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Lead blocks Kryptonite radiation. However if they became "armor piercing" cores, it is plausible to suggest the Kryptonite could fire out of the front of the bullet.

 

Man, I'm a geek.

Or just put the Kryptonite in bullet form, and then coat it in some other metal.

He'd be able to see the Kryptonite if it was coated with any other metal.

 

No, the best solution isn't guns.

 

THIS IS HOW TO KILL SUPERMAN:

 

Step one, get a lead paint-lined grenade (pineapple style)

Step two, load it with gunpowder and Kryptonite.

Step three, toss it at Superman.

 

His instinct is to cup it in his hands to contain the blast. By then, the blast will shoot a fine powder of Kryptonite into his hands and he'll most likely inhale some residue.

 

He can't clean out his lungs, no matter what he does. He's doomed to die from then on.

 

This is the most logical, IMO.

Would lead paint be thick enough to block Superman's X-ray vision? It might scramble it, but if he could see so much as a faint glow from the grenade he'd know something's up. I think a thicker coating of lead (and pure lead, rather than lead diluted in paint) might be necessary.

Superman once fought Hitler, who brandished a "legendary" biblical spear towards him, only to find it was a fake painted with a gold colored lead paint to look real. Someone had conned Hitler into thinking it was.

 

Superman couldn't see the object itself under the desk when Hitler went for it.

 

So, a lead paint grenade would be completely worth it.

Superman once fought Hitler, who brandished a "legendary" biblical spear towards him, only to find it was a fake painted with a gold colored lead paint to look real. Someone had conned Hitler into thinking it was.

 

Superman couldn't see the object itself under the desk when Hitler went for it.

 

So, a lead paint grenade would be completely worth it.

That's such bogus physics. There's a difference between "X-Ray vision can't see through lead" and "lead is invisible to X-Rays". I can't see through steel, but I can see through air, and if the air is the only thing between me and a steel drum, then I'll be able to see it just fine. Similarly, a lead-painted object would be perfectly visible to Superman's X-Ray vision, just as a block of lead in a suitcase would appear as a conspicuously light or dark spot in an airport security X-Ray.

 

The only realistic explanation of that scene is that Hitler's desk is lead or lead-painted as well. Which I suppose it might be... though it's about as much of a random coincidence as how silver-age Green Lantern's was frequently thwarted when crooks' getaway car just randomly happened to be yellow.

 

With that said, if lead paint really is thick enough to block Supes's X-Ray vision, then the lead-painted Kryptonite grenade is still viable.

Here's a question: gold is denser than lead, so wouldn't Superman also be incapable of seeing through gold? He would have a heck of an easy time picking out buried treasure, then, because it would really stand out if he was scanning the ground from above.

 

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I think it's something to do with the reason why we wear lead filled jacket things during X-rays. This would be a good time to use the internet to back up my reasonable sounding theory with facts and LOGIC but I just don't feel like it right now.

Here's a question: gold is denser than lead, so wouldn't Superman also be incapable of seeing through gold? He would have a heck of an easy time picking out buried treasure, then, because it would really stand out if he was scanning the ground from above.

 

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That's true! But then again, it's not clear whether Superman would have any incentive to do that. I mean, he works at the Daily Planet so he knows about big events before anyone else (and probably also for some deeper, "good honest work" kind of reason). It's not like he personally needs riches or wealth. I guess he could give it to charity... that'd be a pretty super thing to do with buried treasure.

 

I think it's something to do with the reason why we wear lead filled jacket things during X-rays. This would be a good time to use the internet to back up my reasonable sounding theory with facts and LOGIC but I just don't feel like it right now.

Well yes, but that's to prevent the X-Rays from penetrating BEHIND the lead, not to make the lead-covered object invisible to the X-Rays. If you took an X-Ray of a lead apron under a blanket, you'd get a picture of the lead apron, not of the hardwood floors behind it.

I know that... Should have made that more clear... It was more in response to the post before my last one. should've quoted it...