Have you read The Authority #2? They crashed into the real world (as real as it gets for a comic I suppose) and remarked how this universe has such a low level of energy and because of that, even low level superhumans cause the laws of nature to go horribly wrong until something cataclysmic occurs.
All energy is simply a concept, like all science, that is correct until proven otherwise. You can't assume that his body doesn't know how to break down what we think is raw energy and create 'actual' raw energy.
I have read it (Really rubbish series so far), but i was under the assumption that Apollo's ability to absorb radiation acted as catalyst for some form of nuclear reaction. Well this is what was suggested by Captain Atom any way.
I really have no idea what you are getting at. I klnow that the energy that makes up particles in E = mc 2 are photons at high energy wave lengths. Photons and radiation don't have any mass, they are fundamental energy, and not made up of energetic components like matter is. I hope that may have helped.
I heard some where that he is able to absorb photons from parallel universes. I.e. the many world theory (Similar to Hyper time) predicts the notion of two universes existing for every two way decision. Therefore every time a particle could have gone one way or the other its creates an entire new universe, letting it go both ways. If he could some how psionically absorb the radiation from these other universes he could literally absorb energy from Billions of stars simultaneously ? I think it was mentioned somewhere during the Byrne era, can anyone vouch for this ?
Maybe this helps some people, explain what i was talking about .... (tyaken from another forum)
I like the Pre Crisis idea that although his powers came from being under a yellow sun, it was never explained how this gave him his powers. It was Bryne who apparently created the notion of Superman absorbing yellow Sunlight to give him powers.
Everything in science is just a theory until proven otherwise. We can only break things down so far (Cellular, atomic levels, etc.) with our current technology, and beyond that who knows? Next thing you know we might find out that what we thought was raw energy was still a more complex form of something else.
You give a scientist a 10x microscope and he'll tell you the smallest thing he can discern is the building block of everything else. Give him a 100x microscope and now he can see even smaller things, so now what was once the buildling block is now made up of even more things. The same principles apply here.
Everything discovered in science relies on technology to prove it, as technology improves we gain a better understanding of science. As far as this is concerned, it's a comic, so it has unknowns that the writer couldn't possibly describe or care about, because all that matters is the end result. They can explain it to a certain depth, but after that, there's no point, simply because you can keep going deeper and deeper.
Fair enough ! There would have to be ALOT of 'Pure' energ contained within photons though !
What do you think about the Pre Crisis concept that didn't suggest he was a living Solar battery, but the Suns radiation acted as a catalyst for something else ? I wonder what it maybe a catalyst for ?
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The real answer is: He's effin' Superman. His writers were his fanboys when they were kids. He does what ever the crap he needs to do through pure physical strength. Like when he contained a tiny black hole in his hands. Somehow his hand meat blocked the gravity, because he's Superman. How does that even work? He's Superman. He makes physics job to him.
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I know, i get this response in a lot of forums. But i hate the idea that his powers have pseudo explained with science, but the science is infact wrong. If you know what i mean. I like youre sig, very funny.
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Mar 16th, 2007 01:43 AM
But i hate the idea that his powers have pseudo explained with science, but the science is infact wrong. If you know what i mean. I like youre sig, very funny. 
