Kryptonite

From Multiversal Omnipedia
Revision as of 12:37, 3 September 2006 by 69.234.139.45 (Talk)
Jump to: navigation, search
For other uses of this name, see Kryptonite (disambiguation).

Kryptonite is the element which is Superman's greatest weakness.

Contents

Pre-Crisis, Earth-1

Several of the pre-Crisis varieties of Kryptonite, including (left to right, top row) Green, Red, Blue, (left to right, bottom row) White, Gold, Jewel and X.

Element created from the substance of the planet Krypton after its destruction. A radioactive element, it has a half-life varying between several years to a century long. There are a number of varieties and isotopes of kryptonite, which (unless otherwise noted) only affect Kryptonian lifeforms. All Kryptonite eventually decays to iron. Unlike most Kryptonian materials, Kryptonite does not become invulnerable under a yellow sun- but it does become friction-proof, thus able to withstand atmospheric entry.

Green Kryptonite

This variety weakens and eventually kills only super-powered Kryptonians (as in, dwelling under a yellow sun). This is the most common form.

Anti-Kryptonite

This variety weakens and eventually kills non-super-powered Kryptonians (dwelling under a red sun). Argo City was built on Anti-Kryptonite, which was responsible for destroying most of its population.

X-Kryptonite

An isotope of Green Kryptonite accidentally created by Supergirl when she was trying to find a cure for Kryptonite poisoning. X-Kryptonite gives temporary Kryptonian super-powers to Earth life forms.

Slow-Kryptonite

Created in an unrepeatable experiment on Earth, it affected humans the same way Green K affects super-powered Kryptonians.

Red Kryptonite

Normal Green Kryptonite which was altered by a weird space cloud. A piece of Red Kryptonite has the same, unpredictable effect on every Kryptonian who encounters it, generally in the form of physical mutations and/or mental transformations. Its effects last between 24 and 48 hours, and after a Kryptonian is affected by an individual piece, they are thereafter immune to that piece. However, since Red K is so bizarre and random in nature, there are certainly exceptions.

White Kryptonite

This variety emits radiation that can kill plant life of any world, not merely that of Krypton.

Blue Kryptonite

Created from Green K by the same process that created Bizarro, and only affects Bizarro-Supermen, working in the same way on them as Green K does on Kryptonians. (Note that they were grateful to Superman for creating something that can destroy them.)

Gold Kryptonite

A variety permanently robs a Kryptonian of their super-powers. It is believed to be created by subjecting the Red or Green varieties to intense nuclear radiation.

Jewel Kryptonite

A variety deliberately created by the time-travelling Phantom Zone Criminal Jax-Ur, who prepared crystals from the Jewel Mountains of Krypton to change into Jewel K upon Krypton's end. It was used by the Phantom Zone Criminals to give them psychic abilities projecting outside the Zone, but Superman since destroyed most, if not all, of it.

Silver Kryptonite

A form a kryptonite that if any Kryptonian is scratched and enters the bloodstream, it immediately causes deliussions so powerful, same as schitzophrenia to a human being. It can drive the mind insane, to believe false accusations, which can hurt oneself phisically and tires one out.

Pink Kryptonite

A likely variant on Red Kryptonite, this type made Superman act effeminate.

Pre-Crisis, Earth-2 and Earth-3

Although Kryptonite existed in all the above forms on Earth-1, only the Green versions were known on Earth-2 and Earth-3.

Post-Crisis

These myriad varieties of Kryptonite ceased to exist after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, though the element can still be found in certain hypertimelines. In fact, samples of Green, Blue, Gold, and Red K can be found in the Planet Krypton restaurant in Metropolis. These varieties also survived in the Pocket Universe.

Post-Crisis, Post-Zero Hour

Element created from the substance of Krypton after its destruction. This element is radioactive, and can weaken and kill a Kryptonian in a relatively short amount of time. However, the radiation also affects non-Kryptonian life as well, slowly causing the effects of radiation poisoning, as Lex Luthor was unfortunate enough to find out.

A Red Kryptonite variety was created by Mister Mxyzptlk, but it was only really a device by which to grant Lex Luthor a wish. Another form of Red Kryptonite- an altered version of normal Kryptonite conceived by Batman as a possible last-ditch weapon against a dangerous Superman- could cause Kryptonians intense, incapacitating agony.

Comments

The pre-Crisis pink kryptonite was a post-Crisis invention of Peter David in the last issues of Supergirl.

Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox