Kelex Kelex Kelex is a fictional robot appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Superman. Kelex first appeared in "The Man of Steel" #1 and was created by John Byrne. He first appeared in "The Man of Steel" #1, in which he was one of Jor-El's Kryptonian Service Robot on the planet Krypton. Presumed destroyed along with Jor-El and the rest of Krypton, Kelex has nonetheless returned as Superman's primary robotic servant within the Fortress of Solitude where he works as its property caretaker. When Kelex first appeared in 'The Man of Steel',
Man with the Steel Whip March 1954 under the working title "Man with a Whip". The serial's production number was 1938. "Man with the Steel Whip" used stock footage from all of the previous Zorro serials produced by Republic Pictures. The result of this is that the costume and body shape of the hero, El Latigo, keeps changing between scenes, even becoming female in scenes taken from "Zorro's Black Whip" (1944). The serial contains many mistakes, such as Nancy (Barbara Bester) occasionally referring to the character Jerry Randall as "Dick" (Richard Simmons' real name), which were either not noticed or not considered worth correcting before