Kryptonite Man

Kryptonite Man
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Superboy #83 (September 1960)
In-story information
Alter ego	K. Russell Abernathy (2006 version)
Abilities	Enhanced strength and endurance, Kryptonite radiation control

The Kryptonite Man is the name of several supervillains who appears in stories published by DC Comics. The character first appeared as Kryptonite Kid in Superboy #83 (Sep. 1960), and as Kryptonite Man in Superman #299 (May 1976).

Powers and abilities

The original Kryptonite Man was an alien with natural powers of telepathy. After passing through the Kryptonite cloud, he gained enhanced strength and endurance.

The second Kryptonite Man could absorb Kryptonite energy, which gave him increased strength and abilities.

The third Kryptonite Man was a duplicate of Superman, with all the basic Kryptonian powers.

The fourth Kryptonite Man was a living cloud of Kryptonite radiation, that could possess others, and could also heal the injuries of those it possessed (As evidenced when it took over a wounded Batman).

The fifth Kryptonite Man possesses a Kryptonite-enhanced physiology, the ability to see radiation spectrums, and the power to fire Kryptonite beams from his eyes. When he becomes angry, however, he loses his ability to think rationally, becoming a raging maniac.

In other media

The Kryptonite Kid (played by Jay Underwood) would appear in the fourth season of the TV series Superboy, in the episode entitled "Kryptonite Kid". A young man named Mike Walker working at a military research base was caught in a Kryptonite explosion while trying to find a way to make Superboy immune to Kryptonite radiation. The Kryptonite entered his bloodstream, as well as his nervous system, turning his skin green and affecting his mind in vicious ways. Walker became "living, breathing Kryptonite", able to fire Kryptonite radiation from his hands. Superboy is able to defeat him through enlisting the aid of a human man who has been arrested for fraud in taking advantage of his resemblance to Superboy in order to make money and attract girls. In exchange for getting the charges dropped, Superboy convinces the man to stand up to Walker, whereby Walker's kryptonite beams have no effect on him. With Mike Walker distracted as to how come he is not harming the Superboy impersonator, Superboy then wraps up Walker in a lead tarp, where he says eventually the Kryptonite will be cleansed from Walker's body.

The elaborate Superman mythology is the background for the novel The Kryptonite Kid.

See also

• List of Superman enemies

External links

• Supermanica: Kryptonite Kid Supermanica entry on the Pre-Crisis Kryptonite Kid