Krypton is besieged by a civil war between Jor-El and his corrupt brother, Kata-Zor. Before Kata-Zor sentences Jor-El to prison, Kal-El is launched to Earth to fulfill a prophecy and adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent. Decades later, he attempts rekindles his romance with Lois Lane in the Daily Planet. However, Lois is more concerned with exposing Lex Luthor's whereabouts.