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Warning : take spoilers forDC vs. Vampires # 6 !
Though it may not be one of his best - known powers , Supermancanresist a vampire ’s bite — but it comes with a tragical weakness . In the 12 - takings seriesDC vs. Vampires , the undead have been lento corrupting the hero of the DC Universe , creating an regular army of A-one - powered vampire . As see in issue six , on sale now in print and digital , they count the Man of Steel among their numbers — but how where they able-bodied to turn him ?
Set outside of mainstream DC continuity , DC vs. Vampireshas stone sub against a growing legion of the undead . Suspicions about who might be a vampire are running wild , leading Batman to mastermind an surgical process to turn back them once and for all , oneinvolving the Martian Manhunter , whose alien physiology keep him from being turned . Much like the Martian Manhunter , Superman ’s alien biota make him difficult to turn as well ; Superman derives his tycoon from the scandalmongering Lord’s Day , which charge his cubicle and blood with solar vigour . A vampire who happens to sting the Man of Steel will absorb enough solar energy to now kill them . Yet at the oddment of issue six , he is in the vampires ’ dominance — and it is all thanks to kryptonite ! The subject is written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg , illustrated and colored by Otto Schmidt , Simone Di Meo , Danielle Di Nicuolo and Rek Lokus and lettered b Tom Napolitano .
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At the stopping point of the premature upshot , Superman is stumble with a kryptonite spray , robbing him of his powers ; Green Lantern and Wonder Woman then turn him . The sixth offspring leads to the shocking revealing that Nightwing is theLord of the Vampires . With his arcanum disclose , he loose Hell on Earth , instruct his A-one - powered vampires to plunge the major planet into ageless darkness . Readers see Hero of Alexandria around the globe , including Firestorm and Superman , contributing to the slaughter .
The sight of a lamia Superman using his passion vision to level a city is chilling ; it is also demoralizing for the heroes as well . Superman is one of the most powerful heroes in the DC Universe and now he is a lamia . Yethow are Green Lanternand Wonder Woman capable to convert the Man of Steel ? The Kryptonite spray from the old issue take Superman ’s powers , sapping the solar energy he depends on . Without excessive amounts of this energy in his blood , the vampires are capable to feed and turn him . This would , of course , only sour if the vampires happen to have a stash of kryptonite , otherwise Superman would be able to defy . Green Lantern and Wonder Woman lie with that kryptonite drains Clark ’s solar vigor and exploit this cognition — give Nightwing ’s vampire ground forces its most powerful member yet .
Superman’sability to resist a vampire ’s bite is one of his more unique abilities , but it has one tragic failing : kryptonite , proving the substancecan obliterate the Man of Steel in more ways than one .
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