That’s never made any sense to me at all. Superman is from the planet Krypton so why would shards and pieces of his home planet weaken him? Superman’s family and the other inhabitants of Krypton didn’t seem to have a problem with being on the planet before so why would pieces of the planet hurt Superman?
2007-01-23 12:55:15 · 8 answers · asked by icarus_imbued 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
Kryptonite wasn’t RADIOACTIVE before the planet exploded. When the uranium core of Krypton exploded, the most common elements of the planet (like silicon, on Earth) were transmuted into a radioactive element generally called Kryptonite.
If Superman wasn’t super powered, it would be only mildly harmful to him. (Luthor wore a ring made of Kryptonite, to keep Superman away from him-- until he got cancer and had to have his hand amputated!)
Somehow, the Kryptonite reacts with Superman’s body to give him a form of radiation poisoning that is very painful and can be quickly fatal. (Think of that Russian guy lately that died of polonium poisoning. Same idea.) It is like a sunburn all through his body, that affects his internal organs, too.
They had to come up with a weakness for Superman, because he was getting too powerful. (When there was a Superman radio serial program on the air, the actor that played the voices of Superman and Clark Kent [Bud Collyer] wanted some vacation time, so they had to have Superman out of commission for a couple weeks.)
But even before that, Siegel and Schuster (the boys who invented Superman) had come up with a story so that Superman himself could learn that he came from Krypton and what his limits were. The publishers would not publish the story, because he revealed his secret identity to Lois and they wanted to keep that. (I guess they didn’t want to have Superman turn into a romance strip.) So it was not until recently that they were able to publish the original story.
Go to the site Superman Through the Ages and read the story “K-Metal from Krypton”. It is absolutely incredible.
Besides Kryptonite, the only things that could harm Superman were magic (very rare) and Kryptonian diseases (also very rare.) But Kryptonite was being over used. They had all kinds of different colors of Kryptonite, some of which could do strange things to him, not just hurt him but make him act weird or change his body. And, back in the 1960’s, you could look out the window in Metropolis just about every week and see—and RECOGNIZE!!!!—a Kryptonite meteor landing out in the street.
They tried getting rid of Kryptonite in the 70’s and cutting Superman’s powers in half. But they forgot, that half of infinity is still infinity. I hope that they’ve done the job right this time. He’s still Superman. He’s just not Supernaturalman, any more.
Check out that web site, they have stories from the very beginning of Superman (1930’s) up to recent years and you can read them all for free.
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2007-01-23 15:06:06 · answer #1 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is becasue the explosion that destroyed Krypton released a type of radiation that is extremely harmful to natives of the planet. Kryptonite does affect humans, althoug because of the nature of the radiation the effect is not severe unles the exposre is over an extended preriod of time.
2007-01-23 13:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always assumed it to be that what ever processes occur that grant him his powers(It has varied through out the source material)) are also at work on the elemenst of his home world. so the very thing that makes him 'Super' has modified element X from Krypton(throw a dart at their periodic table) to make it kryptonite and thus fatal to him.
2007-01-26 10:10:12 · answer #3 · answered by janssen411 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Superman travelled to Earth, he gained his strength and powers due to being in a solar system with a yellow sun. When pieces of Krypton came to Earth, they became irradiated thus proving deadly to him.
2007-01-23 13:04:50 · answer #4 · answered by LewAR26502 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeing an animal get hurt, and then have them whimper. It's so sad. They're usually like ^^ then they get :(.... Is saddening. So very saddening. That, and when girls get "hurt" (I don't mean a little smack in the head from a ball, unless I did it), but something else. Possibly an emotional infliction. Reason why I can't stay angry at my girlfriend if she gets hurt emotionally. To see that my anger effects her greatly is depressive. And, I'm a total sucker to puppy dog eyes.
2016-05-24 02:36:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the planet was going into radioactive changes, and it blew up.
2007-01-23 13:02:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, he's home sick and everyone has to have a weakness, including Super-man!
2007-01-23 14:38:31 · answer #7 · answered by dag 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it just is, that's all
2007-01-23 13:00:09 · answer #8 · answered by sassiest_princess 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋