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When Mon-el arrived on Earth AI with amnesia, speaking Kryptonian, and with super-powers identical to his own, Superboy thought he must be from Krypton. His strong family resemblance led him to hope he might even be related, so he gave him his Kryptonian last name ‘el’.
But Mon-el was neither Kryptonian nor related. He was an explorer from the planet Daxam, a planet similar to Krypton in a distant galaxy. He had landed on Krypton a few months before it exploded and lived there long enough to learn the language. When he attempted to return to Daxam, his inter-galactic displacement drive malfunctioned. Its flight control system mapped a course to the nearest star system with humanoid life similar to his own - Earth AI.
Unfortunately the environment of Earth AI is poisonous to Daxamites. The super-powers he gained due to the yellow sun saved him from immediate death, but eventually he became fatally ill. Superboy put him in the Phantom Zone, a kind of ethereal dimension where his body is in stasis, until a cure can be found for his poisoning.
Superman's father, Jor-el, first learned of Krypton's imminent demise from ancient Kryptonian texts that predicted its core's explosion. After years of study, Jor-el proved scientifically that the core was unstable, but the rest of the scientific community was not convinced, and even if he could have convinced the entire world there was not enough time to build enough space craft to save everyone.
In the end Jor-el was only able to send his son, Kal-el to the nearest world in his galaxy that supported humanoid life similar to Krypton's. But Jor-el could not have predicted the effect it's smaller size and brighter star would have on Kryptonian physiology.
The Kryptonian city of Kandor was miniaturized and placed in a bottle by Brainiac so that he could continue to study Kryptonian society without staying on Krypton. The curiosity of his 12th level intellect exceeds its sense of ethics.
It was a fortuitous event for the city. It avoided the destruction of Krypton. It saved 3 million lives. Superman happened upon Kandor onboard Brainiac’s space vessel when he was temporarily held captive.
Superman keeps Kandor in his Fortress of Solitude, safe from prying eyes. He has vowed to find a way to restore its inhabitants to normal size. From time-to-time he uses a prototype of an enlarging device to enlarge one of Kandor’s inhabitants, but the effect always wears off. He has occasionally shrunk himself to visit the city, sometimes he has brought others.
The existence of Kandor is secret. Not even the Justice League is aware it exists.
Krypto has been Superman's furry companion since he was an infant on the planet Krypton. Although they are not as intelligent as humanoids, Kryptonian dogs can read minds, even if they cannot project their thoughts.
Krypto was paired with the infant Kal-el to mind him and keep him from harm, which was a common practice on Krypton, and was sent with Kal-el to Earth AI for that purpose.
Kryptonian dogs live hundreds of years, which explains how Krypto could have been a puppy when Kal was a baby and still be alive now that Superman is in his thirties.