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Phantom Zone

The Phantom Zone is a prison-like parallel dimension appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by the Kryptonians, it was designed as a place of exile for dangerous criminals; where time dilation behaves differently and the laws of physics don't apply. When someone is transported there, they do not age nor die, but they're trapped…

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Publisher
DC Comics
Created by
Robert Bernstein (writer) George Papp (artist)
First appearance
Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961)
Type
Prison Dimension Interdimensional realm

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related to Inmates in Pre-Crisis · 191
Phantom Zone → Aethyr, After, After Krypton's, Ak-Var, Already, An, Ar-Ual, Argo City, Armory, As, As Tra-Gob, Az-Rel, Bal-Gra, Based, Believing, Blak-Du, Bokos, Both, Brainiac, Century
related to Television · 87
Phantom Zone → Aethyr, Aldar, Alphonse Luzano, Andrus, Astra In-Ze, Baern, Battleground Earth, Bizarro, Blasts, Brainiac, Caren Falqnerr, Clark, Commander, Crisis, Doomsday, Dr, Earth, Faora, Following, Fort Rozz
related to Inmates in Post-Crisis · 60
Phantom Zone → After, After Non, As, Az-Rel, Bizarro, Car-Vex, CEO, Chris Kent, David Carter, Dev-Em, Doomsday, Due, Earth, Empire Communications Network, FaoraGeneral Zod, Flamebird, General Zod, General Zod's, He, Jax-UrNon
related to Film · 30
Phantom Zone → All-Star Superman, Atom Man, Brainiac Attacks, Car-Vex, DC Super Hero Girls, Dev-Em, Faora, General Zod, Jax-Ur, Lego, Man, Mayhem, Multiverse, Nadira, Nam-Ek, Non, Phyllis, Richard Donner's Superman, Selena, Steel
related to Post-Crisis · 30
Phantom Zone → Bgztlians, Buffer Zone, Crisis DC Universe, Earth, Eradicator, Fortress, Ghost Zone, Honeycomb, In, In Post-Crisis/Post-Zero Hour, It, Kandor, Kem-L, Krypton, Kryptonian, Loophole, Loophole's, Mon-El, Phantom Zone Projector, Prometheus
related to Pre-Crisis · 26
Phantom Zone → Aethyr, As, Earth, Gra-Mo, In, Inmates, Jor-El, Jor-El's, Kandor, Klax-Ar, Krypton, Krypton's, Kryptonian, Kryptonians, Most, Nevertheless, Quex-Ul, Steve Gerber, Superman, The
related to Parodies and homages · 21
Phantom Zone → American Dad, Bartman Meets Radioactive Man, Ben, Ever, Family Guy, It, Katie Hopkins, Krazy Kripples, Lethal Weapons, Lord Buckethead's, Null Void Generator, Phantom Zone Projector, Robot Chicken, South Park, Suck It, The Most Adequate Christmas, The Null Void, The Phantom Zone, The Simpsons, The Void
related to Other versions · 17
Phantom Zone → Batman, Bruce, Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne Jr, Clark Kent's, Elseworlds, Generations, In, Joel, Kara, Lois Lane, Superman, Superman's, The, Ultra-Humanite, Ultra-Humanite's, Zone
related to Inmates in The New 52/DC Rebirth · 14
Phantom Zone → Also, An, Anti-Superman Army, Cyborg SupermanGeneral ZodHadesJax-UrLar-On, However, Jor-El, Kryptonian, Kryptonian Science Council, Kryptonite, Lor-ZodMongulNonNuclear Man, Phantom King, Phantom Zone's, Ras-KromUrsaVak-OxXa-Du, Xa-Du
related to Video games · 12
Phantom Zone → DC Comics Adventure, DC Universe, DC Universe Online, Gods Among Us, Injustice, Lego Dimensions, Mortal Kombat, Scribblenauts Unmasked, Superman, Superman II, The Movie, The Phantom Zone

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Phantom ZoneCreated byRobert Bernstein (writer) George Papp (artist)1.00infobox
Phantom ZoneFirst appearanceAdventure Comics #283 (April 1961)1.00infobox
Phantom ZonePublisherDC Comics1.00infobox
Phantom ZoneTypePrison Dimension Interdimensional realm1.00infobox
Phantom Zoneis aprison-like parallel dimension appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics0.90text
the White Martians.The Phantom Zone has been independently discovered by various charactersinstance ofIt has been used to access the bottled city of Kandor and to trap villains0.80text
Bizarroinstance ofSuperman foes0.80text
Parasiteinstance ofSuperman foes0.80text
Pranksterinstance ofSuperman foes0.80text
Silver Bansheeinstance ofSuperman foes0.80text
and Toyman were thrown into the Phantom Zone by the Kandoriansinstance ofSuperman foes0.80text
were later freed by Superman.Inmates in All-Star SupermanBar-Elinstance ofSuperman foes0.80text

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