Fortress of Solitude (Earth-TUD25)

"So, you bought me to an igloo in the North Pole so I can read about Krypton?"

—Jordan Kent^[src]

The Fortress of Solitude is Clark Kent's sanctuary in the Arctic, which holds information about his dead planet Krypton and allowed him to communicate with the A.I. of his late father. After Jor-El's A.I. was destroyed, Clark started using Tal-Rho's Fortress, where his mother's A.I. was. He later created another fortress in the ocean.

Overview[]

The Fortress of Solitude is a vast sanctuary hidden somewhere in the Arctic. It appears to be built entirely from either crystal or ice.

History[]

After the death of Jonathan Kent Sr., Clark came to the Fortress to learn about his abilities.^[1]

At some point, Superman was exposed to so much Kryptonite that he needed to go to the Fortress to be healed by having it burned from his system.^[2]

Clark asked Lois to marry him in the Fortress.^[3]

Some time after 2007, Clark checked to see if Jonathan had superhuman abilities after showing some natural talent for sports. The Fortress's tests said it was unlikely however.^[3]

Clark had brought Jordan to the Fortress after he manifested some abilities and wished to test for more information. However the A.I of Jor-El concluded that Jordan's powers were a result of brief flare ups and that his human DNA would limit him.^[1]

Clark tells Lois that he is taking Jordan to the Fortress, when Jordan's powers flare uncontrollably.^[4] The A.I. tells Clark that Jordan will feel pain until he learns to control his super hearing.^[5]

Since Jordan's lungs were freezing due to second-hand exposure to the synthetic kryptonite of Project 7734, Clark brought Jordan to the Fortress to be healed. The Jor-El A.I. told Clark that it had to be burned from Jordan's system for him to heal.^[2]

Kal-El went to the Fortress to talk to the Jor-El A.I. about the revelation that Tal-Rho is his maternal half-brother. As the two talked, Jor-El revealed that reversing the Eradicator was beyond his knowledge.^[6] Tal-Rho followed Clark to the fortress and put him in a trance where he kept reliving his memories. When Clark woke up, Tal destroyed Jor-El's hologram.^[7]

The Inverse World's Kal-El flew to the Fortress after fighting Superman, where he took off his armor after sustaining damage during the fight.^[8] To protect his Inverse World counterpart from being killed by Mitch Anderson, Superman gave Anderson coordinates to the Fortress instead of Tal-Rho's fortress, where he actually was. Soldiers went to the Fortress and discovered the armor of Superman's counterpart, leading Anderson to conclude that they were working together.^[9]

After defeating Ally Allston, Clark takes Lois and the boys on an ocean adventure. Using a sun crystal, he created a new fortress the entire family can visit.^[10]

Known visitors[]

• Kal-El
• Jordan Kent
• Lois Lane
• Tal-Rho

Appearances[]

Superman & Lois[]

Behind the scenes[]

• The Fortress of Solitude in the comics is Superman's sanctuary located in the Arctic. It first appeared in Superman #17 (July, 1942), created by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela.
• The coordinates of the Fortress that Superman gave to Mitch Anderson in "Anti-Hero" (76.2 N, 100.6 W) places the Fortress around Bathurst Island, Canada.

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