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Despite the powerful resiliency ofSuperman , there ’s one weapon in theDC Universethat could ping down the hero with uttermost simplicity . Kryptonite might be lethal to the Man of Steel , but there ’s a much , muchworse way of delivering it .
For as long as he ’s been around to use his amazing abilities to keep masses secure , Superman has also had one of the most crippling Achilles ' heels in all of fiction . Kryptonite , radioactive remnant of the planet Krypton , are able to severely weaken Superman and , with enough time and exposure , potentially drink down him . To make issue worse , there aremultiple versions of kryptonite , each with its own twisted impression on Clark Kent and his fellow Kryptonian heroes . In the incorrect hand , these fragment can be used to gain a veridical upper manus against the hero . And , in the worst hands , kryptonite can be used to forge some insanely deadly weapon .
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Two Kryptonian Cuban sandwich found that out the punishing way inAction Comics # 876by Greg Rucka , Eddy Barrows , and Sidney Teles . Superman ’s surrogate boy , Chris , and Supergirl ’s best friend , Thara , have been protecting the Earth as the newest version of Nightwing and Flamebird . Unfortunately Chris ’ biologic mother and partner tothe villain General Zod , Ursa , has make out to exterminate the two due to the scourge they mystify to Zod ’s plans for seduction . As Chris digest from a mutation cause by his sentence in the Phantom Zone , Ursa savagely attack Thara . Though Flamebird tries her best , Ursa is just too experienced a fighter for Thara to keep up with . Tiring of the fight , Ursa pulls out her trumpet card : a tongue made of kryptonite . Though it ’s painful for Ursa to hold , the material threat derive from being bring down by it , as Flamebird unfortunately encounter out .
Kryptonite tongue are serious business organisation . When fightingProfessor Pyg and Mr. Toad , Supermanwas stabbed with a alike arm . A Brainiac - controlled Cyborg Superman fashioned his own kryptonite knife , though he never got the hazard to use it . Considering how vulnerable kryptonite make Superman , a knife is quite a logical armament to produce . But Ursa ’s unique eddy on the melodic theme relieve oneself it far more sinister than any other attempt at a similar vane .
While magic and crimson Dominicus rays can help do some equipment casualty to Superman , kryptonite is one of the few matter that truly pain him . A tongue would be enough to get a few good strikes in , but aknife made of kryptonitethat allow for shards embed as it cuts ? That ’s the sort of incubus fuel only a devious mind could arrive up with . Ursa is bad enough , but suppose if Deathstroke baffle his hand on a leaf blade like that ? For all of Superman ’s strength , he ’d be weakened before Slade even knife him . And knowing the assassin , Deathstroke would assault some pretty vulnerable areas and Clark would n’t be capable to recover . Thankfully Ursa ’s knife has n’t made a reappearance , but with the omnipresent nature of kryptonite in theDCU , someone could easily judge gun forSupermanwith a similar one .
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