I'm not denying that he does, I'm just stating that doing so in almost every circumstance makes no sense logically. Superman is famous for being the defender of those that can't defend themselves and being a champion of truth and justice. He has sworn to use his power to be a defender, not an executioner. That being said, think back to Hunter/Prey. There was a situation that involved Hank Henshaw launching missiles( in an effort to destroy the food supply of the citizens of Apokalypse) IIRC. He should've been able to stop those missiles without any collateral damage had he simply tapped his full potential. How do the citizens of Apokalypse benefit by Superman holding back and not using his full potential?
Wait a minute. Didn't Superman lose his psionic abilities and his powers actually came from him instead of it coming from a psionic power source? This was confirmed some yrs back. How does the Superman fans not know this?
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You are conflating 2 ideas.
The tactile telekinesis concept was something Byrne attached to the characters to give a scientific explanation to his feats. In particular how he could stop buildings from falling without them crumbling under the stress or a plane without it folding up.
That is entirely different than the mental blocks that are being refered to here.
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Y? He has enough showings to warrant both arguments. Its kind of an open ended question. But the op acknowledges that he does im just curious as to his scale. His powers are more plot driven than any other character imo
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IIRC plenty of Superman writers have touched the subject.
I'll do some digging, there might be a few of them who did not touched the subject of his powers linked to his mind/psionics or what ever term people want to apply to it.
But a lot of them have indeed touched the subject at least when it comes to NE Superman.
Having subconscious blocks (established in comics) prove his strength is dynamic.
We seen Superman go from not being able to hurt DD, seemingly using all of his might, to killing him in a few pages. This is at least a 5x increase due to changing his mindset. We see Superman go from fighting a probe for a long time, seemingly using all of his might, to one shotting them like they are fodder. This is at least a 10x increase.
Any low showings can be contributed to his mental blocks which eliminates any seemingly contradictions.
Well that's the way comics work. If a writer establish something in continuity then it is an official retcon. It was established and shown several times that when Superman releases the mental blocks that he increases his strength significantly.
You think I like this "mental blocks" BS? I don't, for the exact same reason you stated. Its canon though and it explains why Superman was so much weaker in Byrne era.
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