The first and most prevalant form of Kryptonite mythos is the green variety, definitely the most famous and deadly of them all. Superboy first encountered it as a lad, nearly snuffing out his young life before his step-parents removed the harmful element from their home. Several of his foes such as Kryptonite Kid, Lex Luthor, and Metalo wielded it against him.
Although Kryptonite appeared earlier on Earth-Two chronologically speaking, in the jewel of a crook known as Swami Riva, that Superman was an adult when he first encountered it unlike his Earth-One twin. When each visited the others universe, they learned that this element effects them the same even if not from their native universe. Thankfully, they always managed to outsmart foes who used it against them.
At one point, after the explosion of a nuclear reactor all the Kryptonite on Earth-One was rendered inert leaving the Man of Steel invincible, that is until more of this element arrive on his planet from space.
Earth-Two never seemed to have as much of this radioactive rock land on its surface, although its Man of Steel still faced it several times when its foes found it, such as Swami Riva, Atoman, Alexie Luthor, Tycoon of Crime and the Ultra-Humanite… to named but a few.
Interestingly, it was Chronos of Earth-One who discovered a black-and-green Kryptonite variety on Earth-Two while a member of the Crime Champions. This version was just as deadly to Superman, yet had healing properties for humans like Aquaman!
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