Warning ! Spoilers ahead forJustice League # 73

In the latest issue of DC Comics’Justice League , it ’s uncover thatSupermanis well cognizant that he made a cub mistake when it comes to his helplessness to kryptonite . While it ’s extremely well - bonk that the Man of Steel grows weak and could drop dead from being in law of proximity to irradiated piece of his homeworld , the same ca n’t be enounce for his susceptibleness to magic which can be just as withering . This is intentional on Superman ’s part as he apparently learned from stumble with kryptonite .

In previous issue ofJustice League , Black Adam has been corrupted and have by the ultimateLord of Chaos Xandadoth . Now , Justice League # 73from Brian Michael Bendis ,   Emanuela Lupacchino ,   Wade Von Grawbadger   Szymon Kudranski , and   Scott Hanna sees Madame Xanadu , Zatanna , Doctor Fate , Etrigan , and the entire Justice League coming to bear on the Chaos Lord , remind the powerful being to teleport off . As such , the superheroes and sorcerers regroup at the Hall of Justice to talk over their options and next step .

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While the League ’s new and immature member Naomi speaks to the idea of calling Superman back from his mission in infinite to take on Black Adam , the rest of the League explain that that would be a awful theme givenSuperman ’s helplessness to magic . While this was something Naomi was n’t mindful of , the other heroes explicate that it ’s by figure . According to Superman himself , publicise his weakness to kryptonite ( such as in interviews with Lois Lane ) was " a rookiemistake " .

This proceeds highlight an excellent head : why would Superman so freely break one of the few weaknesses he has ? The reply that he should n’t have done so and that it was a fault made ahead of time in his career make a lot of sense at this point in the DC timeline . besides , his lesser - known susceptibility to thaumaturgy is the resolution of Superman on purpose keep the helplessness much more secret and on a need - to - know cornerstone , having learned from his error ( likely due to fighting so many foeman who often use kryptonite to get the upper hand ) .

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As a result , this new issue help explain why Superman wo n’t be bring together this current battle with amagically - possess Black Adam . Not only would he struggle against the Lord of Chaos just like any otherJustice Leaguehero , it ’s also not worth the risk of the Man of Steel getting possessed instead of Adam . irrespective , the fact thatSupermanhas acknowledged his " cub mistake "   with his kryptonite weakness is the sodding intellect why he keeps his other weakness much unaired to the chest and is n’t as well known .

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