What enables Superman to fly?

Originally posted by drex
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!!!

Hahahahahaha

YOU'RE ONE SICK MOTHA! I think its his cape! It's red and gives off steam at the end! Either that or his pants! iTS RED HOT! That's why he can fly faster than a spedding bullet! Wouldn't you fly faster than a speeding bullet if your pants were red hot?

Talking to you Red superfly! Redhot up on your pants dude!!!! Redsuper what?

Originally posted by drex
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!!!

dayamn..... 😎

Originally posted by Carrzy
Hahahahahaha

i agree 😂 😆

I think saying Superman powers is telekinesis kind of has loopholes in it, since Superman has shown to be able to fly to space, and there isn't any matter for him to propell himself from.

I personally think some organs in his body emits gravitons which lets him go through space and lets him hit ftl.

no loopholes, it self telekinesis. he flies by a sheer force of will. of course you must realize that this had to be explained after all this explaining of powers stuff became important to fanboys, cuz back in the post crsis days. supes just flew and thats all there was to it 😄

I agree but using something that doesn't exist in real world, telekinesis, to explain to a person scientifically sounds like a paradox to me 🙂.

But yeah it works until you have some one ask how telekinesis works.

You know, Superman's creator said that he couldn't fly, just jump really, really high. I dunno. That doesn't make any sense. I just think he can fly because his Kryptonian digestive system makes him highly intolerant of all foods, thus forming gas...

Originally posted by jedi90
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.

I've read a couple of superman storys and it actually says that they don't have powers under the red sun of Krypton. (i think so).

Originally posted by brice7
I've read a couple of superman storys and it actually says that they don't have powers under the red sun of Krypton. (i think so).

uh......yeah, .....thats ...what i said. 🙄

it's telekenesis

Yeah, back in the day Superman's powers were explained by saying Krypton had much more gravity than Earth does. Originally, he could not fly, only jump very far ('Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!'😉

It was actually the early Superman cartoons that would play before movies back in the 40s that gave him his flying ability. Animators found it difficult to animate him leaping really far without it looking silly, so they gave him flight instead. The comics were quick to follow suit.

i personally think his superhuman strength pushed him so high and fast it owuld seem as though he's flying

Originally posted by josepht
i personally think his superhuman strength pushed him so high and fast it owuld seem as though he's flying

You mean like jumping!? 😱

The thing I never liked about the graviton theory is that gravitons are the (hypothetical, thus far) quanta of gravity, and gravity is an attracting force, not repelling. Yeah, you can fudge it by saying "antigravity," but even in theory the graviton is its own antiparticle.

Now that scientists have recently discovered what may be a fifth fundamental force in the universe, a repulsive force--what's causing the universe to expand at an accelerating rate--I would imagine that Superman is able to harness This particular force. It is sometimes called quintessence, sometimes vacuum or zero-point energy (although scientists tend to distinguish between vacuum energy and quintessence), but mostly it is just referred to as "dark energy" cuz we haven't the faintest idea what it really is.

okay didnt jor-el say something about this in the comics? Bring in an expert to answer this...i could look it up but I dont care enough...lol...Nanu-Nanu!

the original reason was because of the high gravity on Krypton thing, which is daft as it would wear of as his body adjusts to the enviroment.

He´s a fictive character otherwise he couldn´t fly, simple as that

Superman flies using sheer will power in the same way a humans swimmer does in water without letting himself drown.

...i think