As we all know, a lot of people use kryptonite against Superman. But eventually, shouldn't he adapt to were the kryptonite's affects are less severe. I know that if this happened than the Man of Steel would be unstoppable but isn't this logical? 

Superman wouldn't be unstoppable if he did.

Well, several older version of Superman have become immune to kryptonite...

Kryptonite represents "the limits", it's symbolic to the fact that no matter how strong you are there's always something that will break you. I think that's good morality. Taking that away would reduce Sperman's stories to pointless tales of a guy who needs to fear nothing... not interesting at all.
Besides, you can adapt to medical drugs.. not to radiation.

" Kryptonite represents "the limits", it's symbolic to the fact that no matter how strong you are there's always something that will break you. I think that's good morality. Taking that away would reduce Sperman's stories to pointless tales of a guy who needs to fear nothing... not interesting at all. Besides, you can adapt to medical drugs.. not to radiation. "

He became Immune to GREEN Kryptonite in All Star superman but not because he became used to the effects or anything like that it was because he absorsed so much yellow sun energy

He'll never become immune. But depending on the writer, Superman can withstand some absurd amounts of Kryptonite. Other times Batman can hold him off with just a ring size amount.

KC Superman was immune to the kryptonite in the alternate universes he went to.. but idk about  regular superman ever becoming immune... if he did that wud be lame.

"Superman wouldn't be unstoppable if he did. "

Superman eventually became immune to it in Kingdom Come....plus apparently kryptonians are only vulnerable to their universes kryptonite

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"Could Superman become immune to Kryptonite?" 
 

@Gambler said:

He'll never become immune. But depending on the writer, Superman can withstand some absurd amounts of Kryptonite. Other times Batman can hold him off with just a ring size amount.

So true.

In multiple alternate futures, it's shown he's become immune to kryptonite. Given that the kryptonian body is apparently able to absorb any form of radiation and utilize it save kryptonite, it would stand to reason that he would eventually adapt to it: Perhaps foul types of radiation are treated like the kryptonian equivalent of venom, or a virus.

Kryptonians take in radiation in a slightly similar manner to you and I taking in food: They absorb it, process it, and turn it into energy for their use. When we get, say, food poisoning, our body gets sick. Sometimes, immensely so, but if we survive it, chances are that particular virus won't bother us again. We can't do the same with most forms of radiation because our bodies aren't naturally equipped to take in high doses of radiation and process it. Kryptonians are. So just like we would eventually adapt to a virus, it stands to reason that Superman would eventually adapt to green kryptonite if it's continually used against him.

But the status quo is God. So he most likely never will be made immune to kryptonite, even if it would make logical sense for him to do so.

With enough solar absorption, he was shown to have overcome his Kryptonite weakness in the Kingdom Come series.

I don't see how this couldn't hold true in mainstream but it would never come to fruition.

Yeah, he became immune in Kingdom Come. But even if he did become immune, keep in mind he's still highly vulnerable to magic.

and everybody else is too,but everyone else doesnt have a invulnerable body,godlike speed,and the power of the sun to roast anything either.

@EditA$$a$$in said:

He became Immune to GREEN Kryptonite in All Star superman but not because he became used to the effects or anything like that it was because he absorsed so much yellow sun energy

Similarly he became highly resistant to it in Kingdom Come do to years of absorbing solar radiation. He became so resistant that his enemies didn't even consider it as a weapon against him

that would be cool if he did. because the only reason they introduced it was because of people thinking superman was to powerful to be stopped. but in the New 52 hes not ultra powerful like he used to be so they shouldnt even need to put it there.

@stephens2177: I'm sure there are some characters without vulnerabilities to magic...

You also forgot godlike strength

and godlike strength lol.

those with magical powers would be the ones who could be immune to others magic.

superman is not overpowered in the new DCU,so why give him a kryptonite as a weakness.he has plenty of equals pr almost equals now,without a weakness like kryptonite.

and really ismt beimg powered being powered by the sun the only weakness he needs,even if its also a huge plus for him?

It needs to go, its not even amusing anymore.

Kryptonite wasn't that relevant anymore in pre-52. Superman just shrugs it off.

well, i hope they'll make a ring which is a combination of all types of kryptonite, then superman will wear it and become immune to every kryptonite effects

or superman will become a dead man when he wears it :)

Well in All Star Superman Lois grew paranoid about Kal and attempted to murder him. She used a kryptonite gun she found in his fortress to attempt to murder Kal. In doing so the gun did not affect Kal because of his prior visit to help people by the sun. The radiation increased his powers and made kryptonite useless against him. Also he could lift 10 quintillion tons aka A LOT!

kingdom come he was pretty much immune to it. I forgot what luthor said

I wish he would, the over-use of Kryptonite is a tad tiresome at times!!

This is true given the real-world mechanics of radiation (/radiation poisoning), but DC doesn't obey that because otherwise Superman wouldn't be hurt by anything radioactive (there'd be no "but it's from his home planet" magic BS).

Huh? If you're talking about the movies and the cartoons I agree, they use it all the time in those shows.

But in the comics Kryptonite rarely appears. Look up the stats and see how many times Kryptonite appears in Superman comics, they appeared like a total of 60 times out of 1000 issues, and it's even more rare in Justice League comics, in which they never appear.

@endanger: Based on comic vine's #s**, it's 549 appearances to Superman's 9,630 (or, 5.7%)

**granted, their method includes collection or alternate-language-prints as different issues. That said, it's probably not much of a different %.

This.

In Kingdom Come he became immune to kryptonite and possibly magic from sundipping

but that also makes him physically stronger, faster, and he had a pretty good longevity thing going

From the top of my head:

1. In All-Star Superman. After getting overload of sun energy Superman got big power up to his abilities, immunity to at least green kryptonite and condition that were slowly killing him.

2. In Kingdom Come , after living many decades on Earth under yellow sun Superman got resistance to kryptonite and boost to his overall strength, invulnerability, longevity and so on.

3. In Superman Returns he still has all his abilities while having small piece of kryptonite in his body. This indicates that he already have some resistance to kryptonite.

4. In later Smallville seasons we see Clark being able to walk and acting in presence of kryptonite, while in early seasons he nearly fainted every time he got contact with it.

5. In Pre-52 Universe in 30 century Brainiac 5 cooked for Mon-El some serum that cured him from lead poisoning – permanently. Given that Mon-El is daxamite and daxamites basically kryptonians with weakness for lead instead of kryptonite, we can safely assume that this serum can reversed to work on kryptonians and ‘cure’ them from K-vulnerability.

I wish that authors would eradicate kryptonite weakness for Supes. It always looked for me like one big not thought throw and stupid plotline. He has enough other Achilles’ heels.

If he absorbs enough yellow sun radiation I think he could because that is what happened in All Star Superman.

To be honest it depends on who writes the comic, if it's one of those people that like the comic where batman holds him back with a ring of kryptonite then that's just those writers that love batman and think he can take anyone. Whereas others would put him up against metallo (a robot powered by kryptonite and he would still beat them) kryptonite has always been as powerful as the writer imagines and he'll only beat it if they allow it but most of them probably won't because he'd be way too powerful and nothing could stop him. I would personally make it so that overtime the affects of kryptonite weaken against him and he becomes the all powerful superhero without weaknesses that he was meant to be. So yes he can become immune but only if the writers allow it, I certainly would... superman massacres are fun.

Kingdom Come Supes became immune, I think our Supes would be immune to it in the future.

that kryptonite weakness is stupid anyway. he can see the planet from millions of miles away. all superman has to do is just scan for it and destroy it before he even gets there.

Not immune. Less vulnerable to it.

If you go back and read it once again. When Oliver Queen suggests dropping a Kryptonite bomb on Superman, Lex states that over the years Superman cells became stronger and stronger, and that by his calculations Superman was at the peak of his invulnerability. That kryptonite didn't had the kick it once had on Superman.

For example. In JSA when the Superman from that Earth came to Earth-1, he had to stop some terrorists that had used a Kryptonite bomb on the Daily Planet, Kingdom Come Superman although not weakened by kryptonite, when he tried using his enhanced senses and x-ray vision, he had trouble doing so because kryptonite was messing up his powers.

I wouldn't say that kryptonite is a stupid weakness per se. But rather how Superman is so easily caught with his pants down is almost insulting to the character itself.

A character that can process information at speeds close to and above light speed, should be able or at least have the habit of using his enhanced senses to fully scan a area before entering in it. Even in the middle of combat if he used a fraction of his superpowered brain, he should be able to react to the kryptonite effects before they got too serious.

Also he never uses kryptonian technology to create a suit capable of giving him that edge over those weaknesses.

It's true that we've seen through H'El, All Star Superman, and other instances where Superman or another kryptonian gained immense new powers or new power levels because they were smart enough or fortunate enough to be exposed to specific types of stellar radiation, dosages or even created machines that refined and concentrated yellow solar radiation in a way that enhanced their natural abilities.

Sure he could, just look at H'el.

I don't see it happening.

wasn't those supermen from other universes? they can only be hurt by kryptonite from their own universe. kc superman became immune because he absorbed so much sunlight over the years. kc superman was extremely powerful. it is really dumb to me the way superman never scans for kryptonite. he might try not to move faster than light on a planet for fear of hurting the environment, but he still should be able to see kryptonite from the other side of the planet. he also never tries to destroy it. he has that lead suit that protects him, but he never wears it.

At this point I'm starting to suspect that it's just all in his head. When he got powered up by the fire pits in Apokolips kryptonite had no affect. When Eclipso recently said that all he did was unleash the evil inside him kryptonite again had no effect. There's been like 2 other instances I just cant remember exactly the circumstances of. But as of right now I'd call it a stretch, but it's worth noting.

Superman is not Doomsday.

I mean yes but it will take some help too, Due to the fact it is literally common for his alien race to Vulnerable to that ya know since it's radiation BUT With some Technology and Some Chemicals I am pretty sure ha could or Simply a Spell he could BUT IF WERE NOT COUNTING THAT I GUESS He will have to be Exposed to it and Man-up

I'd rather he built technology for it.

Superman: Earth One factored awesome technology into it in volume two when he had a crude, transparent layer of crystalline material applied to him to prevent contact with Parasite. Zodd introduced a refine version in volume 3 that made him immune to all radiation including kryptonite. The foil to these crystalline layers was that they also prevented sunlight absorption and blocked heat vision together with other radiation. The layer was also breakable when facing high strength opponent so it's not a free anti-kryptonite solution if Supes doesn't handle business quickly or just takes too much of a pounding. Good and fair trade offs.

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I thought those were great ideas. Lead suit is too mundane and bulky. And immunity is too hand-wavy and lazy. Wish more of those ideas were used in the mainstream Superman comics. Just because he has powers does not mean he should be averse to userful technology for no reason.