would later become known as Bokos, Vathlo and Lurvan. The tablet written by Bur-El taught Val how to build a compass, which he used at the helm of the sailing ship 1-Val. He and his brother Tro-El were the first from Erkol to set foot on Vathlo where they befriended the native population and replenished their supplies. After Vathlo, Val went into the rescue of sailers from the 3-Van, which was smashed by a sea monster Pryllgu. A statue of Val-El holding a ship's wheel was erected and placed within the House of El family memorial vault on the planet Krypton. The statues were blasted away and turned to Kryptonite in the final catastrophe, before being plated with lead by Superboy and transferred to Rokyn. In other media Val-El appears in TV series Krypton, portrayed by Ian McElhinney. This version is a scientist, a member of the House of El and Seg-El's grandfather. In the first season, 200 hundred years before the birth of Kal-El, Val is sentenced to death by the Council and Voice of Rao. Years later, Seg discovers his Fortress of Solitude where he worked here and meets his holographic version. Seg soon finds out that Val uncovered the evidence of Voice of Rao as a puppet controlled by Brainiac, who wants to steal Kandor City and destroy Krypton. The holographic Val assists to Seg and his friends and allies in their resistance and fight against him. The real Val is later revealed to be alive in the Phantom Zone by General Zod who stole his device to travel and left him there. In the season one finale, Val is later released by Zod and assists Seg and others in their battle for Kandor City. Seg, Zod and Val trap Brainiac into the Phantom Zone, but Seg is also pulled into it by his enemy. After being trapped, Val tries to save him, but Zod destroys his Phantom Zone projector to prevent Brainiac's return. In the second season, six months after General Zod took a power, Val is a co-leader of the resistance with Jax-Ur, former leader of Black Zero. After their hideout is uncovered, he and Jax go to the moon Wegthor via space elevator to gather the rebels and prepare the fight against Zod's regime. After some resistance against Sagitari, their leadership worsens when Jax kills the captive Primus Lyta-Zod, as a result of Dru's