What does superman use in order to send the bad guys to the phantom zone?

How does he make the door appear and how does he make it open?What does superman use in order to send the bad guys to the phantom zone?It depends on the medium



on the Animated Series it was a machine that transported them in or out called the "Phantom Zone Porjector"



on Smallville, its been a crystal, a bracelet, a pendant, and the Pantagonal stone that built the FoS (aka the season 4 MacGuffin device), and Brainiac



in the Movies the Council on Krypon had their machine (Superman never sent anyone there)



in Supergirl the Movie I think the villain used the 'plot device prop' (i forget what it was called) to send supergirl there, I forget how she escapedWhat does superman use in order to send the bad guys to the phantom zone?in the comics or animated series it's usually a pahntom zone projector in smallville they use a crystal that opens a portal to the phantom zone.What does superman use in order to send the bad guys to the phantom zone?A props man.

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