Lara Van-El

Lara Van-El (died 1979) was the wife of Jor-El, and the mother of Kal-El.

Biography
Lara and her husband Jor-El sent their son Kal-El to Earth before Krypton's self destruction.

Adventures of Supergirl

 * "Chapter 1" (mentioned)

Behind the scenes

 * Lara Van-El debuted in the Superman comic strip (1939), where she was first named "Lora". Her first comic book appearance, after being mentioned in the text novel The Adventures of Superman (1942), where she was named "Lara" for the first time, was in More Fun Comics #101 (1945). In the comics, her full maiden name is Lara Lor-Van, as most depictions of Kryptonian culture show that females use their father's full name as their last names before marriage.