@irelan:
Well. That story was kinda made. Twice!
In Superman The Last Son of Earth. Clark Kent which parents were Jonathan and Martha Kent. Was inadvertently sent to Krypton. There he became a kryptonian to the best of Jor-El ability. Until he eventually found a Green Lantern ring.
Then there was another story when the League was captured, and placed in this mental alternate realities of their lives. In that occasion, Kal-El was the Green Lantern assigned to protect the sector to which Krypton belonged to.
So if Krypton didn't blew up, there would be a good chance Kal-El might have become a Green Lantern. Even if he didn't, in the end the one's that would suffer, would be the humans on Earth.
Superman in some ways, he's a crucial part of the cogs that keep the machine working. Without him, either Lex would destroy the world or some threat that required Superman power, would not have Superman to fight it. Leaving the Earth defenseless.
Honestly. One thing that I never understood about Jor-El, is how he knows (or suspects) the effects of a G Class star will have on kryptonian physiology. But he never uses that knowledge. I mean... If we primitive humans can come up with a red solar emitter, then how hard would it be for the kryptonians to build themselves a solar energy converter suit. So they could have powers on Krypton. Maybe even using those powers to fly through the stars.
It would've been cool, if a story was made where Kal-El created this group of people that used special suits. Those suits giving them powers even under a red sun.
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