirely wrong]], Zod is denied council and is not permitted to cross-examine his accusers, [[LampshadeHanging something he opening points out during the proceedings]]. When he is finally permitted to speak in his own defense, he remains silent in protest.

* SiblingRivalry: Inverted: Jor-El and Zor-El are both brilliant scientists and engineers, mostly specializing in different fields. They have a great deal of respect for one another. Jor-El thinks his brother is a bit impulsive (he's not wrong) and Zor-El considers his brother to be a bit naïve and idealistic (he's not wrong, either).

Jor-El is a brilliant scientist, whose research and progress is continually stymied by the Ruling Council of Krypton, more specifically the Technology Commisioner Dru-Zod, who confiscates many of his inventions 'for the safety of the public'. What Jor-El doesn't know is Zod is actually hoarding his devices for his own use at a later date. While researching a singularity he created that leads to a 'Phantom Zone', Jor-El meets an artist by name of Lara Lor-Van, and the two quickly start a relationship. However, Jor-El is worried that their planet may be on the road to destruction...

* ChariotRace: A staple of Kryptonian sports entertainment. The Chariots are pulled by big, weird lizards.

* HairOfGold,HeartOfGold: Lara Lor-Van

The incredible static Kryptonian Society is given the shake-up of a lifetime when it is visited by aliens- the artificial intelligence dubbed Brainiac in particular, who steals the entire capital city of Kandor, creating a power vacuum on Krypton. Seeing this as his chance, Zod quickly takes control, and dubs himself General. As the power-struggle radically escalates, only Jor-El is worried about the planet's possible demise.

* DoomedByCanon / ForegoneConclusion: WhatItSaysOnTheTin. As anyone who is even remotely familiar with Superman's origins knows, Krypton's gonna go, no matter what happens. The only trick is how.

* FortheEvulz: The motivation behind Gur-Va, the Butcher of Kandor's slaughter of the animals in the Kandor Zoo.

* Oh,Crap: Zod has two notable examples. First, when Brainaic's ship arrives, Zod thinks it is Donodon's people come for revenge. [[spoiler: Since Nam-Ek killed Donodon on Zod's orders, he was right to be concerned.]] Later, this is his initial reaction when Jor-El reports to Zod that his space-monitoring system has found something (a comet). Zod had honestly not expected any legitimate threat from space.

* Shout-Out: The alien visitor Donodon mentions an interstellar peacekeeping force, though he does not refer to it by name (The Green Lantern Corps).

Jor-El is a brilliant scientist, whose research and progress is continually stymied by the Ruling Council of Krypton, more specifically the Technology Commisioner Cor-Zod, who confiscates many of his inventions 'for the safety of the public'. What Jor-El doesn't know is Zod is actually hoarding his devices for his own use at a later date. While researching a singularity he created that leads to a 'Phantom Zone', Jor-El meets an artist by name of Lara Lor-Van, and the two quickly start a relationship. However, Jor-El is worried that their planet may be on the road to destruction...

* DoomsdayDevice: Zod reinforces his tenuous hold on Kryptonian society with a stockpile of doomsday devices. Three of them were once used to destroy an inhabited moon. Zod had ''fifteen''.

* {{Demonization}}: Zod purposely paints The Brain Interactive Construct (given the more sinister name Brainiac by Zod) as a Silver Age CardCarryingVillain in order to use the possible threat of an alien invasion as an excuse to build power.

* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering:

* ShoutOut: The alien visitor Donodon mentions an interstellar peacekeeping force, though he(?) does not refer to it by name (The Green Lantern Corps).

* Shout-Out: The alien visitor Donodon mentions an interstellar peacekeeping force, though he(?) does not refer to it by name (The Green Lantern Corps).

* HairofGold,HeartofGold: Lara Lor-Van

* Shout-Out: The alien visitor Donodon mentions an interstellar peacekeeping force, though does not refer to it by name (The Green Lantern Corps).

''The Last Days of Krypton'' is an origin story for ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', written by Creator/KevinJAnderson in 2007. It gives readers a look at Kryptonian society before its planet explodes.

* DoomedByCanon / ForegoneConclusion: WhatItSaysOnTheTin. Krypton's gonna go, no matter what happens. The only trick is how.
* {{Demonization}}: Zod purposely paints The Brain Interactive Construct/Brainiac as a Silver Age CardCarryingVillain in order to use the possible threat of an alien invasion as an excuse to build power.
* IgnoredExpert:

''The Last Days of Krypton'' is an origin story for ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}, written by Creator/KevinJAnderson in 2007. It gives readers a look at Kryptonian society before its planet explodes.

* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering:

* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: Throughout the course of the story, Jor-El discovers not one, but ''three'' threats that could spell the end of the Krypton. FIrst, he was afraid that their sun Rao could go supernova. Then it was pressure building up in their planet's core. Then an impending comet collision. [[spoiler: But in the end, it's none of these things. The Ruling Council decide to throw Jor-El's Phantom Zone projector into a giant hole created to deal with threat 2, despite Jor-El's repeated warnings that the projector is actually a self-contained singularity. Said singularity proceeds to ''eat'' the planet's core, causing the loss of mass to destabilize and destroy the world.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: He may have been an opportunistic tyrant, but Zod's critique of Krypton's Ruling Council, and their successors, wasn't unjustified.

The incredible static Kryptonian Society is given the shake-up of a lifetime when it is visited by aliens- the artificial intelligence dubbed Brainiac in particular, who steals the entire capital city of Kandor, creating a power vacuum on Krypton. Seeing this as his chance, Zod quickly takes control, and dubs himself General. As the power-struggle radically heats up, only Jor-El is worried about the planet's possible demise.