Im quite ignorant on this subject but I would like some info. Whats the deal with Superman and magic? Some verisons of superman are more vulnerable to magic than others. SBP for example does not have a weakness to magic, does this mean he is completely immune or does it simply mean hes not taken out so easily eg SBP does not have a wekaness for getting punched in the face but a sufficently powerful punch will hurt him.
What versions of Superman are completely immune to magic and can magic be used in a different way to hurt them eg a magical bolt will do nothing but if you use magic to give yourself superhuman strength your strength can damage them.
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Kryptonians (and possibly Daxamites) owe their incredible durability to their Bio-Electric auras which shield them from harm. Magic however can bypass it completely, this is because....
1. Magic is inherently chaotic and doesn't have to follow Sciences 'rules'
2. It's freaking magic !
SBP is an anomaly due to his Magic resistance, there is a possibility however that he could be harmed by Magic from Earth Prime. But considering we have no actual Magic it's a moot point.
Silver-age Superman was very vulnerable to magic, more-so then his post crisis counterpart. Then again he was like that with K-nite.
Ok but what exactly do you mean by resistant? Do you mean it does jack **** or that for example it can hurt him but its not as easy for example SBP is resistant to brute force but not invulnerable?
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Yes I think I saw scans of that. When Black Adam punched SBP you could see energy coming out of his fists so its like his punches were magical. This I think is different from somebody like Juggernaut, hes powered by magic but his punches are physical, from what I gathered on the scans Adams punches were emitting energy.
Also bare in mind it might not even have tickled because of the magic but because its was not powerful enough.
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From my understanding the reason why you brought up Black Adam was because it was refering to a question about the indirect use of magic ie giving yourself superhuman strength with magic. The point I was trying to make was that charging your fists with energy is not indirect use of magic but direct. I know he has superhuman strength with magic but I thought I was refering to him using magic to charge his punches.
Hmm when you think about it they're probably immune to everything. I would suspect that they would be immune to brute force, psionics, energy attacks etc but only very, very powerful attacks could damage them. So maybe really and truly his resistance to magic is just an overall resistance and toughness.
Yeah but that doesnt always mean a damn thing. Some characters are gods and they pawned by humans.
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Last edited by Deadline on Jan 11th, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Yeah I know, so it could be argued that powerful magic could make you sufficently powerful to beat SBP via converting into superhuman strength but if the magic was used in the form of a blast or something silmilar it would not work.
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Supermen and magic
Jan 11th, 2008 12:11 PM
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