According to the comic series "Red Son" (Not canon but explains it) they were in a state that they were just waiting for death, so Jor-El sent Kal back in time to change the course of history so they wouldn't be like that.
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That reason was specifically tailored to the Red Son universe. No explanation was given for the Earth One universe I believe. Unless I missed something.
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Edited by Banned Man 3000: 2/15/2013 8:27:38 PMWith a little thought you could easily explain it. Maybe there were very little habitable planets, which didn't have life on them, near them. And any that were years upon light years away, so it would almost be impossible to move an entire planet's population to them. What if they were in the middle of that very process when the sun went kaboom? I also find it hard to believe that you, a massive comic fan, took it untill now to figure out this continuity error. You just wanted a subtle excuse to post the death battle going, to try and get a Supes VS Goku thread going.
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Edited by Madman Mordo: 2/15/2013 8:37:51 PM[quote]With a little thought you could easily explain it. Maybe there were very little habitable planets, which didn't have life on them, near them. And any that were years upon light years away, so it would almost be impossible to move an entire planet's population to them. What if they were in the middle of that very process when the sun went kaboom?[/quote] With that, one could argue that they were technologically advanced. They were able to send a single child to a habitable planet light years away. Not to mention that they were probably capable of terraforming and whatnot. Instead they just went "lolnup we gun liv" [quote] also find it hard to believe that you, a massive comic fan, took it untill now to figure out this continuity error. You just wanted a subtle excuse to post the death battle going, to try and get a Supes VS Goku thread going.[/quote] Nice assumption but no. No such canonical explanation has been given about the mystery behind the Kryptonian's demise, being as powerful and technologically affluent as they are. I thought there might be some hints people picked up on that I didn't.