Van-El's Technical Writer's Notes: Kryptonite 101
Well, you guys seems to like the (somewhat dorky/geeky) technical information I throw out, so I thought I'd show you a sample of stuff from my writer's notepad... at least to show you I haven't been lax. I am writing the next chapter of "The Son Becomes the Father" and planning both oneshots and sequel arcs with the help of ( Read more... )
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Yes and no…
The "memory kiss" is actually based on a combination of two powers that have only been used once each in comicbook canon back in the very-late Golden Age to very-early Silver Age of comics (thus no longer technically canon).
The first was the once used "Super Hypnosis" power, an extension (apparently) of his enhanced mental abilities. Superman has an eidetic memory and is capable of extreme multi-tasking with clear thinking at speed. Back in early 1941 Superman cures Lois Lane of her amnesia by means of a regressive memory suggestion and in the following issue he hypnotizes her into lose all memory of him rescuing her from a burning building as Clark Kent with full use of his powers. This power never got used again.
While not strictly a power, Action Comics #306 (December 1961) implied that Clark would be capable of feats of... err... wooing and "more" (aka. smut). This manifested itself at the Daily Planet Christmas party that year, when Clark ended up under the mistletoe with Lois Lane and he cheekily decides it'll be ( ... )
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Heh, have fun playing with it, even though these things essentially "never happened anymore."
Van-El II
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