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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Superman] In the late 1990s, Superman lost his powers and had them replaced with electrical powers, and no powers as Clark Kent. The later he was split into Superman Red and Superman Blue, then went back to normal. Can someone explain how this happened?
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Superman was deprived of absorbing yellow solar energy, which basically rendered him powerless. But because he had been absorbing energy for so long a time, his body tried to compensate by absorbing other ambient energy. This was unpredictable and very unstable, so he needed to wear a containment suit to keep it from erupting out of him.

During this period, he learned to 'turn these powers off' to become Clark. This was bad for him, because he discovered he could be hurt (by stubbing his toe).

So, while in this incarnation, Cyborg Superman (who is weirder than this whole story by the way) and Toymaker tried to set a trap for Superman. Because of his volatile state, the trap ended up splitting Superman into two separate entities.

Eventually, enough energy was dispersed between the two Supermen that they ended up merging into one, and regaining his normal Kryptonian biology and began to absorb the solar radiation again.