Yellow sun
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"I guess Jor-El was right about how the yellow sun affects you Kryptonian cockroaches." - Baern to Clark Kent, Fallout
Earth's yellow sun is a star of average size and the main power source within the solar system. Its solar energy gives powers to metahumans and Kryptonians alike: as a result of the yellow sun, the metahuman Byron Moore acquired super strength, and Kryptonian Clark Kent developed extraordinary abilities.
Kryptonians are capable of acting as a solar battery and storing solar energy for use later which will increase their power.
Sunlight can also inhibit some metahumans' powers; the Zoner Bizarro has been shown several times to be weakened by sunlight.
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[edit] Metahumans
Byron Moore was a metahuman who exhibited super-strength in a feral state when directly exposed to the sun. When he was not exposed to the sun, he lost his powers and regained control over his violent tendencies.
Unlike Clark Kent and other Kryptonians, Byron immediately ran out of power when he left the sunlight. This suggests that he lacked the ability to store solar energy to be used later.
Many metahumans have demonstrated powers like super speed or super strength, without an obvious power source. It is unclear if they draw their power from the yellow sun, or have the ability to act as a solar battery.
[edit] Kryptonians
Solar energy from the yellow sun is the source of energy for Kryptonian powers.
More precisely, the solar energy is theorized to be transformed into a bioelectrical forcefield that endows Kryptonians with superhuman abilities. The forcefield shields Clark's body and the surrounding area from external forces. As a result, his clothes can sometimes survive the impact of an explosion. In addition, Clark possesses a remarkable healing factor: If he is wounded due to the presence of kryptonite, magic or something else, he will heal almost instantly after the incident. (Hidden, Lockdown & Nemesis
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When Clark is exposed to large amounts of sunlight, his powers can be greatly magnified, as seen in the episodes Perry & Bizarro. It is not yet revealed if his powers can grow without limitation. His healing factor seems to be limitless. Clark can also lose power during solar flares, as seen in the episode Perry.
Clark Kent has demonstrated the ability to use his powers while indoors or otherwise not directly exposed to the yellow sun. This suggests that he is capable of acting as a solar battery and storing solar energy for use later.
If a Kryptonian is powerless, absorbing a large amount of sunlight radiation such as in Odyssey can regenerate their powers.
Exposure to kryptonite seems to inhibit Clark's ability to use his powers. It's possible that in addition to inhibiting Kryptonian powers, kryptonite may draw down the solar energy of Kryptonians.
[edit] Bizarro
As might be expected from a reverse Kryptonian, green kryptonite makes Bizarro stronger, and he is weakened by sunlight (whereas Clark is strengthened by it, in a manner reflective of the 1986 reboot of the Superman comic book franchise by John Byrne, as seen in Bizarro). While Bizarro can fly in broad daylight (as seen in Phantom), his skin becomes deformed and takes on a pale gray color when it comes into direct contact with sunlight.
While sunlight doesn't affect Bizarro to quite the extent that green kryptonite affects Clark, it appears it only diminish him just enough for him to be pierced by earthly objects, such as a steel rod, if enough force is applied.
[edit] Martians
The sun causes Martians to lose their powers. It is unknown whether it is permanent or just temporary, or whether it was the sun's radiation or simply the flames generated by the sun- an extension of their weakness. When Clark was stripped of his powers, Martian Manhunter flew Clark into the sun losing his powers in order to restore Clark's.
[edit] Quotes
- Clark: When I took Byron out into the light, why did he change?
- Mrs. Moore: It was one of the side effects of the drug. He can't be out in the sun.
- Season Two, Nocturne
- Clark: If I get Byron out of the sun, will he change back?
- Mrs. Moore: Yeah.
- Season Two, Nocturne
- Clark: How can I stop someone that has all of my powers and none of my weaknesses?
- Martian Manhunter: By opening your eyes to what you take for granted everyday! Your faith in humans is not the only thing that gives you strength...
- Clark: The yellow sun! That's why his face distorted when he gotten into the light.
- Martian Manhunter: That maybe the only way to defeat him, I can help, but this is your battle.
- Season Seven, Bizarro
- Kara: Zor-El told me that the yellow sun would give me abilities beyond my wildest dreams...
- Season Seven, Kara
- Brainiac: You can't stop me, Kal-El.
- Kara: Clark, the baby!
- Brainiac: There's no yellow sun to charge you here (throws Clark to the floor).
- Season Seven, Apocalypse
- Bizarro: (to Brainiac) The yellow sun --it turns my skin to stone. It's only a matter of time before someone figures out that I'm not Kent. I know how smart you are. I thought you could help.
- Brainiac: Hmm, try a good sunscreen -- wide-brimmed hat, perhaps.
- Season Seven, Persona
- Dax-Ur: I planned to study the yellow sun's effect on Kryptonian minerals but discovered it was the sun's effect on me that really mattered. I could save the human race.
- Season Seven, Persona
- Martian Manhunter:(to Clark) The burning sun may strengthen you, but it has the opposite effect on me. It stripped me of my powers.
- Season Eight, Odyssey
