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|image    = Kryptonite (DC Comics).jpg
|image    = Kryptonite (DC Comics).jpg
|caption  = Green kryptonite as seen in<br>''[[Superman: Secret Origin]]'' #1. Art by [[Gary Frank (comics)|Gary Frank]].
|caption  = Green kryptonite as seen in<br>''[[Superman: Secret Origin]]'' #1. Art by [[Gary Frank (artist)|Gary Frank]].
|publisher = [[DC Comics]]
|publisher = [[DC Comics]]
|debut    = {{ubl|'''Radio:'''<br />{{nowrap|''[[The Adventures of Superman (radio series)|The Adventures of Superman]]'' (June 1943)}}|'''Comics:'''<br />''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' #61 (November 1949)}}
|debut    = {{ubl|'''Radio:'''<br />{{nowrap|''[[The Adventures of Superman (radio series)|The Adventures of Superman]]'' (June 1943)}}|'''Comics:'''<br />''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' #61 (November 1949)}}
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| [[The Adventures of Superman (radio)|''The Adventures of Superman'' radio serial]], "The Meteor from Krypton" (June 1943)<ref name="auto"/><hr>''[[Action Comics]]'' #161 (August 1951)
| [[The Adventures of Superman (radio)|''The Adventures of Superman'' radio serial]], "The Meteor from Krypton" (June 1943)<ref name="auto"/><hr>''[[Action Comics]]'' #161 (August 1951)
|Fragments from Krypton
|Fragments from Krypton
|Severe, intensifying pain<hr>Loss of superpowers<ref>{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | Penciller = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | Inker = [[Karl Kesel|Kesel, Karl]] | story = Bloodsport! | Title = Superman | Volume = 2 | Issue = #4 | Date = April 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 22}}</ref><hr>Usual collapse<hr>Severe muscular weakness<hr>Fever<hr>Eventual unconsciousness<hr>Green blood or skin<hr>Eventual fatality<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |pages=174–177}}</ref><hr>Non-accumulative<ref>{{cite journal |title=Superman II |journal=Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe |date=Dec 1986 |volume=1 |issue=22 |page=29}}</ref><hr>Mitigation by long-term<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=Mark Waid|artist=Alex Ross|story=|title=[[Kingdom Come (comics)|Kingdom Come]]|volume=|issue=|date=1997|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York|page=129|panel=4|id={{ISBN|1563893304}}}}</ref> or high short-term<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=Grant Morrison|penciller=Frank Quietly|inker=|colorist=|letterer=|editor=|story=|title=All-Star Superman|volume=|issue=#1|date=January 2006|publisher=DC Comics|location=|page=|panel=|id=}}</ref> yellow sunlight absorption<hr>Blocked by lead<hr>Neutralized by Kal-El's ship ("Visage", ''Smallville'', January 14, 2003)
|Loss of superpowers<ref>{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | Penciller = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | Inker = [[Karl Kesel|Kesel, Karl]] | story = Bloodsport! | Title = Superman | Volume = 2 | Issue = #4 | Date = April 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 22}}</ref><hr>Severe, intensifying pain<hr>Severe muscular weakness<hr>Fever<hr>Green blood or skin<hr>Eventual fatality<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |pages=174–177}}</ref><hr>Non-accumulative<ref>{{cite journal |title=Superman II |journal=Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe |date=Dec 1986 |volume=1 |issue=22 |page=29}}</ref><hr>Mitigation by long-term<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=Mark Waid|artist=Alex Ross|story=|title=[[Kingdom Come (comics)|Kingdom Come]]|volume=|issue=|date=1997|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York|page=129|panel=4|id={{ISBN|1563893304}}}}</ref> or high short-term<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=Grant Morrison|penciller=Frank Quietly|inker=|colorist=|letterer=|editor=|story=|title=All-Star Superman|volume=|issue=#1|date=January 2006|publisher=DC Comics|location=|page=|panel=|id=}}</ref> yellow sunlight absorption<hr>Blocked by lead<hr>Neutralized by Kal-El's ship ("Visage", ''[[Smallville]]'', 2003)
|With prolonged exposure: carcinogenesis<hr>Possible cancer treatment<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=John Byrne|penciller=Dick Giordano|inker=|colorist=|letterer=|editor=|story=Games People Play|title=Action Comics|volume=1|issue=#600|date=May 1988|publisher=DC Comics|location=|page=8|panel=|id=}}</ref><hr>Varied (''Smallville'')
|With prolonged exposure: carcinogenesis<hr>Possible cancer treatment<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=John Byrne|penciller=Dick Giordano|inker=|colorist=|letterer=|editor=|story=Games People Play|title=Action Comics|volume=1|issue=#600|date=May 1988|publisher=DC Comics|location=|page=8|panel=|id=}}</ref><hr>Varied (''Smallville'')
|Bizarro: perfect health<hr>Bizarro World humans: temporary superpowers (''Superman & Lois'')
|Bizarro: perfect health<hr>Bizarro World humans: temporary superpowers (''[[Superman & Lois]]'')
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* ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''
* ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''
* ''[[Smallville]]''<ref>Scharping, Nathaniel (April 4, 2018). [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/04/04/meteorites-ancient-cultures "Space Metal Has Captivated Humanity for Ages"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119060942/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/04/04/meteorites-ancient-cultures |date=2019-11-19 }}. ''[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]]''.</ref>
* ''Smallville''<ref>Scharping, Nathaniel (April 4, 2018). [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/04/04/meteorites-ancient-cultures "Space Metal Has Captivated Humanity for Ages"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119060942/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/04/04/meteorites-ancient-cultures |date=2019-11-19 }}. ''[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]]''.</ref>
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|style="background: red; color: black;" |Red
|style="background: red; color: black;" |Red
| ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' #61 (November 1949)
| ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' #61 (November 1949)
|Traversal through radiated space
|Traversal through radiated space
|Disinhibition<hr>Unpredictable effects<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fleisher |first1=Michael L. |title=The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume Three: Superman |date=2007 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-1389-3 |pages=369–375}}</ref><hr>Same as green (prior to ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #252, September 1958 only)  
|Loss of heroism<hr>Unpredictable effects<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fleisher |first1=Michael L. |title=The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume Three: Superman |date=2007 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-1389-3 |pages=369–375}}</ref><hr>Same as green (prior to ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #252, September 1958 only)
|Unpredictable effects (up to ''Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #80, October 1964 only)
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|''Action Comics'' #275 (April 1961)
|''Action Comics'' #275 (April 1961)
|Created by Brainiac
|Created by Brainiac
|Mutation<hr>Loss of superpowers (''Superboy Comics'' #121, June 1965)
|Unpredictable effects<hr>Loss of superpowers<ref>{{cite comic |title=Superboy |issue=121 |date=June 1965 |publisher=DC Comics}}</ref>
 
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|''Superman'' #162 (July 1963)
|''Superman'' #162 (July 1963)
|Invented by Superman
|Invented by Superman<hr>Green charged with "quantum battery" (''Justice League Action'')
|Splitting into red and blue beings<hr>Enhanced intelligence
|[[Superman Red/Superman Blue|Splitting into aggressive red being and logical blue being]]
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|"Ultra Woman," ''Lois & Clark'' (November 1995)<hr>''Dark Knight: Death Metal - The Last 52: War of the Multiverses'' #1 (February 2021)
|Red-powered laser (''Lois & Clark'')<hr>Dark multiverse
| Loss of superpowers to human
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! colspan="2" style="color: white;" |Positive<hr>Platinum  
! colspan="2" style="color: white;" |Positive<hr>Platinum  
|"All that Glitters", ''The Adventures of Superman'' TV series (1958)<hr>''Batman Secret Files'' #1 (December 2018)  
|"All that Glitters," ''Adventures of Superman'' TV series (1958)<hr>''Batman Secret Files'' #1 (December 2018)  
|Impossible world (dream of Jimmy Olsen, ''The Adventures of Superman'' TV series/impossible world inside [[Phantom Zone]], comics)
|Impossible world (dream of Jimmy Olsen, ''Adventures of Superman'' TV series/impossible world inside [[Phantom Zone]], comics)
|Source of superpowers (''The Adventures of Superman'' TV series)
|Source of superpowers (''Adventures of Superman'' TV series)
|Permanent Kryptonian powers
|Permanent Kryptonian powers
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! colspan="2" style="background: gold; color: black;" |Negative<hr>Gold
|"All that Glitters", ''The Adventures of Superman'' TV series (1958)<hr>''Adventure Comics'' #299 (August 1962)
|"All that Glitters," ''Adventures of Superman'' TV series (1958)<hr>''Adventure Comics'' #299 (August 1962)
|Dream of Jimmy Olsen (''The Adventures of Superman'' TV series)<hr>Green affected by "atomic radiation"
|Dream of Jimmy Olsen (''Adventures of Superman'' TV series)<hr>Green affected by "atomic radiation"
|Permanent loss of superpowers<hr>Temporary memory loss (''Justice League Action'')
|Permanent loss of superpowers<hr>Temporary memory loss (''Justice League Action'')
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! colspan="2" style="background:orange;"|X-<hr>Orange
| ''Action Comics'' #261 (January 1960)
| ''Action Comics'' #261 (January 1960)
|Experiment by Supergirl to counteract green<hr>Fragments from Krypton (''Superman & Lois'', ''DC League of Super-Pets'')
|Experiment by Supergirl to counteract green<hr>Fragments from Krypton (''Superman & Lois''/''Super-Pets'')
| None
| None
| Temporary Kryptonian powers<hr>Paranoia (''DC Super Hero Girls'')
| Temporary Kryptonian powers<ref name="DCblog">{{cite web |last=Jaffe |first=Alex |title=Crushed by Color: A Kryptonite Catalogue |url=https://www.dc.com/blog/2025/05/29/crushed-by-color-a-kryptonite-catalogue |website=DC.com |publisher=DC Comics |date=2025-05-29 |access-date=2025-06-04}}</ref>
<hr>Paranoia (''DC Super Hero Girls'')<hr>Varying powers (''Super-Pets'') <hr>Counteracted by exposure to green (''Krypto''/''Superman & Lois''/''Super-Pets'')
|Bizarro: same as green on Kryptonians (''Superman & Lois'')
|Bizarro: same as green on Kryptonians (''Superman & Lois'')
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|''Superman'' #140 (October 1960)
|''Superman'' #140 (October 1960)
|Green subjected to Professor Dalton's duplicator ray
|Green subjected to Professor Dalton's duplicator ray
|None<hr>Loss of superpowers (''Smallville'')<hr>Counteracts red (''Super Friends'')
|Harm to soul<ref name="DCblog" /><hr>Neutralized superpowers (''Smallville'')<hr>Counteracts red (''Super Friends'')
|Perfect health (''Smallville'')
|Medical stability (''Smallville'')
|Bizarro: same as green on Kryptonians/instant death (''Smallville'')<hr>Ultraman: perfect health<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=Grant Morrison|penciller=Frank Quietly|inker=|colorist=|letterer=|editor=|story=|title=JLA: Earth 2|volume=|issue=|date=September 2000|publisher=DC Comics|location=|page=73|panel=1|id=}}</ref>/same as green on Kryptonians (''[[Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths]]'')<hr>Blocked by "imperfect" lead
|Bizarro: harms imperfections<hr>Bizarro: logical thought<ref name="DCblog" /><hr>Ultraman: perfect health<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=Grant Morrison|penciller=Frank Quietly|inker=|colorist=|letterer=|editor=|story=|title=JLA: Earth 2|volume=|issue=|date=September 2000|publisher=DC Comics|location=|page=73|panel=1|id=}}</ref>/same as green on Kryptonians (''[[Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths]]'')<hr>Blocked by "imperfect" lead
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|''Crisis on Two Earths''
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|''Scribblenauts Unmasked''<ref name=":0" />
|''Scribblenauts Unmasked''<ref name=":0" />
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|style="background: purple; color: white;" |Jewel<hr>Purple
|''Action Comics'' #310 (March 1964)
|''Action Comics'' #310 (March 1964)
|Kryptonian mountains
|Kryptonian mountains
|Mind control powers
|Mind control powers
|Nightmares (''[[DC League of Super-Pets]]'')
|Nightmares (''Super-Pets'')
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|“Streaky’s Supercat Tale,” ''Krypto'' (April 2005)
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|''Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen'' #92 (April 1966)
|''Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen'' #92 (April 1966)
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|''[[Superman III]]'' film (1983)<hr>''Supergirl'' (vol. 5) #2 (October 2005) (comics)
|''[[Superman III]]'' film (1983)<hr>''Supergirl'' (vol. 5) #2 (October 2005) (comics)
|Synthesized on Earth (''Superman III'')<hr>Superheated green (''Smallville'')<hr>Fragments of Krypton<hr>Kryptonian religion (''Supergirl'' TV series)
|Synthesized on Earth (''Superman III'')<hr>Superheated green (''Smallville'')<hr>Fragments of Krypton<hr>Kryptonian religion (''Supergirl'' TV series)
|Empowered evil self and weakened good self<hr>Second exposure: reversion (''Smallville'', ''Supergirl'' TV series)
|Empowered evil self and weakened good self<hr>Second exposure: reversion (''Smallville''/''Supergirl'' TV series)
|Empowered evil self and weakened good self (''Smallville'', ''Supergirl'' TV series)<hr>Second exposure: reversion (''Smallville'', ''Supergirl'' TV series)
|Same as on Kryptonians (''Smallville''/''Supergirl'' TV series)
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|''Superman'' Volume 2 #49 (November 1990)
|''Superman'' Volume 2 #49 (November 1990)
|Created by Mister Mxyzptlk to grant one wish for as long as origin is concealed
|Created by Mister Mxyzptlk to grant one wish for as long as origin is concealed
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|''Superman Family Adventures'' Vol. 12 (August 2012)
|''Superman Family Adventures'' Vol. 12 (August 2012)
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|Unknown<hr>Fear (''[[Lego DC Super Hero Girls]]'')
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|''[[The Superman Family|Superman Family Adventures]]'' #9 (March 2013)

Revision as of 02:41, 14 June 2025

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Pp-move Template:Infobox comics elements Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics. In its best-known form, it is a green, crystalline material originating from Superman's home world of Krypton that emits a unique, poisonous radiation that can weaken and even kill Kryptonians. Kryptonite radiation can be transmitted through any element except lead. There are other varieties of kryptonite, such as red and gold kryptonite, which have different but still generally negative effects.

Adversaries of Superman and other characters are frequently depicted using kryptonite against Superman,[1] with Lex Luthor incorporating it into weapons, Metallo being powered by it, and Titano being able to project rays of kryptonite radiation from his eyes after being altered by simultaneous exposure to kryptonite and uranium. Due to Superman's popularity, kryptonite has become a byword for an extraordinary exploitable weakness, synonymous with "Achilles' heel".

History

File:Kryptonite poisoning.jpg
Superman suffering from green kryptonite poisoning, courtesy of foes Metallo and Titano, in Action Comics Annual #10 (March 2007), art by Art Adams and Alex Sinclair.

An unpublished 1940 story titled "The K-Metal from Krypton", written by Superman creator Jerry Siegel, featured a prototype of kryptonite. It is a mineral from the planet Krypton that drains Superman of his strength and gives superhuman powers to humans. This story was rejected because Superman reveals his identity to Lois Lane.[2]

The mineral kryptonite, not to be confused with the real element krypton, was officially introduced in the radio serial The Adventures of Superman, in the story "The Meteor from Krypton", broadcast in June 1943.[3] An apocryphal story claims that kryptonite was introduced to give Superman's voice actor Bud Collyer time off. This tale was recounted by Julius Schwartz in his memoir.[4] However, historian Michael J. Hayde disputes this: in "The Meteor From Krypton", Superman is never exposed to kryptonite. If kryptonite allowed Collyer to take vacations, that was a fringe benefit discovered later. More likely, kryptonite was introduced as a plot device for Superman to discover his origin.[5] On the other hand, Hayde might have mistaken 1945's "The Meteor of Kryptonite" for 1943's "The Meteor from Krypton", as Superman was exposed in the former but not in the latter.[6]

In the radio serial, Krypton is located in the same solar system as Earth, in the same orbit, but on the opposite side of the Sun. This provided an easy explanation for how kryptonite found its way to Earth. In the comics' Silver Age, which places Krypton in a distant solar system, much of the kryptonite that came to Earth was transported by the same "space warp" that baby Kal-El's rocket traversed.

Kryptonite was incorporated into the comic mythos with Superman #61 (November 1949).[7] Editor Dorothy Woolfolk stated in an interview with Florida Today in August 1993 that she felt Superman's invulnerability was "boring".[8]

Long said to be an element in the Golden, Silver, and Bronze Age comics, Kryptonite is depicted as a compound in post-Crisis continuity.[9]

Forms, effects, and other media

Various forms of the fictional material have been created over the years in Superman publications and programs.[10] This table includes forms that have not persisted in canon.

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Type First appearance Origin Effects In other media
Kryptonians Earthlings Bizarro
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Film Television Video games
Live-action Animated Live-action Animated
Green The Adventures of Superman radio serial, "The Meteor from Krypton" (June 1943)[3]
Action Comics #161 (August 1951) 		Fragments from Krypton Loss of superpowers[11]
Severe, intensifying pain
Severe muscular weakness
Fever
Green blood or skin
Eventual fatality[12]
Non-accumulative[13]
Mitigation by long-term[14] or high short-term[15] yellow sunlight absorption
Blocked by lead
Neutralized by Kal-El's ship ("Visage", Smallville, 2003) 		With prolonged exposure: carcinogenesis
Possible cancer treatment[16]
Varied (Smallville) 		Bizarro: perfect health
Bizarro World humans: temporary superpowers (Superman & Lois)
Red Red Superman #61 (November 1949) Traversal through radiated space Loss of heroism
Unpredictable effects[21]
Same as green (prior to Adventure Comics #252, September 1958 only) 		Unpredictable effects (up to Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #80, October 1964 only)
  • Superboy
  • Lois & Clark
  • Smallville
  • Supergirl
  • Super Friends
  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold
  • Krypto
  • Justice League Action
  • DC Super Hero Girls
  • Superman (1987)
  • Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Red-green Action Comics #275 (April 1961) Created by Brainiac Unpredictable effects
Loss of superpowers[22]
Red-blue Superman #162 (July 1963) Invented by Superman
Green charged with "quantum battery" (Justice League Action) 		Splitting into aggressive red being and logical blue being Same as on Kryptonians (Justice League Action) Justice League Action[23]


Bizarro-red Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #80 (October 1964) Same as red on Kryptonians Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Red-gold Superman #178 (July 1965) Temporary memory loss
Red-green-gold Superman #192 (January 1967) Permanent superpower loss
Permanent memory loss
Modified red
Amber 		"Ultra Woman," Lois & Clark (November 1995)
Dark Knight: Death Metal - The Last 52: War of the Multiverses #1 (February 2021) 		Red-powered laser (Lois & Clark)
Dark multiverse 		Loss of superpowers to human Gain of superpowers from Kryptonian Lois & Clark
Positive
Platinum 		"All that Glitters," Adventures of Superman TV series (1958)
Batman Secret Files #1 (December 2018) 		Impossible world (dream of Jimmy Olsen, Adventures of Superman TV series/impossible world inside Phantom Zone, comics) Source of superpowers (Adventures of Superman TV series) Permanent Kryptonian powers Adventures of Superman
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Gold 		"All that Glitters," Adventures of Superman TV series (1958)
Adventure Comics #299 (August 1962) 		Dream of Jimmy Olsen (Adventures of Superman TV series)
Green affected by "atomic radiation" 		Permanent loss of superpowers
Temporary memory loss (Justice League Action) 		Ultraman: Scarring (Smallville)
  • Adventures of Superman
  • Smallville
  • Super Friends
  • Justice League Action
  • Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
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Fool's
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Hybrid 		Action Comics #252 (May 1959) Created by Metallo (The Brave and the Bold #175, June 1981)
Synthesized on Earth (Lois & Clark) 		None Same as green on Kryptonians Ultraman: Perfect health[24] Lois & Clark Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
X-
Orange 		Action Comics #261 (January 1960) Experiment by Supergirl to counteract green
Fragments from Krypton (Superman & Lois/Super-Pets) 		None Temporary Kryptonian powers[25]
Paranoia (DC Super Hero Girls)
Varying powers (Super-Pets)
Counteracted by exposure to green (Krypto/Superman & Lois/Super-Pets) 		Bizarro: same as green on Kryptonians (Superman & Lois) Super-Pets[18] Superman & Lois Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Blue Superman #140 (October 1960) Green subjected to Professor Dalton's duplicator ray Harm to soul[25]
Neutralized superpowers (Smallville)
Counteracts red (Super Friends) 		Medical stability (Smallville) Bizarro: harms imperfections
Bizarro: logical thought[25]
Ultraman: perfect health[26]/same as green on Kryptonians (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths)
Blocked by "imperfect" lead 		Crisis on Two Earths
  • Smallville
  • Supergirl
 Super Friends Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
White White Adventure Comics #279 (December 1960) Fragments of Krypton Attacking microorganisms Attacking microorganisms Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Bizarro-white "The Battle with Bizarro," Superboy TV series (November 18, 1989) Cellular health Cellular normality (Superboy TV series) Superboy
Silver Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #70 (July 1963) Hoax by Jimmy Olsen
Brainiac technology (Smallville, comics following Superman/Batman #46, April 2008) 		Paranoid delusions
  • Smallville
  • Supergirl
 Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Jewel
Purple 		Jewel
Purple 		Action Comics #310 (March 1964) Kryptonian mountains Mind control powers Nightmares (Super-Pets) Super-Pets Smallville DC Super Hero Girls
Purple spotted “Streaky’s Supercat Tale,” Krypto (April 2005) Self-mind control Krypto
Magno- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #92 (April 1966) Created by Mr. Nero Magnetic attraction Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Tar-based
Black
Harun-El 		Superman III film (1983)
Supergirl (vol. 5) #2 (October 2005) (comics) 		Synthesized on Earth (Superman III)
Superheated green (Smallville)
Fragments of Krypton
Kryptonian religion (Supergirl TV series) 		Empowered evil self and weakened good self
Second exposure: reversion (Smallville/Supergirl TV series) 		Same as on Kryptonians (Smallville/Supergirl TV series) Superman III
  • Smallville
  • Supergirl
 Justice League Action Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Krimson Superman Volume 2 #49 (November 1990) Created by Mister Mxyzptlk to grant one wish for as long as origin is concealed Variable
Kryptisium
-X 		The Adventures of Superman #511 (April 1994) Green filtered by Eradicator Excessive superpowers Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Pink Supergirl (vol. 4) #79 (April 2003) Inversion of gender-stereotyped traits
Reversed sex (Justice League Action) 		Justice League Action
Yellow Yellow Superman Family Adventures Vol. 12 (August 2012) Unknown
Fear (Lego DC Super Hero Girls) 		Lego DC Super Hero Girls Scribblenauts Unmasked[20]
Synthetic yellow Superman Vol. 6 #9 (December 2023) Synthesized by Dr. Pharm Sending into the past
Periwinkle Superman Family Adventures #9 (March 2013) Joy
Periwinkle transmutation 		Bizarro: anger (DC Super Hero Girls) DC Super Hero Girls
File:Action Comics 310.jpg
Superman and Jimmy Olsen discuss the mineral kryptonite, with the jewel variant making its debut, in Action Comics #310 (March 1964), art by Curt Swan.

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  3. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
    "Only one arc in 1943 managed to transcend its era: "The Meteor from Krypton". Debuting on June 3, it marked the debut of kryptonite..."
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
    pg 132-133
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    "Since Superman's life isn't threatened — the meteorite never leaves the doctor’s custody — it's likely that Lowther's primary intent was to create a means for Superman to discover his own origin".
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