It was heavily misused in Smallville.That rock was everyone.A girl wore it around her neck as a necklace and there kryptonite chewing gum.Some people even got random powers from going near it.

I prefer to get rid of kryptonite like what Denny tried to do in the bronze age with the kryptonite no more story or retcon kryptonite out of the mythology. Another way is to retain kryptonite as a power source in deadly kryptonian weapons used against Superman. So Kryptonite can be a power source that was invented in Krypton and powers many kryptonian weapons. That Superman can be hurt by kryptonian weapons makes more sense to me. In the silver age, Superman could be hurt by weapons from krypton since everything from krypton was super including the material used for the cape. For other weaknesses, things like Inertron can be used in weapons or in shields. The weakness to red sun radiation and magic are also dumb and best to retcon them out.

It deserves to be in the DC universe... It makes superman feel.... Like he's not overpowered... I also found out there is a pink kryptonite that makes superman gay for a day... The writers can't hide everything from the immortal supes...

@comicace3 said:

It deserves to be in the DC universe... It makes superman feel.... Like he's not overpowered... I also found out there is a pink kryptonite that makes superman gay for a day... The writers can't hide everything from the immortal supes...

Supes isn't overpowered at all, when you look at the DCU as a whole.

It's a good symbol that represents the fact that everyone has a vulnerability, even Superman.

But ya Smallville beat the the idea of kryptonite to death lol.

What I don't get is how Kryptonite even gets to earth without Superman noticing?

@dondave: the Earth is pretty much constantly bombarded with debris from all over the cosmos, no one not even Superman could track it all, plus most of it arrived on Earth at pretty much the same time he did When he was a baby

@joshmightbe: Oh Cool

As long as it isn't used too often, I'm fine with it.

Has kryptonite turnt up in the new 52 yet?i don't remember seeing in but then again I have only read half grant Morrisons run on action(until he finishes cause I prefer he's stuff to read in one go as it makes more sense),read all of superman and only superboy and super girl h'ell cross overs. Anyone remember seeing it?

@The_jackolantern: Yes it has it is in Action Comics Annual #1!

I like it but sometimes writers use it for the heck of it and it is used badly.

@Gambit1024: Green Kryptonite has been the only form which has always been pretty much the same, kills kryptonians, gives humans cancer after prolonged exposure and the occasional mutation here and there but lets be honest in comics anything that emits radiation has mutated someone.

I really good example of kryptonite being misused is the movie Superman Returns, a small shard of kryptonite nearly killed him, then five min later he's lifting up an entire island of kryptonite into space..

To me it makes sense. He gets his powers from a yellow sun, powerless under a red sun. It makes sense, I just wish they were more consistent with it, we don't want to see him taken down with one that's the size of a penny or have him lift out an entire island made of that stuff and don't get me started on how we were bashed over the head with it in smallville.

Honestly it was invented so they could make an excuse for why the Superman radio show was not on when the cast took a break. Its very invention is an in story device to cover up the radio cast taking a break, now comic writers use it to do the same, only they still get paid.

Oh, I went there!

@moywar700 said:

It was heavily misused in Smallville.That rock was everyone.A girl wore it around her neck as a necklace and there kryptonite chewing gum.Some people even got random powers from going near it.

@The Stegman said:

I hated it in Smallville. Like someone said, it was everywhere.

@TDK_1997 said:

I like it but sometimes writers use it for the heck of it and it is used badly.

It really should be Very rare, like a few rocks, or Kryptonite-man having the majority of it.

I like Kryptonite... But it has been a tool for one my most hated actions in all of comicdom. And I don't mean villains using it to defeat Superman. I meant it's one of the biggest weapon those ignorant Bat-fanboys, especially those who haven't read Hush, use to claim their boy Bats can beat Superman.

Magic is a stupid weakness,only he hast hat and no other powerful character in DC has it which is so weird.Kryptonite is another I dont get,if its toxic to Superman it surely must be super dupr toxic to anyone else,right?

The Red Sun radiation,I agree with the poster above.It would reduce the intensity of his powers,not just take it like a switch.Superman has had ot live with some terrible writers,making hi mweaker just for the sake of it.Hopefully DcNu takes a better angle to this weakness locker he has that not even a normal human can match.

I prefer to use kryptonite as the krypton super energy source for super weapons. So Superman can use a kryptonian shotgun powered by krptonite energy and blow off the head of General Zod.

Long as it isn't common as rocks and every villain has a mountain o it, I'm okay with it.

I think it is kind of lame that it affects Superman like that but the name is awesome. Reading or hearing it always reminds me of this:

They should really stress the idea that kyptonite is rare and not everyone has access to it.

Kryptonite = ouch, radioactive stones are painful.