I was reading the Dark Knight Returns again, last night. I forgot that Superman was almost killed by a Nuke in that story. The Nuke blotted out the sun and Superman started to deteriorate into nothingness. He was nearly resorted to nothing but bone (in minutes) but then he reached Sunlight and reverted back. That small Nuke nearly killed Superman though.
Originally posted by Shalimar_fox
Well from what I've seen in the whole power list thing that they are.Dosn't matter though.invincibility - the property being difficult or impossible to defeat (Key wordbeing Difficult)
invulnerability - having the strength to withstand attack
Yes I was some what wrong.But I know when it comes down to comic powers they are switched
You can look them up here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com
Invincible: Incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable.
Invulnerable: Immune to attack; impregnable.
PC Superman barely survived a nuke once, in The Dark Knight Returns. That was no more out of continuity than other pre-1986 feats.
A lightsaber could singe his skin, but it wouldn't cut him open, I would say.
But the reason he doesn't have true invunerability, is his weakness to magic.
The sword & tiara of Wonder Woman have cut him right open (Kingdom Come, Countdown To Infinite Crisis & IC), as have the claws of Vixen & Equus (For Tomorrow), and the black ice axe of Viking (Superman/Batman vs. the Maximums.)
His invunerability is bypassed like it's not even there by these weapons, although DC often tries to show such wounds as surface cuts - except for WW's tiara, which nearly cut his neck in half, and he needed to withdraw from fighting.
Originally posted by beast1234
invulneabilty is nothing but moluecule density. a scientific genius could come up with weapon that will pierce through his invulneabilty.
It's not his molecules. It's a microscopic bio-aura sitting just atop his skin, generated by the storage of yellow sunlight in his cells. It's why we've seen him resort to heat vision to shave his face. His physiology is actually pretty normal. It's why he turns into a normal man if he's cut off from sunlight for extended periods(meaning at least a few weeks.)
Originally posted by Galvaclaw
Why, is it hotter than a red sun?
I didn't say it would cut him open, did I?
And Superman's skin & costume have been singed by normal explosions in the past. Look at the first time he met Bloodsport in the first John Byrne run.
And the heat of a Red Sun has nothing to do with why it affects Superman; it's the kind of radiation wave it gives off on his system.
I didn't say it would cut him open, did I? And Superman's skin & costume have been singed by normal explosions in the past. Look at the first time he met Bloodsport in the first John Byrne run.
Yes Byrnes run where everything an everything could hurt Superman, I wouldn't use that as a measuring stick of superman's power.
Originally posted by Galvaclaw
Why, is it hotter than a red sun?
A lightsaber's blade consists of superheated and concentrated plasma. Plasma is produced in the interior of stars, for instance. So, it's probably similar or to the core or interior of a red star.
I think roughrider is right, and that it would probably singe his skin. Nothing more.
Originally posted by Markus Corvinus
Superman works best when he's not totally invulnerable, and he's not all powerful. Looking at the show "Smallville," that's the perfect example of how strong he should be. He's not a weakling but he's not too strong either.
Never mind Smallville; he's still a young man with developing powers in that.
I don't mind him as a being with herald level power. Can we all just agree he has near-invunerability, with just a few exceptions? Not total invunerability.