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| “ | I may have been conceived out there in the endless depths of space... but I was born when the Rocket opened, on Earth, in America. I'll cherish always the memories Jor-El and Lara gave me... but only as curious mementos of a life that might have been. Krypton bred me, but it was Earth that gave me all I am. All that matters. It was Krypton that made me Superman... but it is the Earth that makes me Human! | „ |
| ~ Superman |
Summary
Superman is one of the most powerful beings on Earth, and its greatest hero. Born to the illustrious House of El, Kal-El is one of the last surviving members of his race as his planet was destroyed not long after his birth. He was found and raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville, Kansas. Raised with high moral ideals, he uses his incredible strength, speed, flight and various other superpowers to fight evil and protect the innocent as a symbol of heroism and justice. In his civilian identity he is Clark Kent, a mild-mannered reporter working for the Daily Planet in Metropolis. Superman is also a founding member of the Justice League of America and a charter member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th Century.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 4-B
Name: Kal-El; Clark Kent; Superman
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 40 - 50 years old
Classification: Kryptonian, Founding Member of the Justice League
Powers and Abilities: Stellar Radiation Absorption, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Incredible Hearing and Various Kinds of Supernatural Vision, Heat Vision, Super Breath, Ice Breath, Energy Absorption (And is capable of converting biological energy into Solar Radiation), Torquasm-Vo, Invulnerability, Limited Space-Time Manipulation (Capable of opening and closing holes in the fabric of Space-Time), Radiation Manipulation, Electromagnetism Manipulation, Can attack and destroy in a Sub-Atomic and Quantic, Intangibility, Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Capable with alien technology, Under a blue sun his powers are boosted and he gains the ability to imbue others with his powers, Can temporarily increase his powers by immersing himself within a yellow star, Resistance to Reality Warping, Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Illusions, Empathic Manipulation and Matter Manipulation (Has survived Sub-Atomic destruction)
Attack Potency: Solar System level (Survived the collision of New Genesis and Apokolips. Threw a compressed Solar system away from Earth)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (At least tens of quadrillions of times. Reacted to reality-blitzing missiles. Comparable to both Wonder Woman and Green Lanterns. Faster than both Mon-El and Karate Kid)
Lifting Strength: Multi-Stellar (Pushed back Mageddon, a mechanism that greatly dwarfs the sun and has millions of times more mass than it)
Striking Strength: Class XPJ
Durability: Solar System level (Survived the collision of New Genesis and Apokolips. Survived an explosion equivalent to 50 Keplar Supernovas while weakened by Red Sun Radiation. Held a Mini-Black Hole that would have destroyed an entire Solar System. Survived attacks from the Void Hound, who had previously destroyed 10 Star Systems as a test-drive.)
Stamina: Essentially infinite as long as he's under yellow or blue sunlight.
Range: Human melee range normally, Planetary with Heat Vision, His punches can affect entire planets
Standard Equipment: In one issue, received a massive power-up widely known as the Cosmic Armor. This is not part of his skill-set though, so it should be specified as included.
Intelligence: Extremely High (Superman is well-acquainted with Kryptonian technology, and has used it to build and maintain the Fortress of Solitude. Skilled in Torquasm Vo, a Kryptonian martial art. Good deductive and leadership skills. Massive battle experience with all kinds of powerful beings. Highly resourceful, with his quick thinking having saved countless lives on numerous occasions.)
Weaknesses: Kryptonite (various varieties, all with different effects on him), Red stellar radiation (absorbing it instead of yellow stellar radiation will cause him to lose his powers), and Magic, He will put himself in harms way to protect innocents
Attack Potency:
- Casually busts a few planets by flying through them (Multi-Planet level+)
- Infinite Mass Punch hits with the force of a White Dwarf Star (Star level+)
Speed:
Durability:
- Tanked the collision of Apokolips and New Genesis and was only briefly knocked out.
- Flew through a red sun
- Able to withstand being on a localized gravity field that simulated the pull of a large black hole
Other feats:
- Able to smash and move the moon.
- Moved 1/3rd of the Earth.
- Pulled the Mageddon mechanism.
- Survived inside The Sun Eater who could consume suns.
- Has pushed, pulled, and dragged the entire Earth.
- Has defeated Gods like Darkseid.
- Fixed a hole in the the cosmos.
- Survived a blast with the force of several nuclear explosions.
- Destroyed an army of imperfect Doomsday clones with his Heat Vision.
- Warmed up the entire Earth with his Heat Vision.
- Survived being zapped by Geo-thermal energy.
- Split an entire sea with his Heat Vision.
- Survived being thrown to the Earth with great force, unharmed.
- Superman Respect Thread (Read the Post-Crisis Superman section)
- Superman - Crisis to Crisis (This is a Respect thread that contains most of the post-crisis feats from 1985 to 2010)
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
-Kryptonian Physiology: Superman's cellular structure is much more dense, resilient, and biologically more effective than human tissue. He does not possess superhuman strength levels despite his enhanced cellular ability without his cellular structure charged with yellow solar energy. Without such charging, his physical capabilities are identical to a human of his height and weight who engages in regular physical activity. As an alien, he possesses several organs whose functions are not yet disclosed or understood, but are believed to be part of or the source of his bio-matrix force field and reclamation aura. Superman's body also stores energy actively within his bio-cellular matrix as an energy pattern that is linked to his body's electromagnetic field. This energy powers most of his electromagnetic capabilities such as flight, heat vision and other "sight"-based abilities while supplementing his physical abilities to superhuman levels.
- Solar Radiation Absorption: As a Kryptonian, his cells function like a super battery, hyper metabolizing specific wavelengths of radiation as fuel to enable living functions and/or superhuman abilities. Different wavelengths of radiation have different effects on Superman's physiology and well being, but his cells cannot absorb or utilize all types of radiation. The wavelength of his home solar system's red sun enables his body to function on an identical level of a healthy human while the Earth's solar radiation in both its raw and filtered state through the Earth's atmosphere acts as fuel to enable all of his powers. Every time Superman uses any of his superhuman abilities, his body expends absorbed sunlight and he is capable utilizing any of them to various degrees through controlled circumstances. The solar-based radiation of a foreign blue star proved to increase his known abilities under a yellow sun to a higher degree and enabled additional powers. The existence and constant exposure to proven "healthy" radiation sources is not required for him to live and utilize his powers, but prolonged periods without exposure to them and/or utilizing his powers will require Kal-El to recharge in order to live and continue using his powers.
- Heat Vision: Can accurately target things smaller than human beings from orbit, narrow or wide-beam, heat intensity can be greater than the core of the sun, can modulate it to deliver different frequencies and types to best affect his opponent after analyzing them with his sensory powers, can generate enough power to move entire planets.
- Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision: He can see into all of the EM Spectrum. Superman can see and identify radio/television and any and all broadcast/transmitted frequencies, allowing him to avoid detection through radar or satellite monitoring methods.
- Telescopic Vision: The ability to focus his vision to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics.
- Microscopic Vision: The ability to see extremely small objects and images down to the sub atomic level.
- X-Ray Vision: The ability to see through anything except lead. Since it is passive, this ability would not generate harmful radiation in the same manner as a focused projection of hard X-rays.
- Thermal Vision: The ability of see through the heat tracks left by a living being or object.
- Freeze Breath: He flash freeze opponents with his Super Breath to restrain them.
- Invisibility/Intangibility: Superman can manipulate his atoms to phase through attacks and turn invisible.
- Infinite Mass Punch: Superman vibrates his body and travels under light speed, so his punch can hit with the force of a white dwarf star.
Notes:
Before making any changes to this page, please read and follow the Power-scaling Rules for Marvel and DC Comics.
This version of Superman was recently reintroduced to Post-Flashpoint continuity, but so far does not appear to retain anywhere near the same power level, so please avoid scaling other current characters from Post-Crisis statistics.
To illustrate why he is such a great character, please read this comicbook segment.
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Notable Victories:
The Sentry (Marvel Comics) Sentry's Profile
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