And while Bendix's use of Red Kryptonite certainly spells troubling signs for Superman, this new effect doesn't appear to be fatal for now.
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The depiction of Red Kryptonite's effects on Kryptonians has never been a particularly consistent one, with some iterations causing bizarre transformations, including Superman's skin to go painfully translucent, while other incarnations of the substance had it affect Superman's emotions and judgement rather than initiating a tangible, physical change. Here, Jon survives because he wasn't supercharged by the sun itself but by a strange form of Red Kryptonite synthesized into a laser by Bendix. This Superman would find a way to survive, isolating himself inside of the sun and tacitly connecting the story to the crossover event DC One Million, though was forced to remain inside of the sun for centuries. While this incident caused changes to Superman's powers, he also learned its effects would ultimately become fatal, resulting in Superman setting out to do as much as he could with his life and superhero duty before he succumbed to the overcharged radiation's effects on his body. Jon's experience with Red Kryptonite mirrors the premise of All-Star Superman, which saw Superman overexposed to solar radiation while conducting a rescue mission in outer space. RELATED: DC Revealed What Will Happen If Superman Loses His War – and Its Brutal And fortunately, in Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, by Tom Taylor, John Timms, Hi-Fi and Dave Sharpe, Jon manages to survive this ordeal. This effectively supercharges Jon's abilities, at the long-term cost of overexerting his body, with Jon racing to use what time he has to save the world and inspire humanity as much as possible before he ultimately collapses from exhaustion and the Red Kryptonite's effects. While Jon managed to escape from this ambush, he discovered that the Red Kryptonite's lingering effects are the equivalent of him being exposed to a concentrated solar flare from a sun with yellow sun radiation.
While facing off against the villainous Henry Bendix, Jon was lured into a trap that bombarded his body with Red Kryptonite, with the substance distilled into lasers that shot its harmful effects into Jon directly. And as Jon Kent continues to grow into the mantle of Superman and prove himself to be a much different superhero than his father, he manages to survive a harrowing attack that killed an alternate vision of Superman in the universally acclaimed comic book story All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. From his usual weaknesses to Kryptonite and magic to his body possessing certain weak points when faced with cosmic might, Superman is by no means an unstoppable force. Rebooting the DC hero in epic sci-fi style, Man of Steel is the action-packed Superman film youve long wanted to see.
Superman Returns got one scene very right in contrast to Man. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, on sale now from DC Comics.Īs seemingly indestructible as Superman can be, well-earning his nickname as the Man of Steel, DC's flagship superhero has definitely proven himself vulnerable to mortal injury under the right circumstances. Superman Returns is far from perfect, but the scene of Superman saving Metropolis is a great contrast to the Man Of Steel smash fest.