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In the 1984 film Supergirl, Argo City is shown as having survived in a pocket of extradimensional space, with life-support powered by a device called the Omegahedron, the loss of which forms the basis of the film's plot.
In the television series Superman: The Animated Series, Argo is said to be the name of Krypton's "sister planet" knocked out of orbit by Krypton's destruction, with a cryonically frozen Supergirl as the lone survivor of a small colony of Kryptonian settlers.
Argo is referenced in television series Smallville. In the episode "Conspiracy" Faora mentions that Zod saved her and his army in "Argo Valley". The Siege of Argo is mentioned in another episode.
Argo City appears in Kevin J. Anderson's novel The Last Days of Krypton. It located on a peninsula connected to the main continent by a thin isthmus and five ornate, golden bridges. It is an extremely beautiful, practically utopian city beloved by its inhabitants and seen as "a jewel of Krypton". In the closing scenes of the novel, as Krypton is exploding, Argo City is flung into space intact, although its inhabitants do not appear to realize what is happening (Zor-El believes he is about to die).
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