History ComicBook / KryptonReturns

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: As is common in the New 52, Kryptonians do not have to breathe, as long as their bodies have enough stored sunlight.

* GodzillaThreshold: The state that H'El has put Krypton in, along with the death of Dru-Zod, forces Faora to join up with the Oracle to contact the Superman Family to make sure that Krypton is DoomedByCanon, which she considers a MercyKill compared to what has happened to the world.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Superman traps a badly wounded H'El in an infinite time loop within Krypton's core that will preserve him within a few endlessly-repeating seconds of time for all eternity. This is the alternative he chose over killing him, declaring that doing so would be wrong]]

** ApocalyseHow/ClassZ: If H'El succeeds, the ensuing TimeCrash will cause one of these that stretches not just to the edges of Prime Earth or even TheMultiverse, but the ''Omni''verse, which includes, according to the wiki, other enterprises such as the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.

* CloningBlues: Supergirl is sent to the period of a clone rebellion in Krypton's past.

** ApocalyseHow/ClassZ: If H'El succeeds, the ensuing TimeCrash will cause one of these that stretches not just to the edges of Prime Earth or even TheMultiverse, but the ''Omni''verse, which includes, according to the wiki, other enterprises such as the MarvelUniverse.

* ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding: Taken to the logical extreme. The threat of the TimeCrash from H'El's actions is very real, but fortunately for the heroes it's is repeatedly stated that the effects are hitting the uninhabited edges of the universe first.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Superman traps a badly wounded H'El in an infinite time loop within Krypton's core that will preserve him within a few endlessly-repeating seconds of time for all eternity.]]

** ApocalyseHow/ClassZ: If H'El succeeds, the ensuing TimeCrash will cause one of these that stretches not just to the edges of Prime Earth or even TheMultiverse, but the ''Omni''verse, which includes, according to TheWikiRule, other enterprises such as the MarvelUniverse.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: When Supergirl defeats Kon, the clone leader, the clones see her as their leader. They aid her in her fight against H'El.

''Krypton Returns'' is the second ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' [[BatfamilyCrossover crossover]] story arc of the {{ComicBook/New 52}} and the direct sequel to ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth''. Starting in October 2013, the story begins in Action Comics Annual #2 and continues through the ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' titles, concluding in Superman #25. Before any of these issues were released, Superman #23.3, released during [[{{ComicBook/Forever Evil}} Villains Month]], served as a prelude and revealed H'El's origin. Its written by Creator/ScottLobdell, Justin Jordan and Michael Alan Nelson.

'''''Krypton Returns''''' is the second ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' [[BatfamilyCrossover crossover]] story arc of the {{ComicBook/New 52}} and the direct sequel to ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth''. Starting in October 2013, the story begins in Action Comics Annual #2 and continues through the ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' titles, concluding in Superman #25. Before any of these issues were released, Superman #23.3, released during [[{{ComicBook/Forever Evil}} Villains Month]], served as a prelude and revealed H'El's origin. Its written by Creator/ScottLobdell, Justin Jordan and Michael Alan Nelson.

* MeanwhileInTheFuture: In Supergirl #26, [[spoiler:H'El travels to Superboy's mission's time, while "simultaneously" fighting Supergirl, with the times synching up so that he is hit by multiple Super Family members at the "same time"]].

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The Superman Family Can Breathe In Space.

* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream]]: [[spoiler:Superman traps a badly wounded H'El in an infinite time loop within Krypton's core that will preserve him within a few endlessly-repeating seconds of time for all eternity.]]

* [[spoiler:[[ArtificialHuman Artificial Kryptonian]]: H'El is revealed to be this in Superman #23.3. He was created from a collection of genetic material gathered all over Krypton's history by Jor-El in an unmanned spaceship to find a planet where the people of Krypton could be safely evacuated to by the time Krypton exploded.]]

* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: If the Superman family does not stop H'El, the temporal distortions he caused will destroy all reality.

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Superboy]] does not make it to the end of the event alive, and thus [[spoiler:Jon Lane Kent, the evil future son of Superman, will headline his book and take his spot on the Teen Titans. He notices that the anti-gravity of the city of Argo isn't strong enough to break the city free from Krypton's gravitational pull, so he uses all his power to give the city and Supergirl's rocket the push they need to leave Krypton's atmosphere. The effort expends all of Superboy's power and he expires in the wake of Krypton's destruction, happy with the great deed he's done.]]
** [[spoiler:Which in turn did not last long, as Jon Lane Kent eventually does grow empathy, and decides to essentially commit cosmic suicide to allow Kon-El to live again, whilst essentially erasing the last bit of the BadFuture that he and his "father" Harvest had come from. Superboy eventually goes on a journey of self-reflection, and while Supergirl and the Teen Titans learn he is alive again, [[FromBadToWorse in the latter case he's framed for murder and the team enters a schism on believing him innocent or guilty]].]]

* [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace The Superman Family Can Breathe In Space]]

* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe: Faora. H'El kills her at the end of the arc's first issue.]]
* YouNoTakeCandle: The clones during the Great War talk this way.

* TimeCrash: H'El's temporal alterations cause a time tsunami, a storm that can destroy an entire star system. If the Superman family does not stop H'El, the time tsunami will destroy the [[TheMultiverse Omniverse]], the collection of all different universes both within and [[ApocalypseHow/ClassZ outside]] of TheDCU.

''Krypton Returns'' is the second ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' [[BatfamilyCrossover crossover]] story arc of the {{ComicBook/New 52}} and the direct sequel to ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth''. Starting in October 2013, the story begins in Action Comics Annual #2 and continues through the ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' titles, concluding in Superman #25. Before any of these issues were released, Superman #23.3, released during [[{{ComicBook/Forever Evil}} Villains Month]], served as a prelude and revealed H'El's origin. Its written by Creator/ScottLobdell, Justin Jordan and Michael Alan Nelson.

''Krypton Returns'' is the second ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' [[BatfamilyCrossover crossover]] story arc of the {{ComicBook/New 52}} and the direct sequel to ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth''. Starting in October 2013, the story begins in Action Comics Annual #2 and continues through the ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' titles, concluding in Superman #25. Before any of these issues were released, Superman #23.3, released during [[{{ComicBook/Forever Evil}} Villains Month]], served as a prelude and revealed H'El's origin. Its written by Scott Lobdell, Justin Jordan and Michael Alan Nelson.

* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream: Superman traps a badly wounded H'El in an infinite time loop within Krypton's core that will preserve him within a few endlessly-repeating seconds of time for all eternity.]]

* TimeMaster: The Oracle opens three portals so that Superman, Superboy and Supergirl can travel to different points in Krypton's history. Meanwhile, H'El can exist in multiple timelines at once. [[spoiler: After Jor-El weakens him with a special gas, H'El loses control of his powers and Superman traps him in an infinte time loop.]]

* TakeAThirdOption: During the final issue, Superman believes he can save the timeline without having to ensure Krypton's destruction, even though Jor-El says it is impossible. [[spoiler: Also, Jor-El wants to kill H'El, but Superman instead H'El unstable TimeMaster powers against him to trap H'El in an infinite time loop. After H'El is defeated and Superman and Supergirl return to Earth, Krypton briefly returns to life in the present before disappearing.]]

''Krypton Returns'' is the second ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' [[BatfamilyCrossover crossover]] story arc of the {{ComicBook/New 52}} and the direct sequel to ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth''. Starting in October 2013, the story begins in Action Comics Annual #2 and continues through the ''{{Superboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' titles, concluding in Superman #25. Before any of these issues were released, Superman #23.3, released during [[{{ComicBook/Forever Evil}} Villains Month]], served as a prelude and revealed H'El's origin. Its written by Scott Lobdell, Justin Jordan and Michael Alan Nelson.

* ActionMom: Lara. She even attacks Superman, believing him an intruder when he enters the House of El. Superman, who is seeing his mother for the first time, is astonished.

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Superboy]] does not make it to the end of the event alive, and thus [[spoiler:Jon Lane Kent, the evil future son of Superman, will headline his book and take his spot on the Teen Titans]]. [[spoiler:He notices that the anti-gravity of the city of Argo isn't strong enough to break the city free from Krypton's gravitational pull, so he uses all his power to give the city and Supergirl's rocket the push they need to leave Krypton's atmosphere. The effort expends all of Superboy's power and he expires in the wake of Krypton's destruction, happy with the great deed he's done]].

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Superboy]] does not make it to the end of the event alive, and thus [[spoiler:Jon Lane Kent, the evil future son of Superman, will headline his book and take his spot on the Teen Titans]].

** Superman must go back and stop H'El at the exact moment of his success.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Supergirl is less than thrilled to be working with Superboy, though it doesn't stop her actually saving his life as noted above under BeatTheCurseOutOfHim.