now even on earth there are certain elements that will f' you up, pretty much the whole periodic table above 84, is best to avoid.
while in reality these elements will take monthes to kill you, or give you a cancer which then kills you, in the comics to make an effective plot device, the radiation is fast acting, and reversable, meaning if he gets away and soaks up solar radiation, he gets better.
depending on 'which' Lex we're talking about...
in the 80's Movies Lex was something of a genius, and postulated that the same processes that make Superman Super, might affect the elements from the same source, to make them toxic (one could have just as easily assumed the inverse, but having a rock that makes him more super is boring, not a plot the villain would use)
on the late 90's cartoon, he sees Superman get to close to a museum display, and get woozy I'm not sure, but i don't think he assumed a common source, he just knew those rocks make Superman fall over, so he wanted as much as possible.Can anyone explain what kryptonite is in the superman myths?Well kryptone is his home.
and they are several types of kryptonite.
yellow,blue,red,green,etc
but they one that harms superman is the green one.
Kryptonite �?Internal pressures that caused Krypton’s explosion create Kryptonite; Kryptonite is the ore form of Kryptonium. It looks like a green glowing rock. It is very hazardous to Superman. If exposed to Kryptonite, Clark will experience pain and rapidly lose his powers. If exposed for much more than an hour he will die. If suffering Kryptonite poisoning, Clark can recover if he gets away from the Kryptonite. When Clark's birthing matrix leaves Krypton, a fragment of Kryptonite becomes embedded in the tail section. Villain Lex Luthor obtains this fragment and uses part of it for a ringstone, to protect himself from Superman. After being exposed to it for a year, the radiation from the ring destroys his hand, and is killing his body through cancer. Necessitating, he obtains a prosthetic hand, and later a new cloned body. Note: Another villain, Mr. Mxyzptlk, a Fifth Dimensional being who can use super–science that resembles magic, once created red Kryptonite to temporarily remove Clark's powers. Without Mr. Mxyzptlk's powers, though, this 'red Kryptonite' will be harmless to anyone, and in no way connects to genuine green Kryptonite. When Superman captures three criminals in a "pocket universe" he uses gold Kryptonite from that universe. Batman also creates his own variant of red Kryptonite, which renders Kryptonian skin transparent and causes Superman to overload with yellow sun radiation.
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http://www.comicvine.com/
http://www.comicvine.com/superman/29-180�?/a>Can anyone explain what kryptonite is in the superman myths?In Smallville red kryptonite removes moral limits when Clark wears it. And there was a kind of silver kryptonite which caused him to become paranoid, but that includes a twist and I don't want to spoiler.
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