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Inertron is a fictional chemical substance, a metal found in the DC Comics Legion Of Superheroes universe. It is the hardest, densest substance in the DC universe and is often used by the Legion Of Super-Heroes in the 30th century. It is apparently stronger than Marvel Comics Adamantium . Inertron is frequently described as indestructible and impenetrable, but this apparently applies to regular humans, lesser superhumans and known 30th century technology. On some occasions Superboy and Mon-El could break an inertron container by using all their strength. However on other occasions ( Adventure Comics #370) a triple-layer inertron prison was described as too tough for Superboy or Mon-El to break through. In the DC universe the first mention of inertron was in Adventure Comics #336. Other DC Comics fictitious metals include Promethium , Valorium, Kryptonite , and Nth (or Ninth) Metal , and many others. HISTORY The earliest known mention of inertron was in the August 1928 pulp magazine ' Cavorite . A brief description from the above Nowlan story: ''"It is a synthetic element...It reflects 100 percent of the heat and light impinging upon it. It does not feel cold to the touch, of course, since it will not absorb the heat of the hand. It is a solid, very dense in molecular structure despite its lack of weight...It is a perfect shield...in many ways resembles the fabled hypothetical antimatter. It can co-exist with matter from our universe without mutual destruction, but it doesn’t much like to. Given a choice, it will try and head to the nearest perfect vacuum — which, from a terrestrial point of view, is always straight up. Thus it forms an effective anti-gravity agent. It also has the happy faculty of being a nearly 100% perfect insulator against any and all forms of electromagnetic radiation"'' |
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