Any wound he suffers appears to heal within seconds. When introduced in the late 1930s, Superman had the following powers and limitations: Magical beings are able to injure the man of steel easily. Reply. His powers were explained as a result of two factors: the comparatively weaker gravity of Earth, and the intensity of Earth's yellow sun. Unlike most incarnations, Kal-El seems to have inherited his father's genius. Superman's powers were enhanced and added to from the 1940s until the mid-eighties. However he has been shown flying at multiples of light speed but that is in space where he doesn't have to worry about damage.http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/5/58424/1442690-supermanv219503n.jpghe's flown faster than light several times, so that older scan has been invalidated by now...via suspension disbelief, i agree. As a result, Clark is very familiar and adept with his powers and has developed a fighting style that takes full advantage of them. Invulnerability: By the 1970s, Superman became able to withstand an atomic explosion and even fly through the core of a star.
As presented in the original 1930's comic strip, Superman's powers were indigenous to all Kryptonians, whose "physical structure was millions of years advanced of [humanity's] own." Livewire is able to injure Superman with her electrical attacks, presumably enough to kill him, especially if he is otherwise weakened. This power doesn't appear to have limits; for example, in the sixth season episode "Wither," an alien plant impales him through the chest for an extended period of time, yet upon the plant's removal, he appeared recovered within seconds. Superman is capable of adapting to new threats quickly and discovering ways to deal with them as he did with his first encounter with kryptonite in the desert; he took advantage of an underground spring Zod hadn't realized they were standing on. do writers at time ignore this for the sake of story, yes. too often in DC they have given reasons why not but a few mostly flash cant reach light speed due to physics and then you get a science nerd who tries to quantify an ability using real science and it fails miserably its a comic dont read more into it.his powerset allows him to hit lightspeed. As such, Superman's powers were negated if he entered an environment similar to that of Krypton, such as the bottle city of Kandor, or if he was exposed to the solar energy of a red sun.
Superman is showing fighting on par with Tyrell and General Zod, experienced military men with strength to his own.
However, this long experience with his powers burdens Clark psychologically. This vulnerability may be related to why he is susceptible to Parasite's energy drain, which is depicted as electricity flowing from Rudy's victim into his own body. In most interpretations, Kel-El seems to just reach his arms upward and start propelling through the air … Watch Queue Queue There's never really been a limit shown, and he's gone as fast as or past the speed of light on more than once occasion...Here's a real question for Superman and all who fly. Additionally, because of the solar energy that empowers him, he has often been depicted as being potentially immortal, as well as having a different ageing process, as seen in the It is important to note that while Superman is among the strongest DC heroes, there are many who match his strength, most notably One villain that is often portrayed as vastly superior to Superman in every way is the five-dimensional entity Over the years, many alternate versions of Superman have appeared, in Elseworlds books or other timelines. Many of these were limited series' and one shots, so the extent of Supermans abilities is not always explored in great detail. His immune system also provides a defense against virtually all forms of Earth disease, which is broken very rarely (temporarily by an artificially created and fatal-to-humans virus in "Scare", and once again in "Sneeze", presumably due to Clark's loss of his powers during his time in the Phantom Zone). However, at one time Superman said that he hasn't shown his full power because "he feels like like he lives in a world full of cardboard" and the risk he could kill someone in the S:TAS - The Main Man, Part II; S:TAS - Solar Power; S:TAS - Legacy, Part IITake your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.