House of El

The House of El is a fictional family featured in comic books published by DC Comics. It is associated with the character of Superman and relates to the character of Kal-El, and his extended Kryptonian family, notably his parents Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van.

History
The House of El was one of the noble ruling families of the planet, Krypton. The name El translates in Kryptonian to "of the star". The family line extends back thousands of years, to a time when tribes of Kryptonians still waged war against one another across the continents. The direct descendants of Jor-El the First sired children whom would become the sole survivors to escape Krypton's ultimate destruction - Kal-El and Kara Zor-El. The bloodline continued through the centuries with the births of Kal-El's Kryptonian/Human hybrid children with wife, Lois Lane.

The earliest known members of the El family line existed during Krypton's pre-industrial age when Kryptonians were known by only a single name. The first recorded member of the family line was Feln, who was the father of Rugad, who was the father of Tomnu. Tomnu's son, Erok became the first Kryptonian to create clan names and called himself Erok-El, or, Erok of the Star. His wife was Milia, the daughter of an opposing Bethgar named Uved. Erok-El and Milia gave birth to Kal-El the First, who became the second Bethgar of the continent of Urrika. Kal-El's son, Wab-El did not share his ancestor's noble qualities and became a vicious warlord. Wab-El had two sons, Vad-El and Hyr-El. Vad-El became a tyrant like his father, and Hyr-El disowned the family name after a feud with Vad-El. Hyr-El's direct family lineage is what eventually evolved into the modern House of El.

Silver Age

 * Kal-El
 * Kara Zor-El
 * Zor-El

Modern Age

 * Alura In-Ze
 * Jor-El
 * Kal-El
 * Lara Lor-Van
 * Zor-El

All-Star Superman

 * Bar-El
 * Lilo-El

Smallville

 * Kal-El

Supergirl

 * Kara Danvers

Notes & Trivia

 * The House of El began as a Silver Age concept, which has since been retroactively attributed to Earth-One continuity. The earliest published appearance of the House of El was in More Fun Comics #101 in January, 1945, which was the first appearance of Superboy, as well as his birth parents, Jor-El & Lara Lor-Van.

Related categories

 * House of El members