dc - How long has Batman been carrying kryptonite?

In the JLA cartoon, it is revealed that Batman carries around a lump of Kryptonite, for 'insurance'

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Amazo: [upon scanning Batman] You don't have any powers.

Batman: I have this. [Pulls out piece of kryptonite. Amazo begins to suffer its effects.] It's a package deal. You get our powers, but you get our weaknesses too. [Amazo jumps off the building into the sewer.]

Hawkgirl: You always carry a piece of kryptonite with you?

Batman: Call it insurance.

Hawkgirl: And they say I'm scary.

How long has that rock been in his utility belt? Is it there in the comics? And does it have any negative effect on batman?

Answer

I'm not sure about before but in the post Crisis on Infinite Earths DC Universe superman gave Batman a kryptonite ring that he took from Lex Luthor in Action Comics #654 (June 1990).

Action Comics #654

The ring gave Lex Luthor cancer and caused the loss of his hand and then his life. (His mind was transferred to a new cloned body.) Superman gave it to Batman because he knew Batman would use it to kill him if Superman ever lost control.

Due to events outlined in Identity Crisis wherein Batman discovered that some members of the Justice League had altered his memories. In reaction he created the Brother MK I satellite to keep an eye on all metahumans. Part of its mission was also to find a way to defeat every metahuman on earth.

I am not certain but I believe it was during this time it was revealed that Batman carried the kryptonite ring with him whenever he worked with Superman.

After the continuity revamp in Infinite Crisis, DC showed Batman keeping the kryptonite ring in a lead lined pouch on his utility belt in Superman/Batman #32 (February 2007).

Superman?Batman #32

Later in issues #44-49 of Superman/Batman that dealt with the eradication of kryptonite from earth with the exception of one small piece that Superman gave to Batman in issue #49 (August 2008).

Superman/Batman #49

Later on during the New Krypton storyline it was revealed that the government had also been stockpiling kryptonite.

Give me some time and I will see if I can find out when the kryptonite chunk appeared in DC's animated universe.

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