(Action Comics 001, 1938)
Does this first version of the explosion of Krypton really fit the category of minor super-villain? Absolutely not. "The planet got too old and blew up" is a natural disaster, albeit an extreme one.
The second appearance of the Explosion of Krypton, in Superman v1 001, 1939, doesn't even blame the explosion on old age. It just happens. So why categorize it such? Because basically every time it shows up going forward (and it's going to be a while - we're currently reading comics from 1940-41 and the next appearance of Krypton is in 1948) the blame rests squarely on someone's shoulders, whether it be the Kryptonian Science Council's bureaucratic stultification and/or short-sighted self interest dooming their own citizens or the latest villain-of-the-week getting an unearned boost to their C.V., someone takes the heat for this disaster. And when they do, I'll be there to take note of it.
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