Delta1938
True King of House of El
Originally posted by carver9
It didn't start affecting him until issue 6. He was perfectly ok before hand then once the Kryptonite was close enough for him to feel the radiation, it affected him like it always does. Was there anything hinted on Superman being weakened during and before facing Captain Marvel. H1, do not reply to me because I don't care what you say.
No, Galan is lying because she was wrong. Only an idiot would take Superman asking if Power Girl "feels" anything, being surprised that she doesn't, and bringing-up her reacting to Kryptonite recently as "ambiguous."
Galan is going entirely on Batman's statement as absolute fact and dismissing all the prior context as "ambiguos" because it suits her case. Previously in the storyline, Superman handled a piece of Kryptonite and wasn't noticeably effected(he was fighting the apparent Pre-CRISIS Superman, who was trying to kill him).
But we're supposed to buy it JUST starting to penetrate Earth's atmosphere has him effected to the point that he's having trouble standing and Toyman asks if he's ok, and says Superman looks like he's going to puke?
REALLY? Nah. And Superman lies to Toyman saying he's fine. Ever think, Carver, that maybe, just maybe, Superman was gritting his teeth and bearing it? The rest of #6 has that with Captain Atom and Luthor.
Originally posted by carver9
Question. The Doctor said 'We' would start feeling the Kryptonite...what did he mean by that? If he means everyone, wouldn't that go against Superman comment to Power Girl since the radiation would have been felt by everyone including her if it was within reach.?
Kryptonite effects almost everybody if exposed to long enough, or in powerful enough doses. Luthor eventually developed cancer wearing the Kryptonite ring. IIRC towards the end of REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN Cyborg fight, Hal and Supergirl(Matrix) would've died from the amount of powdered Kryptonte in the room if it weren't fo Hal Jordan's protective construct. Conduit had Kryptonite blasts that could vaporize people. And in the very storyline we're discussing, Luthor's attempt to nuke the meteor failed because the radiation vaporized the missiles before they could impact the meteor. An amount of Kryptonite that normal people would feel doesn't necessarily mean someone with superhuman durablity on Power Girl's level(who had switched back to Atlantean physiology) would feel it. In fact, if humans are merely feeling it wouldn't effect someone on Power Girl's level unless they were Kryptonian. And of course, as Rao pointed-out, Superman would feel it more than others.