kyptonite makes no sense?

[qface64x]

it just barely dawned on me but i don't get kryptonite... not the stone itself but what its doing on earth

krypton was REALLY REALLY far from earth from what i remember so how did all these hundreds heck thousands of pieces find their way to earth?
wouldn't they have had to be traveling at some ungodly speed just to make it to earth in like the 30 plus years superman was there

the explanation the animated series gave was understandable kals ship opened a worm hole when it escaped krypton and pieces got sucked in as well (from what i remember)

[l zenitsu l]

In New 52, some evil dude from the 5th dimension gets his hands on Kryptonite because Superman's baby ship was apparently powered by it.

Gee, that makes even more sense.

[Operadaisuki26]

I think I read somewhere in the news that there was a discovery of a material that was like kryptonite....

[NullSession]

Kryptonite was created so the voice actor could take holidays back in the 40s' or whatever the ******** decade it was.

[Lex Joseph Luthor]

l zenitsu l

In New 52, some evil dude from the 5th dimension gets his hands on Kryptonite because Superman's baby ship was apparently powered by it.

Gee, that makes even more sense.

Actually, yes. It does. Kryptonite is a radioactive material. Nuclear power, the last time I checked, was a thing.

[Lord Raoiel]

Lex Joseph Luthor

l zenitsu l

In New 52, some evil dude from the 5th dimension gets his hands on Kryptonite because Superman's baby ship was apparently powered by it.

Gee, that makes even more sense.

Actually, yes. It does. Kryptonite is a radioactive material. Nuclear power, the last time I checked, was a thing.

And he'd know...

[l zenitsu l]

Lex Joseph Luthor

l zenitsu l

In New 52, some evil dude from the 5th dimension gets his hands on Kryptonite because Superman's baby ship was apparently powered by it.

Gee, that makes even more sense.

Actually, yes. It does. Kryptonite is a radioactive material. Nuclear power, the last time I checked, was a thing.

I understand that its radioactive and that it is a power source. I was more reacting to the idea that the ship was powered by a substance created by Krypton exploding though now that I really think of it, Krypton's destruction was because of people using up too much natural resources in some continuities (I'm probably accidentally remembering Man of Steel).

So yes, I'm probably being retarded and/or thinking too much. "Kryptonite" could just be defined as the main power source that was harvested on Krypton much like how we have Uranium or Kryptonite could just be the irradiated fragments of a destroyed planet.

Then again, you're the expert and I don't mean that in a condescending manner. My intellect mostly involves skimming through Wikipedia and DC/Marvel wikias.

[Madame Sexyface]

If I recall right, in most cases, there really isn't a lot of Kryptonite on Earth.

In most stories, there are only three people/organizations that have it in varying degrees: Lex Luthor (usually shown with a large chunk of it for some reason), Batman (enough for at least one Kryptonite Ring), and S.T.A.R. Labs (Possibly from Kara's ship, which was, in her original Modern Age story, encased in the stuff).

As for other forms of Kryptonite (red, black, gold, etc.) their appearance on Earth is usually limited to the Silver/Gold Age Superman stories.

As for his rocket being powered by Kryptonite, this is the first I'm hearing of it, though I don't keep up too much with the nu52.

[Rosemary_Red]

fun fact: Kryptonite comes in many colors but pink kryptonite turn Superman gay. I'm not being mean, I'm just saying how weird kryptonite is in the DC Universe to support the OP's logic.

[Wally_West]

Rosemary_Red

fun fact: Kryptonite comes in many colors but pink kryptonite turn Superman gay. I'm not being mean, I'm just saying how weird kryptonite is in the DC Universe to support the OP's logic.

Fun fact:

It was in one comic.
In one panel.
As a joke.
In an alternate timeline.
From a reality that no longer exists.