Clark Kent's near-death experiences

Despite possessing amazing powers and abilities, Clark Kent has had a number of near-death experiences, many of which involved green kryptonite.

Image	Episode	Episode Name	Near-death experience
	1x01	Pilot	Clark is strung up as the annual Smallville Scarecrow by Whitney Fordman in Riley Field, who places Lana's necklace laced with kryptonite around his neck causing him to be powerless until he is found and saved by Lex Luthor.
	1x03	Hothead	Coach Walt Arnold overpowered Clark with the kryptonite in his sauna, but Clark was rescued by his father.
	2x03	Duplicity	Clark almost died of kryptonite exposure when trying to save Pete Ross from Dr. Steven Hamilton, but Pete saved him.
	2x11	Visage	Clark almost died when Tina Greer tied him up in the storm cellar and put Lana Lang's necklace around his neck, but his spaceship saved him.
	2x16	Fever	Clark was infected by a kryptonite toxin left in the cellar, but his father helps Clark used his ship to save him and Martha Kent.
	2x20	Witness	Clark almost died when he was thrown in a furnace with kryptonite around.
	3x03	Extinction	Clark almost died from a kryptonite bullet wound shot by Van McNulty but was saved by his father.
	3x05	Perry	After losing his powers due to solar flares, Clark almost fell to his death attempting to save Perry White. They were both saved by Pete Ross and Lana Lang.
	3x19	Memoria	Clark almost drowned in a kryptonite pool, but Lex Luthor saved him by breaking the pool wall.
	3x20	Talisman	Clark was mortally wounded by the Starblade in possession of Jeremiah Holdsclaw, but Jor-El saved him through Jonathan Kent.
	5x03	Hidden	While Clark Kent was mortal, he was shot to death by Gabriel Duncan and brought brought back to life by Jor-El's vessel, Lionel Luthor.
	5x18	Void	Clark Kent died briefly as a result of being injected with the kryptonite-based Limbo drug.
	5x20	Fade	Clark was almost killed by Graham Garrett, who put him under a pile of dirt along with kyptonite in Clarks pocket, so Clark wouldn't stop him from killing Lex and Lana, but Clark was saved by both Lois and Chloe who called his cellphone and found him. Chloe removed the kyrptonite.
	6x03	Wither	Clark was almost killed by Gloria's vines, until Chloe used a taser on the plant.
	6x08	Static	Aldar would have killed Clark, if the Martian Manhunter hadn't interfered.
	6x19	Nemesis	Lex saved Clark from kryptonite exposure in the tunnels.
	7x14	Traveler	Lionel had Clark captured and held in a cage powered by kryptonite radiation. His captor intended to kill him but he was saved by Kara.
	7x19	Quest	Clark was incapacitated by Edward Teague and became part of a ritual sacrifice involving an altar surrounded by kryptonite liquid, but he was saved by Chloe.
	8x01	Odyssey	After being stripped of his powers by the Orb, Clark was shot through the heart by a mind-controlled Oliver Queen and almost died. The Martian Manhunter flew him into outer space, where the yellow sun healed him and restored his powers but stripped John Jones's powers.
	8x19	Stiletto	When Lois is shot upon, Clark throws himself in the way to take the bullet. Lois gets Clark away from the kryptonite.
	9x16	Escape	When the Silver Banshee is almost killing Oliver using her banshee scream, Clark interrupts. He tries to talk to her, but she says that killing men she feels better and starts screaming, Clark uses his super speed and heat vision to defeat it, so that there is a friction that makes Clark fly back.
	9x22	Salvation	Clark allowed himself to be stabbed by Zod's blue kryptonite knife, and then fell off of a building.
	10x01	Lazarus	With the blue kryptonite knife still in his body Clark dies and his spirit is transported to the The Abyss of Life and Death until he is rescued by Lois Lane who pulls the knife out of his lifeless body allowing the rays of the yellow sun to bath him restoring his body and powers.
	10x06	Harvest	Clark died after being stabbed by a knife while in the presence of humans who had drank water infused with blue kryptonite. He was eventually buried underground, but completely healed after the humans who buried him walked away and he was no longer affected by their blue kryptonite.
	10x12	Collateral	After being abducted by the VRA, Clark was put into a virtual world with the other heroes and almost died when Chloe try to get him out of there. Chloe stopped when she realized she could kill Clark.
	10x13	Beacon	Clark was almost shot to death by Alexander with kryptonite bullets, but was saved by Tess' intervening, who calmed Alexander and threw the gun away.
	10x16	Scion	Clark was incapacitated by Lionel using a Green kryptonite rock. Lionel then beat Clark with it and left it next to him, which would have eventually killed him. He was saved be Conner Kent who used his heat vision to destroy the rock.
	10x17	Kent	Thinking he was Clark Luthor, Clark was incapacitated by an alternate Jonathan using a Green kryptonite rock who then tied him to a chair, continuously exposing him to the rock and beating him with it. He was saved when he convinced Jonathan of his true identity.
	10x19	Dominion	When Clark and Oliver went to the Phantom Zone, they were captured and forced to fight to the death by General Zod. Clark was stabbed through the chest by Oliver and almost finished off by Zod, but being that Clark and Oliver had a plan all along, Clark grabbed the gateway crystal off of Zod and used it to heal himself.
	10x20	Prophecy	A powerless Clark was attacked and almost choked to death by a Super-powered and mind-controlled Lois. Luckily, he was able to get through to her long enough for his powers to be restored and stopped her by taking off the mind-controlling device.
	10x21	Finale, Part 1	Clark was attacked by a Omega-corrupted Oliver who tried to use Gold kryptonite on him to render him powerless. Luckily, Clark was able to get through to his friend and free him of the Omega symbol.
	10x22	Finale, Part 2	Clark was confronted by Darkseid in his barn and almost killed by the dark being. After Darkseid hurls Clark through the barn, Clark finds the strength inside himself to finally master his destiny and soars into Darkseid, vanquishing him.

Notes

• Clark has been almost killed as a result of green kryptonite at least eight times: Pilot, Hothead, Extinction, Memoria, Void, Nemesis, Traveler, and Quest.
• Clark almost died after losing his powers four times in Perry, Hidden, Odyssey and Lazarus.
• Clark was almost killed once by the Starblade, a Kryptonian weapon. (Talisman)
• Clark has died four times: once in Hidden, once in Void, once in Lazarus, and once in Harvest. Also in episode Apocalypse, Clark was killed by Brainiac in an alternate reality.
• Clark has almost been killed by at least two aliens: Gloria (Wither) and Aldar (Static).
• Lex has saved Clark's life three times. (Pilot, Memoria and Nemesis)
• Martian Manhunter has saved Clark's life twice. (Static and Odyssey)
• Clark was severely damaged by the Persuader's axe. (Legion).

See Also

• List of near-death experiences
• Clark Kent's vulnerabilities
• Clark Kent's power loss