Kelex

Kelex is a fictional robot appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Superman.

Fictional character biography

The character is a Kryptonian Service Robot, owned by the House of El and originally charged with monitoring a younger Jor-El. It was inherited by his son, Kal-El, and served as the caretaker of his base, the Fortress of Solitude. Kal-El briefly loaned it to Ironworks, where Natasha Irons reprogrammed its speech patterns. Kelex was created by John Byrne and Mike Mignola, first appearing in World of Krypton (Volume 2) #3. (1988)

In other media

Kelex has appeared in movies, television series and video games. It is featured in the CBS series Supergirl, the DC Extended Universe movies Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016); it also makes a brief appearance in Reign of the Supermen (2019), and in the video game Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014) as DLC.