CRISIS OF CONVERGENCE, PART THREE: The Bottled City of Kandor

Kandor was the capital city of the planet Krypton, until it was stolen by Brainiac several years before Krypton's destruction and shrunk down to miniature size to best fit his collection. Superman eventually recovered the former capital and place it in his Fortress of Solitude for safekeeping until a way could be found to restore Kandor to its proper size. However, at some point just before or during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Kandor was once again stolen by Brainiac, only this time he transported it to Telos, the planet containing numerous other cities he had stolen from various alternate realities and timelines.

CONVERGENCE #3: Kandor resisted the commands of Telos to fight for their lives against the champions of other cities. To force them to comply, Telos killed their champion, Nightwing (aka Van-Zee, Superman's lookalike cousin). The angered citizens of Kandor proceeded to open fire on Telos, but all this did was infuriate Telos enough to slaughter them all, leaving no one left alive in Kandor. This was his example to any other city that decided they would try and resist his demands.

COMMENTS: Kandorian Van-Zee and his partner Ak-Var took up the identities of Nightwing and Flamebired and fought crime in Kandor in SUPERMAN FAMILY #183, inspired by Superman and Jimmy Olsen, who both had taken those identities during a visit to the bottled city in SUPERMAN I#158.