YMMV / The K-Metal from Krypton

• Older Than They Think:
  • Superman fans who dislike the comics focusing on his Kryptonian heritage often argue that Superman not finding out about his origin until 1949 is evidence that Krypton should be irrelevant, since it means his creators never intended for his homeworld to be more than an excuse for his powers. As proved by this story, though, Superman's creators intended him to learn about Krypton in 1940, when the character was beginning his career.
  • During the Silver and Bronze Ages (1955-1985), older Superman fans denounced the quantity of Krypton's fragments landing on Earth and the number of K-related plots as proof that the character had lost his Golden Age essence. Yet still, Siegel wrote a K-focused plot featuring two Kryptonite meteors making their way to Earth in the early Golden Age.

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