Kelex

Kelex is a Kryptonian robot who served the House of El, assisting Jor-El and Lara on Krypton before its destruction. The artificial servant later appears in Superman's Fortress of Solitude, acting as a caretaker and aide connected to his Kryptonian heritage.

Born in the pages of John Byrne's landmark 1986 reimagining The Man of Steel — itself a cornerstone of the Copper Age — Kelex is a piece of Kryptonian heritage that has quietly endured across more than three decades of DC storytelling. This robotic figure shares the page with the very pillars of Superman's mythology: Jor-El, Lara, and the Man of Steel himself, placing Kelex at the heart of Krypton's doomed legacy and its echoes on Earth. Most at home in titles like World of Krypton, Superman, and Adventures of Superman, Kelex may have a modest footprint in the catalog, but that debut in a genuine key issue gives this character a collector's pedigree worth noting. For fans who love the deeper architecture of Superman's world — the world before Smallville, before the cape — Kelex is a rewarding find.