By giving stories a way to take Superman out of commission, they were also giving their actors a chance to take breaks and days off. It took six years after its radio introduction for Kryptonite to make the leap to the comics and it still wasn't the glowing green rock you're thinking of. It made its on-page debut in SUPERMAN 61 in , but this early version was actually red in color—not to be confused with the now well-known Red Kryptonite that would be introduced several years later.
Over time, Kryptonite's mythology shifted and changed as it became more and more popular. There was Red Kryptonite, which caused aggressive and odd behavior, White Kryptonite that killed plants, Blue Kryptonite which affected Bizarro Kryptonians, Red-Gold to remove memories, Black which split people into good and evil selves, Jewel, Magno, Anti, X…you name it. If a story needed something done, there was a Kryptonite to do it.
This was the height of the Silver Age where "imaginary stories" stories that didn't exist or fit into any specific continuity, usually dreams or delusions by characters reigned supreme, so there was really no limit to what could be done. Kryptonite provided an easy, versatile and virtually limitless way to put the Man of Steel and his allies through all sorts of weird and wild ringers. Scientifically inclined villains could even manufacture their own versions artificially, tailoring it to whatever scheme they had come up with.
During the Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite storyline in , Mr. Mxyzptlk is up to his old tricks when he bestows a magical crimson version of Red K on Lex Luthor.
Luthor uses the rock to rob Superman of all his super powers. One would think that the genocide of the inhabitants of Argo City would make Anti-K a powerful entry on our list, but this version of Kryptonite does not affect Superman.
Introduced in Action Comics No. Anti-K was only lethal to Kryptonians without the super powers granted by the yellow sun of Earth. During the story The Supergirl from Krypton! As a teenager, Kara watched in horror as an Anti-Kryptonite shower penetrated the protective bubble, wiping out the survivors of Krypton. Bridgette Crosby Margot Kidder arrives on the scene in lieu of Dr. Martha uses the Black Kryptonite on Clark to split his human good side from his Kryptonian evil nature.
In Supergirl No. Luthor eventually admits that he gained possession of the Black Kryptonite from Darkseid himself. A more meaningful version of Silver K shows up during season 5 of Smallville in the episode titled Splinter Clark slowly grows more and more paranoid the longer he is exposed to the Silver Kryptonite.
As intriguing of a story as it was, it is hardly helpful to have a paranoiac Kryptonian running around half-cocked. Jewel Kryptonite is a powerful weapon for the evil Kryptonians imprisoned in the Phantom Zone. Once Clark was exposed to the radioactive substance his every word was obeyed by his friends, most notably Lois Lane Erica Durance. In the film, Lex gains possession of the Fortress of Solitude crystals from which cities, continents and vehicles can be grown with exposure to water.
Lex has the ultimate technology, but he allows his obsession with killing Superman Brandon Routh to cloud his better judgement. Luthor makes the mistake of combining a crystal with Green Kryptonite, which creates the altogether useless Hybrid K.
That much Kryptonite should have taken out the Man of Steel. Silver Kryptonite — This rock gives Superman some pretty trippy hallucinations. Did Superman ever have any crossover issues with Cheech and Chong?
Black Kryptonite — Splits a Kryptonian into two entities: good and evil. Supergirl 2. Orange kryptonite gives animals superpowers! Krypto the Super Dog 4. Pink Kryptonite — How do we put this? It sounds like a joke, but in all seriousness, whenever Superman comes into contact with pink kryptonite, he..
OK, ok…Pink kryptonite turns Superman gay. This version of Kryptonite is often weaponized by characters like Lex Luthor and even Batman to battle the Man of Steel.
Humans also are affected by green Kryptonite through long-term exposure. This version of Kryptonite has had various effects over the decades: in some stories it causes Superman to feel extreme pain and become transparent while overloading his yellow sun energy deposits. In the CW's Smallville series, red Kryptonite removed all inhibitions.
Then in another case, red Kryptonite depowered Superman completely and would have been permanent if it weren't for a loophole enabled by Mr. It also has caused excessive hair growth and the occasional transformation into a dragon, proving that sometimes comic books are very odd. Green Kryptonite is pretty bad but as long as it is removed from the premises, Superman or any affected Kryptonian will return to a normal state. The same could not be said for the golden variant of Kryptonite which can destroy the ability to process yellow sun energy.
Exposure to the gold Kryptonite completely removes all powers from Kryptonian cells thus turning them into a regular Kryptonian like back on their homeworld. It is a permanent effect with no other harmful side effects. It also happens to be one of the rarest forms of Kryptonite.
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