Absolute Superman- Last Dust of Krypton
9 million light-years from Earth, Krypton is a planet with a red atmosphere and sky
Its cities powered by lava, klerics of the science league work in them. They are the ruling class
At the bottom is the labor guild of which the protagonist’s parents are a part of
The mother (Lara-El) is a mechanic and the father (Jor-El) is an engineer and miner who mines red sunstone crystal
Laborers are known as people of steel amongst each other
The Els become laughingstock and lost the opportunity to be honored scientists after Lara wrote an essay criticizing Krypton’s lack of funding for interstellar exploration and Jor-El called out the government’s environmental recklessness
Jor-El has concerns about the instability of a mine and is proven right when green natural gas is leaked and disintegrates one of Jor-E'l’s coworkers even through the protective suit
These events happened during Earth’s Miocene period when apes began evolving
On Earth and in present day, mines in Brazil are continued to be forced to be mined despite the hazard of asbestos present
The owner of the mine is Lazarus Corp
Kal-El has been helping miners across the world mine for diamonds and is finally found by Lazarus and is to be taken in alive by order of the director
He’s taken into custody by Lazarus agent Lane who calls him “Superman”
The Lazarus Peacemakers fire at Kal-El thinking he’s going to hurt Lois and flies away with her cuffed to his hand
Kal-El wears an artificial intelligence suit called Sol which is designed to protect and advise him
After saving civilians, Lane fills out a report of her observations about Kal. She’s also attracted to the way he smells
She lets him go and he flies away
Lane enters a verbal report to the Brainiac system which changes and enters a completely different report assessing that Kal is an uncontrollable threat prompting her to write a report
Peacemaker Smith guns down civilians in retaliation after feeling the effects of Kal’s heat vision
Jor is declared a heretic after trying to proclaim his warning
While Lara breaks Jor out of prison, Kal realizes the ruling classes are fleeing Krypton because they do know it is doomed
Kal reveals he overheard his parents plan for all of them to leave the planet
The whole planet of Krypton finds out about the inevitability of Krypton’s destruction after Kal leaks it
Back on Earth in Orangi Town, Pakistan, agent Lane is attacked by the Omega Men
Kal intervenes and tells Lane to stop looking for him
One of the Omega Men named Jimmy Olsen who goes by Alpha believes Lane can be turned to their side after Omega Prime confronts him about hesitating to shoot her
Peacemaker Smith massacres civilians in Orangi after being frozen by Kal
Kal is determined to find Smith and make him pay
Six years ago Earth time, but back on Krypton, it is being destroyed and all the ships are brought down'
The ship carrying the Els and others is hit by a giant green fragment from within the planet. His parents die
What caused the planet’s destruction was an infestation of parasites that slowly destabilized for a million years
Kal no longer wants to find Smith for fear he might kill him
In the span of almost one year and a half (Earth standards), Kal has been travelling in space for 9 million light years after Krypton’s destruction
Kal crashes on Earth on a farm owned by an elderly couple named Jonathan and Martha Kent
Kal is a teenager when found
A neighboring farmer calls Lazarus Corp reporting immigration violation because Kal has no I.D, and is forced to fly away and go into hiding for 5 years
In the present agent Lane is at a nursing home looking for Martha Kent
The Brainiac system is in cahoots with the leader of Lazarus Ra’s Al Ghul who is planning something for Kal-El