What enables Superman to fly?

Is it some sort of anti-gravuty thing that his body exudes?

its described as as self telekinises and will power

I thought it was just that kryptonians live in much higher gravity than earthlings do, so he can fly in the relatively low gravity environment.

As most characters out there, there is little to no explanation of how they are truly able to fly. Some are classified as levitating, but others are given no mentioning of this ability, except that they just "fly."

One old comic belief was that an unearthly intelligence means you can also fly. Pre-crisis Superman was able to solve difficult mathematical problems, learn new languages instantly, and even built a contraption to expand his brain power hundredfold. But the correlation of intelligence and flying was never credible.

thats why they killed him off! Gosh, some nerd thought, what have we done? There is no such power as unlimited power! That's God and God alone! Superman aint no God , comic or non comic and look what happened to Christopher Reeve! God bless his soul but humans have to limit stuff they create. Superman has his limits and that's why they killed him off to compete with Marvel! DC comic was growing up and seeing the faults of the past writers! Superman this Superman that! Just too powerful; plain stupid that is!

He can psionically manipulate the gravity around his body defying it granting himself to fly.

Extremely bad wind

Originally posted by eleveninches
I thought it was just that kryptonians live in much higher gravity than earthlings do, so he can fly in the relatively low gravity environment.

you are joking right

Superman lifts his own body the same way a psionic can lift a brick with their mind. Superman can't life bricks with his mind because his Telekinetics are VERY short range. They do help him maintain the structural integrity of whatever he is lifting though.

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i beleive it is because of his elongated penis, which flaps in the wind.

also, post crisis supes doesnt have a penis because the crisis was that the hulk ate it!!!

Originally posted by Draco69
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Wow I didnt know that he could survie in space

Originally posted by eleveninches
I thought it was just that kryptonians live in much higher gravity than earthlings do, so he can fly in the relatively low gravity environment.

u actually hit it right on the mark. originally that was the explaination of all his powers (i.e. flight, strength, invunerability.) back in early superman history. i think it was changed back in the late 60's or early 70's for a more technical answer to why kryptonians didn't have powers on krypton.

yeah well Superman has some kind of Aurea around him which helps him defy gravity. It kind of like a Telekinesis but he is somehow doing it subconsciously.

Originally yes, Supes's powers were explained by Krypton having far more powerful gravity than Earth, however this did not grant Supes flight, instead in his original incarnation it granted him the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound, hence why that's in that whole phrase and not, the ability to fly! But yeah, eventually they switched it from gravity realizing that wasn't a good explanation for why he kept his powers, and made them stem from the yellow sun, essenatially turning Supes into a plant.

Mach ten in the atmosphere? That's rather swift don't you think, lol? Do you think he could move faster if he wanted to, or do you think it's the friction that's stopping him?

I've always been under the impression with Supes that he never seems to use the full extent of his powers - he's always paranoid about the consequences! Whaddya think?

i think hes gay

Originally posted by Punkyhermy
Is it some sort of anti-gravuty thing that his body exudes?

He has very bad gas, now leave him alone.

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Superman is able to fly, defy gravity, and propel himself through his own psionic capabilities.

He psionically manipulates gravitron particles so that he can float, levitate, fly, etc.