So the Fortress has the technology to burn kryptonite poisoning out of Jordan... but it doesn't have the technology to sedate him first?
I was going to say it a bit rote to have Kyle flake out and get replaced by Jordan for Sarah's rehearsal last week, then have Jordan flake out and get replaced by Kyle this week. But I'll allow it since it was a fakeout -- Kyle's "redemption" had something more sinister behind it. It was an unexpected twist when he turned out to be possessed -- I was expecting it to be Lana.
I imagine he is not Kal-El’s actual brother. He was wearing a different Kryptonian symbol, meaning different family, House.
Ooh, good point. I was wondering if there was any precedent for Jor-El having another son, but if he's from another house, that would suggest something different. Anyone recognize the crest?
Jax-Ur is a Kryptonian scientist who tended to be more important in the comics until Terence Stamp’s portrayal made Zod the more popular choice.
Yeah, I thought that might be who he was.
I also wonder if “Edge” might be from another Earth in the Multiverse like Irons is? Maybe even the same one. That he also survived Crisis.
I think the intent of the end of
Crisis was that
every world was restored (except maybe O.G. Earth-2, which seems to have been replaced by
Stargirl's Earth-2); after all, we saw that montage at the end showing the other worlds that had been put back, and there's no reason to doubt that the others were restored as well, since that was the idea, to restore the entire multiverse. They're just not in contact anymore, except for whatever means Irons used to cross over.
^ I think it's understandable that Clark, Kara, and their loved ones take the Kryptonite thing a little more personally. I mean, in theory, these weapons are designed to kill only two people on Earth, and these are people who are unambiguously "good guys" who have devoted their lives and abilities to helping others. Weapons designed to kill faceless enemies among billions of humans is a pretty abstract thing, but a weapon designed specifically to kill you or your husband or your father hits a bit closer to home.
(Of course, that's putting aside for the sake of argument all the outside Kryptonian-based threats that show up in these stories.)
Not only that, but it's a weapon targeting a specific minority, and that's deeply problematical even aside from the personal aspect.
On the other hand, there is some merit to the argument that there should be a safeguard against Superman or Supergirl falling under some influence that makes them a threat. In
Elseworlds, Kara gave Kate Kane a piece of kryptonite as a safeguard against exactly that, so she saw the value of it. But I guess that's rather different from the military conducting a top-secret weapons program without Superman's knowledge or consent. As with most things, consent makes all the difference.
