User blog comment:Mr.123/Crazy effects needed/@comment-28768732-20160617012409/@comment-1674153-20160617020456

The connection of the sphinx and riddles isn't an Egyptian idea so much as it is a Greek idea, and the sphinx was built in the Old Kingdom, before the Greek civilization really got off the ground. It's a nice idea, but it doesn't really work historically.

And given that Superman doesn't exist in this reality, I don't think the Kandor bottle works either. I mean, there are superhero artifacts like the truth-lasso and the green bow, but Kandor isn't really an aspect of Superman so much as it is phlebotunum that propels a few story arcs here and there.