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Superman poisons his son with kryptonite to make him "normal" after son was enhanced by mad scientists
Sounds like the story "Beware the Super-Genius Baby!", originally published in Superman Vol. 1 #224 (February, 1970).
The brain of Superman's son is enhanced by radiation directed at his ...
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Superman poisons his son with kryptonite to make him "normal" after son was enhanced by mad scientists
If the child had a large head then it sounds like Superman #224, cover dated February 1970. The story is called "Beware the Super-Genius Baby" and was written by Robert Kanigher and ...
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Why doesn't Darkseid always use kryptonite on Superman?
Because he usually doesn't need to.
I'm going to focus on the DCAU continuity, because it's the one universe I know the most about.
In Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League, when Darkseid ...
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Physics of Kryptonite -- atomic number, half life, etc.?
There's differing information available on this subject, depending on which source you look at, and which era of the comics that source is speaking to.
Pre-Crisis/Earth-One continuity
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Superman poisons his son with kryptonite to make him "normal" after son was enhanced by mad scientists
The timeframe doesn't work out (this was in 1999), but could you have a somewhat muddled memory of Joel Kent from Superman & Batman: Generations?
While Lois was pregnant with Joel, Lex Luthor and ...
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Will Superman have his powers while holding kryptonite and being near the sun?
The current explanation of the effects of Kryptonite is it drives out the energy stored in a Kryptonian's cells, weakening them greatly. It replaces the energy with Kryptonite radiation. If this ...
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Does a specific piece of red kryptonite always have the same effect on Superman?
As mentioned in the comments, in most versions of Superman, he becomes immune to a piece of Red Kryptonite after a day or two of whatever change it's brought on him. Other Kryptonians tend to suffer ...
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How did Kryptonite get to Earth so fast?
In the Bruce Timm Superman cartoon you can see the rocket open a jump point that also has many kryptonite meteors enter at the same time. See the end of this clip.
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In Smallville, why does Kryptonite weaken people who got Superman's power but aren't Kryptonian?
In Smallville, when exposed to green Kryptonite Clark's blood actually boils. So it's likely that being infused with Clark's powers alters a person's body and/or blood at a biological level. (This is ...
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Will Superman have his powers while holding kryptonite and being near the sun?
I put an answer out last month to "What actually Happens to Superman when he is exposed to Kryptonite?" question which may address this directly. You can check it out here to get some perspective:
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Superman "Kryptonian" traits vs powers
This would depend heavily on which version of Superman continuity Kryptonian we are speaking of. I'll try to cover as many as possible to facilitate ease of understanding, but there are a lot of ...
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Why, exactly, does kryptonite hurt Superman?
There are various types of kryptonite, and they all have varying effects on Superman. Each type of kryptonite contains/emits different kinds of radiation. I would think this is similar to the ...
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