he overcame magic, red sunlight, kryptonite when he wanted, simply by vibrating through it. He would vibrating so fast he vibrated through the red sun radiation, or he clapped his hands and magic ceased to exist.
Superman uses his super-knitting to make a gigantic straitjacket that holds Tyrant and somehow stops him from using any of his powers. He also knits Sentry some nice Angora socks and mends the hem of Zeus's toga.
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“Where the longleaf pines are whispering
to him who loved them so.
Where the faint murmurs now dwindling
echo o’er tide and shore."
-A Grave Epitaph in Santa Rosa County, Florida; I wish I could remember the man's name.
Nope, I'm pretty sure in the Silver Age his powers were explained as the result of being more highly evolved then humans and being born on a planet with much higher gravity. The solar radiation explanation I'm fairly certain was introduced by Byrne. Could be wrong though.
Yep, most likely for making lots of spite threads.
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“Where the longleaf pines are whispering
to him who loved them so.
Where the faint murmurs now dwindling
echo o’er tide and shore."
-A Grave Epitaph in Santa Rosa County, Florida; I wish I could remember the man's name.