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<p>Ck247: /* added kryptonian space ship reference */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1384<br /> | date = June 20, 2014<br /> | title = Krypton<br /> | image = krypton.png<br /> | titletext = Their Sun and gravity will make you, uh, something, I guess. Out of earshot from Earth, mostly.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|In the works.}}<br /> This seems to be an inverse of the Superman story.<br /> <br /> Cueball and Megan (presumably on Earth) send a baby away to the unstable planet Krypton in a spaceship, because its crying is annoying them.<br /> <br /> At the same time Jor-El and Lara (presumably) send their baby Kal-El with a spaceship to Earth. The design of the kryptonian spaceship (crystal star shaped) is based on the 1978 Superman movie.<br /> <br /> The title-text suggests the baby might get unknown superpowers, but it will be too far away for it to disturb anyone on Earth.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript}}<br /> [Cueball and Megan are standing near a telescope.]<br /> <br /> Cueball: The distant planet Krypton is becoming unstable.<br /> <br /> From outside the panel(baby crying): Waaaaaa<br /> <br /> Megan: That crying baby is really annoying<br /> <br /> [Cueball and Megan looking at each other]<br /> <br /> [Spaceship taking off]<br /> <br /> [Spaceship passing another spaceship on route to distant planet]<br /> <br /> [Planet exploding]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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