When Does "The World of Krypton" #4 (1987) Take Place?
"The World of Krypton" #4 v2 “Family History” is a science fiction comic-book written by John Byrne that released November 10th, 1987. So when is "The World of Krypton" #4 set?
It takes place on an alternate timeline of the fictional DC Comics Universe in the year:
We know this because it depicts little Kal-El being sent to Earth as a baby and "Man of Steel" #1 v1 (1986) and “The World of Smallville” #2 (1988) establish this year as 1954 AD on the Gregorian calendar.
1954 AD
We know this because it depicts little Kal-El being sent to Earth as a baby and "Man of Steel" #1 v1 (1986) and “The World of Smallville” #2 (1988) establish this year as 1954 AD on the Gregorian calendar.
Additionally, this issue reveals that the previous three issues with their multiple frames have been inside yet another frame: the first year after Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman has begun his career as the first superhero on Earth. The year is not stated other than the strong implication it is ‘the present’.
This comic-book was retroactively collected into a "Superman: The World of Krypton" paperback and then collected again into a later, expanded "Superman: The Many Worlds of Krypton" paperback.
It is a chronologically midway comic in the DC Comics Universe multiverse timeline (a chronological fourth comic to feature Kryptonians) and can be read at its timeline point, after the previous issue, "The World of Krypton" #3 v2 (1987), or before "Man of Steel" #1 v1 (1986).
