Kryptonite Man
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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).
[edit] Character History
The original Kryptonite Man started out as a teen-age criminal, who flew in space through a green kryptonite cloud and became imbued with the properties of kryptonite. This incarnation is most well known pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths from his appearance and death in the non-continuity story Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?.
In the post-Crisis era, the Kryptonite Man appears in Superman Vol. 2 #43 as a green-skinned clone of Superman, grown by scientific spies Simyan and Mokkari.
A character in the ongoing series Superman/Batman also claims to be the Kryptonite Man. This version of the character seems to have come from the gigantic Kryptonite meteor which nearly destroyed Earth in the first issues of the series. He appears to be an energy being who can take over his enemies' bodies, temporarily infusing them with Kryptonite radiation. He first did this to Captain Atom, and later to Batman, in an attempt to kill Superman.
Most recently, in Superman #650 (May 2006), a scientist named K. Russell Abernathy was working on an experiment to use Kryptonite to develop a new energy-source when it exploded and infused his body with Kryptonite radiation. This somehow resulted in him being transformed into a new Kryptonite Man who battled with Supergirl while a powerless Clark Kent watched. After Supergirl contained him in lead she carted him off to the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit HQ where he was later kidnapped by Luthor who held him hostage while using him as an energy source.
[edit] External links
- Supermanica: Kryptonite Kid Supermanica entry on the Pre-Crisis Kryptonite Kid
