Comment on If I go crazy will you still call me Superman?

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If that was the case, Superman would have died more than once.

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  • essell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve not read the comics but I imagine hr has, a few times?

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I only know of 1 time and kryptonite wasn’t even used. Doomsday just best him to death.

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      • Kalothar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Depending on the writer, there are three consistent kryptonite types:

        Green weakens him, but overall it doesn’t kill him. Strips his powers, makes him faint or just weak and nauseous.

        Blue just takes his powers away either temporarily or permanently

        Red intoxicates him or enhances his impulsiveness/brashness

        There are others, but they kind of shift of just don’t exist in the main canon

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    • Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I remember in a Lobo comic, Lobo grips a chunk of Kryptonite in his fist as he punches straight thru Superman’s chest and heart, right out the other side! Don’t fuck with the Main Man!

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      • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Did he die though?

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• hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Arsenic and mercury, both commonly occurring metals present in rocks, can kill humans immediately. Especially if vaporized. Uranium can kill and disable quickly in high enough concentrations.

  Also, keep in mind it’s a plot device about a fictional flying space alien with laser eyes. It doesn’t need to follow the laws of physics.

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  • himitsu@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    But then they’re not rocks. It’s a vapor or a metal. That also actually disqualifies uranium as well since the rock isn’t what’s dangerous, it’s the radiation that destroys your cells. With Superman it’s literally just a rock.

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• OneStepAhead@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What if the uranium (depleted)is traveling over 1000fps from a GAU88? Checkmate atheist!

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  • LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I believe the gau-8 muzzle velocity is around 1000 meters per second

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• FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Doesn’t kryptonite just rob him of his power and severely weaken him? It’s like uranium both the time accelerated.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  it only weakens him, longer exposure can kill him. blue can negate his powers, red makes his inhibitions less. theres also gold and black(synthetic)

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