![]() Superman did not need to eat, sleep, or breathe in the Silver Age, which meant that he could survive indefinitely underwater or in space. It’s since been retconned away and Clark’s costume stays intact simply because it’s from Krypton and Kryptonian fabric don’t quit. This was called “tactile telekinesis” and is most strongly associated with Superboy (the Kon-El version) in the ’90s. This also explained how he could catch an object much larger and heavier than him, like a plane, and not have it crumple, or carry a human around at top speeds without them, um, also crumpling-the field would surround whatever he was touching, protecting it too. Even his hair is invulnerable, which is why he shaves by bouncing his heat vision off his bathroom mirror.įor a while post-Crisis he had something of a force field, too-his bio-electric field, which surrounded him and kept his costume from being shredded in fights or simply by the wind (but still allowed the artists to draw his cape looking cool and tattered if they wanted). He can swim through the sun-it’s actually good for him. Superman can survive a nuclear blast, so, yeah, he’s pretty tough. Even fights with heavy hitters like Shazam or Darkseid could go either way, placing him among the strongest characters in the DCU, if not necessarily as the sole strongest. There are also no DC characters who can consistently outpunch him with sheer muscle alone (as opposed to magic). He definitely can’t move planets, but he can catch a plane or space shuttle, no sweat. Nowadays his strength is somewhat dependent on how much yellow sun radiation he’s sucked up recently (the source of his powers). This made telling stories with him considerably trickier, so DC seriously downgraded his powers in 1985’s Crisis on Infinite Earths. His strength gradually increased until by the Silver Age (1956–1970ish) he was capable of moving planets with his bare hands. ![]() Initially, Clark was strong enough to lift a car, as seen on the iconic cover of Action Comics #1. But how strong is he? Well, it depends on what year it is. Superman’s other most famous power is that he’s strong.
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