I can't believe there is a story out there with Lois trying to woo Superman with different wigs and Sasha hasn't covered it yet!

My favorite was the time in Superhero Girls where Kara is talking to Clark about it, and he's going off on all the different colors of Kryptonite and their effects. He's like 'Definitely stay away from the Purple stuff, things get REALLY weird...'

I like how red kryptonite is either 'turn superman into a giraffe that eats ice cube' or 'turn Superman into a planet where his eyes are rings'... or just make Superman mean.

Red kryptonte actually plays a pivotal role in the "Brave and the Bold" episode in which Batman fights Superman, as Lex used the kryptonite to turn Clark into an evil dictator and thus destroy his popularity. I LOVED the homages to the Silver Age's stories of Superman and the epic end of "The Dark Knight Returns" this underrated episode made

Kryptonite is a rare mineral. Oh, and there are lots of different types. Lots of people actually have green kryptonite and apparently it can be found all over.

When that Martian appeared on Earth in 1958, he should have given a ride home to the Martian Manhunter, who was unwillingly stranded on Earth at the time (teleported here in 1955, his people finally came to bring J'Onn home in 1968.)

My favorite red kryptonite story was the one where Krypto turns into a female collie (who is also pregnant). Krypto gives birth to puppies. At the end of the story, when Krypto turns back to normal, the puppies vanish sadly. I always wondered what would happen if Superman got exposed to this type of Red K. Would he become a dog or would he just become a human woman of a different race maybe? I also like the story where Lex Luthor creates two serums: one which causes Red K to affect non-Kryptonians and one that makes the effects of Red K permanent. He has a chunk of Red K that will turn someone into the nearest other person (or, on a rat test subject, it turned the rat into a copy of the nearest rat). His plan is to turn Superman permanently into Lex Luthor who will go to jail forever, while Lex pretends to be his own "good" twin.

I really love the "Smallville" episodes in which red kryptonite turns Clark into a cool bad boy. Tom Welling definitely should play villains more often!

I love the concept of red kryptonite. I don’t really have a favorite red kryptonite *story* per se, but my favorite *use* was in Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. The concept of various forms of kryptonite probably being used as a narcotic in some regions of space is really fascinating, and the idea that those narcotics would affect kryptonians more powerfully than regular people is something I would love to see be explored. Also, I once had an idea for a story that was basically Lazarus Planet, but various types of kryptonite that were vaporized in an explosion and entered the atmosphere, creating kryptonite rains.

Most adaptations in my lifetime had Red K make Superman angry or apathetic. But I like the “Lois and Clark…” episode where it’s used more like these tales. Evil *female* scientists (it was the 90s) make a laser that runs on Red K. They accidentally transfer Superman’s powers to Lois, who becomes Ultra Woman. It’s done during an era where, due to their romantic relationship, Lois is aware Clark is Superman, and they participate in a training montage together. Tres romantique!

Red kryptonite was always fun on Smallville, but my favorite alt kryptonite on that show was black kryptonite. The Onyx episode where Lex splits in half was excellent.

My personal favorite Kryptonite story is the origin of Jewel Kryptonite from Action Comics #310. The story itself just has so much going for it: all the Phantom Zone Criminals teaming up, the return to Krypton, a review of the assorted types of Kryptonite, and the suspense of what Jewel Kryptonite actually does. Just an all around good Silver Age Superman story.

My first time seeing Red K was in the Krypto The Superdog cartoon! In that show, it causes people to get powers. I thought that's what it always did until I found out about Smallville and the various effects it has in comics.

My biggest memoirs of Red Kryptonite are from the "Krypto the Superdog" cartoon and it's many episodes using it. As well as the toy I had of Krypto's space ship that came with a big chunk of Kryptonite that could change colors between green and red just by touching it.

Super Sentry would be a cool name for Conner if he ever out grows Superboy

I love comics throwing in TOTALLY BELIEVABLE SCIENCE into their stories. Because if I'm reading a story about a flying, indestructible alien who can fire laser beams from his eyes (and looks exactly like a human), it's the idea that there's some plausible scientific basis for it.

I can't wait to see Martian Manhunter's reaction to this random Martian that's going around zapping butterflies with red kryptonite.

I remember a story which introduced "Gold Kryptonite" which "permanently removed a Kryptonian's superpowers." (World's Finest #159) For some reason "Gold-K" has always stuck in my mind. As always thank you so very much for the videos.

The idea that red kryptonite has unpredictable effects could be really cool if you play it right. Sticking with the “flying through a cosmic cloud turned a bunch of regular green kryptonite red” would justify why different samples did different things. I can see a villain or even the JLA collecting pieces of red K, exposing Superman to each piece and cataloguing its effects.

LOL, i don't konw why, but that comment "you gotta make your own fun," has had me chuckling for over an hour. Just the idea that Clark would go through such pains to play mini golf with Red K makes me smile.

Three other facts to know about Red Kryptonite from someone who has read pretty much all of Silver Age Superboy, Jimmy, and Lois. 1) When first hit with Red K, Superman experiences a tingling effect, which is how they usually know when the radiations have touched them. Whether or not the effect then happens immediately or takes a bit to manifest could change from story to story, but usually it was soon after. 2) Every piece's effect was unique to that piece and the effect that piece has can only effect Superman ONCE. Afterwards, that piece would no longer work. This was often used as a plot point, such as creating mystery when a piece of Red K affected him anyway or I recall him even taking advantage of the fact it worked only once in some of his plans. (I think a few stories did ignore this rule tho, but it was generally held to) 3) Like Pre-Crisis Green Kryptonite, Red K didn't affect humans. There are exceptions, such as one issue of Lois Lane (forget which), shows Red K could affect humans if the radiations are filtered through a particular light spectrum or rays. This happens to Lois by accident and it causes her to undergo a sort of Jekyll and Hyde ordeal. I think Lucy gets affected by one too in an earlier Jimmy story. Some tidbits to know for that future Red K video. I can't wait to see it as a guy who has enjoyed all the Red K stories he's seen so far on his Silver Age binge.

I like the Silver Age Red K stories the best. Like the Superman/Supergirl robots, it was a fruitful source of plot twists and surprise endings. Sure, it could get a little too ridiculous sometimes, just like some candy can be too sweet. :)

Fun Fact. In an episode of the Super Friends animated tV series they did a story where Blue Kryptonite, which normally only affects Bizzarro, was used to reverse the effects of Red K.

I just love Smallville's Red K stories, it's simple, and straight to the point. Seeing older takes on it can be fun, but you have to make something different for each exposure, and it gets less fun for me.

Red kryptonite stories are fun, love wacky stuff like the one where Supergirl clears a red meteor and when it inflates her she covers it up by blowing into Dick Malvern (incredible name)'s eyes, which happily was just after he looked through the wrong end of his binoculars. Oh and there's some other weird stuff like her becoming a mermaid and growing two heads.

I do love Red Kryptonite - it's definitely my favorite K, because it's very rare for anything too terrible to happen with it, and often it's kind of fun. Even Superman lightens up sometimes - and I don't mean puts on a leather jacket and rides down Interstate 71 to Metropolis. I think strictly speaking, though, the *_ORIGINAL_* color of Kryptonite was *_BLUE_* - that was the color it had according to the narrator of the *_Adventures of Superman_* radio series, which I believe introduced Kryptonite, just as it introduced many other key elements of Superman's legend, including Jimmy Olsen, Superman flying instead of leaping and the "dashing into a nearby phone booth" trope. Blue is also the scientifically accurate color for a luminous radioactive element. Not that I'd want to limit Superman to the merely scientifically accurate, of course.

Red kryptonite, always brought out when the writers want to either have Superman be evil or do some weird shit and we love it for that.

Going down the Kryptonite rabbit hole again I see … “ Smallville put on your dancing shoes, getting out the Periwinkle K “ Lois to Clark …Keep Up The Outstanding Work Sasha 🖖🏾

Jimmy Olsen: "Are you gonna wash your hands before lunch, Clark?" Clark affected by the red kryptonite: "No...cause I am EVIL" 😈

Really missing your reviews and commentary on silver age silliness especially with lois and superman. Like them a lot.

Red K getting rid of Superman’s inhibitions is definitely my favorite explanation

Thank you so much Sasha. I keep saying it but it is so true. Your channel/videos always brighten my day and make me appreciate comics more.

My favorite Red Kryptonite story was from the 'Superfriends' cartoon series. I don't remember the name of the episode, but in that particular episode, Red Kryptonite gave Superman multiple arms and legs. I also don't remember the entire episode; just that the Red K gave him multiple limbs and one scene towards the end. Superman was trying to open a safe to get something important out of it, but his extra arms kept getting in the way of him turning the tumbler, so Supes just punched open the safe.

Sasha, your voice and writing content you post here are such good mental palate cleanser, for like 3 years for me, 😅, I've known your channel as a cool place to stop thinking about "the river of awful" outside all our doors for a minute. 😊 Thanks, Sasha 👍☺️👏

Favorite Kryptonite used to be red, but then they did that short with Firestorm and the pink K and that's been the new champ ever since. Admirably unfazed by things too. "I can work with this."

I like the sound effects. Actually gulping instead of saying ‘Gulp’ the later is how I always heard if my head, Clark just vocalizes words like ‘choke’ and ‘gasp’. 😆

Your Martian voice is the best 😂 I love when you do the different voices

Okay give that Art Teacher a raise!!! Hahaha

Call me crazy BUT: Silver age Superman: Anything can happen for absolutely no reason. Silver age Red Kryptonite: Anything can happen for one very specific reason. Is there a difference?

Great recap, Sasha. I love the silliness of the silver age.

Oh boy, a rodeo! My theory on all the kryptonites is, they distort yellow sun energy into a frequency that affects Kryptonians differently (usually harmfully). This would explain why, pre-Crisis, kryptonite couldn't harm unpowered Kryptonians, which would be the case if either there was no yellow sun radiation or they didn't have the ability to absorb it. This also explains Mon-el and his vulnerability to lead radiation: what if lead is reflecting and distorting yellow sun radiation, into a frequency that is harmful to Daxamites? This even explains why kryptonite and lead cancel each other out: they both distort the radiation into a frequency that doesn't hurt either Kryptonians or Daxamites.

Would love to see you do a video tackle every color variant of Kryptonite

"Split in two" it's what I imagine Superman and Lois call their intimate time 😂😂😂

I love to imagine that kiddy Clark just had a child's voice but Superboy always sounds like adult Supes. Lol He has Yami Yugi big ball energy every time he transforms! 😂

Sasha !! You ARE the BEST !! Pls do not ever stop !!! ❤❤❤

My favorite is when green K + tar makes superman "evil" in Superman III (1983) w/ Richard Pryor & Robert Vaughn.

Somehow, Otto Binder being a contributor to Red-K is not surprising.

4:32 this whole series of events weirdly feels like something Morrison would write

Sasha's Martian voice is sending me😂😂😂😂

Please, Please, Please do a video on the blonde-brunette-redhead Lios Lane story. Especially if it deals with her wearing wigs.

I’d love to hear more about your view on the different ages of comics for different publishers

The man the myth the legend, Otto Binder

Homelander and Omni Man destroy the planet! Clark wearing a red Kryptonite ring: "Hold my beer!"

Great video, Sasha...👍

Thank you! This is why I loved comix in the first place.

Smallville casually permanently changing Superman lore again

As a Bronze Age kid, I remember being fascinated by all the different types of K. I guess I should have known, but didn't, that it came from radio not comics.

I love it when you dip into it Otto Binder binder.

Great video.

I love this outfit it's fantastic. Also so excited for this

It'd be cool to see a video over the difference between Marvel and DC's Silver Age

I love how red kryptonite in Smallville just turns Clark into James from Twin Peaks

Great stuff as always.. Higgypopcomics

Sometimes I feel like Superman could use Red Kryptonite to bluff. Like a villain thinks they have a fool-proof anti-superman plan, then Superman shows up with a lead case. He says it contains a chunk of red kryptonite, and he threatens to open the case and expose himself to it, and they would all gamble with whatever it did to him.

There's an old episode of the Super-Friends where Superman is exposed to something(maybe Red Krytonite? I cannot remember) that makes him weak and ages him. He uses the Super-Mobile to fly through a bunch of meteors containing Blue Kryptonite, which rejuvenates him. I was a kid and it was the first time I heard mention of Blue K and it's relationship to Bizarro. It may also be the only use of the Super-Mobile on the Super-Friends, not sure on that one.

First, Sasha, I just wanted to be sure you knew about Perch giving you a callout in his latest video. I love the various versions of kryptonite, especially red k. I do wish a Swamp Thing writer would latch onto the idea of using white k (which is deadly to all plant life). Imagine the Parliament of Trees somehow learning of a giant white k meteor hurtling toward Earth. It would be the Apocalypse as far as they would be concerned. (Of course, if the meteor was large enough, all us oxygen-breathers wouldn't fare too well, either.) I do have a favorite red k tale from the late '60s, but I can't remember the details. It's probably from an issue of Action from '68 or '69.

If there need to be an in-universe explanation for why Red Kryptonite keep changing effects, just say it’s different but similar looking kryptonite.

I have the issue of Supermans 🦸‍♂️ face turning into a "mood ring 💍" ... lol Great video as usual... your videos always make my day ... Thanks

Truthfully Red K only works in the Smallville continuity where it doesnt even turn him evil like it did in BTBAB but it makes him more susceptible to inhibition. Because it shows not a physical weakness but a mental one. Granted I also grew up on Smallvile so that version of Red K is what I know, but I also was ood enough to enjoy Brave and Bold for its campy style so seeing it as making Supes Evil also worked. Looking back now though, it does work better as the smallvile version

"Split in two? Ooh-La-La..." ... ... ... You expect my mind NOT to go into the gutter with that Sasha?

For some reason I misremembered the kryptonite in superman 3 being red to find out is was green. the tricks the memory plays on one self.

My favorite Red Kryptonite moment has to be from super sons with Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self being split in two because that was really awesome but super in my opinion. :)

Red Kryptonite being used for weirdness=good. Red Kryptonite being used to make a platonic bomb=terrible. (Alf comics reference) Please cover gold kryptonite next! 😊 And Quex-Ul! 😊 (And yes, Lois's experiment with "Wig Life" as well. 😊)

I've always thought it was funny how common such a rare mineral is in Smallville like every other person is affected by Kryptonite. I find it even more amusing how Red K affects Superman in Smallville by making him lose his inhibitions and just have a ''drunken'' good time LOL Wait a sec at 4:12 he just leaves the giant golf club on the ground? :P

The "X marks the spot" part makes me think the aliens made a crop circle X.

Red kryptonite is a joy. It’s like a wild sorcerer anything can happen

The first red kryptonite story I read was “The Rainbow Faces of Superman” (1964). Fun entertainment.

The shenanigans. Oh the silver age shenanigans.

The red kryptonite episodes were my favourite in Smallville

Omg! Red kryptonite turned Clark into Howard Hues! Now he needs a WHOLE LOT of birch wood and one heck of an aviation engineer to fly!

Ah yes, the “jackass” Kryptonite. Fun reactions from those encounters.

The other colors of Kryptonite was always such a weird addition to Smallville, wouldn't have been surprised if that show had invented them. But also not surprised that it's golden age old.

The best Kryptonite is Periwinkle Kryptonite. From Superman Family Adventures #9. According to Lois it made Superman temporarily fabulous!

red k sounds like a store brand strawberry soda

We need an episode on that Lois Lane hair color issue.

FWIW, that is a Schott cafe racer jacket, Ms. CC. Just in case you are looking to add to your wardrobe.

Rather interesting that red kryptonite originally could split people in two. On Smallville black kryptonite was the kind that could split people and red kryptonite just took away Clark's inhibitions.

Can you do a history about comic books and cloning?

My favorite kryptonite is the red from smallville which was great cause they only used it a few times throughout the series

My favorite Red K story is the cover story of Superboy №101 where it transforms Krypto into a collie. A pregnant collie. And he gives birth to puppies that look like his usual form. It's wild.

I remember there was a Superfriends episode where red kryptonite turns Superman into Alfred Newman from Mad magazine ( seriously ).

I loved it in the New Adventures of Lois & Clark. Red K? Forget ego & super ego, I'm id-boy now!

My favorite Red K is still Smallville where it turns him into an Asshole with a cool jacket and Motorcycle, those episodes were always my favorite I like when it turns him bad or evil, of course nowadays there's so many Evil or Bad Superman but as a kid watching Smallville I loved it so much and all the other colors too

Anxiously waiting for the debut of plaid kryptonite.

Dang I really need to rewatch Smallville. Gotta have a little bad boy tom welling in my life

If Wonder girl had that subtitle, we might not have had Donna Troy...

I think, if I were to write a Superman fanfic with red kryptonite in it, I would keep its randomness factor and I would explain it by saying that red kryptonite is red because it has kryptonian magic, which is a thing I know it exists thanks to DC Superhero Girls. And, since one of Superman's weaknesses is magic, he has no way to resist whatever effect it might have. I would try to not abuse this element tho.

Clark should leave the leather jackets to Connor, the one who wears them best and most iconically lol :)

awesome girl, I reallylike this weird old stuff

Supergirl’s take is definitely my favorite