I think by now in the Dc universe that fragments of Krypton would be scattered all across the galaxy by now and hard to find but whenever villains fight superman they alwaays manage to find it. Kind of Stupid Huh?
2006-10-22 13:22:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
because if they didnt have it there would be no way to fight superman and thus it would be a very boring comic
2006-10-22 13:30:35 · answer #1 · answered by yoda31_us 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have seen it back in the fifties and sixties...! It got so bad that on any given afternoon, you could look out a window in downtown Metropolis and see a Green Kryptonite meteor landing...!
I don't know what kind of explanation they're giving for it these days, but originally it was that the warp created by Kal-El's model rocket which brought him to Earth stayed open and drew lots of pieces of Krypton behind it. Some Green K went through a red 'cosmic cloud' and became Red Kryptonite. Etc, etc, etc.
However, having established that, it is also true that in more recent years, it was shown that the vast majority of Kryptonite did not fly out into space, but there is a major asteroid belt where Krypton used to be, all composed of Kryptonite...!
Furthermore, (even going back to the pitiful Superman movie with Richard Pryor) it is perfectly possible to make synthetic Kryptonite, the same way any other radioactive isotope is made.
This was implied in Dark Knight Returns, when Batman used Kryptonite on Superman. He said, "It would take years, and cost a fortune. Luckily, I had both." Granted, he could have been referring to obtaining a rare and costly piece of natural Kryptonite, but Luthor had been shown to be able to make synthetic Kryptonite.
Some of the synthetic varieties were even nastier than the regular stuff. Though DC never specified the atomic weight or number of Kryptonite (some fans may have). it is perfectly reasonable (if you know anything at all about radioactive isotopes) that some of the isotopic forms of Kryptonite might have been more active, giving off more energetic radiations.
So, to sum up the answers; it's not as rare as you might think, it can be manufactured (though that is not easy or cheap) and Superman';s enemies have powerful motivations for wanting to get their hands on the stuff. Though some, like Luthor, have learned their lesson-- it can hurt us too, slowly.
2006-10-23 00:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah... the eternal Superman question! (After "Is he REALLY faster then a speeding bullet? *wink wink*)
But how is this for a fan's explanation (and I think it makes more sense than anything DC has suggested):
Whenever a villain uses Kryptonite against Superman and is defeated the K is confiscated by the authorities. Then some other villain decides to fight Supes and he goes and steals some Green K from a government lab or deposit box or what have you and guess what....? It just so happens it is the same Green K that was taken away from the previous villain. So it is really only like a few dozen chunks of Kryptonite that get passed around.
2006-10-22 22:21:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL---Seem to remember reading years ago a comment in the DC lettercol by a tech-minded reader, who commented that Krypton would have to been several times the size of Jupiter, based upon the amount of K that had falled to earth over the years....
I can sorta kinda buy the ready availability of Kryptonite. What's really an unrealistic suspension of disbelief: the baddies in comics ALWAYS have some super-complicated means for killing the hero....and it NEVER WORKS. Or they'll go through great trouble to capture the hero, and never bother to just unmask him/her.
Haven't these clowns ever read "101 Things I Will Do When I Become an Evil Overlord"?
2006-10-22 20:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by samiracat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
krypton was a large planet and i'm sure there could be fragments on our moon, oceans etc. many villans have access to space travel and time travel. these possibilities excist as does the probability that no kryptonite excists.
2006-10-22 22:52:47 · answer #5 · answered by nakita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess supervillians come across them in the galaxy.
2006-10-22 21:39:20 · answer #6 · answered by midnightStar365 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they spend all of that time to fight the MAN OF STEEL i would prepare.
2006-10-22 21:21:06 · answer #7 · answered by black god 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because dear, that's how the directors/drawers/authors make it. ;D
2006-10-22 20:27:36 · answer #8 · answered by :) 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why would you call him "dear" that's so condescending.
2006-10-22 20:31:18 · answer #9 · answered by donk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋