To give the guy a break , the producers came up with the concept of Kryptonite. In such a weakened state, they reasoned, Superman's voice would naturally change, allowing another actor to step in while Collyer took care of business. Superman Needed A Weakness Anyway The invention of the mysterious green rock killed two birds with one stone.
One of the biggest complaints about Superman was and remains the comical mismatch between the Man of Steel and any enemies he encounters. How can a human scientist defeat the last son of Krypton when he can harness the power of the Sun to shoot heat rays and fly backwards around the Earth to reverse time?
Logically, there's no tension, no question of who will win. It's boring, so p roducers of The Adventures of Superman used Kryptonite to give Superman's villains a chance to defeat him or at least let the audience think they might.
The stones worked so well that the writers of the comic books used them for the same purpose. Not A Perfect Solution As the star of The Adventures of Superman, Bud Collyer worked long hours that would have burned anyone out even with ample breaks for mineral shenanigans. They couldn't just drop a truckload of Kryptonite on his character whenever he needed a vacation, so t he producers used several different twists and plot devices to keep Superman temporarily out of commission and give Collyer time off from the series.
While it is fairly well known that Superman's powers have grown and changed over the years, many people don't realize the change to his invulnerability, the creation of Kryptonite, was not so much a story decision, but a decision to give Superman a break from crime fighting. That's right, Kryptonite was invented to give Superman a vacation. What makes this even more surprising is the fact that Kryptonite didn't make its first appearance in the comics, but actually on the radio.
Between to , Superman was the star of his own audio drama titled Adventures of Superman , one of the highest rated radio broadcasts of its day. Switching between multiple networks and growing in length over time, the radio broadcast aired 2, original episodes completely disconnected from the comic publication storyline.
Being a radio drama using real people, the show required voice actors to work grueling daily recording schedules with insanely long hours, and it is actually this issue that led to the creation of Kryptonite. As a Superman show, it meant there was one person that was pretty much required to be in every episode, the titular hero himself. Playing the voice of Superman, Bud Collyer served as the real life secret identity of Clark Kent, not publicly revealing his name as the voice for the first six years of broadcasting.
Also called Kryptisium, this was its only appearance. In one panel of Supergirl Vol. It splits Superman into two: One all good, and the other all evil. In Krypto the Superdog 4 Feb. Cats Isis and Snooky Wookums get their criminal paws on some and cause a wave of pet crimes. Krypto, Streaky, and others team up to take them down.
There, he finds Periwinkle Kryptonite which makes Superman lose his inhibitions, grab Lois Lane, and head for the dance floor. Sadly for Lois, it was only temporary. It comes from "an impossible universe inside the Phantom Zone, on an impossible planet.
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