The Many Different Forms of Kryptonite

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Published on October 2, 2018 4:30:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjLgmxNlwlM

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Kryptonite — deadly, radioactive shards of Superman’s home planet — has existed for almost as long as the Man of Steel himself. As such, dozens of strange variations on its original green form have been cropping up for decades throughout comic book continuity, but also in all of Superman’s extended media, too. The idea for a power-draining substance was masterminded in 1940 by co-creator Jerry Siegal as “The K-Metal from Krypton,” but the story was rejected and fell into obscurity. The first official use of the word “Kryptonite” didn’t happen until three years later, and it was in the radio serial, The Adventures of Superman, not the comics. Kryptonite finally made its comic book debut in 1949 in Superman #16, but it was red rather than green. In fact, naturally green Kryptonite — its most well-known form — didn’t officially pop up until Action Comics #151.
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In Pre-Crisis continuity, a whole rainbow of real, synthetic and fake versions of Kryptonite seemed to be forever materializing across the different Earths. The Silver Age saw Superman assaulted by an endless slew of different Red K chunks that all produced bizarre mutations, new abilities and cosmetic changes in him. Post-Crisis, green was established as the only natural form, but that hasn’t put an end to yet more (artificial) forms causing problems for Superman and the Super-family. Whatever era or medium it appears in, certain forms of Kryptonite have created some pretty weird effects. Here are some of them!

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